The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-11-23
ROBIN ADMITS
He SOUGHT HYDE
Banker Went TO Chamber
lain with "Card of Recon-
mendatiOn."
DEFENCE IS ELATED
Deputy Chamberlain Tcsti-
fies City Deposited With
Carnegie Trust in 1907.
WHITMAN CONTRADICTED
Evidence introduced to Prove
Trust Company Had Mar
Gin Of Funds.

last evening Deputy City Chamberlain
Walsh appeared to land a severe blow
on the prosecution in the case of former
Chamberlain Charles II. Hyde Reply
ing to a question on crosse xamination
he testified that the Carnegie Trust Com
pany had city deposits as far back as
1907. before Mr.. Hyde was Chamber
lain. Mr.. Walsh admitted that he had
only the records of his Office TO go by,
but it was there set forth.
This WAS directly contradictory TO the
assertion of District Attorney Whitman
in his opening address that Charles n
Hyde had been the first City Chamber
lain to give city funds to the trust COM
pany and that il was a II done because of
the Chamberlain close relations with
William j. Cummins. who was the prin-
cipal owner Of the institution
II was a tedious day in the Criminal
Branch of the Supreme Court, lightened
only by the spirit with which Joseph
G. Robin met some Of the personal ques-
tions on cross-examination from Max
ID. Steuer of counsel for the man who
is accused OF demanding or accepting
a bribe as public officer Such az it was.
however, the defence seemed TO think
it had scored some very good points
They got Robin to admit that not only
did the Northern Bank have $3.50. 600 on
deposit in the Carnegie Trust Company
on August 22, 1910, and Sl2O. 900 to $3.50, 600
in notes Of the same company. but that
his other enterprises had accounts there
also. The amount was said to be around
$4,000 or perhaps more; but this was
not allowed TO appear on examination
The defence also seemed to think il
made strong point in the line of dis
creditng the testimony Of Robin in the
matter of the 3l5O,,D0 bond his bank
had given to the city. Robin testified
that when he thought the city deposits
were about to be raised from around
sl20 600 because he had loaned the Car
negie Trust sl3oOOO he spoke about the
bond He said he understood that a
bank could only carry within about
5000 Of its bond. Fred T.. Goldman. one
of his former managers. acknowledged
ON cross-eXamination that Robins bank
had carried all the way from $3.50, ,OOO 10
$80,OO daily all during the year 1910.
before and after August %
Az soon as Justice Goff had taken
his seat yesterday morning and the Jury
after night at the Murray Hill Hotel
was in readiness. Mr.. Steuer aided bv
John b. Stanchfield and Mr.. Hyde. went
after Robin again. When the session
closed the night before Mr. Steuer was
trying to make Robin admit. among
other things, that if the Carnegie Trust
had gone down on August %. because
he had refused to let it have $3.50, 900, his
Northern Bank would have suffered a
disastrous loss. He took up the matters
OF Robins other concerns yesterday.
Robin admitted smlingly that some OF
his other numerous enterprises had de-
posits in the Carnegie Trust He in
stanced the Northern Bank with $3.50, 600.
and the Etna Indemnity Company with
S5o.OOO or $4,000. and then he said he
"could not remember"
money in the Carnegie. nor the Fidelity
Development Company, Robin said, but
the Washington Savings Bank had. He
was not allowed to say how large this
deposit was. He didn't know about the
Bankers Really and Security Company
Then he remembered that the Washington
Savings Bank had about $4,000. the Fidel-
ty Development Company $780, and the
Bankers Realty and Security Company
| $50, 600 or $780, 900 in the Northern. He
answered to all others that he did not
know he did not think so.
Robin did not want to admit that when
the Northern Bank went down every
thing else he had went with it. He
thought the Fidelity Development Com.
pany was all right now.
I'VE are trying to get that out of bank
ruptcy now az a solvent concern, "he said
What appeared for a time to be o dis
crepancy in his testimony on direct ex-
animation and on DISCRIMINATION
developed at this point when Mr.. Steuer
suddenly jumped to the interview of
August %. when Hyde is alleged to have
| forced him to make the $3.50, 600 loan
| the bonds of New York city We're not in
the box the next day the Banking Super
intendent might close the institution.
1t was cleared up little later. Robin
testified that only money was lent. The
collateral for the Sl3O, 600 loan from the
Carnegie Trust Company was mortgages
and SO per cent, of the capital stock of
the Public Bank, ali Of which was owned
by Joseph Marcus. The face value Of
this was about $8O0,OOO and it had been
pledged for loan of s23O,OOO,
A little later Robin admitted that sew
eral days later he had been given to un-
derstand the $l3O, 900 note had been taken
up and destroyed, and in its place the
Northern Bank had received slsO,OOO
, Continued On Third Pane