Claude Hatherly is in gaol again. The former Air Force major who led the atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima was arrested for the 8th time March 14 for holding up a store in Galveston, Texas. He was apprehended with a toy pistole Guilt feelings resulting from his wartime action have driven Batherley to prison 7 previous times and to a series of mental institutions, After one crime he said: "One hundred thousand people died at Hiroshima because of meee. becuse I gave the order." Hatherly has injured no one in his criminal career and seems to plot his crimes with the intention of getting caught.
The WeekThe Week Vol. 1, No. 15, 9 April 1964
Hiroshima A-bombgr in Gaol for 8th Tim From National Guardian 21/3/64
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