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— Py ae y Alcatraz Esca June 13, 1962 va { of about thirty (30) deys Rp “se able to dig about two such holes every other night. Durin, period of time the other three in- ay mates were making headway in their respective cells. made approximately fifty such hol t e this . "He made holes directly to the left from the top eft hand corner of the ventilator grille of a distance of approxi- mately 4 inches. He then dug t ctly towards the floor for a distance of approximately 10 inches. After fs, he drilte small holes to the rig! and undér the grilled ventilator for ap- proximately 13 inches. He completed his hole by then taking the lower right hand corner and drilling small holes up the wall until ~ it hit the lower right hand corner of the metal grille. As : completed each small hole, he pl ed it with toilet per 0a) and tigi touched thé outside of if up with paint 60 no one wou notice it. The other ree inmates were, do gothe same thing. They found a couple of pieces of metaljstuck,in the holes they had bored, and through this method they were able to make e holes larger and break one hole in to another, nally inch deep slab of cement adjacent to the screen came out. Just prior to taking the slab of cement out, they made false cardboard fronts which would fit in the area to bé removed. They put paint and shellac on the cardboard soit would appear the same as the rest of the wall and they used a small amount of cement to put the card- board in while they were not working. They then hid their few drilling tools behind this false front. They then made a false ventilator grille front of cardboard and painted and varnished it so it would appear to be identical with the grille work of the ventilator plate presently there. They loosened the frame and the reinforcement rod of the ventilator grille and broke out the criss— cross pieces of metal in the ventilator grille. This took several weeks to accomplish. The little bits of residue metal were either flushed down the toilet in their respective celis_or hidden behind the false cardboard area which they had inserted in the wall. After taking out the ventilator grille, then had an area to the left and below the ventilator grille to ock out. This was also approxima 3 inches in depth, however, with the venti-~ lator grille out, could place his ough the 6 inch by 9 inth opening and get better leverage. as of April 25, 1962, had practically completed knocking out the all remaining portion of cement. He @ittnot Wecidedto disturb the side of the cement adjacent to the utility corridor any further since, if any. one checked the plumbing, theymmight notice same. = John Anglin had knocked’ his completely out about this time | - and one evening had crawled into the utility corridor, Anglin — made a false cement back to cover the area he had knocked out of - the wall leading into the utility corridor so it would not be noticed. John then did work from the utility corridor side and assisted Clarence Anglin in completing hia hole. a ~3- 436