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Alcatraz Escape — Part 12

125 pages · May 08, 2026 · Document date: Apr 18, 1962 · Broad topic: Prisons & Escapes · Topic: Alcatraz Escape · 125 pages OCR'd
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om. wie { ot it ~ ae ee 694 and s h inmates, a 60 or “about one Week each and then wit: “He said that JOHN ANGLIN in yebruary 1962 showed him two an inmate, enied any know! e or participation An authorised complaint was filed on June 23, 1962, before the United States Commissioner at San Francisco charging Escapees MORRIS and the ANGLIN brothers with violation of ™mMtle 18, Section 761. 1 S_. Coda. Federal warranta were issued for their arrest and a bond recommended in the amount wa. of $50,000.00 each. On June 20, 1962, United States Attorney CECIL F, POOLE, San Francisco, advised that sider prosecutive action at the proper time as to a Liaison maintained with police agencies, searches, neighborhood investigation, and various inquiries in the San Francisco Bay area have developed no information indicating hin he Bans one & oe 4h a | a dersh 4a mA iVia) BEGGDSGE GPSaveu Oh UG MEIGS, AMLOOTStaes indicated that the bodies of Escapees were possibly carried out to sea by the outgoing tide which was existent during the pertinent period and recovery of same remote. Interviews of relatives of Escapees, prison inmates, former. innates, associates and | indtoating Es Of Eacapess have developed no information indicating Escapees had sontacted them. GREED «2» 20 200027 advised that the six-foot B74 by four “foot raft allegedly made from inmate raincoats wa was assembled in one of the cells of Escapees. He ciaimed that it was never tested to ascertain if it were seaworthy and says that only Escapees ans involves in the escape Plan. The FBI Laboratory advised that the life preservers recovered from B Cell Block, on Fort Cronkhite Beach, and . from San Francisco Bay; the partially completed pontoon recovered from B Celi Block; and the Alcatraz raincoat are all composed of the same type material. The Laboratory inflated the life preservers and placed weights on them. The life preserver recovered from B Cell Block was discovered to be completely air tight, remaining firm for several hours. The other two life preservers lost most of their air in about an hour by Blow rate of deflation. but pressure could be maintained by mouth. -3- ) 373
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