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1862
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William H. Webster (1) |
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21 June 1862
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John D. Wood (unknown), two others (unknown) (see also "The
Rock", 14 June 1914) |
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26 June 1862 |
"A Desperate Soldier Escaped From Fort
Alcatraz" |
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1868
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nine prisoners (seven unknown) (see "The
Rock", 14 June 1914) |
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16 August 1898
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H.R. Beale, John Meredith, Edgar M. Sweeney |
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19 August 1898
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"Prisoners Escape From Their Guards" |
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19 August 1898
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"Sentries' Shots Had No Effect" |
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28 May 1900
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Joseph Caulfied, Michael Tracy |
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2 June 1900
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"Venturesome Convicts Attempt An Escape" |
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5 October 1900
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Jesse Adams |
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5 October 1900
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"Soldiers Escape From The Island" |
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5 October 1900
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"Escaped From Alcatraz" |
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~2 November 1900
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Frank Kinne, C.F. Huntington, J.M. Polls |
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2 November 1900
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"Traitor Kinne Flees Prison" |
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1901
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one prisoner (unknown) (see "The Rock",
14 June 1914) |
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7 October 1903
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James Darling, John L. Moore, Cornelius Stokes, Joseph White |
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14 October 1903
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"Army Officials Are Mystified" |
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15 October 1903
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"Major Marrow Begins Rigid Investigation" |
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17 October 1903
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"Solves Mystery of the Forgery" |
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11 November 1903
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"Sends Report to MacArthur" |
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9 February 1904
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Andrew J. Allen, John Cole (drowned?), Mr. Pratt |
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10 February 1904
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"One Drowned; Other in Cell" |
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2 April 1906
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Arthur Armstrong, George W. Brossman, George W. Davis, Thomas Stinnatt |
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5 April 1906
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"Prisoners Put To Sea In A Tub" |
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April 1906
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George D. Collins (see "Escape From
American 'Devil's Island'", 14 October 1923; and "Collins
Stays In Alcatraz Bastile", 28 April 1906) |
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9 February 1907
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three prisoners |
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14 February 1907
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"Prisoners Try To Escape From Alcatraz" |
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17 February 1907
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"Alcatraz Prisoners At Sea In A Bread Trough" |
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22 October 1907
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August Stillke |
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23 October 1907
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"Alcatraz Prisoner Attempts to Escape Across
Bay on Plank" |
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1908
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one prisoner (see "The Rock", 14
June 1914) |
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18 November 1912
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Thomas V. Franey, Michael Mullin |
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18 November 1912
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"Two Dangerous Felons Escape Alcatraz Cell" |
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19 November 1912
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"Alcatraz Fugitives Both Desperate Men" |
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20 November 1912
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"Alcatraz Felons Caught on Island" |
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14 June 1914
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"The Rock" |
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19 February 1916
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Claude Eley, another prisoner |
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20 February 1916
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"Prisoner Drowns Trying To Flee Alcatraz
In Fog" |
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25 February 1916
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"Alcatraz Fugitive Found in Boathouse" |
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9 March 1917
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Corporal, two soldiers |
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10 March 1917
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"3 Fugitives Seize Launch At Alcatraz" |
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17 November 1918
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L'Estrange Bach, Carl J. Zirker |
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18 November 1918
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"2 Prisoners At Alcatraz Make Escape" |
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21 November 1918
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"Alcatraz Fugitives Returned to Island" |
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28 November 1918
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Andy Armen (unknown), Fritz K. Isell (unknown), Herbert Koenig,
Paul N. White (unknown) |
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29 November 1918
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"Raft Carries 4 Convicts To Freedom" |
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30 November 1918
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"Death Ends Flight of 4 Prisoners" |
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3 December 1918
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"2 'Drowned' Men Appear Seeking Food" |
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6 February 1919
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"Alcatraz Fugitives Caught; Tell Story" |
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17 August 1919
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four prisoners |
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19 August 1919
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"War Slackers Try To Escape Alcatraz" |
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24 September 1919
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Morris Elby, Abe Green, Frank M. Hess, John J. Howington, Curtis
K. Islei, James Mitchell, William J. O’Day |
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25 September 1919
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"Seven Escape Army Prison" |
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11 October 1920
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Robert E. Hanna, John J. Howington, Charles H. Roberts |
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12 October 1920
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"Three Military Prisoners Flee Alcatraz
Island" |
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13 October 1920
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"3 Alcatraz Escapes in Prison Again" |
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30 January 1921
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Joseph F. Gordon (unknown), Benjamin F. Meyers (unknown) |
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31 January 1921
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"Two Prisoners Flee Alcatraz" |
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14 October 1923
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"Escape From American 'Devil's Island'" |
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8 October 1924
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Roy Kennison (unknown), Edward Lay (unknown), Basil Mann (unknown) |
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9 October 1924
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IGN=RIGHT VALIGN=TOP>"Three Escape From Alctraz" |
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6 October 1927
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John D. Duckworth, John Kilgore |
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7 October 1927
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"Alcatraz Pair Flee Prison on Plank; Taken
By Ferry Crew" |
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18 April 1929
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Edwin Cowan, LeRoy Fowler |
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20 April 1929
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"Bay Foils Two in Alcatraz Break" |
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11 March 1930
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Howard L. Mulson, Donald O. Rinard, William Smith |
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12 March 1930
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"Alcatraz Escape Trio Rescued in Bay" |
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13 March 1930
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"Convicts Face Court Martial" |
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23 June 1930
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Jack Allen (2) |
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24 June 1930
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"Trusty Flees Alcatraz, Swims for S.F. Shore" |
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26 April 1936
