Name: Clarence Carnes Age: 19 Inmate #: 714-AZ Crime: kidnaping, robbery, murder, escape Sentence: life Notes: Bureau of Prisons: "transferred from Alcatraz to the Medical Center for Federal Prisoners (MCFP) Springfield, MO in January 1963, paroled from USP Leavenworth, KS but violated parole a number of times and was in and out of Federal prison the rest of his life. He died at MCFP Springfield on 10/3/88."
	Name: Bernard Paul Coy Age: 46 Inmate #: 415-AZ Crime: bank robbery in Kentucky Sentence: 25 years Notes: transferred from Atlanta in July 1937. Died from wounds encountered during this escape attempt.
	Name: Joseph Paul Cretzer Age: 35 Inmate #: 548-AZ Crime: bank robbery, escape, and murder of a U.S. Marshal during an escape attempt in Tacoma, Washington Sentence: life Notes: attempted escape from Alcatraz in May 1941; escaped from McNeil Island prison and recaptured, transferred in August 1940. Died from wounds encountered during this escape attempt.
	Name: Marvin Franklin Hubbard Age: 34 Inmate #: 645-AZ Crime: kidnaping of a Chattanooga, Tn., policeman, auto theft, gun theft Sentence: Notes: transferred from Atlanta in November 1944; participated in an Atlanta mutiny. Died from wounds encountered during this escape attempt.
	Name: Sam Shockley Age: 36 Inmate #: 462-AZ Crime: bank robbery and kidnaping in Oklahoma Sentence: life Notes: attempted escape from Alcatraz in May 1941; transferred from Leavenworth in May 1938. He was convicted of murdering correctional officer William Miller during this escape attempt and was executed in the gas chamber at the California State Prison San Quentin on 3 December 1948.
	Name: Miran Edgar ("Tex" or "Buddy") Thompson Age: 29 Inmate #: 729-AZ Crime: kidnaping, murder of a Texas policeman Sentence: life Notes: transferred from Leavenworth in October 1945; has a record of eight escapes. He was convicted of murdering correctional officer William Miller during this escape attempt and was executed in the gas chamber at the California State Prison San Quentin on 3 December 1948.

The Battle of Alcatraz. That was the name that was given to the events of those three days. On Thursday afternoon, the cell-house was nearly empty with the prisoners working at different places on the island, except cell-block D, also known as "Solitary," where the "bad-boys" were being punished. There were about 30 convicts in the main cell-house, where cell-blocks A, B and C were located, and another 30 in cell-block D.

Sometime before 2:30 p.m., Bernard Coy was sweeping the floors of the main cell-house. Bert Burch, the guard patrolling the west gun gallery, left the main cell-house and entered cell-block D on his normal rounds. Coy climbed the outside bars of the gun gallery to the top, and using a "spreader" made from rods and screw of a toilet, managed to open the bars enough for him to squeeze through. When Burch came back into main block, Coy ambushed him and they fought until Burch was knocked out. Coy stripped Burch of his uniform and put it on, taped Burch to the bars, took his rifle and .45 automatic and climbed back down to the main cell-house.

Coy then held-up the unarmed floor guards and made his way to cell-block D. He opened the cell of Joseph Cretzer, gave him the automatic pistol, and the cells of his fellow convicts. They proceeded to open as many cells as possible and calling for prisoners to join the escape. During this time, Associate Warden Miller was informed something was going on and made his way over to the cell-house, carrying a gas-billy (a club that can also shoot tear gas). He encountered Coy and mistook him for a guard. Coy shot at him and exploded the gas-billy Miller was carrying. Miller managed to escape, sounded the alarm, and contacted Warden Johnston. The Warden had no idea how far and wide the uprising had gone.

The convicts had captured nine guards and had them herded in two cells. One of them, W.A. Miller, had the key to the yard door, but he managed to hide it. Cretzer tried to find the key and when he wasn't successful, he realized that they probably weren't going to make it. Shockley and Thompson was urging Cretzer to kill the guards so there wouldn't be any witnesses. Cretzer shot at them in the cells, managing only to wounding some of them. W. A. Miller died later from the gunshot wound.

By this time, the Marines and Coast Guard had become involved. They were shelling and shooting into cell-block D. Meanwhile, it was realized that the gun gallery was the key to regaining control of the cell-house. Guards were sent into the west gun gallery, including Harold P. Stites, from the outside entrance. He presumed that the rifle shooter was still in cell-block D. He was wrong. Although they managed to get Burch out, they were under fire and Stites was wounded and eventually died. In the evening, another attempt to rescue the hostages were attempted by the guards. They were successful this time.

Besides the rifle and pistol, the convicts had gas-billies and gas masks, but no hostages. Towards the end, Thompson, Shockley and Carnes gave up and went back to their cells. The guards had cornered Coy, Hubbard and Cretzer in the utility corridor in C block, where they had been hiding throughout the attack. By Friday morning, frament-grenades were being tossed into the cell-house from the roof to flush out the convicts. But the convicts were refusing to give up. Around 9:45 a.m., Saturday morning, they eventually found the dead bodies of the three leaders.

By the end of the "Battle," two guards were dead and thirteen were wounded. Miran Thompson and Sam Shockley were eventually convicted of murder and died in the gas chamber at San Quentin; Clarence Carnes was given life.