Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-31
AWAITS HYDE TRIAL
Political New York Interested
in Bank Scandal Probe.
FOURTH MAN TO FACE JURY
Ex-City Chamberlain Indicted Chief
ly on Testimony Of Joseph G.
Robin, Convicted.
FOURTH MAN TO FACE JURY
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
! NEW YORK. December 30.-Political
New York is awaiting with much in
terest the trial early next week of for
mer City Chamberlain Charles Hiram
Hyde. and the further probing OF the
banking scandal that has involved the
heads of the Carnegie Trust Company.
the Joseph G. Robin enterprises and
the New York political machine. Hyde
was indicted for the alleged crime OF
bribery in connection with the fnanc-
ing of these two institutions. and is
| the fourth man to face the jury OF a
coterie OF prominent politicians, bank
ers and promoters involved in the fail
ures.
The ex-city chamberlain was indicted
| chiefly on the testimony of Joseph G.
Robin. owner of string Of banks and
industrial enterprises. who alleged that
Hyde. himself and William ]. Cummins
convicted on charge Of embezzling
$4,000 from the Carnegie Trust Com
$4,000, met in Hydes Office in 1910
while Hyde was city chamberlain
Here they conferred with Joseph B
Reichman, former president of the Car
negie Trust Company, convicted In June
last of making a false report to the
state banking examiners. and, accord
| ing to Robin, Hyde told him that II he
would come through with a loan to the
then lettering Carnegie Trust Com
pany. he, Hyde. would see that the
municipal deposits were increased In
Robins Northern Bank. II Robin had
| refused, according to his story, he was
threatened with having the city money
then in his bank withdrawn. The bank
was in no condition to stand such with
drawals and he had to accede to Hyde's
demands Robin AYERS.
Bank Deposits Increased.
The official records show that the
municipal funds in Robins Northern
Bank were increased until the aggre-
gate some months after the date OF the
alleged conference amounted to approx
imately $1OO0.OOO
Recent developments have given
new turn to the affairs Of the indicted
| city chamberlain. Cummins. FOUND
guilty of a misappropriation OF the
Carnegie Trust Company funds. was
given his liberty on a certificate OF
reasonable doubt, and II is rumored
that he has made overtures to the
district attorney to turn states evi-
dence, hoping in this way to escape
a new trial and a possible sentence OF
six years and six months in the federal
prison. Color is lent to this rumol
| by the bad physical condition of Cum
minis, who suffered considerable during
his Incarceration in the Tombs while
awaiting the outcome Of his applica-
| ton to q higher court for a retrial.
Robin Sentence Held Up.
Robin, too has been adjudged sane
and the, order committing him to q
sanatarium has been invalidated
which. together with the fact that his
sentence has been held up till after
the trial of the indicted city chamber
lain, is considered significant.
Hyde's affiliation with Mayor Gaynor
whose administration of the city's at
fairs is very unpopular in many guar
| tiers. has brought forth charges OF {
political plot that have aggravated
the excitement attendant upon his
| trial The former city chamberlain
| is a law partner of the mayors, and
| at the time of the Robin bank failures
and the crash of the Carnegie Trust
Company mysteriously disappeared. re-
| naming away until the hue and cry
over the distribution of the city's
funds in the defunct institution was
spread from New York city to almost
every city in the east. He then re-
turned to the city, alleging illness as
the cause of his absence, and was
promptly indicted on a charge OF
swinging the city's millions to benefit
his own ends, which constitutes the
act of bribery in the eyes OF the law.