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Alcatraz Escape — Part 11

151 pages · May 08, 2026 · Document date: Jul 17, 1962 · Broad topic: Prisons & Escapes · Topic: Alcatraz Escape · 150 pages OCR'd
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patter offastee each cell had @ small Ventilator duct a back which would not in itself be sufficiently large to allow one of the escapees to exit. © ei... or a! ‘As a matter act, once escapees crawled thr the ventilator .. duct, they were in a corridor some five feet in width | behind two cell blocks; this corride® was cpen clear to the roof of the prison. ‘The plumbing pipes for the cells criss- cross through this large corridor. Description of this - particular portion of the escape, which in fact is the only. -. descriptive attempt relative to the escape ef any sufficient ._ notice, is almost completely inaccurate and in fe fact the oe writer did not even avail himself of certain portions of the an - escape as made available through the local press. a As regards to working, ‘around the grill covering to the roof of the cell house, which was the final escape ar o going onto the roof, inquiries reflected that be. was the individual eventually responsible for a on of the escape attempt. pay It is noted that . IN brothers were of very low mentality rand in all. robability could set have even conceived the idea for. -,.--°. Ene preparation of the story such as the attached, let atone express themselves ia such a manner, Although MORRIS was ‘of rather high intellect, there has been no indication th that - his thinking would in any way have coincided with the | observations of the individual preparing the attached story. ~j
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