New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-27

| uncertain ABOUT fIJue W0NS
Did HYDE return to his Office asked
Mr.. Moss
II don't know" replied the witness.
But he might have?'
He might have done anything so Tar
as know"
recorded the hours of work he had put
| in on different cases fixed the date and
the incidents In his mind, he explained.
| when you went out with Mr.. Hyde
where were the other mem" was the AS
sistsnt District Attorneys next question
II don't know.
| Ibid they remain behind?'
II think possibly they did
did you see them going out?"
| Il did not"
you are quite clear that Mr.. Hyde
went out with you and left these gentle
men, his guests, behind him in his own
| ofice?" asked the prosecutor with a gen.
erous amount Of that infection which de-
i notes surprise.
That is my recollection"
"You mean to say that Mr.. Hyde went
down in the elevator with you and that
those gentlemen were not in the same
elevator"
Exactly"
The subject OF the meeting came to his
attention for the first time, Campbell
| testified, in April 1910, when the first
conversation with Hyde and Neu oc-
CURED. And, as New had testified, he
| said they had another conference on the
subject after the indictment had been
returned against Hyde. in May, 1910. In
neither of these conversations could he
remember that the names or personalities
Of the callers had been touched upon
Mr.. Moss asked him;
did you ever state to Mr.. Hyde that
you didn't know who these gentlemen
were who had come to see him on that
evening""
Yes. sir. Possibly a month ago"
Didn't you tell Mr.. Hyde that long
ago."
mo. I don't think I did"
He had heard Hyde ask New IL he
| knew who the men were, the witness
said. but Hyde had never asked him the
question that he could remember.
"And when Neu said he didn't know,
did Hyde tell him.
Il don't think he did"
Talks Related Only to Time.
The conversations he had had with
HYDE and Neu. so FAR as he could re-
member, had related only 10 the time,
not 20 the personalities OF the guests;
TO the hour Hyde arrived and the hour
he left. TO the time and circumstances OF
Campbells departure and to what he was
doing there.
Did you ever learn where Hyde went
after he left the office?"
II understood he went home
He told you he went home
YES, sir"
I'm the first conversation you had with
him on the subject?'
In the first conversation, / think
One alienist after another described yes
terday the fine points Of what they con-
sIdered Robins decisions. Two said EN-
phstically that he suffered from true
paranola"; two others said he was suf-
fering from a "paranoiac condition one
said the man had paranoia without speci-
flying which kind or subdivision, and an
other that he had a psychosis merely
though which Of the many sorts ne ola
not feel competent TO say.
And after all Of them had described at
more or less length the symptoms which
had led to their diagnoses Steuer covered
the entire ground again In reading to the
Jury the testimony which Robin had given
before Judge Swami, In the Court OF Gen
eral Sessions In February, 1911, on the oc-
casion Of the judicial inquiry into his
sanity.
All OF these alienlsts had examined
Robin on different occasions and had re-
ported on his mental condition. Dr. Aus
tin Flint held the record. however. for the
number Of times aud the different circum-
stances under which he had observed the
frenzied banker. His testimony came first
and il covered the ground most com
pletely. He began by saying that Robin
suffered from true paranoia, which he
described as follows:
"A form OF insanity which comes on grad
ually and slowly and is observed to attack
persons mostly in their early adult life,
saw between twenty-five and thirty years
Of age, or perhaps a little later. 1t al
most always occurs in persons whose he
redity Is bad, that H., some OF whose an
cestors have suffered from nervous dis
eases Of one sort or another. II is char
acterized by a delusion or set Of delusions
which we call systematized; that is, per
feetly logical in all their facts. but whose
premises are false. springing from the In
depreciation Of things seen or heard.
Disease Without III Results.
Another characteristic Of this disease
is that IL Is not attended by any mental
deterioration or any physical ailment.
necessarily. It's decisions are not incon-
sistent with any considerable ability in
the ordinary lines Of human activity. Its
subjects are not subject to any physical
deterioration. They live for long time"
Then he started I'm on Robin personally
II could ascertain nothing definite about
his family history" said the physician.
who had enumerated dozen or fifteen
times in which he had taken part In or
| been present at lengthy examinations Of
Robin.
II did ascertain he had a brother-at
least Robin Informed me he was his