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MILITARY PRISON
(1862 to 1933)
(All prisoners were assumed recaptured unless stated otherwise)

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	1862	William H. Webster (1)
	21 June 1862	John D. Wood (unknown), two others (unknown) (see also "The Rock", 14 June 1914)
	26 June 1862	"A Desperate Soldier Escaped From Fort Alcatraz"
	1868	nine prisoners (seven unknown) (see "The Rock", 14 June 1914)
	16 August 1898	H.R. Beale, John Meredith, Edgar M. Sweeney
	19 August 1898	"Prisoners Escape From Their Guards"
	19 August 1898	"Sentries' Shots Had No Effect"
	28 May 1900	Joseph Caulfied, Michael Tracy
	2 June 1900	"Venturesome Convicts Attempt An Escape"
	5 October 1900	Jesse Adams
	5 October 1900	"Soldiers Escape From The Island"
	5 October 1900	"Escaped From Alcatraz"
	~2 November 1900	Frank Kinne, C.F. Huntington, J.M. Polls
	2 November 1900	"Traitor Kinne Flees Prison"
	1901	one prisoner (unknown) (see "The Rock", 14 June 1914)
	7 October 1903	James Darling, John L. Moore, Cornelius Stokes, Joseph White
	14 October 1903	"Army Officials Are Mystified"
	15 October 1903	"Major Marrow Begins Rigid Investigation"
	17 October 1903	"Solves Mystery of the Forgery"
	11 November 1903	"Sends Report to MacArthur"
	9 February 1904	Andrew J. Allen, John Cole (drowned?), Mr. Pratt
	10 February 1904	"One Drowned; Other in Cell"
	2 April 1906	Arthur Armstrong, George W. Brossman, George W. Davis, Thomas Stinnatt
	5 April 1906	"Prisoners Put To Sea In A Tub"
	April 1906	George D. Collins (see "Escape From American 'Devil's Island'", 14 October 1923; and "Collins Stays In Alcatraz Bastile", 28 April 1906)
	9 February 1907	three prisoners
	14 February 1907	"Prisoners Try To Escape From Alcatraz"
	17 February 1907	"Alcatraz Prisoners At Sea In A Bread Trough"
	22 October 1907	August Stillke
	23 October 1907	"Alcatraz Prisoner Attempts to Escape Across Bay on Plank"
	1908	one prisoner (see "The Rock", 14 June 1914)
	18 November 1912	Thomas V. Franey, Michael Mullin
	18 November 1912	"Two Dangerous Felons Escape Alcatraz Cell"
	19 November 1912	"Alcatraz Fugitives Both Desperate Men"
	20 November 1912	"Alcatraz Felons Caught on Island"
	14 June 1914	"The Rock"
	19 February 1916	Claude Eley, another prisoner
	20 February 1916	"Prisoner Drowns Trying To Flee Alcatraz In Fog"
	25 February 1916	"Alcatraz Fugitive Found in Boathouse"
	9 March 1917	Corporal, two soldiers
	10 March 1917	"3 Fugitives Seize Launch At Alcatraz"
	17 November 1918	L'Estrange Bach, Carl J. Zirker
	18 November 1918	"2 Prisoners At Alcatraz Make Escape"
	21 November 1918	"Alcatraz Fugitives Returned to Island"
	28 November 1918	Andy Armen (unknown), Fritz K. Isell (unknown), Herbert Koenig, Paul N. White (unknown)
	29 November 1918	"Raft Carries 4 Convicts To Freedom"
	30 November 1918	"Death Ends Flight of 4 Prisoners"
	3 December 1918	"2 'Drowned' Men Appear Seeking Food"
	6 February 1919	"Alcatraz Fugitives Caught; Tell Story"
	17 August 1919	four prisoners
	19 August 1919	"War Slackers Try To Escape Alcatraz"
	24 September 1919	Morris Elby, Abe Green, Frank M. Hess, John J. Howington, Curtis K. Islei, James Mitchell, William J. O’Day
	25 September 1919	"Seven Escape Army Prison"
	11 October 1920	Robert E. Hanna, John J. Howington, Charles H. Roberts
	12 October 1920	"Three Military Prisoners Flee Alcatraz Island"
	13 October 1920	"3 Alcatraz Escapes in Prison Again"
	30 January 1921	Joseph F. Gordon (unknown), Benjamin F. Meyers (unknown)
	31 January 1921	"Two Prisoners Flee Alcatraz"
	14 October 1923	"Escape From American 'Devil's Island'"
	8 October 1924	Roy Kennison (unknown), Edward Lay (unknown), Basil Mann (unknown)
	9 October 1924	IGN=RIGHT VALIGN=TOP>"Three Escape From Alctraz"
	6 October 1927	John D. Duckworth, John Kilgore
	7 October 1927	"Alcatraz Pair Flee Prison on Plank; Taken By Ferry Crew"
	18 April 1929	Edwin Cowan, LeRoy Fowler
	20 April 1929	"Bay Foils Two in Alcatraz Break"
	11 March 1930	Howard L. Mulson, Donald O. Rinard, William Smith
	12 March 1930	"Alcatraz Escape Trio Rescued in Bay"
	13 March 1930	"Convicts Face Court Martial"
	23 June 1930	Jack Allen (2)
	24 June 1930	"Trusty Flees Alcatraz, Swims for S.F. Shore"

