Aba Achimeir, arrested Revisionist leader, who was transferred a few days ago to the Jerusalem jail, has been charged with conspiring to murder Dr. Chaim Arlosoroff, noted Zionist Laborite, it was learned today.
As yet Achimeir has not been questioned on the charges which are based on evidence contained in documents seized during the July searches conducted by the Palestine police.
Dr. Jacob Weinshall, leader of the Tel Aviv Revisionists, was also interrogated by the police.
Aba Achimeir has figured in the Arlosoroff murder case from the very beginning. He was a roommate of Abraham Stavsky, who has been under arrest since June, formally charged with the crime. When Stavsky was arrested, Achimeir was arrested for interfering with the police and later released. He was one of the Revisionist leaders picked up by the police in the series of raids made on the Revisionists who were accused of belonging to an illegal terrorist organization.
This, however, was the first time that Achimeir has been definitely involved in the murder.
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