Mystery Men as Leaders New York, Jan. 16. Two men seem to be the leaders of the "Christian Front" group, and the attention of the police is partieulerly directed at a mysterious person of unknown nationality, known under several identifications, currently called William Gerald. Police officials believe he is originally from Vienna and that his real name is Arnock. Investigations revealed that he had been sentenced in the United States in 1939 for carrying forbidden weapons, and that he had been expelled from England, France and Belgium for espionage activities, Following his return to the United States, the police discovered thai Gerald, or Arnock, had become closely associated with the Christian Front movement, and that that organization had shortly afterwards become active in some new fields, one being intensive target prentice at a private camp near Narrowsburg.
New members in the organization had been put to work constructing bombs. It is believed that only a few of the initiates knew the real leaders or even the aims of the movement.
Since August 1938 the police had the activities of the Christian Front under close surveillance, and had delayed action until they discovered that the group had branches in many American cities.
The decision of the anti-Semitic terrorists to begin operations had precipitated the intervention of the police, who estimated that the activities of the group, if sufficiently well-organized and led, could have done a great deal of damage, causing many fatal "accidents."—Havas.
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