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FEDERAL PRISON
(1934 to 1963)
(All prisoners were assumed recaptured unless stated otherwise)

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	26 April 1936	Joseph Bowers (shot and killed)
	28 April 1936	"Felon Slain In Alcatraz Try"
	16 December 1937	Theodore Cole (unknown), Ralph Roe (unknown)
	17 December 1937	"Deperate Felons Elude Guards to Make Escape Off Fog-Shrouded Rock"
	17 December 1937	"This Is How It Happened"
	17 December 1937	"Here's Who They Are And Records of Crime — Theodore Cole Sentenced as Kidnaper"
	17 December 1937	"Here's Who They Are And Records of Crime — Bank Robber Roe Boasts Many Arrests"
	17 December 1937	"Alcatraz Not Escape Proof in Former Days"
	17 December 1937	"Pair Destroy Isle's Escape-Proof Claim"
	18 December 1937	"S.F. Police Warn Against Raid by Escaped Convicts"
	18 December 1937	"Alcatraz Inmates Pleased With Success of Break"
	18 December 1937	"'My Sonny Boy is Dead,' Sobs Mother of Cole"
	18 December 1937	"Ex-Cell Mate Hints At Cole Accomplice"
	19 December 1937	"G-Men Flock Into S. F. To Tighten Net In Felon Hunt"
	20 December 1937	"Alcatraz Felons Alive, at Liberty, Prison Pal Says"
	21 December 1937	"'Rock' Escape Made by Two Felons After Sawing Bars"
	22 December 1937	"Convicts Reported Seen Near Petaluma"
	23 December 1937	"Tips Peter Out To Nothing in Alcatraz Hunt"
	24 December 1937	"Tides Against Felons' Escape, Expert Claims"
	25 December 1937	"Alcatraz Hunt Brings Arrest"
	18 January 1938	"Pair Fled Alcatraz On Kegs, Says Felon"
	25 March 1938	"Midwest Sees Alcatraz Pair"
	16 April 1938	"Search Revives Alcatraz Break"
	23 May 1938	Rufus Franklin, Thomas R. Limerick (shot and killed), James C. Lucas
	24 May 1938	"Alcatraz Felon Killed, One Shot, Third Seized As Guards Foil Escape"
	25 May 1938	"Alcatraz Guard Dies; Felons Up For Murder"
	26 May 1938	"Cline Dies As Wife Prays"
	29 May 1938	"CRIME - Revolt on the Rock"
	13 January 1939	Arthur Barker (shot and killed), Rufus McCain, William Martin, Dale Stamphill,  Henri Young
	14 January 1939	"Alcatraz - Bullets Foil Escape of 5; One Killed"
	15 January 1939	"Woolly Night"
	15 January 1939	"'Rock 'Break"
	16 January 1939	"U.S. Prison Head Due Today To Probe Alcatraz 'Break'"
	17 January 1939	"U.S. Prison Director Arrives At Alcatraz for Break Probe"
	18 January 1939	"Alcatraz Break Probe"
	19 January 1939	"Alcatraz Escape Try-U.S. Ends Inquiry"
	25 January 1939	"Debunked - Alcatraz Just Another Jail House"
	6 July 1939	"Alcatraz — Escaped Pair Reported Still Alive" [Cole and Roe]
	3 April 1940	"Alcatraz Fugitives Reported in Tulsa" [Cole and Roe]
	4 April 1940	"Alcatraz Escape — New Clue to Cole, Roe" [Cole and Roe]
	29 April 1941	"1937 Alcatraz Escape — Two Fugitive Convicts, Roe and Cole, Are Now Living in South America!" [Cole and Roe]
	29 April 1941	"The Alcatraz Trial" [Henri Young's murder of Rufus McCain]
	4 May 1941	"Alcatraz — Roe and Cole" [Cole and Roe]
	21 May 1941	Lloyd H. Barkdoll, Joseph Paul Cretzer, Arnold Thomas Kyle, Sam R. Shockley
	22 May 1941	"Four Foiled In Daring Try To Escape 'Rock'"
	22 May 1941	"Four Convicts Try Escape; Give Up"
	15 September 1941	John R. Bayless
	16 September 1941	"Convict Tries To Escape Alcatraz"
	14 April 1943	James A. Boarman (unknown), Harold Martin Brest, Floyd G. Hamilton, Fred Hunter
	14 April 1943	"Break at Alcatraz"
	14 April 1943	"The Manhunt"
	14 April 1943	"Convicts Pinned Hopes on Stolen Army Uniforms"
	14 April 1943	"The Men Who Tried Escape"
	15 April 1943	"Alcatraz Break"
	17 April 1943	"Alcatraz Fugitive"
	18 April 1943	"CRIME - Escape"
	7 August 1943	Ted Huron Walters
	8 August 1943	"Guards Seize New Fugitive From Alcatraz"
	31 July 1945	John K. Giles
	1 August 1945	"Alcatraz 'Break'"
	2 August 1945	"Giles Planned Alcatraz Break for 10 Years"
