The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-01-03
TOOK POISON. / s. | !. \.
New Yeik Banker Charged With Ga a:
1Ilies i i, Eill q! Hinsslf 3 Il'.s
WHILE GOING TO 4 COURT R E.

ern Bank OF New York, the Prs
oner oollapses Before Reach
the Court Room WherD be Wa pe>.
Have Been Arraigne.L
Joseph r. Robin, who wrecked ehe
IN q + th rn Bank y eTs
70 rk w b iyl.e j, at ts heaa,ti
attempted to Kill himself asase
| on Friday. with head erect, skonss--Es
ers. and eyes leyelled lot the btasEya I!
| Of cameras trained on him, JossgAs
10. Robin : the indicted banker, ssesD--:
ed from biz sisters home to face ss'--. =
treignment, calm In the $knowss1se;
that. he had swallowed q: duzen es3jj
;;lets Of hyoscin. the aubu and dess
l'alkaloid, with which DR.: Crippett Rsa3-;;FF Il
ed his wife, Belle Gilmore. s# E4s stE Il:
l,speed. before he could be taken sasss
! Court with. the exclamation: in:as
dead man; I've taken poison es-7t
lets."' ii ,s&.s,:i q a .!St jst
Tho easo was postponed IA eaor.
greatest excitement. q stomach Hz1p
was hurriedly brought into play assss
the sick man was carried first to Gar!
prison hospital, adjacent, and latezte1's
Bellevue, where he lies in the; prtlss
ward. No charge Of attempted su-
eide is entered againat him, and = p y
thought he will recover. although;
| the action of hyoscin is slow, aEsG
much will depend on his vitality. i,
+ The time at which Robin took thn
drug is appropriately fixed by the tos-5. tos-s.
timony Of Dr.. Austin Flint, retatna4
for Robin byr.William Travers 3esa
ONE, his counsel; DR.: Louise Robin,
oYitch, his sister, and two deteotfvE2s
from the district attorneys ofsces.i
who rode with him from his sisters
house to the, Criminal Court bull esng
Or. Flint told the Court that as nntsa- i
lly as he could Judge from the syzsssa.:
t1ms, the poison had been in RobnD,
4 system about three-Quartsrs on Hz0'
4 hour, when he collapsed.
The two detectives were positare
their. prisoner swallowed nothing eR
the way to Court. Dr.. Robinoyfsen
said her brother was in the habit 6g
I taking hyoscln III small doseH. 60
]counteract the effects OF morphaasaa,
which he used to deaden the gta
Elng&paans by which ;gsil stones maas'
themselves known. She kept the. Gr1eSs
IN her house and she thought haT
brother swallowed twelve tablets. 12
Bellevue the. Examining surgeons tsa7;
tlmated that Robin had taken aho1e
Eone-tenth of a grain. .' Il RS=si E..ssiii
= Robin seemed In good health ssi-
urday morning, better than at a,sT
time since his troubles eommers
The rarst sign OF illness was when be-.
staggered, on stepping from hta asa-s
tonobiie to the Criminal Court buRf2,
Ing. IN the elevator he weakened aw
rapids. that the detentiVes had 10
lift him to Q couch. There he sudsaE'
irao .uneonsciousness and vas not ea-:
! viyed antii tho stomach pump GaD
been worked vigorously. It's prczsp2
uBe undoubtedly saved nie. life.
Outside the corridors Of the Cd
minal Court building fairly humn,e1
with excitement. but in the Court or
General Sessions itself Judge ;Crasn
was transacting business as usual
when VIM. r. Jerome stepped raradsy
down the aisle.
"Your Honor" he began, hurr3ess
ly, II am here in the Robin case. 7e.
appears that the defendant has taken
la drug. he cannot be stimulEsaa
An ambulance has been called an9
surgeons are now pumping out HS.n
stomach. The circumstances ore tn
iavoidable." +,
! On information that the priseagr
could not possibly be arraigned, Che
case was postponed until the recasHS
OF further adyices to Robins oon1a
tion. i'':! az .'rt.i, - ~.
| Hyoscin Is described IN the eaxe
books as an alkaloid OF henbane AND
In ite action cerebral and spfaa9
sentative: Gases are recorded IN
which dozen tablets u 1-25th gain.
applied , the membranes OF the egR9
'!hare ;. uuced several general tnase
lsYuDtoms. - Is'&'., :. -, :,
f. Robins frustrated attempt feavaG
7 che question OF his insanty sdn aD-
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