ESCAPES FROM ALCATRAZ

ESCAPE NO. 8
7 August 1943, Saturday

Ted Huron Walters Name: Ted Huron Walters

Age: 30
Inmate #: 536-AZ
Crime: bank robbery in Arkansas, assault, and auto theft
Sentence: 30 years
Notes: former associate of Floyd Hamilton, who also attempted to escape. Bureau of Prisons: "transferred from Alcatraz (no date available), paroled from USP Leavenworth, was wanted as parole violator. He is dead."

While working in the prison laundry, Walters sneaked through a door and made it down to the beach on the western side of the island. After it was noticed he was missing, the alarm sounded and Coast Guard boats and the prison launch began a search. He was quickly found and captured by the prison's beach patrol.


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