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Alcatraz Escape — Part 12
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“about one Week each and then quit. “He said that JOHN ANGLIN
in ¥ebruary 1962 showed him
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An authorised complaint was filed on June 23, 1962,
before the United States Commissioner at San Francisco charging
Escapees MORRIS and the ANGLIN brothers with violation of
Mtle 18, Section 751, 1, 8, Code. Federal warrants ware
issued for their arrest and a bond recommended in the amount y) am
of $50,000.00 each. On June 20, 1962, United States Attorney
CECIL F. POOLE, San Francisco, advised that sider
eee cee tye action at the proper time as to _
a .
Liaison maintained with police agencies, searches,
neighborhood investigation, and various inquiries in the San
Prancisco Bay area have developed no information indicating
Stat Bacaueae aretved on the mainland. Authorities indicated
ithat Escapess v6G on the mainland, Authorities indicated
that the bodies of Escapees were possibly carried out to sea
by the outgoing tide which was existent during the pertinent
period and recovery of same remote. Interviews of relatives
of Escapees, prison inmates, former. inmates, associates and
acquaintances of Escapees have developed no information
indicating Escapees had contacted them.
eae -. sequently advised that the six-foot 37S
by four foot raft allegedly made from inmate raincoats wd
was assembled in one of the cells of Escapees. He claimed
that it was never tested to ascertain if it were seaworthy
and says that only Escapees anc tnvolved in the escape
plan.
The FBI Laboratory advised that the life preservers
recovered from B Cell Block, on Fort Cronkhite Beach, and .
from San Francisco Bay; the partially completed pontoon recovered
from B Cell Blook; and the Alcatraz raincoat are all composed
of the same type material. ‘he Laboratory inflated the life
preservers and placed weights on them. The life preserver
recovered from B Cell Block was discovered to be completely
air tight, remaining firm for several hours. The other two
life preservers lost most of their air in about an hour by
slow rate of deflation, but pressure could be maintained by
mouth.
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