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Alcatraz Escape — Part 7
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After taking out the ventilator cril1cMiiiytnen
had an area to the left and below the ventilator grille
to knock out. This was also approximately three inches in depth,
however, with the ventilator grille out MEP ovid place his
arm throu six inch by nine inch opening and get better
leverage, as of April 25, 1962, had practically f
completed kKnoc out the gmall remaining portion of cement.
He decided not to disturb the side of the cement adjacent
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the plumbing, they might notice sane.
JOHN ANGLIN had knocked his completely out by this
time and one evening had crawled into the utility corridor.
ANGLIN made a false cement back to cover the area he had knocked
out of the wall leading into the utility corridor so it would
not be noticed. JOHN then did work from the utility corridor
side and assisted CLARENCE ANGLIN in completing his hole,
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JOUN and CLARENCE ANGLIN then made a smaii dummy
face out of cement and gave it a flesh color. They put hair and
eyebrows on it with glue and they named it "Oink."
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After CLAREIICE broke through his hole in the wall,
they made a cummy back for the hole which couid be removed.
This was made out of cardboard and painted, One evening
CLARENCE ANGLIN went up the utility corridor to near the roof,
using the network of plumbing in the corridor as a ladder.
He crawled on top of the cell blecks. He used a screw driver
and tried to take the screws out of the eighteen and one-half
inch diameter metal coupling which was between the roof
ventilator and the roof, He could not acc sh this by
himseif and needed help. About this time in connection
with his work detail, had to paint one da Hh the utility
corridor and above the cell block area in the vicinity
roof ventilator, While painting in that area that cay i
took the screws out of the ventilator coupling. He had taken
clemp from his bed and bolted them together and used them as a
clasp, thus succeeding in loosening tha screws of the coupling.
The coupling, although unscrewed, was still in place so no one
would notice anything amiss, .
About this time, CLARENCE ANGLIN made a second dummy
head of cement which was stored on top oZ7 the cell biock next
to the roof, This one was called "OSCAR" and was to be given to
PRANK MORRIS, Then CLARENCE ANGLIN and FRANX MORRIS went up
the utility corridor next to the roof on about three evenings and
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