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I i stevtrire this. steel,” the Warden, ex- ~ > Gogitaned From Paseo» cape from the island ke next to tm- possible. Everywhere, nlght and day, the privcners are surrounded with aate- guards impressing them wlth the | helplessness of thelr positien, BH-,. tary trained guards, crack shots, schugied in the latest theories and Dractices of keeping a ina ton- fined; maintain an sfert, d4-hour | vigil. ; Eleciric Eye Guarda at The keen eyes and. ears of ‘the guards are supposed te-see-all, hear all. ft by chance the human element [f should fail in. alertness, thers are mechanical safeguards which can- not: be: tampered with, At strategic points throughout the prison are Jo- B cated slectrical’ mets] detectors, § which are bath vislile'and audible, No prisonercan enter a cell block or leave hia: place: of work with « single piece of metal on his person, § whether itis gun,.a knife or a tiny mall, Should a prisoner, concealing a bit & of ‘metal, pass one. of ‘the electric # detectors, Jights flash, revealing: the | exact location of the metal, and «ff buzzer sounds. a Wot only: are the men inspected # by the "electric eye,” but every bit: § of raw matetial, foodstuff and Jaun- § dry entering the island is subjected {9 the same mechanical scrutiny: es & well as humanInspection. “We take no chances,” sald War- den Johnstoa. “We cannot afford ta relax: for aa instaat.* . Allof ite celly and bars are BUDE of toeol-proof stee}, “No tools, which could: be smug gled inte the prison. ox made by the ptlsoners, themselves, can make a plained, ~ “— ~ Se we . Oye Teled to Eacapo- 8: i by some unforeseen FERMRtiin” in vigilance # prlgoner’ should hap-- pen (0 scale the wallof the yscres- tion yard or make a brosk while outside the enclosure, there are strands upon strands of barbed wire. skirting the entire border of the iskamd, . “The -wire, whieh follews the edge of the island, Ie net so much to-stop an escaping prisoner,*§ Warden Johnston said, “but to slow iim down,” i “How many prisoner: have at: tempted to escape since the depart- ment of justice took over Alcatraz fram the army?" the warden waa asked, ; “One,” he replied grimly, “and that ; one dled.” : ‘The one break for treedom was ; made-by Joe Bowers, a mail robber, on Apr, 27,1036. Bowers, working at the incinerator outside af the. | toain Prison walla, tried to climb the barbed wire, i Alert. guerds called for him te halt. Bowers kept on, climbing. to the top af the wire, Relow was the churning surf and jagged roe! two shoty sounded. Two bulldls struck Bowers and he tumbled. alft, Kead first,to the rocks 30-feet: below. Wot only were the bullets fatal but Bowers’ neck was broken, i Other prisoners did not conetder |” , Bowers! break as an atternpt to en- cape. ‘The imprisoned mall robber’ | went “stir tragy” Is the way the pria- toners explalned it. He chase death bite eontinued confinement on AL- eatraz: Prisoners “Dressed Ins" The first Impression s prisoner | yTecelves of Aleniraz may not be un: | pleasant. True enough, the tsland is rocky and bleak. but there are few treed, palm. and pine, frowlag In the rocka and the buildings are neat and. clean. But Maed up to receive the brie- oners fs @ reception committee af walting. guards with ready rifles. The. guards. sre dreased in ‘trim blue uniforms 6f @ military cut, One glance et the guards ead the prleon- ore know they mean busliese, The alert: rifles: Bre the Firat Jessen fn obedient, qcoqypagmnts rn re rg |