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Alcatraz Escape — Part 10

104 pages · May 08, 2026 · Document date: Oct 1, 1962 · Broad topic: Prisons & Escapes · Topic: Alcatraz Escape · 103 pages OCR'd
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SF 76-2887 PH 76-1991 (2) AT PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA We AT GRATERFORD, PENNSYLVANIA an uring about the las yea. at sentence Subjec OHN WILLIAM ANGLIN was also confined there. e did not know ANGLIN pricr to that time and since he has been in prison all the time since June 1960, he has had no further contact with ANGLIN. He said he and ANGLIN worked in the same sheet metal shop at Lewisburg and, although they were together a great deal of the time, ANGLIN did not confide in him to any extent and said very little about himself, his associates outside, or his family. About the only relative he did mention was a brother, who at the time, was believed confined at Leavenworth, Kansas, for bank robbery. ANGLIN also mentioned about having a detainer against him either from Georgia or Alabama. ANGLIN never mentioned any hobbies, likes, or dislikes in particular, but it did appear that he liked the South generally as his favorite part of the country. i) Z CG ::: sometime shortly before ANGLIN was S- ferred to Leavenworth from Lewisburg, he had mentioned t 20 about going over the wall at Lewisburg. e did not go in further detail about the escape plan ana WIR == he t ANGLIN that it was a foolish thing for him to do. said when he learned of the fact that ANGLIN was going to escape, he reported it to authorities at the prison. The cell IN was shaken down and later ANGLIN was transferred. said ANGLIN did not mention to him any contacts he might have d outside in connection with his escape plan and no such contacts or associates were known to - 52 - loT3
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