James Boarman, Harold Brest, Floyd Hamilton,
and Fred Hunter


The mat shop hosted this hostage affair. The four cons grabbed a guard and Captain Weinhold as they made their rounds. They kicked out pre-cut bars in the mat shop, pushed a plank over the gap between the industrial building and the perimeter fence, and climbed over it to the water's edge. As they entered the water, Captain Weinhold worked his gag loose and whistled for help. The tower guard spotted the escapees and open fired immediately. Brest was wounded and Boarman killed. A few hours later, searchers found Hunter in a tidal cave. Warden Johnston announced that Hamilton had also been slain (despite the lack of a body). Hamilton turned up several days later, having hid in same tidal cave where guards had found Hunter.