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Alcatraz Escape — Part 4
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Robber With High 1iCtedifed
As Plotter of Alcatraz Escape. S="—
Trotter
‘They were 2|got the ventilator covers loose, Y Holmes, —_—__—~
and. enlarged - Gg
by already on|four-inch thick to about
bere was Prank Lee Morris when | 10-by-14 inches, big enough to
foe 18 ie Amey were pur in| id first
telligence otis three es Gdn cella, as in Federal ne Went Tosouocting ‘all the
assistant director of the Fed-|four cells away. ‘The cells were plot without being observed.
‘They could explore. Next there
SNitMortis is quiet and very fn i : ag & 30-foot pipe, narrow but
i roa wide enough-to squirm up,
3 Walls Erodea led to the roof.
the Prom the roof it was 100 feet
Mr.| ‘© 809 number of long drain
‘Mr, Wilkinson added, how-fwilkinson and Warden Olin. pipes ana to he ground,
be Clarence eal -|12-foot barbed wire topped
SP ane The first step must have been rence and 100 yards further
un on thelto pry at the walls around 8| they were on the beach, “The
"3" 100
backs to the swamp country.fresuits were satisfactory aince Rock's clitte ising some
care a nag Tmtaar| , Ak this point Aleatrss’ very
coeain Ga en They wed | rr ante
Anglins.
and early Tu
tate Monday earl 1e8-
the ere three loose convicts
ait 7M) 1982
B JUL LU isse
The Washington Post and.
Raft From Raincosts © Si ———=rimes Her
~
Now that they knew they py The Washington Daily ue
reach “Alcatras’ rocky,! ‘The Evening Stor UJ
mld’ be needed to help them New York Herald Tribune ____.
‘out atjcroes the water ar! in all New York Journal-American
directions. Here, an agile
mind proved useful. Another New York Mirror
loonvict said the trio fashioned New York Dally News
ls pontoon raft of reincoat New York P.
fieeves. No such raft haa been ow York Post
’ but since the escape The New York Times
makeshift paddies, turned ‘The Worker
in te fisatras workshop, The New Leader
of the paddles was found ‘The Wall Street Journal ————-
‘The National Observer
Date
This floating gear had been JUN 7-7 31962
¢ jummies ‘Warden Blackwell and Mr. h
lowed him January,’ 1961, tofheads and pillow bodies. ‘\kinson, the latter sent to,
complete 15 and 10-year’ sen- catras to investigate the
tences, respectively. - Electric Moment do not deny any of the
John Anglin, 32, stood 5-10.| The bad real hair,fabove but they insist that once
we pounds, bad blue} filched s ,bandtpl at. a timefthe men went to the water
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