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Joseph Bowers (shot and killed) |
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28 April 1936
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"Felon Slain In Alcatraz Try" |
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16 December 1937
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Theodore Cole (unknown), Ralph Roe (unknown) |
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17 December 1937
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"Deperate Felons Elude Guards to Make Escape
Off Fog-Shrouded Rock" |
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17 December 1937
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"This Is How It Happened" |
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17 December 1937
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"Here's Who They Are And Records of Crime
— Theodore Cole Sentenced as Kidnaper" |
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17 December 1937
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"Here's Who They Are And Records of Crime
— Bank Robber Roe Boasts Many Arrests" |
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17 December 1937
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"Alcatraz Not Escape Proof in Former Days" |
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17 December 1937
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"Pair Destroy Isle's Escape-Proof Claim" |
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18 December 1937
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"S.F. Police Warn Against Raid by Escaped
Convicts" |
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18 December 1937
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"Alcatraz Inmates Pleased With Success of
Break" |
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18 December 1937
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"'My Sonny Boy is Dead,' Sobs Mother of
Cole" |
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18 December 1937
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"Ex-Cell Mate Hints At Cole Accomplice" |
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19 December 1937
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"G-Men Flock Into S. F. To Tighten Net In
Felon Hunt" |
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20 December 1937
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"Alcatraz Felons Alive, at Liberty, Prison
Pal Says" |
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21 December 1937
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"'Rock' Escape Made by Two Felons After
Sawing Bars" |
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22 December 1937
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"Convicts Reported Seen Near Petaluma" |
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23 December 1937
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"Tips Peter Out To Nothing in Alcatraz Hunt" |
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24 December 1937
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"Tides Against Felons' Escape, Expert Claims" |
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25 December 1937
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"Alcatraz Hunt Brings Arrest" |
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18 January 1938
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"Pair Fled Alcatraz On Kegs, Says Felon" |
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25 March 1938
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"Midwest Sees Alcatraz Pair" |
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16 April 1938
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"Search Revives Alcatraz Break" |
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23 May 1938
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Rufus Franklin, Thomas R. Limerick (shot and killed), James C. Lucas |
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24 May 1938
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"Alcatraz Felon Killed, One Shot, Third
Seized As Guards Foil Escape" |
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25 May 1938
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"Alcatraz Guard Dies; Felons Up For Murder" |
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26 May 1938
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"Cline Dies As Wife Prays" |
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29 May 1938
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"CRIME - Revolt on the Rock" |
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13 January 1939
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Arthur Barker (shot and killed), Rufus McCain, William Martin, Dale
Stamphill, Henri Young |
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14 January 1939
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"Alcatraz - Bullets Foil Escape of 5; One
Killed" |
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15 January 1939
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"Woolly Night" |
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15 January 1939
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"'Rock 'Break" |
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16 January 1939
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"U.S. Prison Head Due Today To Probe Alcatraz
'Break'" |
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17 January 1939
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"U.S. Prison Director Arrives At Alcatraz
for Break Probe" |
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18 January 1939
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"Alcatraz Break Probe" |
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19 January 1939
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"Alcatraz Escape Try-U.S. Ends Inquiry" |
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25 January 1939
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"Debunked - Alcatraz Just Another Jail House" |
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6 July 1939
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"Alcatraz — Escaped Pair Reported Still
Alive" [Cole and Roe] |
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3 April 1940
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"Alcatraz Fugitives Reported in Tulsa"
[Cole and Roe] |
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4 April 1940
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"Alcatraz Escape — New Clue to Cole, Roe"
[Cole and Roe] |
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29 April 1941
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"1937 Alcatraz Escape — Two Fugitive Convicts,
Roe and Cole, Are Now Living in South America!" [Cole and Roe] |
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29 April 1941
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"The Alcatraz Trial" [Henri Young's
murder of Rufus McCain] |
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4 May 1941
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"Alcatraz — Roe and Cole" [Cole and
Roe] |
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21 May 1941
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Lloyd H. Barkdoll, Joseph Paul Cretzer, Arnold Thomas Kyle, Sam
R. Shockley |
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22 May 1941
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"Four Foiled In Daring Try To Escape 'Rock'" |
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22 May 1941
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"Four Convicts Try Escape; Give Up" |
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15 September 1941
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John R. Bayless |
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16 September 1941
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"Convict Tries To Escape Alcatraz" |
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14 April 1943
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James A. Boarman (unknown), Harold Martin Brest, Floyd G. Hamilton,
Fred Hunter |
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14 April 1943
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"Break at Alcatraz" |
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14 April 1943
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"The Manhunt" |
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14 April 1943
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"Convicts Pinned Hopes on Stolen Army Uniforms" |
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14 April 1943
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"The Men Who Tried Escape" |
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15 April 1943
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"Alcatraz Break" |
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17 April 1943
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"Alcatraz Fugitive" |
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18 April 1943
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"CRIME - Escape" |
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7 August 1943
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Ted Huron Walters |
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8 August 1943
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"Guards Seize New Fugitive From Alcatraz" |
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31 July 1945
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John K. Giles |
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1 August 1945
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"Alcatraz 'Break'" |
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2 August 1945
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"Giles Planned Alcatraz Break for 10 Years" |
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2-4 May 1946
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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 |
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3 May 1946
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"Battle Continues Ten Hours After Convict
Captures Guns" |
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3 May 1946
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"Here’s the Story of How it Happened..." |
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3 May 1946
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"Dead and Wounded" |
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3 May 1946
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"Coy Was Too Tough for Atlanta" |
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3 May 1946
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"50 Yards From Island" |
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3 May 1946
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"Most Violent in Johnston's Long Career" |
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3 May 1946
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"Island of Pelicans" [General History] |
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3 May 1946
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"Disappearances, 'Holidays', Deaths. .
