Reader Ad Slot
Reader Ad Slot placeholder
If you would like to support SpookStack without paying out of pocket, please consider allowing advertising cookies. It helps cover hosting costs and keeps the archive free to browse. You can change this choice at any time.
Alcatraz Escape — Part 5
Page 3
3 / 120
1 ping mew, 14-12-68) : Lote =
be
- - Tavel_
{Type in plain text or code) Mr. Trotter—_——
. 1f Tele. Room _——
— ——§_ na eof eg
(Priority or Me! of Mailing} l
TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (76-26295)
FROM: , SAC, SAN FRANCISCO (76-2887)
—
RE: ~N ALCOS
Remyairtel 7/13/62. ae
: . Warden D. " advised
that Guard be
received t pension. ese guards had
over the past few months conducted prisoner counts on the
night shifts at Alcatraz, and on the night of the escape
evidently counted the dummies in bed instead of the escapees.
Apparently they had done so upon several occasions due to the
extensive work conducted by escapees outside of their cells.
The press in the San Francisco Bay area through
some means learned of the suspension, and BLACKWELL, upon
the instructions of the Director of the Bureau of Prisons,
JAMES BENNETT, verified same to the press. However,
BLACKWELL has steadfastly refused to identify the personnel
disciplined, and their names as yet have not been in the local
press.
Upon checking material stored in the paint room in
ck at the USP, Alcatraz, Calif., a prison officer, NS,
oted a five gallon can of white
cement paint. He took the lid off the can and noticed that
the paint was solidified, evidently due to domeone placing
atercthemin. He cracked the cement and upon doing so
‘ound following items inside the cement:
on .
‘ OO Wek HES ce ney Jf .
sap Franciscé’ TS {5 mit fs / mcLES ee
‘ee 8 16 JUL 26 i962
a
oof
s :
a ; 7] x ch oo M Per _
' ZL. AUS 1 1% gent in jarge
Hs
Community corrections
No user corrections yet.
Comments
No comments on this document yet.
Bottom Reader Ad Slot
Bottom Reader Ad Slot placeholder
If you would like to support SpookStack without paying out of pocket, please consider allowing advertising cookies. It helps cover hosting costs and keeps the archive free to browse. You can change this choice at any time.
Continue Exploring
Agency Collection
Explore This Archive Cluster
Broad Topic Hub
Topic Hub
Related subtopics
Subtopic
Subtopic
Subtopic
Subtopic
Subtopic