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Alcatraz Escape — Part 7
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they took the coupling out of the roof hole and from the
ventilator. They put grease around it so it would slide out
easily and replaced it so that no one would notice anything
aniss.
a While working around the cell block. area painting, a
GED 2: i020 that bolts in certain instances were screwed in a 0
tap and were not braddéed. He thus believed that this type of
polt could be loosened and, therefore, since this was a type on
a lid covering the ventilator o the roof, they would be
able to remove that lid. When was painting near the Barber
Shop he grabbed some electric barber clippers, placed them in a
plastic bag and droppe¢ them into his paint bucket, He removed
them later the same day and secreted them in his cell. About
that time, one of them was able to obtat mn é6rill
bits, the source of which was unimown t hen set
up the motor of the barber clippers so that could be used
with the aid of tae drill bits as a drill, MORRIS and one of
the ANGLIN brothers tried to use this aa a drill in removing
the bolts of the lid covering the ventilator to the roof. They
said the motor was too small and would not do the job. About
ime the vacuvm cleaner in the cell area broke down and
ad a chance to examine it to see if it could be repaired.
noted that it had two motors in it. He took one of the
motors out and then he wired the other motor up so that it would
run the vacuum cleaner,
On the day he obtained the motor from the vacuum
cleaner, one of the innates was hit over the head by another
inmate in the kitchen area and during the confusion he was able
to smuggle the motor to his ceil without anyone noticing bin.
This motor was given to MORRIS enc the ANGLINs, and they toox
it to the roof to use as a drill, They said that it made too
much noise and they could not use it much. They were finaily
able to loosen the tapins in the lid covering the ventilator
to the roofing. After getting them out, they replaced them so
they could be easily removed, Some time before this, CLARENCE
In made a dummy hea? out of cement which was to be used by
when, and if, he let his cell and which was to be stored
on top of the cell block near the roof. .
About the first part of May, 1962, obtained an
olive colored rubberized raincoat from one of the inmates who
was transferred from this institution and, over the next few day
obtained a couple more of such raincoats. In addition, over
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