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Alcatraz Escape — Part 6

120 pages · May 08, 2026 · Document date: Jun 27, 1962 · Broad topic: Prisons & Escapes · Topic: Alcatraz Escape · 119 pages OCR'd
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—, 1 ee inten aad OST eee i FD-302 (Rev. 1-25-60) {_ JEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGA, J 6/15/62 Date ——_— oe Guard, oo SEE ae advised that on June 11, _ E worked the 4 PM to midnight shift in the west gallery. said the west gallery is the catwalk located at the west end of the cell block. BD «<v1503 that at about 10:30 PM on June 11, 1962, he heard a noise which sounded to him like a person hitting the end of mempty 50 gallon oil drum with the heel of his hand. He he noise sounded like 1t came from the prison hospital. ely reported the noise telephonically to seid he hesrd the same noaiae annrorimately ibe bie £48 Chk wie fe? Eb Ae bbe mh Te ht el et en LA ee oe We nutes later a en heard it a third time approximately five minutes af He said during this time he was on the tele- phone with He said the last time he heard this noise it sounded e came from the "dining room cage” which is a guard post located outside the dining room wall over an alley way leading from the cell block to the recreation: yard. advised that after reporting these incidents to he assumed that Qld checked them out. ——— ee ST ee ~~ 6/12/62 Alcatraz, California , 76-2887 : File On at ns <9 7 | 6/3/62 by Date dictated This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FSI. it is the property of the FBI and is Inaned to your agency; it and its contentea are not to be distributed outside your agency. aia
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