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i a ~_, . ? 7 x4 ‘a i) Alcatraz Escape June 13, 1962 - of escaping through the ventilation area in the roof. They dis- cussed &bout the possibility of braaking out of Alcatraz and swimming to the mainland, said that swimming to the main- byt land was Impossible. They tdered cutting a couple of the dh -y.meic,, front oell bars and possibly going up the left front part of th cell area to behind a steel cage door and working on this as a |. “means of 6 then they decided that this could not be accom- “ — nn plished. said that he had told them that he had cut out. a of -cement ore at oth nstit S and it could be déne so na long ‘as they had plenty of time. said that they could go =. coo out through thé roof through the ventilator hole as he felt that -. | he could get the lid off. It was then apparent that they had = _ to get out of the back part of their cell into the utility oor- ridox to get to the roof. The only possible escape area at the back “of the cell was through a 6 inch by 9 inch iron ventilator. It was decided that this hole -could-be enlarged y taking out the cement tO approximately a 10 inch by 13 inch tole. Ld volun- teered that he had previously checked ough librar oks while at various institutions and had ascertained that _ would start disintegrating at from 500 to 900 degrees. obtained BOome Slément wires similar to those in & toaster. "He does not recalf the source of these wires however, he recalls that this ocourred in Qctober about 1961. Plugged this wire into the electric outlet in his cell, but sould not get enough heat through it to deteriorate the cement. He had discussed this, as well as the escape with John Anglin and Clarence Anglin, - brother of John and who resides In celI #152 in "BY" Block. _ John Anglin said that he had a spoon which he had sharpened and which somewhat resembled a screw driver. John Anglin started ’ poking around the sidé of the ventilator in his cell and he made a little bit of headway into “t cement. This was about December of 1961, and by this time had discussed the plan with Frank Morris #1441-AZ who was in ce #138 in "B" Block and who was to work with them. Clarence Anglin obtained a spoon and made a few ; dents in the cement next to his ventilator. The four of them VARA ke the source of these spoons being not recalled, and by deubliag then similar to a screw driver, started to make holes in the cement. It was decided to start the first hole a a. short Atiatanna feam tha tan laft hand narnaw af the wantitlataw “aVG ew MESO sbi Veo vO sai PED CURRY Ga vas Yoru; saucer grille. They started to work shortly after the 6:15 or 5:30 P. M. count.in.the-evening and would work until 9:30 P.M. The cells of the two Anglin brothers were adjacent to each | other. Phe cells of WEMMipad Norris ware adjacent to each other. One evening, one of t glin Brothers would watch while the: ~ worked and the next evening they would change pesitions, ‘and Mo used the same method. Finally, after about three ays work, ug a hole about 3 inches deep, then for a period ~2- U35 2 Ce ee tenn na ne ne