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Bank that was robbed by Frank Morris and the Clarence brothers
This bank is located in Columbia, Alabama, and now is used as a museum to talk about the crime that was committed there and is an important part of this story because this is where the whole thing began. The bank was robbed by John, Clarence, and their brother Alfred Anglin, who walked into the bank and demanded the clerk open the vault and cash drawers and left the bank with around $19,000. The men were later caught and sentenced to 15-20 years in Atlanta Penitentiary where they met Morris. -
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The time period between the incarcerations of Frank Morris and the Anglin brothers to the time they were photographed in Brazil
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Frank Morris, John Anglin, and Clarence Anglin's mugshots when arriving at Alcatraz
The Anglin Brothers were sent to Alcatraz after they attempted to escape Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary, where they were sent after being moved to Florida State Prison. John arrived at Alcatraz on October 21, 1960, and his brother Clarence followed on January 10, 1961. Morris was sent to Alcatraz after he escaped from Louisiana State Penitentiary and was caught and tried again, he was sentenced to serve 14 years at Alcatraz in 1960. -
Frank Morris and the Anglin Brothers cells the day they were discovered
The Anglin Brothers and Frank Morris escaped their cells by using sharpened spoons they had taken from the cafeteria during their meal times. They used Papier Mache heads to simulate their own and made a break for the mainland. While in the prison the three men overheard an inmate mentioning an underground tunnel system that ran right below their cells. -
The boat believed to have been used by the escapees
The boat was made out of raincoats that the three men had sewn together. It is said the boat was found floating in the ocean by a cargo ship, but no human remains were found inside as the authorities had suspected. The three men used the boat to travel from the prison's island to the mainland in San Francisco Bay. There is a story that one of the guards saw a white light shining in the ocean near the prison but chose to ignore it thinking it may have been from the nearby lighthouse. -
The picture of the Anglin brothers in Brazil
The two people in the picture are John and Clarence Anglin, the picture is rumored to have been taken in Brazil in 1975 which is thirteen years after the escape. The authorities had assumed the two and their accomplice dead years ago, but after this picture rose to the public many asked the question, Did the three men escape the U.S. most secure prison and survive? There is a story that comes from the two brother's nephew that claims that his grandmother received flowers every mother's day after