1951-02-24 — Page 11

THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1951.

HIS ARABIAN NIGHTS

TRAIN

TWO BAGGAGE CARS

HIS TWO PERSONAL||COMMAND

CARS

CAR

DINING CAR

THREE SLEEPING CARS

DINING PROVISIONS

CAR

CAR

It was drawn by two heavy locomotives; 171 men lived here permanently, apart from guests

·ERY soon after 1 on- tered Goering's sor- vice I realised the labyrinth of intrigue and brutal egoism Bur- rounding the marshal.

THE

Goering himself WBB responsible. He determined the character of his house, his staff, and his entire sur- roundings. He lived in the twilight of his own ill- defined

unstable and character. He lusted for luxury and comfort and it was of no consequence to him how it was provided.

By then I realised that we were look- ing for a safe place for the marshal. A lunnel in the vicinity of his headquarters was indispensable, so that his special train could hole up In case of air attack. This was 1940,

Then in October 1

I was to know soon that the marshal, however jovial, did not have the was ordered on my slightest interest in the first big Goering

Onc well-being or sufferings of trip.

night his subordinates.

about 8 o'clock I ro- at Wildpark ten to the chief 0:1 the adjutant special train. The marshal intended making a great in- spection tour towards the West, "Tako nice pictures him." maid the ad- Jutatit,

Sa naturally everyone around him defended with all available

means their jobs and their comfortable existence.

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WE PHOTOGRAPH ———————-TUNNELS- [INISTERIAL. Counsellor

Dr Goernnert, ww ur ganised all purchases, all presents, and all feasts for Goering, telephoned asking me to see him.

He

was an unpopular man. But he made himself

indispensable by having no scruples in fulfilling every wish of the Iron Man.

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auws

A.A. GUNS

HERE was the ingange. A radio roemia private *fridge" Ela ht_security palles te guard Ösering.

WARDROBE. bathrooms, two bedruska, two private drawing, rooms, a cinema.

and a library.

FANTASTIC

MAP.ROOM

Bulichry con

ference.

GOERING

Whenever he took a bath

the war had to wait

by ... EITEL LANGE

like the water sloshing about In the tub. So we frequently block- ed the lines,

I jogged along the whom Goering chose as his personal train to the dining

photographer because he was the only car.

and breakfast--military man who could make him look slim.

It was filled to

tursting with gener-

als.

Goering always travelled with two special trains. The first was a plot train, called the "bomb- rlearer," consisting eight carriages.

of

MADE HIS HOME IN

THIS TRAIN

Dr Goernnert instructed OERING'S motor-cars were me to show up at Gatow U. loaded into it. There were Airport with my cameras. I generators powerful enough to was to

undertake all air provide current for a town of trip with Goernnert First Lieutenant Wittmann.

size. moderate

and

There

were

and showers for the crew of troops a hair-dresser's. Two French luxury coaches housed officials, an automobile omeer, the chief chauffeur Schulz and

We took off for Paris. From there we undertook daily circular flights over France, Belgium, and Hol- lund.

of

other chauffeurs.

Two heavy locomotives pulled the main train. This train was Goering's favourite home next to Karinhall,

were

train.

two cars like

this, the end of the

Hero also was a radio and

recording room and the marshal's special refrigerator.

It did not matter if-because of the Reichsmarschall's bath trans- ports, hospital trains, and, later, refugee trains. were stranded behind us for hours.

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Often I talked to exhausted and despairing station-musters.

time-table "The entire In the "fridge" was imported messed up," they would say. fruit such as strawberries bedded ·. But they would add: "Never in cotton wool, which had been mind. We'll straighten things: brought by air from Spain, out yet. What can be done will Near-by were wines and be done-Hermann must be able elgarcites in profusion.

to work."

Eight armed offcials of rail- way security police travelled in the luggage cars. They eight most faithful and reliable watch-dogs,

were

Work? He was sitting in his tub, with bath salts and scents.

