The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-23
ROBIN WALKS IN
RUBBER SHOES
Indicted Banker Believes Morgan
and Others Are Trying to
Kill Him.

New York. January 22.--Icseph c.
Robin. indicted bank president, Was
taken from tho Tombs yesterday to the
dcrEo another examination as 10 mis-
sanity. The aiicnists who questioned
him for almost three hours were Dir.
William y. White. of st. Flizabcth's
Hospital, Washington. ID. e.: DR. Alan
McLane Hamilton Or. Smith lily Jcl-
liffe and Dr. Austin G.. Flint. DR., Flint
acted FOR Robin. whose counsel. Mr.
Jerome was present. The alicpists will
report TO the District Attorney in writ
Ing
Robin. II IS said. believes that big
Wall street bankers, headed ~ j. T..
Morgan. arc plotting his physical dc :
atruction after having accomplished his
financial ruin. They arc seeking his
life In tho Toirbs, he imagines. ana to
that end have secretly introduced into
the prison q strange eiec:rican device.
TO circumvcn. ,hcm :ie wears contiI;l-
cusly rubber ovcrshoes as insulators.
How RoIin E:1nctcd Usury.
An action in the Supreme Court
brought by w. l.. Fickiing against the
Northern Bank to set aside n mortgage
on Mr.. I'iclelings automobiIc disclosed
yesterday some new facts III relation
TO Robins financial methods.
1t shows that lie was In the habit OF
tn king bonuses from persons who OBJ
tanned loans from him or from the
bank, and that to hide this fact and
,ui,.
cd on tho extra fees being paid III
cash and deposited In the stamp Don
in the cashiers cage, whence they were
disposed as directed. No entries OF
them appeared in the books of tbs
bank, and the only way in which they
could be traced was by remembering
the size Of the stamp box on the date
in question.
Robin testified TO these facts before
tho commissioner in bankruptcy in tho
case OF Tickling & Co, last year -ne
State Banking Department took no ac-
ton upon this disclosure and others
banking methods; instead. he was per
mitted to go on unit The had prac-
tically ruined the Northern Bank vii,
Its nine branches and sS,oo00o0 of de-
posts and had looted the w ashing,or
Savings Bank.
The Tickling case disclosed the fact
that F'ickling e Co applied to he
Rivcrdalc branch OF the Northern Banh
for Il loan of $4,000. This loan was
made by Robin after mortgage hao
| hccn taken on everything tho ricklings
owned.
How the FickIinEs N'crc MlsIcd.
When all but about $1,000 Of the
| loan had been paid. the firm wanted
| $500 to meet pay roll. Robin agreed
| to advance the money. provided the
| Ficklings gave a new note. assigned
| all their book debts and executed an
other mortgage OH all they owned
| In addition, Tickling was required to
mortgage his private automobile. This
was q machine strangely like that In
| which Robin fed from tho jnrisdic-
| ton or the New York courts after an
unsuccessful attempt to bc confined
! In tsanatorium and which his sister
! DR. Louise Robinovitch. and his for
! mcr stenogrnDher. Mrs. Bert Dolnnd
| or Miss E.ckhart, employ now.
| The Ficklings. in assigning their
! book debts, made Robin agree that he
| to do SO would ruin tho Ficklings's
business. notwithstanding this agree
mcnt, no sooner had the note and the
| mortgages been executed than the
! customers We're notified, with the re-
! suit that the Ficklings went into
| bankruptcy and lost all they had, al
| though at tho time It was shown that
| their assets were more than SufIi
| clent to meet all their obligations II
| their business had not been inter.
| fcrcd with.