| Show Hangman of Nazi Gestapo Dies From Assassins Assassins' Shot Wounds Editor Note ote The follow In t wa was M Mo NOT T flied filed b by an American but ts Cs an al 1111 i broadtail recorded re re- corded enemy territory BERLIN From German Broadcasts Broadcasts Broadcasts Broad Broad- casts June 4 W The UPI The fatal attack attack attack at at- tack on Reinhard Heydrich was carried out by both bomb and automatic automatic automatic au au- au- au pistol made in Britain the German radio stated Thursday in ina a dispatch from Prague giving the first complete German version of the assassination Heydrich of Bohemia Bohemia Bo Bo- Bo- Bo hemia hernia and Moravia and second in command of the gestapo died Thursday of wounds received eight days ago ego The dispatch written by the f q News agency correspondent correspondent correspondent corre corre- Joseph Schmidt follows Investigations o of the attempt on the life of Reinhard Heydrich showed beyond a doubt that the weapons used were of British make according ta tu an official statement Issued here The following details were made known The attempt on the life lite of Heydrich was carried out on a steep hairpin curve which did not enable the driver to look far ahead of him The perpetrators waited behind a corner so that the Uie driver who had to slow down saw one Continued on Page Fate Four Column One I NAZI HANGMAN PIES DIES OF WOUNDS I j v Continued Moat from P Pac On One 3 o only y in the last minute when he hewiS 4 wiS was close to the mudguard with the automatic pistol already raised 4 This pistol which he had concealed concealed concealed con con- beneath his coat failed however He threw it away and ran away The weapon is of ot British Brit Brit- i ish Jah sh make The same lame automatic pistols v were ere found in the possession posses posses- Ion sion of ot some parachute agents who had been dropped by British planes g over the protectorate r ti At the side aide of ot the first Pe perpetrator perpetrator having ha the automatic pistol F was a second man who threw a 4 bomb He had to throw it very quickly lest it should ex explode lod in his hi hand Therefore he threw it at the right inner side aide of at the carThe carThe car The bomb bomb exploded in the di direction dl in which it was thrown t tore the right side and destroyed the rear of the inside of ot the car Sat fiat Beside Driver The deputy Ue Heydrich however howe sat next to the driver There was waa no one else in the car One fragment of ot the thet t bomb flew to the right pierced the seat leat and hit Heydrich Of Ot this bomb only small particles and the r cap remained Two bags carried over their t shoulders ders were left behind by the perpetrators One reserve bomb was found in each Both are of ot British make They both have the same lame fusing as aJI those used by the British military against German tanks tanka in Africa Their construction construction construction tion is very dangerous especially for him who uses the weapon The perpetrator did not even have time to raise ralle the bomb to the height of ot the head and throw it into the interior of ot the car He had to be content with throwing It t away from him against the carand car carand carand and then fleeing British Origin Disclosed The perpetrator who had wanted want ed to fire shots ahou fro from the automatic pistol used his hla 1 pocket revolver when he was pursued Examination Examination Examination Examina Examina- tion of ot the cartridge cartridges also disclosed the British origin of ot the weapon Colt and of ot the ammunition Pistols and ammunition of ot the same lame kind were discovered in the of ot captured parachute agents Other weapons weapons' found in their possession are marked and KYNO The Germans previously had I linked Inked the assassination with British BritIsh Brit Brit- ish agents alleged to have pave been dropped in the protectorate by pa parachute chute |
