New-York tribune., 1910-12-28

ilN1ltdi CODO1lie}H Oh Nobul
According to the justice. Dr. Wildmal
took with him commitment papers show
ing that Joseph G. Robin was fit sub
ject for sanatoriun. He asked Jus
tice Amend TO sign the commitmen
| papers. and the justice did so. Dr.
| wfldman is said to have told the jus
tice that on previous occasion Robil
had tried to kill himself. and should no
be left alone and unguarded. DR.. Wild
man also produced the af1idavits of DR.
! Macdonald and Mr.. Flint as to Robin:
mental condition.
Justice An1enl added that nothing wa,
| said to him at the time he signed the
commitment order OF Robin being con
nected in any way with banking con-
Germ.
Robins Secretary Stricken.
Frederic X. Morris, for years contiden-
| tial secretary of Robin. is in q state oi
collapse in local sanatorium. On learn
/ ing OF his employers impending COM
mitment night before last he went with
his wife and son to see Robin. and was
there taken dangerously Ill. Hurried to
the house of a neighboring doctor, he
was found in 40 condition to be moved
and spent the night where he was, but
1t was thought last night that he would
be strong enough to appear to-day as
witness if called.
It was said last night at Mr.. Robin
cfffce in the Times Building that MOTIFS
was an incessant worker. and that bad
health had caused him to be absent for
| q week or two several months ago he
was described as ''the soul OF honor" by
one who knew him there. and it Is feared
| that this shock may be more than ms
| increasing years can stand
The directors of the bank did not sus-
meet there was anything wrong with its
business affairs until last Friday. and
most Of them who were seen yesterday
said they had had great confidence IN
Robin as a financier and business man
Postmaster Morgan, one Of the directors
said that only last Friday Augustus F.
Holly. of No. 345 West End avenue. de-
posited $4,000 in the bank. He added
that Mr.. Holly had balance Of $1,000
at that time. Another director deposited
100000 earlier last week. 1t was said
THE action Of the banking department
came as a. shock to most of u.s. Mr..
| Morgan declared. I'VE did not know that
there was anything wrong at the bank
until within the last few days. It was
not decided to suspend business until
last night. we all had a great deal Of
confidence in the bank. l don't know
anything about the irregular transac-
tions but I understand Bank Superin-
tendent Cheney is investigating those
matters. and will issue a detailed state
rnent when he fs finished
Says Robin Tried Suicide.
James NJ. Clifford. counsel for the bank
and also a director. said that the irregu-
larities at the bank were not discovered
until last Friday. He said that Robin
had attempted to commit suicide last
Saturday night by attempting to throw
himself out Of one Of the windows of his
apartments in the Beaux Arts. but was
restrained ty a nurse.
ron Friday night, after the discovery
Of the irregularities had been made" Mr.
Clifford said. another director and N.Y.
self went TO the apartments Of Mr..
Robin and demanded that he should do
certain things and produce certain col
lateral. He was in great agony. suffer
ing from kidney trouble. I understand,
and It was plain TO see that he was out !
Of his mind. We could not get a con-
nected statement from him He evi- |
IDENTIFY did not realize the Importance Of
our mission.
MOT succeeding in our mission we
left him and returned again last night |
His mental condition was even worse |
then. I understand that he had been ex-
anlined by altenists and pronounced in |
durable, and was sent to a sana toriurn |
to-day. l knew nothing about the irreg- |
ularities discovered. and l do not think |
any of the other directors did. until they |
We're revealed by the bank examiners |
and our own investigators. Strong in
terests were negotiating to secure con-
troll of the bank II the irTegulariti
had not been discovered it is likely that |
the negotiations for the purchase of the |
bank would have gone through.
I'VE held out hopes that conditions
would right themselves until last night
when in an all night meeting Of the df-
rectors We called upon the State Bank
ing Department to step in. At this
meeting We adopted resolution setting
forth the real condition of affairs. a
copy of the resolution was turned over
to Superintendent Cheney and later pre-
sented to the District Attorney, I un-
derstand."
While Sick Drew 100000.
Mr. Clifford declined to discuss the
resolution in detail, saying that he did
not wish TO do or say anything which
might impede the Investigations by the
authorities, 1t is understood, however,
that the resolution adopted plainly puts
up to two officials of the bank the irreg-
ularities discovered. It was said yester-
day that Robin had managed to draw
out more than 100000 from the bank
during the last week, while he was sick.
with cash amounting to about $1,000
900 and quick assets of about 5000. 900,
some people might think it was ridicu-
1ous for us to close our doors in this
way continued Mr. Clifford but we
considered that as soon as the discovery
of the irregularities became public it
would certainly cause a run on the bank
In view of this fact the directors be-
iieved that the interests of all depositors
demanded that we ask the state Banking