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Farris Egbert Morris — Part 2

91 pages · May 08, 2026 · Document date: Jun 12, 1962 · Broad topic: Prisons & Escapes · Topic: Farris Egbert Morris · 91 pages OCR'd
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SF _76~2887 pe While MORRIS was incarcerated at the Florida State Penitentiary, he escaped on three or four occasions and presently owes time for these escapes. While incarcerated in the Orleans Parish Prison, New Orleans, Louisiana, on Federal bank burglary charges, MORRIS was in solitary confinement. On January 11, 1956, 1t was discovered he had sawed through two cell bars by using a piece of copper tubing and concrete from the floor as an abrasive. He was subsequently charged with an attempt to escape; however, this charge was dismissed when he entered a plea of guilty to the bank burglary charge. On September 20, 1959, MORRIS attempted to escape from the United States Penitentiary, Atlanta, Georgia, with h7@— de good his escape but MORRIS was ocked off and was captured by a guard while running back to = his cell, MORRIS denied implication in the escape attempt and a was not prosecuted. —~ RE: JOHN WILLIAM ANGLIN ANGLIN is a white male, whose birth is variously list ed as _May 2, 1930 and 1931, and May 7, 1930, at Donalsonville, fale’ nttt fManareta eg LEG ah oe At the time of his escape from Alcatraz, ANGLIN was serving a 10-year sentence for bank robbery which had been imposed on February 10, 1958. He was received at Alcatraz on October 24, 1960, as a transferee from the United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kansas. The crime for which ANGLIN was serving time at Alcatraz was committed by him in the company b! of his two brothers, CLARENCE and ALFRED, _ The Bank of Columbia, Columbia, Alabama, was robbed on January 17, 1958, and subsequent investigation identified the three ANGLIN brothers as the robbers. They were apprehended January 22, 1958, at Hamilton, Ohio. At the time of th bre apprehension they were in ¢ 134
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