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UNITED STATE’ » £) Memoiunuuin )7™ : Mr. warty, vate: 6/18/62 Leavenworth, Kansas, in 1960 or whether the mattes was - : tes the attempted escape from U, S. Penitentiary,, KO handled administratively by the Bureau of Prisonsy ron Our files indicate that on August 8, isto, Clarence Anglin attempted to escape by concealing; himself | in a metal breadbox which was to be transported $p the Leavenworth Honor Farm, The facts showed that Jehn Wii Y prom: ASB, Baagy SUBJECT: This is in reply to the Director's inquiry as to whether the Anglin brothers were prosecuted in connection Supervisor, Leavenworth Penitentiary , movement between the breadboxes and after receiving assistance from the Assistant Food Supervisor, discovered. Clarence Anglin concealed inside, with an iron bar and a. knife in his possession, Phe tz by the U, S, Attorney and on upon a plea of aisaty Anglin was sentenced to two years fe run consecutively “te the sentence he was then serving on bank robbery. oa bad fl Prosecution of Clarence Anglin was authorized Assistant U. S. Attorney W. Ray Stewart, Topeka; J Kansas, however, declined prosecution of John William Angli: on the basis that insufficient evidence for collusion with Claréace Ang an in the escape was present to serve ag a basis la for presentm he grand jury. The Bureau of Prisons, - of course, was beet day: ised as to the facts of the attempted g and the prosécutive action taken, Bae (7 2627--3/ “aye ee at ven OSE