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Alcatraz Escape — Part 7
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had never been told by the ANGLIN brothers, MORRIS o
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believed tha had originally thought of breaking ou 4
of the back par 2 cell, then MORRIS suggested that the
best place would be in the vicinity of the ventilator grill.
a... worked in the utility c¢ roupon various
occasions since he was an inmate plumber an who painted
around the cell block area were the ones who id the main
scheming and working on breaking through the ventilator lid
to the roof. During their conversations JOHN ANGLIN had indicated
that 1t was a shorter route to go from the island to the main-
land of San Francisco rather than toward Angel Island, At
that time they were considering building the rafts and going
with them to the docks near where the Aleatraz prison boat docked
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They would then hide the raft, try to locate an armory where they
might steal firearms.
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Later the ANGLINS mentioned that they might try to
steal a helicopter as MORRIS had read considerably in the
prison library about flying and MORRIS thought he would be able
to pilot same. They would also steal food and clothing. If they
obtained a helicopter they would fly a considerable distance
from here and thought somewhere 1n the California desert, where
they would stay for a number of months until the "heat" was off.
If they arrived in the desert they had discussed stealing a big
trailer truck body, digging a hole in the ground in the desert
and putting the trailer truck body down in the hole and camouflage
it so that no one could see it. They would then leave it and
sneak out when no one was in the vicinity.
= They taiked about later on getting together and robbing . -
banks, ~7ye ANGLINs mentioned that they would like to get their
brother ot of the Atlanta Penitentiary. None of the individual:
mentione ¥ { they would contact on the outside nor did ot
they ever ask for any of his acquaintances or friends, nor.
did he volunteer same,
indicated that since he "backed out" of trying.
to escape with them, after initially being in on the plan he
was not in on their recent escape plans and proba] (aia.
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