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Alcatraz Escape — Part 5

120 pages · May 08, 2026 · Document date: Jan 20, 1962 · Broad topic: Prisons & Escapes · Topic: Alcatraz Escape · 118 pages OCR'd
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FBI eee Date: 1/20/62 {Type in plain text or codes) (Priority or Method of Mailing} 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 * ERAib WEB 6 WU 26 49 . 62 7 ifs 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. , . ~ =] ee U4
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