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Alcatraz Escape — Part 7
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from artist type hard board, one side of which is faced with a
linen type material. The interior or prison ceil wail of
this section had been covered by a thick coating of soap, which
was mottled to resemble the general texture of the concrete
wall surfaces in the cell.
The place where this simulated wall section would
have been is a large opening 15 inches by 10 inches at the rear
of the cell, slightly to the left of the washbasin and led
into the utility service area between A and B Cell Block.
Underneath the bed was found a small b blue
cloth which was subsequently identified by cuar ii, bId
as prison issue handkerchiefs. In this bundle was a quantity
of human hair and two small white U.S, Penitentiay envelopes,
one of which contained several groups of human hair tied with
fine thread to effect a "ponytail". Also in this packet was
a small metal object approximately 1/16 inch thick and G inches
by 1/2 inch.
Also under the bed was a six to eight ounce square
bottle containing green paint of the type used on the lower
portion of the cell walls.
above, this’ was D detereined t ‘to seve been a section of 2 a product
kuown as “Blue Boy Drand", which is issued in sheets 12 inches
by 24 inches and is basically used in art work.
A long length of brown twine was observed under the
cot. This twine led into the adjoining cell by being passed outside
the bars and into the adjoining cell, where it had been secured
to the foot of the bed of the prisoner (JOHN ANGLIN) in the next _
cell, and was apparently used as a signaling device between the
two prisoners, '
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