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Alcatraz Escape — Part 17
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-reatily-avariabie objects “by the, Subjects... The ones. that “*{.:%
' spoon handles which were used in penetrating cell walls;
(Photo by Qaim 6/14/62)
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are identifiable aré as follows: lower center, sharpenéd %
center, the object which looks like a radio speaker is a: . j —
motor removed from a vacuum cleaner and utilized as. a Grills poi!
the round object immediately above the drill is a housing a
which was apparently fitted over the vacuum oleaner motor — B..
to quiet the noise when it was in operation; upper right, = .°
piecesof electrical cord; middle left, these bolts with nuts,°
shafts and sleeves may have been used as means of applying ;
pressure in spreading bars; extreme upper left, this is a bo,
homemade two-cell flashlight using two penlight battertes,. |
the case is made out of plastic and illumination obtained. _
by making contact with the exposed portion of the bulb and ao
the small piece of metal immediately above and to the right <>:
of the bulb. The other items apparently are scraping, digging, '
cutting and gouging tools. Of added interest is the fact
that all of these objects had been discarded by placing them
in a five gallon paint bucket filled with liquid paint cement
and allowed to harden, thus hoping to avoid detection. _
This bucket was located in the Subjects' "work shop".-on top- =
of the cell block. a To me :
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