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Robert Tarbox purchased a full page ad in the Oct. 17, 2007 edition of the Vallejo Times. Tarbox, 80 years old as of this writing, is a former attorney who once resided in Vallejo, CA.
The text of the advertisement appears below.
My name is BOB TARBOX. I practiced law in San Francisco with an office on upper Montgomery St. My law partner was Joseph Git Jue. One night in Early 1970's, I was sitting at my secretary's desk around 5:30 p.m. A male approached the office door which was open and I motioned him to come into the office. He indicated he wanted to have a legal consultation so I locked the front door and went into my office. In the office, the individual produced as identification a MMD (Merchant Marine Document). Since I did Jones Act cases (personal injury at sea), I assumed he had a Jones Act case. He indicated to me that it was not a Jones Act case but a criminal case, and wanted to pay for an hour of legal consultation. We agreed upon the amount of $50.00 for the hour consultation.
The individual proceeded to inform me that he was the Zodiac Killer and we proceeded to talk about this legal jeopardy based on the facts provided. Having been pre-med at UC, I took some courses in psychology and I perceived this confession to be of a cathartic nature wherein the individual is changing his life's path.
For many years, I have been under both legal and personal constraints with regard to this matter. The legal constraints still remain, but the personal constraints were severed by the death of my law partner and recent death of his wife RITA MOK JUE.
To the family of Mr. Allen: I have for years monitored Mr. Allen's trails and tribulations in the investigation of the Zodiac Killer until his death in the early 1990's. If he had been placed in actual legal jeopardy for these crimes, I would proffer my limited testimony to his defense attorney and I would have testified at any trial as to the prior confession of another individual. Since I have seen photos of Mr. Allen, I can express unequivocally that he was not the individual that confessed to me!
The big question I ask of myself is "why me". I think it was my connections to Vallejo and the fact that I practiced both ADMIRALTY and CRIMINAL law.
My conclusion as to why he was so elusive to law enforcement departments was his occupation as merchant seaman. He had the ability if the trail became too hot to make a pier jump to exit the Bay Area without people becoming suspicious by his absence.
BOB TARBOX Las Vegas, NV
