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Alcatraz Escape — Part 13
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an
an acquaintance o: e GL. » determined that
eral was to be held at Ruskin, January 16, 1964, at the funeral
home of Lewers and Shannon. a
On January 27, 1964,
2 t their request by 5
They advised they were upset an was obvious 510
e emotionally disturbed over the recent death of ALFRED
ANGLIN, and Stated they had been contacted by a parole officer of
the State of Flo\gja, concerning the possible parole of ALFRED
ANGLIN, who had been transferred from the Federal Penitentiary
t Atlanta, Georgia, to Kilby Prison approximately September 18,
7963, to serve his state prison sentence of 25 years, while still
serving the remainder of his Federal sentence concurrently. His
mandatory release date was October 5, 1967, but he was to be under
Federal supervision until August 13, 1972.
we | that the last contact they had with we
ALFRED ANGLIN was a letter written December 25, 1963, in which he k
wes cheerful and gave no indication of being restless. They said 91)
he was visited by other relatives, the last time being the Sunday
before Christmas, and ALFRED indicated to them he would be eligible
for parole soon, and he liked Kilby prison, as he felt "free" after
Atlanta Penitentiary. They stated that he wrote another letter to
as as on blue paper, and was received January 1, 1964
ana indicated they believed per could
3
olitary confinement, as ad
n
Perent are en ne on
fferent colored paper when béing punisned in prison.
CREE «2222020 that the family was notified at whe
11:30 PM, Saturday night, January 11, 1964, that ALFRED had been
accidentally electrocuted at 8:30 PM that day while trying to escape iy!)
from Kilby, and the family paid $283.00 to have the body returned
to Ruskin fcr funeral services, and they stated they were further
upset because no death certificate was received with the body, and
although several attempts have been made by the funeral director to
obtain a degth certificate, it has not been forwarded by prison
officials. Se ecviscs that a brother and s
ANGLINS had cally contacted Prison Chaplain
who allegedly stated that ALFRED and another prisoner or. top
of a prisen building, when ALFRED became tangled in electric wire;
that newspapers mentioned a window lined with high voltage wires,
and further the family had also heard that the TV programs in
Georgia had stated that ALFRED was sawing through the prison wall
and had sawed through high voltage wires.
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