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Alcatraz Escape — Part 6

120 pages · May 08, 2026 · Document date: Jun 27, 1962 · Broad topic: Prisons & Escapes · Topic: Alcatraz Escape · 119 pages OCR'd
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FD-302 (Rev. 1-25-60) ( (FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGA ,) 6/19/62 ris Ware GR asvices that he has held this position 1 d has been ano catraz fo He advised on June Ie, i902 at about /fcU &.m, née neara che escape alarm loud speaker and immediately proceeded to the cell block from his residence which is located at He advised that after being briefed on the details of the escape he took four men to the roof and noted the top.cf the vent on the roof was pushed off and that the wagon wheel bar had been bent. During a search of the roof they found the black one-half inch diameter electrical extension cord approximately one hundred feet long near the smoke stack near the north end of the roof. They noted serapings on the smoke stack and that a supporting bar to this smoke stack had been bent and appeared to be the most obvious means of .the inmates! escape from the roof to the ground. 6/14/62 Alcatraz Island On —__- at File ¥ SF 76-2887 by Cs IC tl. dictated O/18/62 This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It ds the property of the FBI and is loaned to Your agency; it and ita contents are not to be distributed yuee your agency. . ~t = d L7 f
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