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Alcatraz Escape — Part 1

100 pages · May 23, 2026 · Broad topic: Prisons & Escapes · Topic: Alcatraz Escape · 100 pages OCR'd
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PAGE THREE ; a aac : ‘he. PEARSON ALSO VIEWED CELL BLOCK A WHICH IS NO LONGER USED BECAUSE { OF ITS eee CONDITION AND PEARSON APPEARED EXTREMELY INTERESTED IN THIS CELL BLOCK. PEARSON ASKED NUMEROUS QUESTIONS REGARDIN’ HISTORY OF ALCATRAZ AND THE IDENTITIES“OF NOTORIOUS CRIMINALS CONFINED OVER THE YEARS. PRISON OFFICIALS GAINED IMPRESSION PEARSON NOT INTERESTED IN THE ESCAPED INMATES OR THEIR METHOD OF ESCAPE OR THE INVESTIGATION TO LOCATE MISSING MEN.*PEARSON APPEARED MORE INTERESTED IN THE OPERATION OF ALCATRAZ AND INDEGAOERD THAT IF IT 1S TO BE OPERATED AS A PENITENTIARY IT SHOULD BE MAINTAINED IN BETTER CONDITION. PEARSON ALSO WALKED AROUND OUTSIDE OF PRISON ON ALCATRAZ ISLAND» : FOREGOING SUBMITTED FOR BUREAU-S INFORMATION SINCE IT APPEARS PEARSON WILL DO ONE OR MORE ARTICLES ON ALCATRAZ. | DURING AFTERNOON OF JUNE FOURTEEN, @H@FE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE ~ KRON-TELEVISION UN@UOTE NEWSPAPER AND KRON-TV SPONSORED DEMONSTRATION SWIM BY TWO — OLYMPIC CLUB SWIMMERS FROM VICINITY OF ALCATRAZ ISLAND TO ANGEL ISLAND. APPROXIMATELY FIFTY THREE MINUTES. BOTH WERE TAKEN FROM THE WATER BY~ ’ 4 ATS OFF ANGEL ISLAND SHORE BECAUSE OF THE WHIRLPOOLS BATTERING WAVES GORR_LINE-Z-2-WORDS-SHLD BE DETEREORATED | . END PAGE THREE AND (MY test svimmers, coMPLETED THE SWIM IN we
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