The evening world., 1911-01-20
ROBINS HOLDINGS
MOSTLY A SAFE;
COMBINATION LOST
Bank Wrecker Testifes Eva
sively at Bankruptcy Pro-
ceedings in u. S. Court.
ALlENlSTS SCAN HIM.
Jerome Appears as Friend"
but Takes No Hand in
Examination.
ALlENlSTS SCAN HIM.

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the United states District Court for ex.
animation by tho receivers In bank
ruptcy. William T. Jerome. his counsel
In all the criminal proceedings against
Robin. was with him. but In answer 10
COMMISSIONS A~lexander's question as
20 his appearance as counsel, Mr.. Jer-
ONE said: In appearance ! am hero
merely as a friend"
X. s. Nichols. OF counsel for Peter
alexander. tho receiver. questioned
f0opin as TO ms various residences and
his stock holdings. He answered:
More than haN tho stock OF the
Fidelity Company: a majority of the
bonds ana some OF the stock of ,ha
South Shore Traction Company; Bank
ers Realty n Security Company. and
stock In the Railway Traction Company.
l never kept any books OF these things"
Where did you keep your holdings
or stocks n bonds?" was asked. and
Robin enumerated all the banks in his
chain" and the realty and railway cor
porations with which his name has been
connected.
Have you any safe deposit box now.
and where7" asked the examiner.
I think I have. at Riverside Branch
Bank I ought to have"
Where Is the key7'
Thinks Combination 10 Lost.
I'm the inside box In the vault O, my
safe. ] do not think q have opened that
safe IN three or four years, and ! guess
the combination IL lost"
II have all the contents OF that safe :,
interpolated Mr.. Jerome.
s how much stock he owned Sept.
20 last. Robin said:
Il ought TO own $500 shares a, s,ock
OF the Northern Bank, 5000 Fidelity
Developing Company and ! don, know
now many shares Of Bankers Realty
Security Company"
Robin said he believed he had some
stock OF tho Huguenot Trust Company.
but he didn't know where anything was
since the State Bank Department had
taken possession OF his bank.
Any Huguenot stock In the name of
Otto Kelsey7"
mo. but ! had some In the name OF
Anthony Stumpf."
Ale mis- Watches Him In Court.
In the background, In the audience
surrounding the witness and LAWYERS.
table. was DIR. Allan MacLane HamlI-
ton. the a~lienist, with his sharp ewes
In scrutiny OF Robin. who, all smiles.
went on with his story. volunteering
much OF II.
II had shares of stock in the Eas,
River Bank" he continued. "a few in
the American. Bank-I am not sure I'm
what nadne-maybe Stumpf's. I should
nave had between 5000 and 1000 shares.
either In my name. or perhaps Otto KEEL
sey's name In the Aetna Indemnity
Company. but much OF II on call in the
hands OF other people. These were Sem
ator Clarence Lexow. lead now, and
some client OF his. I had some stock
n the Rochester Tile Company and more
In the Babylon Ferry Company. the
Anthony Stumpf Publishing Company,
the Reid Lumber and Timber Company
and the Hotel Cumberland Company
about $4,000 worth.
II had stock In Cobalt, In the Ma
tional Bank OF Amityville and In
Greene Copper"
Robin started to tell about $4,000
worth OF city bonds. but stopped. saw
Ing that was not his personal matter
and that he never owned any city
bonds.
Robin said the wading River COM
pany transferred the sanitarium prop
erty to his sister. DIR. Louise Robino-
witz.
Memoranda In Safe, Too.
Returning to the side remark about
$500 0 In city bonds, Mr.. Nichols
drew out that all he memoranda were
In Robins safe In his office In the
Times Building and he could not tes-
tify onhand.
Mr.. Jerome said that the South Shore
Traction stock was issued to Theodore
Werner and that Robin has a paper
signed by Werner showing that he held
the stock In for Robin. Robin said
that he and a Mr.. Work held a lot OF
stock In common and were to have a
settlement and divide. but had never got
together.
NOW. can you tell ms where your
holdings OF Northern Bank stock are
located?' he was asked.
We'll. ] guess you'll find It scattered
between the Northern Bank and the
Carnegie Trust Company" replied Ro.
bin, stu. smiling.
did you ever tell any one that he
had your permission to go TO your fiat
ana TAXI away any securities he might
hnd there?"
Well I've been crazy. but never so
crazy as that"
you are quoted as lntimating that
some one has been 20 your strong box
ana removed property u of your safe
keeping vaults2"
Il don't know. ] have been told so
and ] have read It In the newspapers.
Wy counsel has advised me not 70 talk
business with those people, because IL
might excite me-"
Declares Proceedings Fraudulent.
Mr.. Nichols didn't acquire much lnfor-
nation, ana presently Robin, stlll wear
ing a mechanical smile. remarked:
II was peutioned In bankruptcy ON
fraudulent claims"
Robin was asked about a conversation
elweon him n officials OF the state
Banking Department on Dec, %. lie
waved his hand emphatically ana said
with anger:
THAT question Is absurd. I was un.
der the influence OF morphine at that
time"
Then the witness resnming his smile,