Next to the bathroom were

two bedrooms one for Goering and the other for his Emmy, his wife, who never used át.

panelling, the celling The big beds, the and furniture were of cherry wood. The

anywhere, if only for a minute, When the main train stopped

these eight men ran from their cars and surrounded the mar- shal's care.

Gearing used two cars. They constructed had been specially and were weighted' down with lead plates for smooth running.

In the first was his wardrobe uniforms without number, mufli the famous leather jackets about which he was crazy, and bro- cade and silk dressing-gowns.

1

elderdowns were silk.

પી smail private drawing-room lay next to Goering's bed" room. There, too, the walls and ceiling were made of precious wood,

A library contained. books of Karl May (a favourite German boys' writer of adven- ture stories in a Red Indian or Azeb set. ting), books on ghis Khan, and g tive stores without number.

FOR VAPS only. In ama compartment same sirpt.

Detectivos and minor

FOR train oficiale

guests lived here

crew.

FOOD Bawa trom

France

¡A.A. GUNS

He asked the marshal in good: time, what he wanted for his birthday. The_marshal voiced his desires.freely.

Dr Goënnert then, got on to Industrialists and big men of. finance and candidly told them of the marshal's wishes. They, had no alternative but to cometre. cordaily and to instruct Dr Goernert to have the N made.

Once, for instance,

Goering

wanted a large gold box set with- precious stones. The cost: 22,000.

it was

The order to make given; the goldsmith who made it told me that it had cost him £1,000. Where the balance went. is anyone's guess,

Next along Goering's speciaă. train camo three stoeping - cary, and in which dwelt detectives more guests.

After that the second restau- rant car for officials and crew. Next the provisions car, with an oven for the white broad and morning, rulls supplied every and for cakes and pastry. Thoro also wero refrigerators and kitchens.

ENOUGH FOR· ·|

A TOWN

COOKS and

waiters

Ilved

::

"en-

here, and over all this ruled Gerch, second most unpopular

the marshal's figure of In three of his favourite poses

tourage. He was responsible for all messing arrangements, and (Above) AS THE SQUIRE on his country estate, surrounded

was handled with "kid gloves" by the smiles of the children.

by all. (Left) AS 'GERMANY'... the

For him nothing was impos- proud diplomat with field-

The marshal need only two big desks, easy chairs, and'n sible. marshal's baton presents him, built-in radio-all of rare woods, utter a wish and at once a Ju. 52

self at a reception. (Below) AS THE HUNTER · -Plume and exparlsoned. he goes forth to the chase.

I had the queer task photographing tunnels. I Behind the locomotives came photographed tunnels from an anti-aircraft car-low-lying, every angle, height, and and almost frightening. There distance, and was not told other being at the

Here also were his swords, why.

epaulettes, and decorations. The bathroom was tiled in white. We returned to Berlin, Following the leading unti- When the lord of the train and then made the same aircraft car were two baggage took his bath and brankfast in

A deep-pile carpet lay on the telephone -round trips above Poland. cars, carrying Goering's personal the morning, the train--and, of Goering, Kropp the valet, and floor of the little drawing-room. writing-coom.

luggage aluminium- Tunnels, tunnels, tunnels.

----cabin course, the pilot train--was myself in that order-were-the-By the window-stood the arm trunks, each as high as a man. alopped. The Iron Man did not most assiduous readers.

-chair-in which the marshal used

to sit and read.

