New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-23
Defence INDICATED
BY HYDE COUNSEL
Contend Robin Owed Carnegie
Trust $3.50, 900 When He Said
He Was Forced to Lend
$4,000.
SLOW PROGRESS AT TRIAL
Justice Golf Declares Proceed.
ings Must End Before Thanks
giving, if 1t Takes Night
Sessions to Do 1t.

DECISIONS TO 10 IL.
Max d. Steuer. counsel for Charles
H. Hyde, former City Chamberlain,
continued yesterday morning his cross
examination of Joseph G. Robin. And
In the course of his questions he in
dictated what will prove TO be one of
the main contentious Of the defence
that Robin individually owed the car
negie Trust Company on call $4,000
at the time, II Is charged. Hyde coerced
him into lending the trust company
$4,000, and that II was in part pay
ment of this debt, or rather, in return
for this accommodation. that he had
the Northern Bank advance the trust
company the money specified in the
Indictment
rs II not a fact" asked .Steuer, that
by demanding payment Of $4,000 on
account Of your demand loans Of $780,
900 in the Carnegie Trust Company that
Cummins and Reichmann could have
got the money needed without taking
you down TO Hyde's Office and having
you threatened into making the loan?"
The objection OF Assistant District
Attorney Frank Moss to this question
was sustained by Justice Golf. so
Steucr tried this:
Was any suggestion made TO you on
August %, 1910. by either Cummins or
4 81, .l,af ~ inc of mn
of the money you then owed the Car
negie Trust Company in demand loans
that you might relieve the situation
No" replied Robin.
Did you say anything about repay
ing the loans?"
Offered to Pay " Paid.
Il believe | offered TO pay of my
entire Indebtedness II Reichmann and
| Cummins would pay off their entire In"
debtedness TO the Northern Bank
1t was brought out that William j.
Cummins, chief stakeholder OF the Car
negic Trust Company, and Joseph b.
Reichmann, its president at the time
had signed $3.50, 900 to $4,000 worth
OF paper held by the Northern Bank. II
is the prosecutions contention that
these men took Robin. who controlled
the Northern Bank. down TO Hydes
Wall street office on the evening OF
August %, 1910. and that there Hyde
coerced Robin into lending the totter-
| ing Carnegie Trust $4,000 By threat
ening &c withdraw all the city deposits
| from the Northern Bank and by prom
! Using to increase the same II the deal
went through.
In further elaboration OF this line Of
| Interrogation Mr.. Steuer turned then TO
Robins direct testimony Wednesday
that I'm September he had gone TO see
| Hyde at the City Chamberlain's office
| No $50 Broadway, and had there COM
! planned to him that the city deposits
| in the Northern Bank had not been in
creased in accordance with the alleged
$3.50, 900 loan agreement.
Lawyer Tries TO Trip Robin.
When you went to Mr.. Hyde In
September, believe you said you had
a letter Of introduction 10 him, didn't
you?" asked the lawyer, in his smooth
est tones.
NO" answered Robin. Il had
card
"a card OF introduction
Not Of introduction. tt
| .fI
Let me finish my answer" pursued
Robin. with his first show Of irritation.
THE words card and introduction went
together naturally in my mind. 1t was
a card commencing me to his favor.
not card of introduction
80, when you went TO see Mr. Hyde,
after having done him this great favor
in the matter of loan TO the Carnegie
Trust Company, you first supplied your
self with a card commencing you TO his
favor?"
Yes"
Steuer then had Robin tell the jury
that the note which the Northern Bank
received from the Carnegie Trust Com
papy i'm return for the loan OF $50 900
made on August %. 1910. was surren-
dered on August 81; that the Northern
Bank entered into an agreement with
the Carnegie Trust Company on the
latter date by whic.l the loan was made
10 appear on the books as the purchase
of certain notes made 10 the Carnegie
Trust Company by President Marcus Of
the Public Bank. 1t was this CONVEX
sion which led to the conviction OF
Reichmann on a charge OF deceiving
the state Superintendent OF Banking
with regard to the condition Of his
bank.
Then the lawyer sprang this ques-
ton:
when you were In Hyde's Office on
August - did you intend to orbe
him."
But Justice Con- sustained the objec-
ton to an answer. Steuer took another
tack.
sHave you been sentenced, Mr..
Robin" he asked, ION your plea Of
guilty of grand larceny"
No"
WAS not your sister, Or. Louise
Robinovitch, under indictment when
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