Alcatraz page 7 by ric Gustafson
There have been several attempts at escaping. The first happened on April 27 1936. A forty year old named Joseph Bowers was serving a sentence of twenty five years for robbing a store. Because the store was part of the local post office, the crime was a federal offense.
His work assignment was working on the island's incinerator on the west side of the island. The area was protected by a mesh wire fence. On the morning of April 27, Bowers was spotted trying to climb the fence. He was shot in the side and fell off the fence. Bowers fell sixty feet onto a concrete embankment.
His death was the first violent death recorded at Alcatraz.
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Peace and God's blessings. Love Ric
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