Arizona republican., 1910-06-08
THE RoHRABAcHER CASE.
Story of the Strange Conduct of the Secretary of the Globe Chamber
 ct Commerce.

Actuated by fear of the consequences
 or a desire to right a grievous wrong
 F.. C. Mason, who, masquerading under
 the name of R. C. Rohrabacher. who
 was secretary of the Globe CAriz }
 chamber of commerce from the middle
 of January last until April ,. has made
 q voluntary confession to the real
 Rohra bacher
 This confession. under date of May
 10. clears up d mystery that baffled the officers of the Globe chamber of com
 merce. MasOns' identity as Rohra- bacher appeared so complete that it
 was never questioned in Globe, and he might have gone undetected but for an overt act which put the real Rohra-
 bacher. a newspaper man of Tacoma, Wash, on his track and led to his un- doing
 This slip was the cashing of a check by Mason in this city which was re- pudiated by the Globe chamber of com merce because it was not countersigned by the president. No warrant was is sued for the secretary's arrest, but evil dently apprehensive that detectives were on his trail, Mason attempted to find out from ROhrabacher. by a sub terfuge. if he had any knowledge of the duplicity he had practiced.
 After cashing the check which called for s2OO. Mason. it appears. went to Seattle and called up Rohrabacher at Tacoma. Pretending to be his (Ma- son's) brother, he asked if he knew where F.. C. Mason was. and when Rf.laY a1asan nlary. Mason stated that Globe had wired him that he was missing and that he himself was in Seattle looking for him.
 Rohrabacher then told the pretend cd brother that he suspected F. c. Ma son as the man who had masquerad- ed in Globe under his name Mason then admitted his identity and said he would see Rohrabacher after he re- turned from Vancouver Instead. he came directly to Tacoma, awakening Rohrabacher at his home late at night and made the following confession.
 This is to say that l, F.. C. Mason. formerly of Lewiston. Idaho. from about the 18th of January. 1910, until about the 5th day of April 1910, as- ~'''''N NAAN iiehiAAN pA IT, Ns- INDli dpdtIitI. also formerly of Lewiston, Idaho. and that. under his name. I secured em- ployment as secretary of the Globe chamber of commerce. My purpose for assuming the name of F. C. Rohra- bacher was to secure the indorsement of the Lewiston commercial club for the position at Globe, where I was in- formed secretay was wanted I was in Denver at that time and represented to the chamber of commerce there that l was R. C. Rohrabacher About the first of April went to Los Angeles from Globe, AriZ.. and was introduced to Southern Pacific officials by R S Stubbs as R. C. Rohrabacher. secretary of the Globe chamber of commerce. While there l cashed check on the fund of the Globe chamber of com merce. which bore my assumed name. but was not countersigned by the president of the chamber. The amount Of the check was s2OO. and it was hon. bred by the cashier of the local office Of the Southern Pacific Railway com pany in Los Angeles. On about the oth of May I came to Puget Sound. Since that time have been in Belling- ham, Seattle and Tacoma"
 This statement, which was made bv Mason of his own free will. without coercion or duress, was witnessed by nls wife, Mrs. E. C. Mason. R. H. Shaf- Ter. assistant general manager Of the ferklns Press, and R. C. Rohrd bacher. Mason posed for a picture the next morning, and has not been seen since. As the offence had not been committed m Washington. and as no warrant had been sworn out against Mason in Cali 'ornia or Arizona. Rohrabacher had no 'ther recourse than to let him go after obtaining his confession.
 The desperate chances Mason took oy assuming another mans name ap- never worried him until he earned that the Globe people were ooking up certain statements he had made regarding his acquaintance with 'ertaIm prominent men in Tacoma and seattle He then resolved on q quick Getaway which accounts for the spu- 'ious check. While he was secretary T the Globe chamber of commerce he married, and when he believed that exposure was close at hand. his wife eft Globe Ostensibly to go to the bed tide of her sick mother in Seattle. A ew days later Mason left for Los An ,eles.
 When the check was dishonored in l ilobe. every one wondered why the | secretary drew it, and when he failed l O return. they still could not account | or his mysterious absence Then the Times published the fact that the | lustling secretary had masqueraded | Inder the name of reputable newspa- l ,er man of Tacoma, and Globe was reated to a sensation.
 As glad hand man with a line of | ak that brought more money into the | hamber of commerce than ever before | 'nown Mason had few equals Globe | tlil talks about him as a ,genius.-Los | Angeles Times.