New-York tribune., 1911-01-07

mulated some money. They paid the ex-
penses of their daughter Louise while
she was studying medicine in Paris, they
said. They owned two houses in Brook
lyn and had an equity in them Of S12,-
600, from which they derived an In
come
During the panic of 1907 a mortgage Of
81, 500 held by the New York Life In
surance Company became due, and they
were fearful that they would not be able
to meet it, so they asked an older SON.
Edward. to intercede with Joseph, who
they knew loaned considerable money TO
help them, they said. Edward returned
from his mission TO Joseph, according TO
their story and told them that they
would save all their worry by turning
over the property TO the two brothers.
who would pay them In return patrl-
mony Of $40 a month for the rest OF
their lives. They turned over the deeds
to Edward. they said, and have received
the $40 a month ever since.
They were not anxious to establish any
of their rights to Joseph's property, said
Mrs. Rabinowitch, but only want TO
prove that he and Louise are their chill
dren. they said. The District Attorney
now hopes TO establish the relationship
beyond a doubt from the documentary
evidence which he has.
In all the indictments filed against
Robin yesterday he is charged with be-
ing the custodian Of the sums mentioned
and with appropriating the same TO MS
own use unlawfully, or with conNertlhS
them 10 the use of enterprises Win
which he was connected.
The sums and dates mentioned iD the
indictments are: May G, 1910, two cheeks
Of $4,000 each August II, 1slO' TWO
checks. one for $4,000 and the other LOT
$4,000; August IS, 1910, two checks OF
$4,000 each; September 2, 1910, check
for $4,000; September 3, l91O' checA
fer SO. 900; October IS, 1910, check Tor
$4,000; November Is. 1910, two checHs'
one for $4,000 and the other for SIOOo'
and the superseding Indictment charging
the $4,000 larceny on April IS, 1910.
Jerome to Produee Books.
Former District Attorney Jerome, Ro-
bins counsel, was subpPnaed before the
grand Jury yesterday and a demand
made on him for the books OF the Rail-
way. Traction and Construction Com
pany, of which Robin was treasurer. MI
Jerome refused to turn over the DOCKS
and all hands, including the members or
the grand Jury, District Attorney Whit
man and Assistant District Attorney
Clark. who has charge of the Robin case
went before Judge Swan in General Ses-
sions 10 settle the matter.
Mr.. Clark told the court that the books
i'm question had become very material 10
the investigation now being conducted
by the grand jury. Ye said that Mr..
Jerome had stated befc-e the grand jury
that he did not know whether the BOOKS
in his possession were the ones wanted.
rrbera had been witnesses before the
Grand iurv who proved that the books
Mr.. Jerome admitted that the books
he had taken from the office OF the COM
many in the Times Building were prob
ablv the ones wanted, but he contended
that they were Robins personal prop
ertv and believed that they might be
used against his client. He said that
he had felt constrained 70 decline to pro-
duce the books before the grand jury on
the statutory grounds that they might
tend to incriminate his client
District Attorney Whitman retorted
that Mr. Jerome was not counsel for the
company in question and had no right
% take onv Of its books. Mr.. Jerome
adroi,ted that when he was District At
,ornev he had often impounded books.
hut confessed that h knew of no law
that gave him authority TO do so. il
was finally decided that Mr.. jerome
sbould keep possession of the books
after they had first been sealed i'm the
district Attorneys office. and produce
Them before the grand jury on Monday.
The authorities made no attempt yes
,erdav 10 stop the auction sale of many
of the effects at Driltwood Farm the
Pobin country estate, at Wading River.
Long Island, which it was at drst
thought Robin had transferred TO his sis
ter DR. Robinowitch, on December 2s,
,,ber the deed was recorded just prior 20
his arrest The proceeds Of the auction
of livestock and farming machinery
amounted TO nearly $4,000. Miss Robin
o,,i,cb,s representative paid on the help
a,d viii close the farm.
II developed yesterday that Dr. Ro-
h,rovitcb had purchased The farm from
the Wading River Realty Company
which was controlled by her brother a
vear ago. though the deed was not re-
corded until last week Mr. Jerome ex-
pl,ined YESTERDAY that this was not au
unusual procedure and said that give
transaction had been loft open in this
case az Robin might have wanted 70
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