Springville Herald | 1938-06-09 | Page 2 | Jury Hears of 'Death on Alcatraz' |

Type	issue
Date	1938-06-09
Paper	Springville Herald
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Article Title	Jury Hears of 'Death on Alcatraz'
Type	death
Date	1938-06-09
Paper	Springville Herald
Page	2
OCR Text	Show Jury Hears of 'Death on Alcatraz' ' ' ' ""ft , j ; , r. I,' 1a -; ; : 1 ' - V ! 1 1 v CI A San Francisco coroner's jury heard the story of a desperate attempt by three convicts to escape "The Rock" in San Francisco Bay when Harold P. Stites, left, Alcatraz guard, told of killing Thomas R. Limerick and wounding wound-ing another prisoner. A guard was bludgeoned to death by the convicts. Qa the coroner's table is a death mask of Limerick, the bullet hole apparent ap-parent In the skull.
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