Two Federal Bureau of Prisons officers—William A. Miller and Harold Stites—were killed (Miller by one of the inmates who attempted escape, Joseph Cretzer, and Stites by friendly fire) along with three of the perpetrators. Fourteen other officers and one uninvolved convict were also injured.
Eventually, they killed the three remaining men, Cretzer, Hubbard and Coy, the ringleader. Two prison guards were killed in the battle, with 14 more wounded. Two of the prisoners who gave up after the lock to the yard door was broken, Shockley and Thompson, were executed in a gas chamber for their role in the attempt.
The 1962 escape is probably the most famous prison break in American history, and the three men involved have never been located, dead or alive.
Many historians and law enforcement officials believe the men drowned in the bay. However, no bodies were ever found. There is also evidence that the men lived.
Alcatraz officials have suggested they drowned or died of hypothermia. Read more Alcatraz stories here. But now, more than 50 years later, the Anglin family has provided evidence that the men might have survived.
Robert Franklin Stroud (January 28, 1890 – November 21, 1963), known as the "Birdman of Alcatraz", was a convicted murderer, American federal prisoner and author who has been cited as one of the most notorious criminals in the United States.
Frank Lucas Bolt
Then, in June 1934, Lucas was shipped to the newly established Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, two months before the prison's official opening on August 11th. FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, perhaps Alcatraz's staunchest proponent, signed Bolt's official admission papers as Alcatraz Inmate #1.
While awaiting the results of appeals, Capone was confined to the Cook County Jail. Upon denial of appeals, he entered the U.S. Penitentiary in Atlanta, serving his sentence there and at Alcatraz.
What is this? The biography of Al Capone continues in January of 1939, when he was transferred out of Alcatraz. He was moved to another facility and then paroled at the end of the year.
It's a living site that continues to tell stories," said National Park ranger Christian Davis. Bill Baker is part of that living history. He was Alcatraz prisoner number 1259. He is now 89 years old and one of the last surviving former inmates of Alcatraz.
Assuming any of them survived the currents in the San Francisco Bay while fleeing the Rock (and that they also survived the intervening 60 years), all the men would be into their 90s.
"Alcatraz was never no good for nobody..." Frank Weatherman seen above and left, he was the last inmate to be transferred to Alcatraz, and the last inmate to walk down the gangway and leave the island. An officer holding a calendar showing the last day of operations, March 21, 1963.
5 Torture. Punishment at Alcatraz was extreme. At the dungeon, prisoners were chained up standing in total darkness, often with no food and regular beatings. These punishments often lasted for as long as 14 days and by 1942, the dungeon was found to be unnecessarily cruel and closed.
In fact, Frank was one of the youngest Prison Guards ever to work on the island, age 21 ! That's Alcatraz Island in the background.
Daily life on Alcatraz was harsh, and prisoners were given only four rights: medical attention, shelter, food and clothing; recreational activities and family visits had to be earned through hard work.
A fourth man, Allen West, who also participated in the escape plot, was serving his second term at the Rock. Left behind on the night of the escape, West later told the authorities much of what is now known about the complicated scheme, and even claimed to have been the mastermind himself.
African Americans were segregated from other inmates in cell designation due to racism during the Jim Crow-era. D-Block housed the worst inmates, and six cells at its end were designated "The Hole". Prisoners with behavioral problems were sent to these for periods of often brutal punishment.
In January 1947, the 48-year-old Capone suffered a stroke then came down with pneumonia; he died at his Florida home on January 25. Capone was buried at Chicago's Mount Olivet Cemetery, near the graves of his father and one of his brothers.
The United States Penitentiary, Administrative Maximum Facility (USP Florence ADMAX), commonly known as ADX Florence or Supermax, is an American federal prison in Fremont County near Florence, Colorado. It is operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, a division of the United States Department of Justice.
From 1934 to 1937, the prisoners of Alcatraz followed a policy of silence. They were not allowed to communicate with other prisoners or guards unless they requested and received permission to speak. Their tough schedule started at 7 am in the morning and ended at 9:30pm every night.
Missing. On June 12, 1962, the routine early morning bed check turned out to be anything but. Three convicts were not in their cells: John Anglin, his brother Clarence, and Frank Morris.
The film Escape from Alcatraz (1979) stars Clint Eastwood, Fred Ward, and Jack Thibeau as Frank Morris, John Anglin, and Clarence Anglin, respectively.
It told the true story of three men, Frank Morris and brothers Clarence and John Anglin, who made it out of the prison in June 1962 and were never seen again. Nobody knows for sure whether they made good their escape or drowned in the attempt.
Frank passed away in October 2005. His grave is in Alexandria under another name.