“OBSESSION”

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXI, Issue 10920, 21 September 1932, Page 4

“OBSESSION”

MAN WHO DREW STREET PLANS. Sydney, Sept. 12. “He is regarded by Commonwealth officers as cunning, and dangerous, and the documents contain the most revolutionary statements,” said Mr W. R. Dovey, when, at the Central Police Court to-day, Eliahu Zeitlin, 3 2, was bound over for two years for having had military manuals in his possession without lawful excuse. Mr Dovey added that documents tendered contained discussions on organisations and services in the State. The penalty of the section was not adequate to meet the case. “Caught a Prawn.” Mr Flynn, S.M., thought the laws of the Commonwealth should provide for such a case. Mr Landa (for Zeitlin) said: “If he is the wild revolutionary the Commonwealth has to fear, then we may go along in peace for the rest of our lives. He has a bit of an obsession. Einstein could not understand the plans that have been put in. This fanatic goes to the trouble of drawing the streets of Sydney when he could buy them for 3d. The police thought they had a great catch, but they caught a prawn. Books to Read. ‘The complaint I make against the Commonwealth is that in trying to prove a minor charge, they throw out accusations of the gravest character. This man is a visionary. His plans don’t mean a thing.” Zeitlin said that a man had offered him some books to read and had given him the manuals. He had not read them.