Show ARINES BOMBARD l CONVIcTS N ALCATRAZ WITH MORTARS I tl t 2 Guards Killed By Desperate 1 Armed Inmates SAN FRANCISCO May 1 3 UP Alcatraz P-Alcatraz Alcatraz guards who fired a a. long barrage of grenades into a prison cell block in efforts ef ci- forts to route rebellious convicts con suddenly ceased fire about p. p m. m Salt Lake t time eSAN e- e SAN FRANCISCO May 1 3 S WP UP Marine IP-Marine Marine larine police reported to headquarters by radio from the bay at 12 1230 30 p. p m. m Pst Pst Coday to Co- today day that there had been no return fire by rioting convicts at Alcatraz prison for an hour SAN FRANCISCO May 3 UP Marines UP-Marines Marines attacked a cell cen tier in Alc Alcatraz traz island prison with 60 mortars Friday in an attempt attempt at at- tempt to drive into the open a gr group up of convicts who had killed two wo guards and then barricaded themselves in a cell block Four or five of the mortars morta r were fn in n. n shrubbery down dawn the rocky cliff near nea the islands island's water line and marines started lobbing the shells through windows into the veritable pillbox the convicts had shaped for themselves From near-by near Benicia arsenal the army dispatched d a truck und under r fast poli police e escort cort carrying an assortment of heavy we weapons weapons ons for use by Alcatraz fe federal cr l guards From Sari San Q state prison Warden Clinton T T- Duffy dispatched 11 of his most niost experienced guards to the assistance of the embattled guar guards sl at the island prison in San Fr Francisco o obay bay Warden James A A. Johnston of Alcatraz had told him Duffy said that things arent aren't ff moment aIe going so well at the moment Colorado Guards Fly to io Help Qu Quell u Rioters rs Twelve guards from the federal correctional nal institution at Englewood Colo Color left by plane to help put down the bloody riot They were ordered to the scene by James V. V Bennett dir director ct r of the bureau of prisons in Washington Five guards were flying from Leavenworth prison in Kansas to lend their assistance The marines landed 83 men on the island sending in 23 more Friday to assist beleaguered guards and a shipment of grenades and shape charges as well The charges a war device can demolish concrete structures t f Marines 1 Begin Chopping Hole in Roof of Block Efforts were begun early in the day by marines to chop ahole ahole a ahole hole through the roof of the cell ceIl block where the convicts armed from the Rocks arsenal and led by six ringleaders were cor cor- cornered cor cornered after a night nightS of bitter fighting in the grim island prison in San Francisco bay In the absence of official word there was wasa a suggestion the charges would be placed on the roof under which desperate convicts convicts convicts con con- were pinned down in narrow quarters by a hail of gunfire from the guards Powerful Po 1 Explosives Dispatched From Arsenal A shipment of extremely powerful explosive t charges and quantities of of- w war r equipment w was s dispatched from B Benicia nicia arsenal under fast poli police e escort for Jor t the e Rock T The shipment included fifteen pound 15 shape charges grenade adapters adapters' for rifles s carbine grenade cartridges projectiles for bazookas 1000 fragmentation grenade and white phosphorus s oke oke grenades The Benicia arsenal also was alerted to be ready to make any additional shipments during the day Guard Harold P. P Stites was was killed by machine gun bullets at the outset of the rioting g Thursday afternoon when convicts convict seized an a arsenal senal About 8 15 a a. a m m. m Pst Friday shafts of white smoke streamed into the thc sky followed by the sound of explosions as the new attack was begun The six convicts during the night held 10 prison officers as hostages for about seven hours shooting ting some and injuring allbut all aU aUbut allbut but butone one The hostages were rescued in a raging gun battle In addition to the deaths of Stites and Miller 13 other prison officers were injured P Police lice from near near-by Oakland headed toward the island stronghold Francisco bay with a load of grenades and shells for a type bazooka gun as the prison guards kept the corner full of d desperadoes under der range rang of their weapons What effect bazooka shells would have on the cell block had no immediate comment from qualified quarters The fortress fortress- like prison is constructed heavily of r reinforced ed concrete te stone and steel The break began with the overpowering overpowering over over- I powering of a gua guard an and the capture capture cap cap- ap- ap