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Show Scene In U. S. 'Devil's Island'; Coarse of Five In Ilrenk Try ' - ..... . -.. ...... -milJfnr t II Illnil II WJWaei . '. REMARKABLE PHOTO SHOWS INNER WORKINGS ON ALCATRAZ ISLAND, GRIM U. S. PRISON When this picture was snapped, closely guarded prisoners (indicated by circle) were being inarched from work shops to cells. Dotted line at right shows path followed by livs felons In escape attempt Alcatraz Probe Pressed; Escape Plot LeHleFD ies SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 14 (UP) The government today conducted con-ducted "shakedown" of Alcatrai, Its prison for th toughest desperadoes, des-peradoes, to learn how fiv of them managed to saw out of their cells yesterday. The ringleader, Arthur (Doc) Barker, was fatally wounded. ! Federal Prison Director Jamea V, Bennett flew her from Washington Wash-ington to dlraot th investigation. Guards swarmed over the island prison and tha atrictest discipline prevailed as they searched for other steel saws that might have eluded the "electric stool pigeon." Vaa Electrie Eye . The "electric stool pigeon" is an electric eye that detecta tha pres. ence of metal objects thst pass its beam. All incoming convicts are marched acroaa the light as an added precaution that tha guards have not overlooked a hidden weapon or Instrument to use in such a break as Barker led. Prison mattresses, a favorite hiding hid-ing place for convicts' secret possessions, pos-sessions, regularly are paased through the beam. How tha desperadoes obtained a aaw for tha latest break waa a mystery. mys-tery. What became of it likewise waa reported unknown by prison officials. ' rive Made Dash Recaptured with Barker, as all fiv slid down th steep dope in a frantic effort to plunge into the bay and swim a mils to th mainland main-land were Dal Stamnhill. 27: Henrv Young. 28; Rufus McCsin, 36, and William Martin, 25. Barker died last night In the prison hospital. He was shot through ths head and leg. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for th kidnaping of Edward Bremer of St. Paul and was a coleader of the Barker-Harp! gang that terrorised the middle weat three year ago. He waa the third son of Kate (Ma) Barker to die violently in a clash with tha law. A fourth is ssrvlng life in Leavenworth, another an-other federal prison. Ma Barker herself waa slain with another aon in a aix-hour battle with federal agenta in Florida. -He'a Better Off When a blood stained strstcher, carrying Barker's body, arrived in San Francisco, a guard said: "Wall, hes a lot better off now where he is than where he was." His body wss placed in th county morgue and if unclaimed will be ascorded "simple but respectful" service and buried in a local cemetery. ceme-tery. Stamphill, a "lifer" from Oklahoma, Okla-homa, waa reported near death in the prison hospital. Ha waa shot through both leg and an artery was severed. Tha guards fired when Barker and Stamphill would not atop. The prisoners sawed out of their cells, cut tha bare over the largest window win-dow on the south aid of their building build-ing and dropped 10 feet to the ground. Fog Veiled Flight A heavy fog, before daylight, veiled them as they ran downhill and acroaa a level space, down another an-other 45-degree grade and to a high wire fence that aurrounds Alcatraa. They climbed the wire before a guard, making hia rounda, diacov-ered diacov-ered th sawed bars. Lights flashed on as the prison siren screamed. Through the illuminated il-luminated fog guards spotted Young and McCain. They threw up their banda and atopped. Barker and Stamphill were brought down by riflea. Martin alipped down the rocks and injured himself and gave up. All five had begun peeling their uniforms to plunge into the bsy. |