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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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3 ( r ‘ os : . { FD-A02 (Rev. 1-28-80) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dete __July 8, 1963 1 es Lo _ a: interviewed at the United a States Penitentiary, anta, Georgia, and questioned wn concerning any knowledge he may have concerning the whereabouts of subjects in this case, or information he h that WEE or untccres ln would be of assistance in locating then. "He stated that We formerly of the United ds Steatac Danitantiarv Aleatraz. worked in the clothing igcua oF!) the following information: ee SO Se OF ewe Ye oo wWweaeewss = ed room and now claims that he furnished subjects with approximately 350 raincoats, which he took from clothing supplies, and that subjects used the raincoats to build a raft which they used in their escape, the building of which raft took some six to eight months. The raft was it would hold air and could be pumped up. He stared MME -Iasks to believe the subjects successfully made e , and that they are alive. He stated further rat el: telling that the subjects, as part of their plan before escaping, stated they were going to leave debris at some point strewn about so that it would appear they dad and drowned. According to the information given subjects planned to start their escape from the back o @ powerhouse building and carry the raft by hand to the beach and then travel to Angeli Island and walk down the beach carrying the raft to' .@ point where they could cross over to Susquelsana. Then planned to pull one b ry and "take off.” stated he knows cna es: a pathological iicr, ene has no gttalms about making up wild stories and that he does not know just how much to believe of the foregoing info ion, but he was furnishing it as told to hin. further added he has been told that fragments brought in as part of the raft used by the subjects in their escape definitely were not parts of the raft used by subjects, as it was made of di material. Glunteered information tha laims tha now confined at the United States Penitentiary, Atianta, r) orgia, and was an inmate at Alcatraz at the time subjects ~ escaped, gave to subject, MORRIS, an address to which subjects could go in Los Angeles, California, to hide cut. —~ On 6/26‘63 Atlanta, Georgia ite # AT 76-2246 CP ibe .. or io ace diceacgd 7/2/8 oy Wate dicTraTted ee This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI, It is the property of the FBI and ia loaned to your agency; Hand ite contents ore not ts be distributed outelds your agency. te 7 S40
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