.but No One Known to Have Fled — and Lived" [General History] |
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4 May 1946
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"Alcatraz Revolt—The Second Day—The Desperados
Prefer Hopeless Continuation" |
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4 May 1946
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"Alcatraz Revolt—The Second Day—'Shot in
Cold Blood, I Lay There 10 Hours'" |
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4 May 1946
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"Hour-by-Hour Account of Battle" |
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4 May 1946
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"Grenades Pin Rebels in One Cell Block" |
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4 May 1946
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"Ringleaders of the Revolt" |
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4 May 1946
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""Ex-Prison Official Warned..." |
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5 May 1946
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"Bloody Rebellion at Alcatraz Is Over..." |
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5 May 1946
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"Battle of Alcatraz: The Warden's Report" |
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5 May 1946
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"The List of Casualties" |
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5 May 1946
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"Records of Ringleaders" |
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5 May 1946
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"At the Morgue" |
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5 May 1946
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"Ex-Convict Tells Why" |
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6 May 1946
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"Aftermath Of Revolt" |
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6 May 1946
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"Alcatraz Questions" |
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8 May 1946
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"FBI Searches Alcatraz Wreckage for Revolt
Clues" |
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8 May 1946
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"Cretzer's Wife Faces Hearing As Shoplifter" |
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11 May 1946
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"Inside Story Of Alcatraz" |
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23 July 1956
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Floyd P. Wilson |
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24 July 1956
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"Successful Escape? Killer Disappears At
Alcatraz Dock" |
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25 July 1956
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"Missing Con Found Hiding On Alcatraz" |
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29 September 1958
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Aaron Walter Burgett (drowned), Clyde Johnson |
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30 September 1958
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"2 Cons Seize, Tie Up Guard; One Recaptured
Off Shore" |
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2 October 1958
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"Priest Waiting for Alcatraz Fugitive" |
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3 October 1958
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"4th Day in Cells Since Escape — Con's
'Restless'" |
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4 October 1958
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"Frogmen Search for Body of Missing Con" |
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13 October 1958
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"An Escape That Failed - 'Rock' Fugitive
Is Found Dead, Floating in Bay" |
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11 June 1962
|
Clarence Anglin (unknown), John William Anglin (unknown), Frank
Lee Morris (unknown) |
|
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13 June 1962
|
"Out of Alcatraz — By A Spoon" |
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13 June 1962
|
"How to Recognize Three Escapers" |
|
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13 June 1962
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"Alert on Alcatraz" |
|
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13 June 1962
|
"Missing Convicts Up for Robbery" |
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14 June 1962
|
"Inside Escape Cell" |
|
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15 June 1962
|
"4th Convict Talks About the Plot" |
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15 June 1962
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"Searchers Deflate a Raft Report" |
|
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17 June 1962
|
"First Clue to 3 Alcatraz Cons Found in
Bay" |
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17 June 1962
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"Big Rock Getaway" |
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18 June 1962
|
"Con’s Photos Among Clues Found in Bay" |
|
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19 June 1962
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"Grim Wait for Bodies Of 3 Alcatraz Escapers" |
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20 June 1962
|
"Nine Cons Joined In The Alcatraz Plot" |
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20 June 1962
|
"3 Cons Fled Past Raft Material" |
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21 June 1962
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"New Alcatraz Puzzler—’Raft’ Found" |
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27 September 1962
|
"Piece of Cloth — Underwater Clue In Alcatraz
Escape" |
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16 December 1962
|
Darl Lee Parker, John Paul Scott |
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17 December 1962
|
"Alcatraz Break" |
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17 December 1962
|
"Con's Daring Swim Kills Myth" |
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17 December 1962
|
"The Life of Two Bold, Bad Men" |
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18 December 1962
|
"Escaper's Amazing Swim From 'The Rock'
to S.F." |
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19 December 1962
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"Year's Teamwork Behind the Escape" |
