The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-01-10
ROBIN GETS OFF
WITH one YEAR
Win Build His Nest In PenltentIary
for the Coming Fifty-two Weeks
and VIII Then
Be Free.
WAS GIVEN CLEMENcY
Has Been In jail For Nearly Two
Years Past, So VIII Not be un-
accustomed to Iron
Bars.

United Press Leased Wire Service. |
NEW YORK, Jan. 1o.--Joseph G.
Robin, noted fnancier. who pleaded
guilty to The theft Of $4,000 from
the Washington Savings bank, was
sentenced today by Justice Seabury
to serve a year in the penitentiary on
Blackwel's Island
Robin was given clemency because
he had aided the district attorney in
securing the conviction Of William j.
Cummins, Joseph G. Reichman ana
former City Chamberlain Charles H.
Hyde. Following the collapse Of the
Northern bank and the allied insti-
tutions, including the Washington
Savings bank, Robin was arrested. 1t
was stated by the district attorney
that he had stolen more than half a
million dollars which he had used in
pyramiding operations along the line
made falnous by Charles w. Morse.
Robin was declared insane but lat
er told the district attorney that he
was in a position to convict Cummins
and Reichman, who were the respon-
sible officials of the defunct Carne-
gle Trust Company. Whitman agreed
20 use Robin. and the latter entered
a plea Of guilty to the indictment
charging the larceny from the Wash
ington Savings bank This was q year
ago and Robin has been held In the
Tomhs since that time.
Robin rose from a penniless fmmi-
grant boy to potential figure in the
world of finance Staring as an Of
flee boy he manipulated small sums
in various deals until he finally got
a minority interest In the Northern
bank. Then he branched out until
the time of collapse of the Northern
when he was director or executive
of a dozen banks, two realty compan-
les, and one big development COM
pany and was rated as worth ten mil
/ lion dollars. His father and mother,
at least they claimed they were, but
/ he and his sister, DIR. Louise Rabino-
witch combatted the contention, suff-
cred for the lack OF food during re-
cent years and were disowned and
cast off by the banker. They recently
died in abiec. poverty and the man
/ ner in which Robin-he had legally
! changed his publicly repudi-
! ated them, although admitting that
/ they had brought him and his sister
/ from Russia and reared them until
4 they were able to take care of them
selves resulted in bitter criticism.
/ A report widely circulated and gem
orally credited that Robin had made
a million dollars since he was first
arrested was denied by Robin. who
1 insisted that he was penniless. Robin
personally appealed to the court for
clemency. He insisted that he was
really innocent of the charge to
which he pleaded guilty and in an in
direct manner attempted to have the
plea set aside so that he might go to
trial. But District Attorney Whitman
told Judge Seabury that he had no
doubt of Robins guilt.
Justice Seabury said that he could
/ not consider any suspension of SEN
/ tence. He said there was no doubt
1 of Robins guilt, but said: Taking in
to consideration that you have been
in the Tombs twenty-five months the
court will make the sen. .ence as light
as is considerate with the ends OF
Justice"