Evening star., 1932-09-09

Will MI I4OONCt
HE did not appear on Tuesday or
communicate with us. Yesterday be-
came concerned. BY telephone inquiries
I found out that he had checked out of
he City Club in New York last Satur-
day afternoon and that they didn't
know where he was except that his for
warding address was the Dodge Hotel
in Washington.
IT feared that he might have been
taken sick or affected by the heat.
Since that time we have been able to
find no trace of him and do not know
where he is"
Mrs. Robins Phones A. p.
Only few minutes later Mrs. Robins
telephoned the Associated Press here
from Southwest Harbor Me, where she
is visiting her sister, Miss Mary Dreier
She expressed fear that her husband
had been killed by Florida bootleggers
in connection with bootleggers in New
York
Mrs. Robins cited numerous threaten
ing letters from anonymous sources. AS
late as August 6 and Z, she said, Col.
Robins had been threatened over Nhe
telephone by unknown persons, who pre-
dcted serious consequences if his pro-
hibition efforts were not halted.
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berg of New York as the only person
she could find who saw her husband
Saturday. Gumberg, banker. report
ed that Robins had packed his bags
and left the City Club, apparently for
Washington.
Smith said Robins had. told him FIVE
Pweeks ago of the Florida threats against
him.
He laughed about it." Smith said
He never sought protection. 1t was
all joke to him.
| Mrs Robins quoted her husband as
| terming the threats something we have
got to face" and said his knowledge of
the menace had led him to take steps
| for the disposition of his property in
the event of his death.
Expected in Florida.
| In Florida. chief source of the threats
mentioned by Mrs. Robins. S. d. CooG-
Ter, president of the First National Bank
at Brooksville, said Col Robins had
been expected to arrive yesterday or
today. but had not. Robins has a
Brooksville home and is chairman of
the banks board.
When Robins disappearance became
public, it was learned that Federal
| agents already had been investigating
the case quietly. Chief W. H. Moran
| of the Secret Service, though, would
| say only that certain inquiries" had
been requested and made-"w without re-
suit"
This concludes our part of the mat
| ter unless we are requested to make
an investigation" Moran said
The chief of the Secret Service said
| his agents in New York had made some
preliminary studies at the request of
some of Col. Robins friends" These,
Moran added, were to ascertain that
Robins had checked out of his New
York club with the intention of COM
| ing to Washington. %sN.
Moran added that the investigation
| in washington had been limited simply
/ to a telephone call to hotel to see
! If Robins had arrived there.
Secret Service Not Called.
In explaining that the prohibition
| forces of the Government had been
ordered to search for Col. Robins, At
torney General Mitchell said, however,
there was no reason as yet to employ
| the forces under j. Edgar Hoover OF
| the Bureau of Investigation.
| This bureau has been used only once
| this year in a private case Of national
| importance, having taken part in the
investigation of the kidnapping OF Col.
| Charles Lindbergh'S infant son.
While White House officials had moth
| ing official to say about the inYeStlga-
| ton into Col. Robins disappearance,
| they indicated that every resource OF the
Governments investigating forces would
! be utilized if eventually found neceS-
sary.
Col. Robins Career.
Robins is SO years old and native
| of Staten Island, N. Y. He was in the
Klondkye gold rush in Alaska in 1898
and acquired fortune enabling him to
devote his time to social betterment
! work His wife, formerly Miss Mar
| garet Dreier, also is well known social
worker
Between 1902 and 1905 he engaged
in social betterment in Chicago and
later was on the Chicago Board OF Edu-
| cation. Turning to politics, he became
chairman of the Illinois Central Com
mittee of the Progressive party and was
| that party's candidate for the United
States Senate in 1914. In 1916 he was
| temporary and permanent chairman OF
| the Progressive National Convention.
| Robins was an active worker with the
Y. M C. A. and Y w. C. A. During
the war, he was made lieutenant
colonel in the Army and placed in ccm-
mand of the American Red Cross mis-
sion in Russia. serving in that capacity
| from November( 1917 to May, 1913.
1t was while in Russia that he met
Gumberg, who served as his secretary
and returned with him to this country.
Robins was a member of the Executive
Committee of the Republican National
Committee from 1920 to 1924.
Recently, he has been actively asso-
ciated with the Allied Forces for FRO
| hibition headed by DR.. Daniel A Follns.
He served on the flying SQUADRON
making nationwide speaking tours
During the late Theodore RooseVeits
Bull Moose" campaign, Robins was one
| of the leading speakers. TWO years
| later he was the Progressive party can
didate for United States Senator from
Illinois and in 1916 he was permanent
chairman of the Progressive National
| Convention.
| Robins has been known as an advo-
cate of organized labor and land vaiue
I taxation as we'll as proponent OF ma
tional prohibition and the outlaWry OF
war He has made several world tours
as a platform lecturer.
His home is at Ch1nsegut Hill, Her
| nando County, near BrookSville, Fla.
| He maintains his Office at 168 East
| Sixty-first street, New York City. He
| is chairman of the board OF the FlrSt
| National Bank at BrookSville. In re-
| ligion he is Congregationalist. HIS
club in Chicago and New York is the City,
and he is member of the Congress
sional Country Club here.
Was Here Last Month.
| Robins usually stops at the Dodge
Hotel when he comes to Washington.