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BAY BRIDGE THAT HE HAD OBSERVED WHAT RESEMBLED A BODY TO BE FLOATING IN THE WATER APPROXIMATELY ONE HUNDRED YARDS SOUTHEAST OF THE CENTRAL TOWER. THE COAST GUARD IMMEDIATELY DISPATCHED TWO BOATS TO THE AREA, AS WELL AS AN ARMY BOAT FROM FORT POINT AND IT WAS ASCERTAINED THAT THE SIGHTING WAS ACTUALLY A PIECE OF DRIFT WOOD. ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FRED. T.- WILKINSON, FEDERAL BUREAU OF PRISONS, VISTING ALCATRAZ FROM WASHINGTON, D.C., QUOTED IN PRESS AS SAYING, QUOTE INFORMATION SO FAR LEADS ME TO BELIEVE DEFINITELY THAT THESE THREE MEN, EACH OF WHOM I KNOW WELL FROM THE ATLANTA PENITENTIARY, MADE IT OFF THE ISLAND BUT NEVER MADE IT TO SHORE. THE TIDES AND WINDS THAT NIGHT WERE STRONG, THESE CONVICTS WERE NOT THE ATHLETIC TYPE. ONLY A TRAINED ATHLETE COULD MAKE SUCH A SWIM. UNQUOTE. WILKINSON FURTHER QUOTED AS SAYING, QUOTE THESE MEN HAVE NEITHER FRIENDS OR RELATIVES WITH RESOURCES TO COME TO SAN FRANCISCO AND SPEND TIME AND MONEY NECESSARY TO HELP IN AN ESCAPE. IT WOULD COST THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO PUT A BOAT IN THE BAY EVERY NIGHT, SAY FOR A MONTHy WAIT- mh > ; IN TEMPORARILY SUCCESSFUL ESCAPES, THE FUGITIVES BEGIN TO LEAV END PAGE Two Cay hand