The most famous in the history of the jailbreak. Photo

The famous escape from Alcatraz.

To protect the Bay of San Francisco during the gold rush in the mid 19th century on the island of Alcatraz was built a Fort. Subsequently, it was adapted first as a military prison, and then to curseswindow prison for dangerous criminals, from which escape was impossible.

Situated on an island surrounded by icy waters, strong sea currents have made any plan to escape in a totally crazy idea. All attempts to leave Alcatraz was over the fact that the villains were either killed during the escape, or were caught and returned to the cells. However, the fate of the three men is still unknown, and even the intelligence agencies do not rule out the possibility that they still managed to escape.

The escape was led by Frank Lee Morris, who was sentenced to 14 years for Bank robbery in 1956. He first served time in prison in Atlanta, but after the escape attempt in 1959, he was transferred to Alcatraz. His accomplices were the brothers John and Clarence Anglin, was also arrested for Bank robbery.

Sentenced to 15 and 20 years of imprisonment of the criminals first identified in Atlanta jail, then to prison Florida Federal prison at Leavenworth. For repeated violation of the prison routine of the brothers eventually sent to Alcatraz. The fourth accomplice was Allen Clayton West was arrested for car theft and sent to Alcatraz after attempting to escape to another prison.

Preparation of escape took about seven months. The mad implementation of the plan began with the digging of the hole. Through the wall from the cameras was an old service tunnel. The prisoners knew about it, and trying to get to him, they in turn began to pick out of the wall concrete. To make a hole, they used an improvised drill made from sharpened spoons, dime, and replacing the solder, and motor, stolen from cleaner. The noise of the drilling, the criminals were drowned out by the music.

Most of my life Frank Lee Morris was in prison and made 11 attempts to escape except for this one. His intelligence quotient was equal to 133 points.

A days criminals it was necessary to win time, and to do so during the evening bypass security didn’t notice their absence. To do this, in their beds they put improvised head made out of scrap materials. They should look like, was as natural as possible, so the refugees were stealing from a Barber shop hair. For the manufacture of the frame they used homemade cement, soap, toilet paper and paints, taken in a Studio. Under the covers criminals have filled any rags, which, together with fake head in the darkness created the illusion of a sleeping person.

Although Allen Clayton West was involved in organizing the escape, along with all he did not run. He was not able to get out of the camera and the trio of accomplices decided to leave without him.

The water temperature in the Gulf was about 10 °C. To inmates are not used to the cold water, the water temperature in the showers of Alcatraz was moderately hot.

The escape was made during the night of 11 June 1962. Criminals have put to bed the “dummies” and got them done through a hole in a utility tunnel. Getting out of the camera, the hole they put inside the bricks. In the tunnel they reached the ventilation shaft and through it penetrated the roof of the prison. Went down the drainpipe.

The corridor through which ran the road to freedom

Trinity manages to get unnoticed to the water. To ferry across the Bay, the fugitives made from outside the set of prison clothes rubber raincoat raft and plywood paddles. Borrowed was as their cloaks, and stolen from other prisoners. Just used 50 coats. At 10 PM on a homemade ship criminals sailed from the shore.

Homemade paddles

The lack of prisoners found only in the morning. The investigation of the escape lasted 17 years, after which the FBI closed the case. According to the official version, the fugitives drowned in the cold waters of the Bay, according to unofficial — they reached the shore and disappeared. In favor of the latter confirmed by reports of eyewitnesses who saw the night of the escape in the Gulf the boat, missing on the banks of Chevrolet, as well as unsigned postcards and letters were sent to relatives and family members of prisoners.

In addition, version successful escape confirms the experimental program “Mythbusters”. Jamie hyneman and Adam, the curious savage waited for similar weather conditions and, built of the same materials, raft, and oars, sailed to the Cape Marin. The crossing took about 40 minutes, after which the presenters concluded that it was probable that the fugitives managed to reach land. In 1993, the operator of ferry transportation to Alcatraz Red & White Fleet for the capture of the fugitives has a reward of 1 000 000 $. Still, the reward remains unclaimed.

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