◆ SpookStack

suey. Al AY Capone, shown at left, Chicago's erstwhile public. enemy Neo. 1, whe ia [being trans. ferred fr or the Atlante federwi penitentiary| to Alcatraz Tala nd prison off the Pacific coast, At bat- late Alcatraz Island, suz- founded by the switling waters of San Franciaeo Baye on beh Ed 33 - A 8 Bee cai ihgamrae LY nn IN GHOPPY SEA Prison for Capone Formerly Used by U. §, Military; Only One Escape Recorded Desolats Alcatraz, known 2d Anterice's. “Devil's Island” wee oe inblished. as a military jpriaon twenty-five yeare apo. Al thé re} quest. of Attorney General Cum- jminige if was transferred ta tha! Departoient of Justine Inst Oetober, | jto that the government might com) fine there 600. of its tacat danger. | ous convicts, In the records. af the prison dur ing the years i was used by thé military, only dne escapé vecured./ This was sccomplished through | forged release papers. . The islind consists of a rocky biuft, the eldes of which rise pre cipiigualy from the sea, Around the hase of the bluff race the treacherous waters of the bay, waking approach or déepartura by swimming almost Impossible, The iaiand ia a mile long and OW HIGH BLUFF narrow, Jis area ix twelve and one: Lalf- aeres, The prison includes Ite awn: ree- reation and hospital facilities, and fe a self-sufficient esiablshment. tit ja more than « mile from the} . : a _mearent point of the mainland. A