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Alcatraz Escape — Part 13

133 pages · May 23, 2026 · Broad topic: Prisons & Escapes · Topic: Alcatraz Escape · 133 pages OCR'd
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. pacer we Washington Field communication of February 29, 1964, furnished the following information: Ve) Zz Wa: that JOHN and CLARENCE ANGLIN sf) escaped from the United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, Californie, on June 19, 1962, He said he was friendly with the ANGLIN brothers, Rad helped them in a bank robbery in Alabama in 1958, and later met them at the Lewisburg Penitentiary. He visited the ANGLIN brothers December 25, 1963, and stayed with them two weeks. ‘The ANGLIN brothers were reportedly residing at 1617 Seaview Avenue, Benton Harbor, Michigan. They were reportedly residing with two other unknown males on the second floor of @ three story buildg-g wherein there was a fishing equipment company on the first floor as a front, CLARENCE ANGLIN reportedly had dyed his hair black. ANGLIN brothers were driving a 1963 cream convertible Thunderbird automobile. They were reportedly in good d financial condition, did not work, and came outside usually in the tee evening but never in the morning. This source had no information relative to the males residing with t thers with the exception that one may be known as! CLARENCE ANGLIN was going under the name of JAMES SWAT. ic), and JOHN ANGLIN was usirg the name JOHN SWATSIE (pionetic). ¢ foilowing investigation was conducted by SA wa m March 1 and 2, 1964: The current Benton Harbor and Benton Township, Michigan city directory, as well as the area street guide, list no Sea View Avenue. The Benton Harbor Police Department and Benton Township Police Department advised there is no Sea View Avenue in their respective areas, No one named SVATSIE or with a similar sounding name wih is listed in the city end inl — ; ed Fishing equipmert places listed in the yellow pages and eity directory for the Benton Harbor area are all established, We well-kno Ss, and tke location of none answers the description given > . . _ -10- 1438
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