"Threat to Blast Canal Reported," Montreal Star. October 31, 1940. Page 22. --- CORNWALL, Ont., Oct. 31 - (С. P.) - Magistrate P. C. Bergeron said in police court here yesterday internment will be recommended for Ernest James Rolland of nearby Iroquois.
Rolland was arraigned on a charge of sending a letter to Dr. G. E. Shortt, Ottawa, Inspector of Penitentiaries. threatening to blow-up the canal locks at Iroquois unless $200,000 were paid him by the Dominion Government. He was also charged with sending another letter to Dr. Shortt threatening to kill any member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police who attempted to detain him.
The charges were laid by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Rolland was remanded for one week pending decision by Ottawa authorities on the recommendation for his internment.
At the hearing, Crown Attorney J. G. Harkness, K.C., said Rolland had been examined by alienists several times, but was not considered to be in a mental state which would necessitate his commitment to an institution.
