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Alcatraz Escape — Part 7

114 pages · May 08, 2026 · Document date: Jun 12, 1962 · Broad topic: Prisons & Escapes · Topic: Alcatraz Escape · 113 pages OCR'd
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8 SF 76-2887 s) L. <7 12.430 the utility corridor and had noticed, upon leaving his cell, that it had disappeared. is cording was to be used in lowering their material down from the roof of the cell house and possibly in assisting in lowering one of them down. put on his life preserver and pea jacket and pants and started to go through the hole in the roof. He had to remove his clothing before he could get through the hole in the roof. When he got on the roof he put his clothing on again and went to the edge of the roof near the cage where the large black pipe leads to the g They had contemplated going down this pipe to the ground. cooked around and could not see MORRIS or igured it was too late for him to go. Also, the ANGLINe an they had the raft which was to be their means of escape, dou MORRIS was at 9:37 p.m. on June llth, 1962, The last and it is belief that they would have been able to leave the Isl ¥ :30 p.m. that night or possibly no later than 11:00 p.m. that evening. They had talked about going to Angel Island. It was believed that there would be less chance of detection if they proceeded in that direction. Upon getting to the mainland, they had decided that they would commit a burglary so they could obtain guns and clothes, and then steal a car. It was their desire to go as far from this area as t uld, although they had no plan as to where they would go. stated just MORRIS and the two ANGLINs, along with h were invdived in this escape. To assist in thia effort, had made a periscope out of paper and mirrors which theY could stick out of the hole on the roof to see : | were any guards in that area prior to leaving the hole. had given this periscope to MORRIS for one of the ANGLINS and it was stored next to the roof. The only weapons which they would have would possibly be a kitchen knife or some similar type objects which they might have sharpened. When they were working, attempting to get out of their cells, they would work from between 5:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. in the evening. When MORRIS or the ANGLINS were working up near the roof, they would generally do such work between 6:45 pm. and 9:0Q p.m, at night. Generally, of oll 223° oné of the e di two ANGLINS when they went to the reof as did not desire that the two ANGLINs go there together as trust them. if they were successful in escaping, MORRIS and d planned that sooner or later they would go in one direction and let the -She ho
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