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Alcatraz Escape June 13, 1962 7 of about thirty (30) days was able to dig about two such holies every other night. Dura gent» period of time the other three in- kh mates were making headway in their respective cells. made approximately fifty such hol t e of this ~ . "He made holes directly to the left from the top | eft hand corner of the ventilator grille of a distance of approxi= . mately 4 inches. He then dug_the holes directly towards ne ea for a distance of approximately 10 inches. After this, he dr ed small holes to the rig and under 6 grilled ventilator for ap- proximately 13 inches. He completed his hole by then taking the lower right hand corner and drilling small holes up the wall until it hit the lower right hand corner of the metal grille. As . completed each small hole, he pl ed it with toilet paper oa and tig touched the outside at it up with paint so as one wou ther three inmates wer: doay notice it. The o e, doifg:the same thing. They found a couple of pieces of metalystuc nin the holes they had bored, and through this method they were able to make the holes larger and break one hole in to another, Finally the 3 inch deep Slab of cement adjacent to the screen came out. Just prior to taking the slab of cement out, they made false cardboard fronts which would fit in the area to bé removed. They put paint and shellac on the cardboard so-it would appear the same as the rest of the wall and they used a small amount of cement to put the card- board in while they were not working. They then_hid their few drilling tools behind this false front. They then made a false ventilator gritIle front of cardboard and painted and varnished it so it would appear to be identical with the grille work of the ventilator plate presently there. They loosened the frame and the reinforcement roq of the ventilator grille and broke out the criss~ cross pieces of metal in the ventilator grille. This took several ' weeks to accomplish. The little bits of residue metal were either jiushed down the toilet in their respective celis_or hidden behind the false cardboard area which they had inserted in the wall. After taking out the ventilator grilie, SBM then had an area to the left and below the ventilator grille to ock out. This was also approximat 3 inches in depth, however, with the venti- lator grille out, MRP could place his eppibrough the 6 inch by get better leverage. as of April 25, 1962, had practically completed knocking out the small remaining portion of cement. He @itvnot Wecidedto disturb the side of the cement adjacent to the utility corridor any further since, if any. one checked the plumbing, theyrmight notice same. . - a9 inhh openin an oo Saskelk Tse Sot John Anglin had knocked’ his completely out about this time . and one evening had crawled into the utility corridor. Anglin made a false cement back to cover the area he had knocked out of - the wall leading into the utility corridor so it would not be noticed. John then did work from the utility corridor side and assisted Clarence Anglin in completing hig hole, hee : ~3-