The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1914-04-15
WOMAN TO TELL
STORY Of AFLyER
I IN WALL Street
Dr.. Joseph A. Robertson's
Wife Ordered to Bring Books
to Aid Memory.
BROKE BY ~. P. SHORT"
Speculated Without Husbands
knowledge and Two
Suits Result.
BROKE BY ~. P. SHORT"

Mn. Sarah J. Robertson, wife Of
u. Joseph Archibald Robertson. Wis
lting surgeon Of the Polytechnic Hospi-
tel. win. II she follows the mandate
q yustice Weeks. appear In the Su-
preme Court to-day and tell Of her
luAistdoocopic career In Wall street.
Dstectives, hired by her brokers. have
been searching for her for several
months.
n. Content 4 Co.. brokers. are su-
ing Mrs. Robertson for Sss,504, which.
the arm claims. IL the amount the
physlcians' wife owes M the result Of
speculation In Union Pacific stock.
Mra. Robertson took a trip to WASH
ingten to get an inside tip on U. p.
that indicated . break in the market,
but instead Of the market breaking
Ars. Robertson practically went
brohs. II v alleged. after her brokers
haA BEEN ordered to sell S3Ss.o00
worth Of Union Pacific short"
MrsL Robertson has fiied q counter
suit against the brokers for 315s.250.
alleging that the firm failed to keep
thsir agreement not to stop speculat-
Ing 6er her. and that they have failed
70 rsturn securities left with them
- ever any marginal losses.
Tne brokers deny they owed Mrs.
RoeGrtson anything. and in the reply
- ~ suit charged she had left the
otate b defraud her creditors.
Tbe Mexican troubles helped In Q
measure to make tho physicians
Wi1s's experiences on Wall street un-
peo1table. for she had banked on
e3Aoeo worth Of Mexican railroad
bea1A which. with the turmoil In
Asuco growing more acute every
1ay{twere declared worthless by the
beoSbss. Mrs. Robertson. the brokers
alleoD. assured them. However. she
. "haA plenty Of good securities In q
'vaalt In New Jersey"
Her walh street transactions also
breught Mrs.. Robertson some domes-
tho worry. II 10 said. While detec.
tives were seeking her here she hur-
rted 70 philadelphia. and from there
wired TO the brokers. II 10 said. that
her Wan street speculations had not
been known to her husband until he
learned OF them through the suit
against her. Then there had been a
quarrel and she had left New York
TO remain away q little while"
2rA Robertson. II 10 alleged. did
her most spectacular Wall street
n
yoar. Dhe was in daily communica-
phone from her apartments In the
street. She refused to be worried
when the market went against her,
and kept up her courage when
other women would have given up
the experiment a. a bad job. Tele-
grame which she sent from Phila-
oNphia furnish some idea of how
~ fought against odds.
On Dec. -. whom things looked
tne6 olueol she wired Content q
''This turn In the market does not
bother me at all. Stocks will 10 very
mech lower. % continue to keep my
orders good. Merry Xmas"
II proved not to be a very MERRY
x0As." for two days later Mrs. Rob-
Srtoon was sold out and her brokers
began to look her up.
u ordering Mrs. Robertson TO ap-
pear TOR an examination to-day Jus
tloo Weeks says that 1t has been
oAoWn hat her attitude 10 such that
81 = not likely TO have a very vivid
roeoalection Of her dealings without
recourse to her books. and no the
Jubtice Directs her TO bring her books
when she comes into court.