The evening world. Newspaper, January 5, 1911, Page 4

ROBIN IN NOVEL GAVE HINTS OF HIS DIZZY CAREER You Can’t Tell What a Man Will Do, the Gist of His | Philosophy. | LIFE MYSTERY DEEPENS. Wrote a Poem in Greek When |: He Became a Library Giver. ‘The mystery surrounding the antece- Gente of Joseph G. Robin, the skyrocket financier now in a oell in the Tombs, has been deepened by additional facts which have Just come to light. In the sketches of his life published #ince the Northern Bank cloned tt was sald that be came to this country about 1894, poor and ignorant of the English Yot one year later and in the year following he was writing a novel and Dusily ongaged in political activities. ‘The J. G. Robin Independent Associa- tion, with the embryo financier as its standard bearer, waa organized tn Will- famabure on Sept. 27, 1895. It established headquarters at No. 207 Union avenue and promulgated as its slogan, “Good Good Men and Good Govern- ment.” What became of that organization ts not recorded, but a year later Robin turns up again as campaign manager for Gen. James KR. O'Belrne in his fight againet Perry Belmont for the Congres- from the First District of In the Thirteen Club. @ The association of Robin and Gen, O' Beirne in that period was rather close. Three years tater, both Robin and O'Beirne are mentioned as members of the Thirteen Club, Robin was “recely- er” or treasurer of this anti-superatition organization in 1899, and Gen. Opeiine Supreme rt in Brooklyn to-day, was prominent in its councils. A Foreman ef Ferguson, a real estate later, when Gen. O'Beirne was appo! intod man of No. 73 Cooper street, was miss- Commissioner Extraordinary to the United States by the Boer republic, the first petson named by him as a member of his staff was Robin, whom he made Deputy Commissioner. Robin's novel wan entitled “The Fight of Icarus, an Idy! of Printing House Square.” He completed it in 1897 and of- fered the manuscript to a number of the leading publishers, but tt was turned down by one after another. Robin's faith im his masterpiece was not dimin- ished and in 188 he had it brought out by F. Tennyson Neely and paid $200 for printing tho first thousand copies. Striking Chapter In His Cook. ‘The novel deals with n newspaper re- porter who, among other vicissitudes to his craft, fails in love with a woman, belleving her to be pure. Robin was a reporter early in his career, One incident narrated in the story reveals the singular fact that In attempting to kill himself when he was brought to the Criminal Courts Bullding a week ago to answer to the Indictments found against him he was enacting a scene high his fertile imagination had woven into “The Fight of Icarus.” ‘The reporter was in a police court one day when’ the woman he loved was brought in after @ raid on a disorderly house. He recognized his sweethea| who swooned. ‘Then, be divined what was happen flew dehind him hand—was pressed With an exclama- tion of horror, O’Tear (another reporter) ebot out his hand to prevent th = against his temple. tended deed. It was too late! A crack rang out, a flash of fir for an instant, and with blood a from his head, Revere sank into O' arms.” In the next chapter the headlines of | an evening paper are produced, Here is how they read: “BUICIDE IN CO’ JOHN REVERE, A > REPORTER, ATTEMPTS MAY NOT RECOVER. | alaters, * | Navarra and the URV FOREMAN shop of the Greek newspaper, Atlantis, the editor of which assumed to suggest & number of corrections. But Robin Would not permit a single change to be made in his composition, and wrote the editor a long, sarcaatio lecter yn whicn he contended for his superior knowledge of the ancient language. Published Druggiste’ Paper. xt departure from the fiell rred eight years ago, of @ periodi- tloal Era, of noviteh, was editor, His adrottness as a financier was not sufficient te make this venture | successful, and it was abandoned be. | fore it was a year old As recently as 1906, Robin, of whom | it has been sald that he had no tim marry or to spend In the society of w en, waa involved in the mysterious death of Mrs, Blanche Turner Dennis, who died at the Marseilles in Mareh of that year blood poisoning. | Robin, who was then president of tho | which his si PUTA NEW TAL ON STOLEN HORSE; ALSO DYED HN Versatile At- tempted to Return Animal to Owner for $150. Youtta Then Two New Yor. youths Bank of Discount, one of the many flnan- cial institutions promoted and ewned by was hin, informally examined. by A number of Seominoat | non and politicians | vsame time, Among friends were the Polllon nt” Sacky, the “Marquis” de Haron" Bavastra do nd at the inques Mrs. Denn’ Cortez. It dev that Mra, Di from the effects | of a kick fi