	2-4 May 1946	Clarence Carnes, Bernard Paul Coy (shot and killed), Joseph Paul Cretzer (shot and killed), Marvin Franklin Hubbard (shot and killed), Sam Shockley, Miran Edgar Thompson
	3 May 1946	"Battle Continues Ten Hours After Convict Captures Guns"
	3 May 1946	"Here’s the Story of How it Happened..."
	3 May 1946	"Dead and Wounded"
	3 May 1946	"Coy Was Too Tough for Atlanta"
	3 May 1946	"50 Yards From Island"
	3 May 1946	"Most Violent in Johnston's Long Career"
	3 May 1946	"Island of Pelicans" [General History]
	3 May 1946	"Disappearances, 'Holidays', Deaths. . .but No One Known to Have Fled — and Lived" [General History]
	4 May 1946	"Alcatraz Revolt—The Second Day—The Desperados Prefer Hopeless Continuation"
	4 May 1946	"Alcatraz Revolt—The Second Day—'Shot in Cold Blood, I Lay There 10 Hours'"
	4 May 1946	"Hour-by-Hour Account of Battle"
	4 May 1946	"Grenades Pin Rebels in One Cell Block"
	4 May 1946	"Ringleaders of the Revolt"
	4 May 1946	""Ex-Prison Official Warned..."
	5 May 1946	"Bloody Rebellion at Alcatraz Is Over..."
	5 May 1946	"Battle of Alcatraz: The Warden's Report"
	5 May 1946	"The List of Casualties"
	5 May 1946	"Records of Ringleaders"
	5 May 1946	"At the Morgue"
	5 May 1946	"Ex-Convict Tells Why"
	6 May 1946	"Aftermath Of Revolt"
	6 May 1946	"Alcatraz Questions"
	8 May 1946	"FBI Searches Alcatraz Wreckage for Revolt Clues"
	8 May 1946	"Cretzer's Wife Faces Hearing As Shoplifter"
	11 May 1946	"Inside Story Of Alcatraz"
	23 July 1956	Floyd P. Wilson
	24 July 1956	"Successful Escape? Killer Disappears At Alcatraz Dock"
	25 July 1956	"Missing Con Found Hiding On Alcatraz"
	29 September 1958	Aaron Walter Burgett (drowned), Clyde Johnson
	30 September 1958	"2 Cons Seize, Tie Up Guard; One Recaptured Off Shore"
	2 October 1958	"Priest Waiting for Alcatraz Fugitive"
	3 October 1958	"4th Day in Cells Since Escape — Con's 'Restless'"
	4 October 1958	"Frogmen Search for Body of Missing Con"
	13 October 1958	"An Escape That Failed - 'Rock' Fugitive Is Found Dead, Floating in Bay"
	11 June 1962	Clarence Anglin (unknown), John William Anglin (unknown), Frank Lee Morris (unknown)
	13 June 1962	"Out of Alcatraz — By A Spoon"
	13 June 1962	"How to Recognize Three Escapers"
	13 June 1962	"Alert on Alcatraz"
	13 June 1962	"Missing Convicts Up for Robbery"
	14 June 1962	"Inside Escape Cell"
	15 June 1962	"4th Convict Talks About the Plot"
	15 June 1962	"Searchers Deflate a Raft Report"
	17 June 1962	"First Clue to 3 Alcatraz Cons Found in Bay"
	17 June 1962	"Big Rock Getaway"
	18 June 1962	"Con’s Photos Among Clues Found in Bay"
	19 June 1962	"Grim Wait for Bodies Of 3 Alcatraz Escapers"
	20 June 1962	"Nine Cons Joined In The Alcatraz Plot"
	20 June 1962	"3 Cons Fled Past Raft Material"
	21 June 1962	"New Alcatraz Puzzler—’Raft’ Found"
	27 September 1962	"Piece of Cloth — Underwater Clue In Alcatraz Escape"
	16 December 1962	Darl Lee Parker, John Paul Scott
	17 December 1962	"Alcatraz Break"
	17 December 1962	"Con's Daring Swim Kills Myth"
	17 December 1962	"The Life of Two Bold, Bad Men"
	18 December 1962	"Escaper's Amazing Swim From 'The Rock' to S.F."
	19 December 1962	"Year's Teamwork Behind the Escape"

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(1) "William H. Webster, private Company B, Second Regiment of Calvary, California Volunteers, deserted at Camp Alert, San Francisco, Jan. 9, 1862. Retaken Jan. 15, 1862; confined on Alcatraz Island; escaped from confinement." Source: California. Adjutant-general's office. Records of California men in the war of the rebellion, 1861 to 1867, page 217. As indexed in the California Information File.
(2) According to the Bureau of Prisons' brochure for Alcatraz, Jack Allen was caught and sentenced for counterfeiting to Leavenworth under a different name. When his true identity was discovered, he was sent back to Alcatraz after it had became a Federal penitentiary.

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