The evening world., 1911-03-01

table. N II about TO say something.
but when q newspaper man spoke TO
her she evidently changed Der mind.
She muttered something about '1Aars"
and hurried oaok to her place.
As soon ss court opened Mr.. jerome
got ~ and said:
since thu adjournment yesterday
matters have transpired which n~ecess!-
tate a personal explanation at this
time Some time after ] became his
lawyer I became convinced that the de-
PENDANT was Of unsound mind. Upon
that presumption ! entered for him a
plea Of not guilty. Subsequently, his
sanity was tested by a lay jury, who
declared him TO be OF SCUM mind !
then formally withdrew as his counsel
And was assigned to defend him. wh!ea
explains my presence here now.
jerome FL. ALLY Wlthdraws.
As Your Honor knows. ] oonteDdcd
when these present proceedings stared
that my client vas of unsound mind
and should not be tried upon the charge
against him. | was o%verruled hy you.
and We took NJ the task of getting n
jury.
The attitude which I took at tns
outset 1 still maintain: tho conclusion
which I reached then IL still with me.
In short. l do not regard this man as
being mentally competent to confer
with counsel. However. this view Is
not shared by others who are Interested
In Robin. and as n result OF n confer
ence which was held last night ! feel
that. having performed my professional
duties. / now desire to withdraw.
The prisoners sister. DIR. RobIno-
witch. his nearest relative. desires tl.nt
from now on he bs represented lesas,y
by Mr.. Goldsmith. and l request the
Court to permit my retirement from
this case
A. Mr.. Jerome sat down In the
midst OF a deep hush the Justice. uf-
ter paying 9 high tribute to Jeronio's
xeei n energy. said no eomed It TAO
moro han fair that the reques should
DO granted.
Instantly Robin was on his feet.
Your Honor" he began. Il want to
make . statement before
Up Jumped Mr.. Whitman to protest.
The Court checked Whitman and
silenced Robin with the same gesture.
Il do not think 1 want TO hear any
statement at this lme." said the JUS
ties. Then. addressing the Jury, he said
It seriously han ared the adm abstraction
" Justice that tn, results OF a private
conference OF last night. affecting the
present issue. should have been blazoned
forth In the public prints. He regretted
that he ooa,1 not nlsh those respon-
slble for utterinE and circulating these
disclosures.
Goldsmith Makes Plea Guilty"
Up got Robin again. but before ne
could utter more than a word or so the
Justice siienced him again. Mr.. Gold
smith arose In the midst OF a little stir
and announced that on behalf OF his
client he decided to withdraw the stand
ing plea of mot guilty" and substitute
therefore a plea Of guilty. As Robin
stood alongside OF Goldsmith Clerk Bro
ply put to him the required question.
phrased after the court formula and en-
bracing the charges set forth In the In
dictment.
Robin merely nodded when asked II he
desired to plead guilty. Then he TOOK
the oath to answer truthfully what ques-
IONS might De pun 10 Hlm'
Preparations were going forward for
taking Robins pedigree when Mr.,
whitman interrupted. lie had felt
sure all along, he said. that Robin was
entirely sane and sensible. and that
inasmuch as he desired to question the
prisoner regarding certain criminal
transactions involving other probable
m~alefactors he asked the Court TO de-
fer the pronouncing OF sentence until
March ~ m In the meanwhile. asked
that Robin be remanded without bail
TO the city prison.
Justice Seabury nodded his acquies-
cence TO this. He thanked the twelve
Jurors for their work thus far and dis
charged them. On the heels Of this he
dismissed this term Of court until March
g-the date desired by Mr.. whitman
and At once left the bench.
A little group fingered behind. focuss-
ing about the spot where Robin. his sis-
ter and his former secretary. Mrs, Dor
land. were gathered together. Or. Ro-
binovitch seemed actually relieved that
the strain was over. She was smiling
wanly behind the shadows OF her heavy
black veil.
Robin Insists He's Sane.
Robin seemed clipper and cheerful
lie sat down bet ween the two women
and talked to them for twenty minutes
Nobody paid any attention to them
Presently Robins nerve began to dc
sert him. lie started passing his handi
nervously across his face and leaned
YEARLY against the little black-clat
figure OF his sister as II grown sud
denly tired. she put her arm over hi
shoulder ana supported him. SO the,
stayed for some time.
Mr.. Goldsmith. who was standing
gearby. said:
Mr.. Robin has all along contendc'
that he was sane. lie has never ceased
20 oppose the claims OF the allenlst
n the others who have regarded hin
ss being OF unsound mind. II was 70
the purpose of telling the Justice TN
that he got up n while ago. 1t was al
own desire that ne be permitted to al
dress tho Court and the jury. and hat
he not been checked, he would hav
told them that never for a moment ha'
he personally doubted his W sanity.
There are seven other Indictment
pending against my client, but do no
believe any Of them viii ever be brough
up against him, now that he has plead
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