Events | Docu-Links | ||
Released forger and Columbia University alumnus Albert Best tells reporters "It is the man himself and not the place that drives some of them crazy." | |||
Associate Warden C.J. Shuttleworth transfers to Leavenworth. E.J. Miller is promoted to become his replacement. | |||
The San Francisco News publishes A.W. Davis's account of life at Alcatraz. | |||
Frank J. Taylor lauds Warden Johnston in Collier's. | |||
Bernard Paul Coy arrives on Alcatraz. | Coy's Conduct Record | ||
One hundred or more men refuse to work. This marks the Second General Strike. | |||
Burton Phillips attacks Warden Johnston in the mess hall. Johnston is knocked out, but saved by the quick thinking of Officer Joe Steere. | |||
Edward Wutke commits suicide. | |||
Ted Cole and Ralph Roe escape from the Model Industries Building but are presumed drowned in San Francisco Bay. | |||
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