Henderson daily dispatch., 1946-10-16
MysteryHow
He Obtained
Poison Keen
Flamboyant Nazi
Steals Last Act
From doomed Pals

Nuernoerg. Oct. l6.-.PD-Herman
Goe:ing cheated IT, hangman with
Il capsule &C cyanide last night but
ten ring leaders of the puncturcd
Nazi Reich died at the end Cf IA rope
in the dark hours before dawn to-
day, in paymen, Tor their crimes
against the world.
Goering, pudgy No. ? iian of
fascist regime intended by Adolf
Hitler to last 1000 years, snuffed
out his life in a prison cell a few
hours before his condemned hench-
men plunged through the trap of
two gallows in a grimy building 80
yards away.
BY his manner CT dying. Goering's
flanboyant last act not only took the
last spotlight aWaN from his COL
leagues but created Il breath-taking
mystery which had army intelligence
officers laboring in an effort TO de-
/ tcrmine how he obtained, concealed.
and took the poison.
God Save Germany"
! The ten who died on the gallHWs
as directed by the international Mil
! itary Tribunal. which convicted then,
! two weeks ago of war crimes, crimes
against the peace and crimes against
/ humanity, went TO their d2ahs with
cut collapsing but mounting Coz
save Germany
Joachim Won RibbcntrOp, Hitlcr's
| foreign minister who replaced GOcr-
ing as the first 10 climb the i3
steps TO doom, dropped through the
! trap at l:l4 a. m. G:ll p. m. Tues
! day EST. An hour and 10 minutes
later when Arthur Scyss-Tnquart,
! Nazi protector" OF Holland. was
pronounced dead, il was all over.
Those who died in between, with
/ M/Sgt. John e. Wood of the q. S.
army. who has presided a, 233 cx-
ccutionS. sprnging the trap in some
eases were:
No Coffin Seen.
Field Marsh hal Wilhelm Kciici:
Ernst Kaltcnbrunncr. head Of the
Nazi security police: Alfred Roscn-
berg. NaZi party philOS' phCr Hans
Frank. governor general &c Poland:
Wilhelm Frick. protector" of Be
hcu ia Mnravia: Julius Strcjchcr.
Jaw batter: Fritz SauckrI. slave la
Dor boss. and Col. Gen. Alfred Jodl.
Correspondents who witnessed the
executions said they did not see any
collins but could hear them being
carried out.
Several large vans left the priS-
on yard shortly before daylight. a
guard reported. and drove toward
F'nih. suburb north of Nuremberg
where the army has tWo large air.
fields.
After the ten had been h.ngcd
Coverings corpse was brought intr
the execution chamber for symbolic
cal execution {. the tribunals sem
fence.
kinGsburv Smith. representing the
combined American press and one o.
eight CCrrcSpo"dcnts permitted I;
enter the brightly lighted gymnasium
n the Jail ward where the edlloW.
: stood. said Scyss-lnqtrirt's body still
was dangling from the moose whCI
officers ordered blanket covering
GOcrinGS body tC be removed. The
former rciChmarShal and luitwafft
commander lay on a StrciChcr ClaC
in black paiamaS. and a blue Shir
which was open exposing his chest
Smith said Gocring'S face bore al
agOniZcd expression. and that his hail
was rtImplcd. Among tho witness.
eS was Dr. Wilhelm HOcgncr. min.
istcr-prcSidCnt of Bavaria.
Suicide Announced.
When the last body had been Gu
down. Col. Il. c. Andrus. prison
commander. gave the first news tina
Goering has taken his own lie.
"Gocring was not hanged" Andru
, announced "Hc committed suicid
al 1915 p. m. (4:45 p. IN. EST Tues
I day. last night by taking Cyanid
. of potassium.
"Hc was discovered al once by
| sentinel who watched and heard his
), make an odd noise and twitch. Tn
sentinel called the doctor and chap
70 lain who were in the corridor an
they fCund GoCring dying.
, "Thrc were pieces of glass in hi
mouth and a Odor Of cyanide {
potassium on his breath.
Investigation Underway.
"GoerinG's hands did not 20 h,
rcath the blanket and were moi Ol
served 60 60 to his motrth. An is
:; vcsiiration nov is going on 10 lea,
" how nc could conceal The puiSC
- WHOM nc was subject 10 daily yCarCi
= cs. Tho cyanide was cortairc1
: small cartridge case similar
- those found before ON other MAJ
d and like ihc one found on him
= wear ago last Nav at Mon dc r.
- Prison. AZ that time il was hiddc
J. in can Of coffee"
French C1TrcspoN1c't Dcwc
J. Roche said in his account that ;
= open cnvciop was found on Goo
g ing corpse. lie said The cnvc1t
lc confined three message written
N pencil, one Of which was address,
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