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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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s ry 1 sr S28 |\ “yan Tha fal lAutne iIxnniniags at Gan Tin a LCA. i oe were made by SA igiaiaaiaailialiiay On September 15, 1962, Guu GCVLSCU Unat 4 had been fishing west Alcatraz between the Ra nO, and Alcatraz. While fishing he hooked onto something on the bottom of the bay and after finally Jerking his line loose, he pulled a cranium to the surface, This was a human cranium and merely consisted of the skeleton part, near beginning of the eyes in front and @e beginning of the neck of an individual in the rear. Stated that it appeared to have been there for an extende ength of time since there were many barnacles on it, no hair, etc., and the skeleton of the cranium was completely clean and the bones worn. advised that the skeleton was being taken to the : Francisco for analysis. We. stated that approximately one-halT mf raz and about 50 yards east of the H and R Buoy o line became snarced He finally noulied it Innae Ce ed Se ee rk A Ry OY ee ol et ae 4 and in doing so pulled up a human cranium. He stated that he believed that it was approximately 50 to 60 feet deep where they were fishing and that he was uSing a three pound lead sinker which would cause to be near or on the bottom af mee dian po ee a on oe | . ee ee ee ee dem Poem ee ore the Vay SS GuUvulolu videtl £10 Ela POA Ul cranium to of the San Francisco Police Department. 7 n the human cranium it was apparen cranium had been in the bay for several years and definitely more than one year. He volunteered that he had closely - 71 -
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