SCIENTIST ARRESTED

Chronicle (Levin), 9 March 1946, Page 5

SCIENTIST ARRESTED

CANABA'S ESFIONAGE INQU1RY Received Friday 9.; 0 p.m. OTTAVvO-, l.iar-h 8. The Montreal Herald publislios a story froni Ottawa which says: "Ancther man of science, repo ted to be an mtornatiionaily kiio v/n pruessor at Queen's University, is being hcid incu^nnunicado by tne police. He v/as taken into custody at Kingston and i.s at present in Ltandiey Bar. acks with the otheis detained in \ixe Soviet espionage inquiry. He, like tne others, has no legal counsei. ' ' It is now reveaied that one of those dotaiixea staged a three aay liunger strike in an afctempt to get counsei. txs has seen Ixis v/ife, v/ho enggged counsei, but he cannot get beyond tiie outer gates oi the barracks." Mrs. Feniande Joxxrbarne, seoretary to the Crown Attorns), (M-r. itaoxu Mercier) and one of tlie key figtires in the eany stages oi the espionage hunt, yesterday received a lettor warning he.*. that, "ii tliexe are any more stone;: atout jrou in the nev.spapers, you won t be around to read them. ' ' The istter warned Mrs. Jourbarxis to take no further part in the espionage taqniry, and added: "II you are callea as a witness in the big case, you mast | fex-get about the peopxe who car.ie to see ' yo-1 in Bcpteniher. " The Chnadian Press says this is as i luafcU to ce a xfciCrence to Igor 1 uocerido, the cipher clerk at the Rus•lan iixnbassy, wiio visited Mr Mercier'S : iiice in September, carrying a pacuet which, life said, outlined the rumifica | oiuns oi the uanadian spy ring. j Ihe iecter was typewritten, on ordm- : iry white bond paper, and signeci, ' Three Star". | Postmarked at Ottawa on March 6, the letter- began with the statement that too much had already been puuushed about tlie spy case. and added: "The : whole thing was starled by you and the ; i— Press. If you hau kept qaiet, e reryvhing \vonld huve rtu along smcothly." Mrs; Jourbame sa^d the police had uifered her police protection, but she md not yet decided whether such a step was necessary.