The Alaska citizen., 1911-02-13
Millions From Nothing
Story of Robin, New York's Frenzied Finan-
 cier, Who Disowned His Parents

he usual woman in the case have anything to do with it? A whole lot. but in this case the noun must be used in the plural Robin loved Broadway. with it's lights and its high-heeled girls. and Robin loved not sagely. but with an over-abund anCe of affection. and an over-energy in the art of spending money tc foolish purposes.
 The bankers assertion that he is not worth a cent is exactly true 'igated him. Technically. it may be Really and truly. Banker Robin while in jail. is still a rich mon. For out in Suffolk county. Riverhead Lcng Island. is great mansion built at a cost of s50O,0oO, which still knows Joseph G. Robin as its head and master although a docu ment recorded with the county clerk transfers the property to Dr. Louise Rohinovitch. his sister. That is Driftwood Manor.
 The story of Driftwood Manor is story of high living. eytravagance and wine parties attended bv Broad way chorus girls and New York poll ticians. But although the country around knew them. the inhabitants of that country could never gaze into a window nor spy glance into the dcings of the manor" Robin at 'ended to that little matter when he built that place.
 It was in 1907. shortly after he had acquired the Hamilton bank in New York for no-hing. that Robin bought the acres of land upon which the manor was built But he didn't buy it in his own name. Instead the Wading River Real Estate com pany was hurriedly organized for enc purpose. and that purpose was full filled when the deed to the propertv changed hands. The cost of the F acres was s12,000 It was merely q small item of the expense. The house, built of concrete. cost s125 900. The outbuldings cost s40,0OO but again the limit of expense was not reached There was the inter for furnishings to be done. and in this Robin spent fortune. Europe gave up expensive tapeStrirs. furni ture and decorations. And there was q final expense of S500.00O for all of it. The house stands half a mile from the highway. Robin wanted more privacy: he called for a great gang of shovelers. Their task was 10 erect a series of mounds that would extend around the entire place with the exception of the solid gates that were guarded And in this manner the parties which many times lasted all night were kept a secret.
 It was not until the insurance de partment of the state of New York became active in it's investigations If the Aetna Indemnity company. in which Robin was a controlling fac tor, that the wreckage began to pile up. Then. when the investigators learned of all the apparent irregu larities. Robin fled. He was ar rested and on the way to court he attempted suicide by taking hvos cine, the drug which killed Belle FL more. for whose death Doctor Grip pen was hanged in London. The drug did not do the work that had been planned for it, however, and a few days ago Robin was taken into court again, when he pleaded not guilty. His sister says that he is insane and that he is an habitual user of morphine, because of bodily pains. The court, however, is tC determine whether nis insanity is of the kind that really exists, CT whether it is of that nature that comes in handy when one is ir trouble.
 The stanchest friend of all ir Robins trouble is that sister. Il was she who aided him in eludine the officers when the crash came which called for his arrest, and il is she who says she can prove to the court and to everyone else that hel brother has been insane for years
 Delusions. the sister says. have affected the brother for years. Many times she has had to take precau tions to protect his life. because he believed that persons associat ed with J. Pierpont Morgan and the Pennsvl vana railroad were seeking to kill him. He spoke of these fears often Doctor RobinOvitch says.
 Robin, in jail, is contrite and re morseful-save on one point and in that he is as firm as a rock-he won't acknowledge the Robinovitch es, who claim him as son.-kansas City Star.
 Mark Twain's Tribute.
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