The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-05-25
HIMMLER dies
AFTER CAPTURE
CONTINUED from Page One)

He looked at me ana II an IA
= He doesn't know who I am
yes. 1 do L said. You are
ui,nno1er but, still. that's your
bed. Get undressed-"
"He tried to stare me down bus
stared back and eventually ne
looked down. -.
.eHe started to take off his
drawers and went to the couch.
"A doctor and colonel came IN
and started a routine inspection
looking for poison which we sus,
nected he had on him. We looked
n his clothes, all over his body
under his arms. in his ears. be-
hind his ears, in his hair. AT last
WIZ, asked him to open his mouth.
.He opened his mouth and roll
cd his tongue around his teeth
The doctor wasn't satisfied. nc
asked Himmler to come near the
1ioht and open his mouth. Inc
doctor put two fingers in his mouth
and had a good look inside. Him
mler clamped down his jaws or
the doctors fingers and crushed
nhial he had held in his mouth
for hours.
1.-THE colonel and I instinctively
jumped to him. The doctor hauleo
him onto the couch and tried tt
o.ke him spit out the poison. and
the colonel and held him. VIZ
worked on him Is minutes, trying
all methods of artificial 'respira
tion. He died and we threw
blanket over him"
A senior intelligence officer &
the headquarters Of Gen. Sir Mile:
c. Dempsey, commanding the Enc
Army. told the story of Himmler'.
arrest.
Two British soldiers were guard
ing a bridge at Bremervoerde
They were engaged in security
check on passing civilians. The sol
diers stopped three men in civilian
clothes-"H Herr Hitzinger" and hi
two thuglike companions. really
bodyguards. 'Hitzinger" produced
papers which aroused the suspicion
of the soldiers.
The papers identified Hitting
err as a discharged member of the
German army field security pc
lice. There he made a fatal mis-
take. The guards knew discharge
papers were no longer being is
sued to German troops. But fl,
the papers, Himmler might have
escaped.
The three men were put under
close arrest. They were passed an
to British field security police.
At the camp to which they were
taken, Himmler remained unrecog.
nized. He was held for interroga.
ton. Through one of his "adiu.
tants'', ne asked for an interview
with the camp commandant. The
commandant consented.
He arrived at the detention place
and Herr Hitzinger'', stepping up
to him, announced:
II am Heinrich Himmler''
The chief counter-i Intelligence Of
ficer was called. He confirmed that
the man was Himmler and his DE-.
cision was checked as correct by
observation-disclosures officers from
Dempsey's headquarters.
Himmler was stripped, much
against his will, and searched
thoroughly-it was thought. No 9TH
er civilian clothes were available
and Himmler was given his choice
OF remaining stripped, wearing
British battle dress or wrapping
himself in blankets. He chose the
blankets. He was separated from
his hard looking "adjutants.
Himmler was taken in an intelli.
gence officers car to Lueneberg.
where house was set aside for
him.
Last night a doctor was called
to make another and more thorough
examination-the fourth since Him
mler's. arrest, dispatches said.
He had lived a little more than
four hours after he disclosed his
identity, an Allied Headquarters
dispatch said.