The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-03-15
ROBINS SENTENCE DEFERRED
ANOTHER EXAMINATION INTO
MS SANITY ARRANGED.
But tie win Appear Bcfore the Grand
.Iur, ~ an nscntenccd Mau--That
bod, Busy Yesterday with a SPECIFIC
charge Against a Carnegie OH,c,ai.

.Iur, as an nscnteuccd Nlau--That
Rod, Busy Yesterday with a SPECIFIC
charge Against q Carnegie ON,c,ai.
Supreme Court Justice Scabury hasn't
rade up his mind whether Joseph q.
Robin should be sentenced to a prison or
Should re confined in Mattcewan. For
ira, reason. and because District Attor-
ney Whitman. who has got good deal of
information from Robin as TO the queer
fnanciering OF the Carnegie Trust Com
rany wants to use Robin in the month to
come. Justice seabury decided yes
,erday to postpone final action on Robin
until April ~.
While Justice Seabury was comforting
in chambers yesterday afternoon with Dis
uct Attorney Whitman. William r.
Jerome and Samuel j. Goldsmith. who ia
now acting as Robins counsel. the Grand
Jury. at the Criminal Courts Building.
~ss examining Bradley Martin. Jr.,
president OF the Nineteenth Ward Bank:
John " Coggey and E. r. Finch. directors
Of the bank. and Gustav Baumann, a
director Of the Madison Trust Company,
concerning their possible knowledge OF
an alleged theft Of approximately $3.50, 600
from the Carnegie Trust Company by
one Of that compcny's mcin officic,s.
The particular phese Of the investigation
that is before tho Grand Jury is how
much ia known by officials end clerks Of
the Van Norden string Of banks concern
ing loan made to the Carnegie by these
Institutions which was diverted by a Car
nesie Official to his personal account.
Justice scabury's decision to postpone
the sentencing Of Robin. together with
the first definite information as to the line
Of inquiry the Grand Jury is taking. was
the important development yesterday
in the Carnegie Trust Company investi-
cation. Also George l.. Dycr the advcr-
tising man who. worth $4,000. sencd
note for ss0O.0OO because Friend Reich
mann asked him to. explained what led
him to do it.
II had boon takon for granted that
Robin was to be sentenced on March 81
for looting his own savings bank On
January 81 last General Sessions jury
had after listening to alicnists dccidod
that he WIS not crazy. ubsolucatly
Robin pleaded guilty to grand larceny
and began to supply tho District Attorney
with tips. and tho rcncwoi talk that no
10 mad and that his testimony would he
subject to that imputation was surprise
yesterday.
Tho conference Of Judge and lawyc-s
began at 40 p. NJ. and lasted until nearly
Q. Until District Attorney Whitman.
Mr.. Jerome and Mr.. Goldsmith explained
what had boon gona. ovcr thcrc was a
notion around that an attonpt was to
be madc to got Justice Scabury to allow
Robin to withdraw his plci Of guilty in
order that his evidence to.ore tho Grand
Jury might gain crodibility Tho District
Attorney said that was not the case at
all. There was no mention before jus
tice Seabury. no said. Of any withdrawal
OF plea. Tho conference was brought
about for the purpose OF gctting Justice
Seabury to consent to allow Robin to
testify as an unsentonced man. Further
Justice Seabury was not convinced that
Robin is sane, and wants to look over
the evidence before he sends him to some
Kind Of q prison.
In granting ths District Attorneys
application to dolay sentence Justic-
seabury required that all OF the witnesses
who appeared in the trial in General
Sessions to testify for or against Robins
sanity shall go before a stcnographcr
and record their opinions again. Three
transcripts of this testimony will be
made. one for the use of the Justice,
one for the District Attorney and one
for Mr.. Jerome. After Justice Seabury
looks over the testimony and perhaps
has another conference with the District
Attorney. with MIR. jerome and with Mr..
Goldsmith he will decide what shall be
done with Robin. Mr.. Jerome in joining
the conference does not rcappear as
counsel for Robin. When Robin entered
MS plea OF guilty it was agreed that MIR.
Jerome might submit to the court at any
time any Information no had in reference
10 the case. Yesterday Mr.. jerome
reiterated his opinion that Robin is in
sane and agreed to assist Justice Seabury
In any way the Justice might require.
District Attorney Whitman explained
the conference in this way Justice Sea-
bury has granted my application made
ihls afternoon in conference that the
sentencing OF Robin. which had been fixed
for March ~. be delayed until April 81
in order that may use Robin before the
Grand Jury in the Carnegie case before
Robin is sentenced"
Mr.. Whitman said he hopes to get
Robin before the Grand Jury this week,
but that the road may not be cleared for
his appearance before some time next
week, When the time comes he wants,
he says Robin to appear as an unsentenced
man
What the Grand Jury was probing yes
ierday was the matter of a $3.50. 900 loan
made by the Van Norden Trust Company
and the Nineteenth Ward Bank. jointly.
to the Carnegie Trust Company on APP
ri 10, 1910. Out Of this transaction came
the alleged larceny Of s25O.OOO.
The story is that an official Of the Car
neg" who was needing ready cash pretty
badly about April 10 got the Nan Norden
Imst Company and the Nineteenth Ward
Bank TO 80 in on a $3.50. 900 loan to tho
'alnegie. The help arrived at the Car
h"sle Trust Company's Office in the form.
T. SAID Of a cashiers check. The needy
"holhl took tho valuable slip from the
hands of Nice-Fresident r. l.. Smith of
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