Arizona republican., 1911-04-21
Diaz' Administration Places
 Banker in Confinement RUNOR PREDICTS DEATH
Left Mexico Last Month in Fear of Prosecution, and Returned to Be Arrested by Authorities Charged With Furnishing Money.

Recent arrivals from Nogaies have
 circulated an unconfirmed rumor to the
 effect that NJ Mascarenas, a wealthy
 banker Of Sonora, has been taken into
 custody by the federal authorities and
 committed to prison on the charge of
 aiding the insurrectionists and con
 spring against the Diaz administration.
 II is commonly believed in Nogales
 that he was arrested in HermOsillO,
 where he went on business matters
 shortly after his return from Arizona,
 by General Luis Torres, and that a
 sentence of execution has been pro-
 nounced upon him by the military
 court
 This intelligence has been received
 by the bankers friends in this city
 with d great measure of credulity, as
 Mascarenas, who was a guest at the
 Adams Annex earlier in the month, ad
 mitted that he had come north to
 ,vade the authorities, and expressed
 himself as whole heartedly with the
 movement for the overthrow of Diaz.
 During his stay in Phoenix he gave out d number of interviews 10 The Repub- IiCan concerning the Mexican situation, the disposition of the federal and in surrecto troops. battles. and general public attitude of the people. He stated
 in one of the interviews that he had come to the Salt river valley tn remain until matters should adjust themselves in his own country, and until he could return in safety, which at the time he felt he was unable to do.
 Notification of the resentment of the government, and of the measures
 which had been taken for his arrest and imprisonment reached him in Mexico in the early part of March, and he immediately left the country, put ting into immediate exercise al the in- fueuc, of his family to revoke the or der for his prosecution, and endeavOr- ing in every way to overcome the anti uathy of the cabinet to certain meas ures which he had taken. or was sup posed to have taken 10 assist the rebel forces to secure arms. ammuni- ton, food and general equipment. It was charged against him that he had furnished means for shipping supplies over the border, and under the existing conditions and the tenseness | of the situation it was thought by Mas careuas' friends that the government would not hesitate to resort to extreme measures in his case, and he accord insly took refuge in the States.
 About three weeks ago he was inter ! viewed in the lobby of the Adams An mex, and during the interview intimated | that he Nas on the point of writing let | ters of great import to the cabinet of I iicers of the Mexican government, | which would present an argument on l his own behalf. and attempt to change i their attitude toward him. 4 few days | later. while sitting on the veranda of | the hotel he received a wire from No | gates advising him to come at once, 1 and he told a number of his friends | of the communication, stating that it | was important and could not be disre- i garded. He took the afternoon train | for the south, and has not since been | heard from except through reports which may not be entirely true.
 Connected with one of the most powerful families in Mexico, it is thought that the government would | hesitate before taking extreme meas Ures against Mascarenas. even though | his connivance with the insurrectionists should be proven beyond point of His brother. Albert Mas carenas, is president of the Bank of Sonora in Nogales. and holds promi- nent position as consular general un- der the present administration. It is thought that the import of the message received by Mascarenas which per- suaded him to go to Nogales was to the effect that the cabinet had decided to overlook his offence, or to suspend prosecution against him. This attitude of clemency. according to the popular ly accepted report. was changed after the success of the rebels in carrying Agua Prieta, and it is thought that through a desire to furnish an example Co others who might be inclined to abct the rebel cause, he was arrested and placed inccmunicado. Tue report Df his execution came over the MeXi- can border last week, and it is widely believed in Nogales. The family has been uncommunicative on the subject of his arrest, but in view of the part he is supposed to have taken in as- sisting the insUrrectos. it is thought by those who understand the attitude of the cabinet toward Mascarenas that he is in a dangerous situation. if the or Ter for his execution has not already been carried out.
 Regarded as one of the most influen- ial men of the state of Sonora. and Dne of the wealthiest capitalists in