Yount” Sacky, ¥ the othe @ number Robin was very indis toned by Coroner Shra He admitted sponding considerable time in Mra, Den- nis's society, taking her for automobiic rides and sending her thentre tickets, He made no attempt to conceal his ac- quaintance with her. HAD VERT AND, 0 | So Court Fined Him $10 and} + | both Gave Him Time to Sober Up and Pay. ——— When tho jury in a damage sult) against the Queens County Railroad took seats before Justice Jaycox in the ing. The sealed verdict which the Jury | had reached last night was in his pow- session, | After waiting more than twenty min- utes for him to appear, Justice Jaycox asked the members of the jury to tell him what the verdict had been, ‘They said they had found for the railroad company. As he was excuning the jury Justice Jayoox saw the mibsing foreman enter the court room. His gait was unsteady, Justice Jaycox eatled him to the bar 4 asked Wim to account for himself. ‘Working all night,” sald Ferguson. Vorking?” said Justice Jayoox Indig- nantly. “You mean you have put your- self under the Influence of liquor. You cannot walk straight. You are a dis- grace to the court.” Ferguson mumbled a dental. “You are fined $10, which you must | pay or go to jall for ten days,” sald | Justice Jayeox. . | Ferguson grumbled In an undertone, The Justice ordered Court Officer mes Feeney to take him to the back | the room and keep him there until ‘clock this afternoon, If he had not pald the fine by that time he was to go to jail. Sirolin (Pronounced Bad weather for colds. “The Suicide Taken to Bellew Cause of the Act Unknown—A | Tragic Court Room Scene.” | ‘The preface to this nove! contains bits | of philosophy which may help the | student of psychology to a Wetter under- | standing of Robin's attitude. It opens | with a quotation “Le vrai peut quel- | quefois n'etre pas vraisemblable,” which fs the French version of the maxim “Truth Is Often Stranger Than Fie- tion.” His subsequent career would seem to bear this maxim out. ; You Never Can Tell. ‘Here are two remarkable paragraphs taken from this preface: There is nothing @xed or Immut- able in human nature. ‘This must be accepted as a basic fact. The most wicked of men are apt to be authors of the most benign acts. and the most noble may—indeed do— Participate in the most wicked deeds (mot to speak of thoughts). Man ts always in the process of evolution— and in blindly pursuing an unknown path what individual can choose his steps or avold the precipices? To attempt to actually particular. ize individuality is either folly or ‘fan assumption of the most flagrant kind. When we consider the infinity of character—ot self—when we take the merest glance at the incompre- hensibly various nature of personal- ity, it seom: Nttle short of an af: front to the whole race for any member of it to attempt to Indicate 8 certain Ine of action for a cer- tain “character.” Which must be very consoling to the residents of the village of Wading River, L. 1, to which he presented a brary of about 1,000 volumes several years ago. The presentation was ac- companied by ceremonies, the principal feature of which wea the reading of a Greek poem, which Robin had com- for the gala occasion. Raw, rainy days, with It is easy to catch a cold—but it is easy to cure it, too, if you use Sirolin. men. not give you the ‘blues’ | Sirolin relieves the distressing sy: headache—almost immediately, and invigorates the system. of any kind. It is a physician's remedy, known leading medical men the world over, si sen ges ae ARN OE MET ENT ODE ae | the art of fixing up old h It has an unequalled reputation in Europe, and it comes to America with the endorsement of leading medical Sirolin is entirely different from the ordinary preparation for colds. It does not depress the heart; it does it does not leave you weak and ex- | hausted after the cold has passed. —_—_——> the annoying cough, the feeling of fullness in the head, the discharge from the nose and throat, and the usual It tones up the stomach, develops a keen appetite, Strolin contains no narcotics, or harmful ingredients "by painting out unsightly spote and even replacing a stubbed tall with a long one. This they ia t t trial While Ber {n Broadway, Bri hia horse and bu: ting rents » on Thursday disappeared. Satur day Deutech called at his oMce and offered to return the animal for $160. The real estate man made an appoint ment with him for Monday and then trailed him to a sta in Re street! to which he summed tectives, There Kate, horse hot his. Ie missed white spots on the animal's forehead and hind tems, and in place of what had been a docked tal! was one four feet long, When Kata explained that the spots had be dyed brown and a false tall