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Alcatraz Escape — Part 5
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FBI eee
Date: 1/20/62
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TO: DIRECTOR, FBI (76-26295)
FROM: . SAC, SAN FRANCISCO (76-2887) %.
Remyairtel 7/13/62.
night shifte at Alcatraz, and on the night of the escape
oted a five gallon can of white
cement paint.
water sthemin. He cracked the cement and upon doing so
the following items inside the cement:
“Pranciscé Ne MG [Sita
ate, meg
"eds" : | - Sent ____ eM Per _—____
L AUS 1 a Ley Agent in Charge
; | . Warden D. B » 0; advi
that Guard ad
received t is) pension. ese guards had
over the past few months conducted prisoner counts on the
Upon checking material stored in the paint room in
at the USP, Alcatraz, Calif., a prison officer, |
@ took the lid off the can and noticed that
the paint was solidified, evidently due to domeone placing
J. . We fig mre ay *
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Mr. Frutter— ae
Tele. Room_____—
Miss Holmes____
Miss Gandy—_——
sed
evidently counted the dummies in bed instead of the escapees.
Apparently they had done so upon several occasions due to the
extensive work conducted by escapees outside of their cells.
The press in the San Francisco Bay area through
some means learned of the suspension, and BLACKWELL, upon
the instructions of the Director of the Bureau of Prisons,
JAMES BENNETT, verified same to the press. However,
BLACKWELL has steadfastly refused to identify the personnel
disciplined, and their names as yet have not been in the local
press. ,
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