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Alcatraz Escape — Part 7
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the utility corridor and had noticed, upon leaving his cell,
that it had disappeared. is cording was to be used in lowering
their material down from the roof of the cell house and possibly
in assisting in lowering one of them down.
put on his life preserver and pea jacket and pants
and started to go through the hole in the roof. He had to remove
his clothing before he could get through the hole in the roof.
When he got on the roof he put his clothing on again and went
to the edge of the roof near the cage where the large black pipe
leads to the g They had contemplated going down this pipe
to the ground. cooked around and could not see MORRIS or
igured it was too late for him to go. Also,
the ANGLINe an
they had the raft which was to be their means of escape,
dou MORRIS was at 9:37 p.m. on June llth, 1962,
The last
and it is belief that they would have been able to leave
the Isl ¥ :30 p.m. that night or possibly no later than
11:00 p.m. that evening.
They had talked about going to Angel Island. It was
believed that there would be less chance of detection if they
proceeded in that direction. Upon getting to the mainland,
they had decided that they would commit a burglary so they could
obtain guns and clothes, and then steal a car. It was their
desire to go as far from this area as t uld, although they
had no plan as to where they would go. stated just MORRIS
and the two ANGLINs, along with h were invdived in this
escape. To assist in thia effort, had made a periscope
out of paper and mirrors which theY could stick out of the hole
on the roof to see : | were any guards in that area prior
to leaving the hole. had given this periscope to MORRIS
for one of the ANGLINS and it was stored next to the roof. The
only weapons which they would have would possibly be a kitchen
knife or some similar type objects which they might have sharpened.
When they were working, attempting to get out of their
cells, they would work from between 5:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.
in the evening. When MORRIS or the ANGLINS were working up
near the roof, they would generally do such work between 6:45 pm.
and 9:0Q p.m, at night. Generally, of oll 223° oné of the
e di
two ANGLINS when they went to the reof as did not desire
that the two ANGLINs go there together as trust them.
if they were successful in escaping, MORRIS and d planned
that sooner or later they would go in one direction and let the
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