Describing the sisters' alleged visit to Liverpool, Mr. Lawson-Walton said that as Miss Rubin was leaving the safe deposit premises she was followed and stopped by two detectives, She said to them that she was staying at the Adephi Hotel—a statement which she later admitted was not true. She also gave a false name and address.
She declared, continued Mr. Lawson-Walton, "that she was examining documents of a secret character, the contents of which she was not willing to divulge. She refused to give her true name and address."
Miss Rubin, counsel continued, was taken to the police station, where she denied that the strong box contained the product of any robbery, She refused to give up the keps of the safe.
She was then taken to the charge roóm, which is in another part of the city, by two policemen, and during ihe journey they passed Mrs. Kornblush, who took no notice of her sister.
A constable went back and spoke to her. Mrs. Kornbluth said: I don't know her. I have never seen her before.
When Miss Rubin was taken to the charge room and a request was made that she should be searched, she exclaimed: There is no need to search me. I will give you what I have got.
£1,600 Bracelet He was introduced by a friend of the family.
I knew him to be an American. He went away, and I saw him again about five years later. He came to the house of his own accord, and he and I became very friendly. He talked to me about his family affairs, and told me he had been divorced.
The statement continued, said Mr. Lawson Walton, to the effect that Miss Rubin saw Hynes at her place of business on Nov. 10. He said he was going back to America, and told her he had "something very valuable," which he wished her to place in a safe place, The two met in London, according to the statement, and went to Liverpool, where, after having tea, Hynes left Miss Rubin for a short time and returned with a suitcase.
The statement continued:
He handed me a brown paper package, which I later knew contained a jewel case.
As Hynes handed over the package he said: Please deposit that for me, psing another name and address, I had already been to the safe deposit, and arranged for the use of a deposit box The package was placed in the deposit, it was stated, and Miss Rubin handed two keys to Hynes, who posted them to someone she did not know.
He saw me off to London, continued Mr. Lawson Walton, reading from the statement, saying he had to go to Ireland. On Nov. 13 Hynes phoned me and asked me to meet him at Golders Green, and said he was short of money for travelling purposes. I afterwards learned that he had been arrested."
Defence to Cost £200
The statement spoke of a visit to Brixton Prison, where Hynes spoke to Miss Rubin about arranging to have some money for his defence, Which, she told him, would cost about £200.
He said he was expecting some money from his relatives in America, but later received a letter saying that the most they could raise was 200 dollars and not £200.
Hynes, according to the alleged statement, then asked Miss Rubin if she would go to Liverpool and take one article of value which he would tell me how to dispose of. I took the bracelet, and as I left I was stopped by a policeman. I gave him a false name and address, Mrs. Kornbluth, said Mr. Lawson Walton, had made a shorter statement, describing herself as a widow carrying on a hairdressing business in the Holland Park district, My sister has been very friendly a man who has ber charged with armed robbery in the name of Hynes, Mrs. Kornbluth's statement began. "I never understood why my ster was friendly with him."
Mrs. Kornbluth, according to her alleged statement, visited Hynes in prison on a number of occasions, "but he would not tell me where the stolen property was—he said he had not got The alleged statement spoke of a visit to Liverpool by Mrs. Kornbluth and Miss Rubin. It went on:
I asked her what she had got in the safe deposit. She said: Must you know? I went to the safe deposit and inquired if a young lady had called, and gave a rough description of Jessie. The man said, Oh, you mean Miss Cooper?
I walked down the street and saw my sister walking along with two men who looked like police officers. One of them said to me Do you know that young woman? and I said, 'No.' But later said, Yes, she is my sister. I did not know what was in the safe deposit."
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