ture of ot guns and ammunition ammunition from the prison arsenal Thursday about 3 p. p m. m P PST S T The spectacular spectacular spectacular spec spec- fight raged until shortly before dawn when a prison officer officer officer of of- said holed up and nobody's I doing any shooting now We still dont don't know how many are arc il in to there Overpowers Guard Bernard Paul aul Coy 46 serving 25 years years for armed rob robbery ery in Louisville Ky and sent to the Island bastille for tor desperate crim crim- 1 finals in ri San Francisco bay was reported ported to have overpowered the tho guard Bert A. A Burch who was armed Coy had a prison job cleaning gun galleries He reportedly threw a master switch to open all cells ceUs in the block and passed out guns gulLS to 16 other prisoners Immediately t the e alarm was Bounded but guards who rushed to Burch's aid ald were captured and locked up as hostages The prisoners prisoners prisoners pris pris- obtained keys to all n doors in the block except the building See Page Pago 7 7 Column 1 t L Marine Mortars Blast Rioters on Alcatraz Continued from Page One exit exit reported a marine public re re- re officer who went to th the Rock with marines guarding prisoners not involved in fn the fight Uniformed guards and plainclothesmen plainclothesmen plain plain- rushed to the scene attacking the building on the pinnacle of ot the rock The three- three story tory concrete structure formed a fortress for the convicts who raked ked the approaches through windows I 1 Crouching along a catwalk guards reached the windows from which the criminals blasted auto- auto fire The officers protected I under the wall from the angle of ot I opposing fire repeatedly shot through the windows 4 Searchlights and flares blazed d over over ver the island and heavily armed boats circled the scene of ot battle 9 u the fight went into the night About midnight ht the guards crashed into inlo cell block C in which the desp desperate rate men were then p cornered Ej He named the ringleaders in ad- ad to Coy as Joseph Paul Cretzer 35 55 serving ng ing 25 years for bank robbery five tive I years ears for escape from McNeil Is Island Is- Is land and nd prison and life IlCe for murder ata of at ofa a U. U S S. S marshal at Tacoma where he was on trial for escape from irom r I L Miran Edgar Thompson 29 serving ng 99 years for tor and life liCe for murder of a police officer in ln Am Amarillo 0 Texas sent to Alcatraz Alcatraz Al- Al from Leavenworth in October October Octo- Octo ber 1945 with a record of ot eight I escapes 1 Serving Life 1 Sam Shockley 36 serving life liCe for lor for and bank robbery in Muskogee Okla sent to Alcatraz r from Leavenworth in May 1938 n A. A M Marvin l' l Franklin Hubbard 34 34 f serving 30 years for stolen fire fire- farms arms ms and transporting a a person from Chattanooga Chattanooga Chatta- Chatta Tenn sent to Alcatraz from rom Atlanta December 1944 He had a record of three escapes and participating in a mutiny at At At- lanta nta f Clarence Carnes 19 serving 99 years for holdup murder murder mur mur- der and escape Escaped from irom L Granite Okla and from U. U S S. S marshal Oklahoma City sent ent t to Alcatraz from Leavenworth July 1945 When the alarm signaled th the uprising other convicts were herded herded herd herd- ed into the prison yard and 3 30 marines landed to guard them while the prison officers pressed presse the battle against the criminal criminals trying to blast their way to free tree dom dome Wounded guards who had been held as aa hostages said Cretzer took over leadership of oC the uprising after after after aft aft- er Coy started it Four of the wounded men men men- Simpson Corwin and Miller made Miller-made made statements in which each said Cretzer shot me Snatches Ke Keys s 's I IThe The desperado Coy opened the way for the bloody escape attempt when he hc overpowered a guard snatched the keys key to the arsena arsenal and threw a switch that liberated the other convicts He distributed weapons ranging from tram machine guns to tear gas bombs and flares lares Presumably gas masks also alBO were taken as subsequent efforts by the thc guards to drive them out with gas gaa proved unsuccessful I Jr f Pi 1 Clarence Carnes 19 youngest convict In Alcatraz mutiny r. a L L I JV Miran t ran Edgar Thompson revolt ringleader Kidnaper and killer d 1 1 I I I I e e r 1 k Ye E J 9 r iI i hi I e I 4 p oI Sam Shockley kidnaper bank banI robber a leader of the riot S i a r I rr F t Y d l H S 1 I f fc c Bernard Paul Coy Alcatraz convict who started the mass escape attempt on Tho The Rock |