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Canada's Communists can be sure that other Mounties are sprinkled through their secret cells. As far back as 1921, Mountie John Leopold went underground to become Jack Esselwein, Socialist house painter and first secretary of the Communist Party in Regina, Sask. In the old days an aspiring Mountie had to be 6 ft. tall, or better. But that was like wearing a "Kick Me" sign in the shadowy world of plain-clothes police work. Today's Mounties only have to measure an "average" 5 ft. 8 in.-and they are busily infiltrating the Montreal heroin syndicates, ingratiating...
...Canada now knows how Sergeant Leopold took the alias "E. W. Esselwein" in line of duty, was an active member of the Communist Party for seven years, finally exposed its leaders to the State. But something new was Sergeant Leopold's revelation of how he was exposed to the Communists before making his own great exposure...
...Royal Canadian Mounted Police, big-nosed, big-eared Sergeant John Leonard clicked his spurs in his Inspector's office and was given an extraordinary order. Sergeant Leonard went home thoughtfully, put away his uniform. For several days he did not shave, did not wash. Then, calling himself "E. W. Esselwein," he appeared at the Communist headquarters in Regina and swore his devotion to the Red cause...
...errands, distributed pamphlets, drummed up recruits among the factories. Communists trusted E. W. Esselwein. He did not trust his memory but wrote everything down. Later he was chosen secretary of the Regina branch of the Communist party and had the job of handling the code messages of the secret Z branch of the party...
Last week nine Communists were on trial in Toronto charged with "unlawful conspiracy and sedition." They jumped in their seats when their old friend "E. W. Esselwein" entered to give testimony, once more clean shaven and buttoned into the scarlet tunic of Sergeant Leonard...
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