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The Accusing Finger That Never Lies

for

7HEN past and pre- Scotland Yard, at the instiga a finger-print, was fret admitted tralia, wirelessed us 0 set of sent officers of The Lion of Sir Edward Henry, then in evidence in 1531 when prints. The message was received Yard's Fingerprints er, at up the new "machinery" Wimbledon and sentenced at the was sent off giving the grame, Assistant and later Commission Wam Egan was arrested in at 3 p.m. At 4.11 p.m. the reply Department get together on for finger-printing as a means of Old Balley. March 3 to mark the identifying criminals in 1901. It last war, Superintendent Cherrll owner of the prints,

Later, during the description, habits, etc., of the Golden Jubilee of the be was in 1914 that the Registry was and I went up to Edinburgh to The case of Air Cadet Gordon

enlarged to cover most criminal ginning of this branch of offences. But even in 1919 there George Harold Roller, the cul- fresh in most memories. He was prove a palm-print because Frederick Cummins is fairly criminal detection, the were only four identifications prit, had a gap in the glove he convicted and sentenced to death gathering, and the picture recorded in eases that went to wore.

trial.

the murder of Evelyn Oakley It was in 1941 that quite in retrospect, will be inter-

a in Wardour Street, London, but Here are just a few things on national.

new development in the solence he had committed tour murders which, when we meet for the that already was piling the odds and attempted two others. He For in an era when other Jubilee от March 3 with Sir against the offender came about. was brought to book mainly countries seem to be trying to put Britain into a back seat, it is

through the system by which universally acknowledged that

Latest prints, ie, those visible to the naked eye, are brought up Scotland Yard not only started, but is still far ahead of any other

and made raidable, Д method first

and used police headquarters in the world

brought a in this method of bringing the

Evidence against the Stration criminal to

book.

brothers in 1905. Let me give you a quick example of The Yard's efficiency,

of which I had personal expert-

By Ex-Chief Inspector Sydney S. Birch (who for 26 years was in the Fingerprints, De- partment of Scotland Yard with Superintendent Harry Battley and Superintendent Fred. Cherrill, present head of the Department).MT,

ence. There was a robbery in

in Harold Scott, the present Com Taking finger-prints from dead

of any other are one in a septlis way

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and

Goering's second car contained the big drawing-room also rich with heavy rugs..

The fifth coach was the command

He was the most unpopular went off to Italy or France to man in Goering's circle. He had provide for Goering's table. a big house at Dahlem, in Berlin, A small town could have lived and when he decamped in for a long time on the supplies face of the air attacks, 60 lorries Gerch had in store as late as were barely enough to move his the spring of 1945. belonging.

Goernnert's main

car.. Half of it 'Income

in was

In this main train 171 men source of lived permanently-not counting organising guests.

*was taken up by birthday presents for his master, (World Copyright--London

Д map table.

BURG This is how It worked.

Here every

morning at 11

the military

situation

dismissed.

was

On one side a desk, and over it a life-size

portrait of the Fuehrer. bathed in indirect light. The second

half of the

car con- ad-

tained the Jutant's room, a radio room, the exchange,

"ALWAYS"IN

-TOUCH-

and

Express Service).

★ NEXT WEEK ★

Goering launches the bombing.

attack on Britain-and then goes

off on a buying-apree in Paria.

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TRIUMPH

NOERING'S train was linked mahogany by radio with the Fuehrer's standard headquarters and with Berlin. When It stopped at main stations if was in direct telephonic com- munication with all the Reich and all Tronts.

There * were two desks easy chairs, lamps, silk curtains.

Everything was of expensive material and, I must add, in good taste.

The evening film shows were Once the train stopped, put on in this car, After supper, Goering would get onto the about pm. Goering would Fuchrer's HQ to report his Issue the invitations the location to Hitler That, pre- sumably, ended the business performancest,

calls.

to

He was always supplied with the Intest films-generally those Next Goaring would call his that had been seized in the oc- wife and talk to her. Other high cupled countries and which officers in order of rank," would were forbidden in the Reich,

phone their wives. such as: "Ninotchka,” starring Greta Garbo, and "Gone With The Wied."

Gennan Goering's favourite Alm was The Model Husband," starring Ruhmann.

There was a dining car on the grand scale. It had an electric and steam-heating system and a cooling plant.

