The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1913-07-10
Justice Seabury Is Surprised
That Bank Wrecker Is
Not There Already.
PAPERS WENT ASTRAY.
End of Remarkable Career in
Which Man Spent Half Of
His Sentence in TombS.

Joseph q. Robin. the bank wrecksr
whose testimony was instrumental n
bringing about the conviction Of q.
City Chamberlain Charles II. Hyde
which was later set aside. seemed In
fair way up to this afternoon Of ae-
complaining . feat hitherto unachisvsd.
He appeared likely to succeed in serv.
inS . years sentence In the penitent iary
without remaining for more than q few
minutes In the big gray building on
Biackwelrs Island.
But this afternoon Supreme Court Jus.
ice ssabury. who granted q writ oil
habsas corpus on Feb. authorizing
Robins detention In the Tombs. was
a1xed when he intended to send Robin
to the penitentiary.
"why I dismissed that writ. last Tues
day." said he. I'm Part II. Special
Term. and ordered the papers scrt to
the Clerk Of the Criminal Branch OF
the Supreme Court. He SHOULD have
been sent to the psnitentiary before
this"
The Investigation which the Justice
started Immediately revealed the fac!
that the papers had got into the Dis
rict-Attorney's once by mistake and
had laid there for two days. when they
we're sent to the Clerk of General Ses-
siona instead Of to the Supreme Court.
The papers were resprrected at once
and will be served on Warden Fal!ou
Of the Tombs. and Robin will be taken
row morning.
Up to date the records OF the peniten.
tiary credit Robin with having served
Ave months and twelve days of the
ten months imprisonment to which his
sentence will DO reduced by good be.
havior.
AFFAIRS NOT LIKELY TO "a
SETTLED WHEN TIME IS UP.
Actually the only time he was ever Ia
the penitentiAry was when he walked !r
the door on Jan. -. waited a Few min
utes until . writ Of habeas corpus had
been served on Warden Hayes and thcr
walked out again to return to this cit,
BY the rame boa. which had carried MIN
to Biackwe!rs Island. On Nov. - ais
term will expire.
The exploits In the field Of financ,
which raised Robin from a pennies,
youth to a millionaire and a power II
Well street, the exploits which later
brought him foul OF the law are re-
sponsible now for his freedom from con
nnemsn,. Cor 80 entangled are the num-
erous affairs in which Robin had hant
tina. II Ia likely they will not be IN
snar!ed till long after Robins term hal
| expired and meantime writ after wri
| issued by Supreme Cour: Justices ans
Judges OF the Federal Court. both her,
AID In Brooklyn. had sufiiced to keel
hin out CT the penltentiary.
| United States Judge Juiius Mayer dis
| missed one CT these wrts yesterday an,
for q moment IL Was supposed ,ha
| Robin at last would be forced 70 ente
| his cell and begin the actual service o.
his term. Robin wasn't worried. how
| ever.
the wrlts which have enabled Robin I,
| hppVdT t'c stsVCSSs " Abbcu hu0 UNI
At expensive restaurants and TO enjo,
almost a. much freedom a. WIS evel
his except when night came and h,
slept In . Tombs cell.
sENATioNAL CAREER SINCE
FIRST SENTENCING.
He was sentenced on January 10 las
| BY Justice Seabury on his plea OF guilt!
to Grand larceny for the looting Of tn
Washington Savings Bank. lie was sen
to the Tombs apd on January 20 wa
Transferred to Blackwelrs Island. o,
the boat with him rode q process serve
| carrying q writ Of habeas corpus issue,
| by Justice 0of and when this had beel
served on Warden Hayes. Robin rod
back on the same boat and was returne,
| to the Tombs.
There ne stayed until Feb. Z. whsl
he was brought before Justice Seabur!
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