fastene n With stout twine, Berschopek! examined the animal more closely and und that this was true. The dete 4 then arrested Katz and Deutsc Before Magistrate accused each other of tourt decided to detectives sald t t was done Job look by old timers in Child May inkey. Thomas Hatriok Jr. four was removed from his home at nth street, to I x nN alco- hollc poisoning other was out to market the boy nk half a Mint of whiskey, Shortly after his | mother came home the boy went Into | convulstons. He is not expected to survive, —_—-_-__ Cutting Estate 420,001, Through the report of a transfer tax appraiser it was learned yesterday that the estate of Willlam Bayard Cutting jr, who died on March 10, 1910, amounted to $420,001. His widow is left $397,421. ‘There is a bequest of $25,000 to Harvard Univ RELIEP RADWAY'S READY ‘COLDS = COUGHS Avnty Radway's Ready Rellet to the throat and chest the surface emarts and will freely move take a larke diye vonful of Radway's of Radway Ready el a tumbler A. profuse pe moruing the cold ‘will be Ask for RADWAY'S and be sure you get what you ask for. The Sirolin Sentinel Sir-o-lin) : a chill that penetrates. This Swiss preparation is the most successful remedy in the world for disorders of the pulmonary organs—colds, coughs, bronchitis and gri ippe. ’ to take it; mptoms—such as and prescribed by Keep a Bottle of SIROLIN in the House THE SIROLIN COMPANY, 965 & 967g;anal St., New York BV ENANG WURLD, have mastered! 1 ’ pald any campaign assessment, There “LE had no trouble, When| The De ts yesterday came very . 4 wit! ectty 4 Was a deficit in the treasuries of botn INI aoe ehoULed ¢ a dead man assiscant || tials more elaborate in at ash trim: Gistrict organizations, i phy and He mings of finer laces 2, One or two at night The celebrated Swiss remedy for coughs and colds. NEW YORK, THURSDAY, JANUARY 5TH, 1911. | Just, Caught a Cold? Then You Should Read This LTHURBDAY, 1911. particularly Ivel: Newcomb, ess the wh tlt between Grady! Grady turning to! JANUARY 5, ‘enate, sald { | Stories and Gossip Heard | In Lobbies at Albany sisii"ni2te 8 8 down, One*on “Nick” Hayes. Percival B. Nagle tells this one on for+ Fire ¢ es, who Is MAHLER BROS. Sixth Ave. and 3ist St. a Mamaly Sale of Undermuslins Friday and Saturday Selling. (Special from a Slate Cc ders and in a gractous jent of The = fof eac ALBA) ost th e that fact, o {8 the most conspicuous and most closely watched man at the Capitol to- | that's all right now, t 1 won't of you—not @ t can you do with a guy like {lon When Sen. + Grady rises In hia | that?” said Keating to Murphy as they } seat or when he appears in the corel. | walked down the steps a few seconds | fow days at least he will hold every : Cuvillier’s New Stunt. Gowns, Skirts, Chemise, Drawers, Corset Covers, Combinations. Fashioned of Louls B, Cuviilier, Me bly from Nagte's distri that he 1s not going to | hes this se r of Assem- 4 announced make any . The entire As-| y is ready to extend to him a vote enator and newspape correspondent | MoCarren Bested Grady. in his seat when he asks for recognt-| 7 , | tion, ‘The interest in Grady has brought | Tne, ow ie eotiad van cob ra | forth any number of good stories about J bedi Ma Aap a him, One of the best, told by a Tam: any man, follows gat the best During on number of pi muslin, Trimmed with emb’y, Shortly after the election of 1900} t the Hoffman H] cambric and nainsook; orchon and Val. laces ‘Wael >, | Ing the big crowds at Charles F. Murphy and James P. ns i 7 Ae ' errr a Keating, Assembly district leaders in hy . ae roa if} well made, in new style, Grady's Senate wstrict, had a talk. rady was ono of tlhe few who had ot gone down to defeat "in the Bryan ight. Incidentally, Grady had not Worth from 79, to 98c. Named a iw on One for Job. | standing can't be very good,” Finer grades of mate- Many novel designs, style and trimming. f 5 and embroideries, Worth from $1.19 to $1.39, Keating decided to call on Grady tor cash. | They went to his house to present thotr claims, Murphy insisted that Keat- | re 3 what he said to that crowd was ‘b “yesterday Wende o} ; i " a be the spokesman, 8 Bele es | ¥e- a cer aad excellent Lavishly trimmed with ¢ xeated Commissioner Keating be- Mosher in models “in superior tie an) epotogetically: Took Fall Out t of Newcomb. qualities af paliste e medallions, laces, em- “Tom, you know it has been a hard 7 sat ach we ate ehh muses. a bak ‘ Joah ats the (roumuriay titi ennai | vot cee ince ene” neat gee nainsook and Cross- broideries and run rib running low. Of course we appreciate | ja, of nis own importance and \ bar. hon beading. that you have had an expensive cem- | 41) tne putt of wit. 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