ARREST OF RUSSELL

Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 June 1939, Page 7

ARREST OF RUSSELL

REGARDED AS SIGNIFICANT PRECAUTIONS TIGHTENED UP. TRAIN GUARDS INCREASED. WINDSOR (Ontario) June 6. G-men took into custody in Detroit (U.S.A.) today Sean Russell reputed to be one of the leaders of the outlawed Irish Republican Army, and are reported to be holding him incommunicado, states a report from Detroit. Russell has been touring the United States of America making speeches. Significance is attached to the arrest as it was made shortly before the scheduled time of arrival of the King and Queen at Windsor, Ontario, which is just across the river from Detroit.

The nearness of their Majesties’ approach to American territory caused an intensification of precautions to ensure their safety, and a detachment of American police from Detroit joined the Canadian authorities in Windsor.

Extraordinary precautions, which have been ordered by Scotland Yard, were particularly noticeable in Windsor. A car bearing mounted police was attached to the Royal train for the first time. More guards were in evidence than at any other time during the tour, and there were fewer informal meetings between their Majesties and admiring subjects. Lights erected nearby kept the train in a very bright glare. Detroit messages report that extraordinaty secrecy surrounded the detaining of Russell, Government men refusing to discuss the case. When he was arrested by three Feder? 1 agents, Russell was in the company of Joseph McGarrity, of Philadelphia, the reputed leader of the Irish American Society. The latter was not arrested. He is said to have declared that he and Russell came to Detroit from Chicago to visit friends, and to have claimed that their arrival shortly before the 15-mimute stay by the Royal party at Windsor was purely a coincidence. A Detroit law firm has been retained to represent Russell.

ALLEGED THREATS FOREIGN IMMIGRANT HELD BY POLICE. AFTER BEING QUESTIONED. . (Received This Day, 9.50 a.m.) NEW YORK, June 7. Paul Carlesimo, aged 18, of Utica, was questioned by the police and secret service agents at Niagara Falls, because he allegedly made threats against their Majesties. Immigration authorities yesterday refused Carlesimo entry into Canada. Later, in a restaurant, Carlesimo is alleged to have made derogatory remarks and threats against the Royalties. The police say Carlesimo admitted that he had been arrested several times. He is being held on a technical charge of vagrancy. By special arrangement, Reuter’s world service, in addition to other special sources of information, is used in the compilation of the overseas intelligence published in this issue, and all rights therein in Australia and New Zealand are reserved.