The chief adjutant, von Brau- Best of all he liked thrillers, chitsch, lived here with Sur- He would became almost "bels geon-Mojor Dr von Ondarza, terous and nearly always, spoilt Goering's personal doctor, Dr Goernnert, as well as Marshal the suspense 'for his guests.

„Milch,... Udet, and・・ Goering's The moment the

murderer shadow,"

General Colonel appeared Goering would jump Loerzer ZDRA up, point, at the screen, and shout: That's him!" Or: "Look out, he's coming!”:{

It has boen-established, has been stated by Supersten- dent Cherrill, that finger and palm-prints are already on the missioner, and Assistant Com- akin. Thomas Cray Newtould fatal birth, that is to say, that

hands an office building in Accrington missioner Ronald Howe, head of committed suicide in a London three months on an average of anyone at six mondhe Lanca, where a cash box, Left empty, had printa on it. The the C.I.D., everyone who has West End hotel. To make before any of us are born there box was sent to us from Acering meat of this branch of crime scalding water and we found the It has beco further established been concerned with the develop sure" he Jampod into a bath of are distinot, Identifiable printe tom for examination of the prints. Wo received it at 9 am, one day. detection look back with akin on the tips of his fingers that those prints never alter in The prints were identified by satisfaction.

kad parished as a result

their excufials-so far as iden- 0.10 am. pod wo telephoned As my former chief, Mr Chor With Superintendent Cherrill Tacation is concerned-up to the Accrington police. At 9.30 s.m. til, explained on the ein last in command, the department time of death. the culprit was arrested, and the your, the chances of printer of took the parished akin and the stolen property found on him, only two fingers of any one flesh from inside, turned it inadde

Can Be Forced Chinese Signs

porton being Identical with those out and got the prints "wrong PRINTS are made on eq NUME historians have made lom. To put that down in identity, al

established

that are approximately one inch by one inch, and such la the many estimates about the figures write a "7" and then add · Away-frosza, -date when identification by 42 "03" to it and you will get with the technique prints, but degree of accuracy of measures nd ap- ment that the linear definition ingerprints first began. Some the odds against. Even Identical paratus get, up 50 years ago on comes down to an exactitude of weighty authorities put it twins nager-prints are absolute- the 7th floor in the big budding omo-hundredths of an inch. When as carty as 200 B.C.

ly

and distinctively different. on the Embankment, there Chinese

add that there are two groups good” by thumb- But na spoed in Identification the case of a burned will diapos- of four types with clight pattern prints. But actually they is always a very big factoring of £55,000 left by one Frank to each of the ten prints of over signed by their long Anger mails in catching the criminal, the Wallace. The burnt parts were a million people, I can leave it and now and then an impression department, under Superinten carefully pieced together and by to the mathematician to work

•of a thumb was included.

dent Battley, was working hard the use of a chemical which is out the 'pernatatious and Probably one of the first per- to evolve a cystom of classifica part of the equipment of the--binations.“ sons to recognise the importance tion of prints that would reduce department the writing was Práta may be takodi with the of Bogen-print was Thomas: the numbers Bauler Shade man to will was admitted for police ofoor Lut

brought up to be casty legible consent of the prisoner: by any Bowlck -- 1753-1826: Now- So in 1680 (the cnetis-on-yob wood engravor, Finger Print Bystem began at probate who, in b

(of Acrop's". Scotland

cofuses the prints may be, taken Kardy mod, beibringing And here is noother instance of forcibly that ingewith" just n X10

of outs of prints in the way in which planningntion much face nan lakreconomy woodents, are a reproduced: a given group from 2,000 50-100) of the 1100,000 of prints after justion of the peace has h “woodcut of one of his digan, to Limunowioni AwaHEY Cup now in rngesprimă Departmnders. signed an order to the effect that word

„Fablón, Tub PRETO SABE

which he added "Thornas Dewick," about 20 times. 1 eded per at The Yard hos speeded up, #12- ki? freengraby' in the interesti

A paim-print, on distinct from, identifcasion Melbouur, Aure of justice.

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