Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-31
Lies in Prison Ward in Serious Con-
dition Now.
UEsTIoN AS TO HIS RECOVERY
Forty.Five Minutes Elapse Before He
Collapses.
CASE HURRIEDIY POSTPONED
Alleged SwindIer Attempts TO End
Life with same Drug by which
CrIppen KILLED Belle
ElmOre.

NEW YORK Dec 9O-Joseph g Robin,
five minutes before his arraignment on an
indictment OF grand larceny in connection
with the failure OF the Northern bank.
took one-tenth of grain OF hyoscin. a
drug with which Dr. Hawiey Harvey Grip
pen killed his VIE. Belle fillmore. in Lon
don Or. Mcclure. the Tombs physician.
said Il would be miracle II the Indicted
banker recovered.
Surgeons worked over Robin for some
tune and then succeeded In reviving him
sufficiently TO have him taken TO the hos.
pital ward OF the Tombs.
Justice Peage in the supreme court today
signed an order turning over the assets Of
the Rochester Title Guarantee company
one OF Robins companies. to State Super
intendent Of Insurance Hotchly.ss for the
purpose Of winding up the concern.
Addicted to Dr-s Habit.
DR. Robinovitch said that her brother
was in the habit Of taking hyoscin in small
doses to counteract the effects Of NOR
phine which was used to deaden the stab
bing pains by which gall stones make
themselves known. She kept the drug In
her house and she thought her brother
swallowed twelve tablets. At Bellevue to-
night. the examining surgeon estimated
that Robin had taken about one-tenth OF
a grain.
Robin seemed in good health this morn
ing better than at any time since his
troubles began and he made no effort to
screen his face from the cameras as hith-
crto. The first sign Of illness was when
he staggered stepping from his automobile,
60 the criminal court building.
In the elevator he weakened so rapidly
that the detectives had TO lift him to a
couch. There he sank into Inconsistencies
and was not revived until the stomach
pump had been worked vigorously Its
prompt use undoubtedly saved his life
Outside the corridors of the criminal
courts beilding fairly hume1ed with eN-
citcment but In the court OF general ses-
slons itself Judge Grain was transaeting
hHslness as usual when PeFiome stepped
rapidly down the aisle.
Your honor" he began hurrledy ~ am
here IN the Robin case. " appears that
Tie defendant has taken a drug. lie can
not be stimulated. An Ambulance has been
summoned and surgeons iare now pumping
his stomach. The CIRCUMSTANCES are un-
avoidable."
Dr. Austin Flint retained by Jerome,
was called. The assistant district attorney
asked him what Robin had said.
IS HE said" answered DR. Flint q" I'm a
ldead man; I've haken poison tablets. l
found his face fiji, the pupils of his
eyes diated. his pulse 1OO and feeble He
told me be had swallowed the poison
three quarters OF an hour previously"
HyOScin Fatal Poison,
Hyoscin is described in the text books as
an alkaloid or hebane and IN its action a
cerebral and spinal sedative. Cases are
recorded In which a dose OF vne-twenty-
fifth OF grain applied TO the membranes
of the eve has produced severe general
toxic symptoms. In large doses It is dan.
gerous Oppressive OF the respiration. on
Information that the prisoner could not
possibly be arralgned the case was post
ponod unit 1.-The receipts of further advices
as TO Robins condition.
Robins frustrated attempt today leaves
the question of his sanity stll open. Dr.
William Mabon, for the state, and DR.
Austin Flint FOR his counsel, examined him
last might and found him physically able 10
appear in court today. but they did not
pass on his mental state. Just how his act
today WIN bear on that decision when II
comes does not appear.
In the affidavit submitted by his sister
when she applied for his commitment "a
an asylum. she swore he attempted suiciaS
last Saturday and gave that as one OF the
evidences OF his alleged insanity.
There were no further developments to-
day In connection with either the Bank
OF Northern New York. or the Washington
savings bank, both OF which are in the
hands OF ths state banking department
but the state department OF Insurance
took over the affairs OF the Title and
Guaranty Co, OF Rochester. n. Y. and q
large force OF Accountants is at work OF
the ledgers OF the many interviewer com.
pauies which Robin promoted