LORD HAW HAW

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 65, Issue 194, 30 May 1945, Page 4

LORD HAW HAW

NOW IN ALLIED HANDS. i . TROOPS TAKE NO CHANCES. TRAITOR SHOT IN THE THIGH. (N.Z. Press Association—Copyright.) (Rec. 10 a.m.) LONDON, May 29. It is officially announced from British 2nd Army Headquarters that William. Joyce (Lord Haw Haw) and his wife have been captured. No further details are available, but the arrest was the result of a widespread manhunt in which everybody moving through the British 2nd Army area was closely interrogated. The British 2nd Army is holding Joyce under conditions of the strictest security. At present he is being questioned. Joyce will face a charge of treason in England, states the Press Association. „ . Sir Oswald Mosley (leading British Fascist), commenting on the arrest of Joyce, declared he had not contacted him since he had been expelled from Mosley’s movement in March, 193 <. “When Joyce left us he started a movement of liis own and began blackguarding us throughout the country.” Wounded in Thigh. t Later messages state that Lord Haw Haw was wounded in the thigh when lie was captured by the British in Northern Germany, and according to a senior intelligence officer with the British 2nd Army, liis condition is critical. Jovce was brought to Luneberg m an ambulance. The shooting occurred yesterday near Flensburg. The correspondent of the British United Press says that Joyce spoke to two British officers near the GermanDanish frontier. The officers immediately recognised his voice from his broadcasts and they said: “You are William Joyce.” He admitted his identity, and then made as though to draw a gun. The British party, taking no chances, immediately fired, and Joyce fell wounded in the thigh. When examined it was found that Joyce had no weapon. He had a German passport in the name of Hansen. He was alone when captured. An Englishwoman, believed to be Joyce’s wife, was taken by the British a few days ago. The correspondent adds that Joyce had wandered in the woods for . some time. He also lived in Flensburg, but escaped unrecognised when the British took over the hotel. Joyce said after his capture: “I suppose in view of all these suicides you expect me to do the same. “I am not that sort of person.” Apparently Joyce remained near the Danish-German border after the last broadcast, which he made while obviously drunk. He did not trouble, to destroy the evidence of his identity, and papers were found on him containing his real name. News Spreads Among Troops. News of Joyce’s arrest spread like wildfire among the troops, wlio gathered at various places hoping to catch a glimpse of the traitor if he passed through their area. The diplomatic correspondent of the Press Association learns authoritatively that Joyce’s position is already under consideration by the AttorneyGeneral’s office. It will be alleged that as a British civilian subject he gave aid and comfort to the enemies of his country.

• “You yellow traitor. You are in our hands at last,” shouted troops when the ambulance containing Lord Haw Haw arrived at 2nd Army Headquarters. Joyce, as he lay stretched inside the ambulance, appeared to be in good health in' spite of the bullet wound, says tlte correspondent of the Associated Press at Luneburg. He scowled as he attempted to ignore the derogatory remarks hurled at him. British soldiers crowded around the ambulance as it drew up and cried: “Traitor. Why not make him walk!” Furious shouting went on until an officer called in troopers. One soldier tried to photograph Joyce in the ambulance, but officers seized his camera and handed it over to the military police.