The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-01-03
TOOK POISON i !
New York Banker Charged WiIh Giase > :.
Tries Is xii Himself
WHILE GOING TO COURT &

Ig. p > . y s go Egr
ern Bank OF New York, the Pras-
oner Ccllapses Before Reacl,s'H'sss ''ss.
the Court Room Where he Waa NJ
Have Been Arraigned. 3.
Joseph q. Robin. who wrecked eaa
No r th ern Bank Of y BE
70 Z K " b i.le o. Its he.easi
attempted to Kill himself asafps 2.
ION Friday. with head. erect, shouss-.;
ers. and eyes leyellsd let the stasa.s 4
OF cameras trained on him, Joeeg4
@. Robin. the indicted banker, sssesss0aFS ss073S
cd from hio sistes's home to face; e; sr7- :.
raignment, calm; In the knoRietsso!
that he Esd swallo owed dozen si
lete OF hyoscin, the ,aubtie and; aesslsT
alkalo,d With which DR.: Crippen :asa-s| \
ed .his wife, Belle Gilmore: He =.
!lapeed before he could be- taken sg'
Court, with the exclamation: lD 4s
dead man; Two taken poison 60
fets. =. & ii,.s; stts, 5,s.s .i., 4
Tho case was postponed in eao:
greatest excitement, Q stomach I"SQit
was hurriedly brought into play &C.;
the sick man was carried first tnS esar
prison hospital, adjacent, and latesfsaa5
Bellevue, where he lies In the sprtsSso ].
ward. No charge of attempted cuS
eide is entered againnt him. and = o. ?:
thought he will recover. althoHs2e. J.
the action OF hyoscin is elow, azlsa q =
much will depend on his vitality.
The time at which r obln took san
drug ia appropriately fixed BY the tas- 90
timony OF Dr.. Austin Flint, retatae8
for Robin by william T-avers Jea-
ONE, his counsel; Dr.. Louise Robin. Rsan ).
oyitch, his sister, and tao deteotfvas
from the district. attorneys ofac1ss;-i
who rode with him from his sistes
house to the Criminal Court ba1dssg
Or. Flint told the Court that as5 nahs2.-f
ly as he could Judge from the sy1aaG.
TOMS, the poison had been In Robs
system about three equartsrs on Eza
hour. when he collapsed. ~ Y.
The two detectives were positive
their prisoner. swallowed nothing eR
the way to Court. Dr.. Robinoy2sets
said her brother was u the habit oT,
taking hyoscln Ia small doseH. er
counteract the effects ,of morphfes,s
which he used to deaden the stass1sae-
fing&paaas BY which gsn stones maAo
themselves known. She Kept the. Aess
IN her house. and she thought har
brother swallowed twelve tablets. az
Bellevue the examining surgeons sss-
tlmated that Robin had taken ahGuf
I'one-tenth Of q grain. ~. Sci 81 81 S
= Robin seemed In good health 81
urday morning, better than at aag.
time since his troubles eemmers
The .frst sign OF illness was when nD,
staggered, on stepping from hts Gsa-s
tomobile to the Crimina Cocrt bulls
ing. In the elevator he weakened 30
rapidly that tho aetentiYes had 20,
lift him to o couch. There he Barsssse
;rao uneonsciounaess and was not es-
giYed until the stomach pnmp EzD
| been worked vigcrdn.lly. It's prdazpe
use undoubtedly saved his life. :.,.s; .5.a
Outside the. corridors Of the ssas--s
| minal Court building fairly hummeR
with excitement. but in the Court or
General Sessions itself Judge Craen
was transacting. business as usua1
when VIM. T. Jerome stepped rapsdsy
down the aisle. 5.,... (. ...s :
"Your Honor" he began, hurried
liy, ri am here in the Robin case. 7e
appe ars that the defendant has taken
drug. He cannot be stim ulEtaa
An ambulance has been called and
surgeons are now pumping out Hs-
stomach. The circumstances ore s'a-
avoidable."
On information that the priseMer
could not possibly be a:raigned, dsess
case was postponed until the recefnA;
OF further advioes. to Robins oon6A
tfou. "'s& i'3'1f>isi,+ W
Hyoscin ,s described IN the Gexe
books as an alkaloid Of henbane anD
iIn ita action cerebral and sptaa2
sendative: Gases sre recorded IN
which dozen tablets OF l-25th gaar~
applied to the membranes OF the egRa
have produced several general tas2e
syuDtoms. ~ a'i';s.' -, -. :. :.
f. Robins frustrated attempt seavaG
che question Of his insanity sdD dD-
| en- "s'.'Ii- ''.,& -
There was no further Development
IN connections with either the Nc&Ar
ern Bank Of New YorR or the VASE
In gton Savings Bank, both OF wS?fa
arc IN the hands Of the State banking
department. but the State depaHe-
mept.of insurance took over the n-
fairs OF the Title and Guarantee
Company, Of Rochester, N. y, andH
large force of accountants are al
WORK on tho ledgers Of the many IN
tewoven concerns which Robin pnD-
NOTED. .-:f ~.
| Cleaned Cp Family.
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