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Show ATTEMPTS BF PHEfIS TO EIML Three Rescued After Leaving Alcatraz Island on Rough Raft SAN FRAN ClSGi '. Oct. 12. Attempts At-tempts of three military prisoners to BMAft nn -. r lmtifn Ir.f f I fl'.itl, the army disciplinary barracks on Al-jcatras Al-jcatras Island. In San Francisco bay. failed today when they were rescued at dawn by a ferry boat, nearly senseless sense-less from submersion ami all night ex- 1 posure. i i I Thf raft broke up Immediately after the men were taken from It. According Accord-ing to military officials, the prisoners sawed their way out of the island cell- ' house last night with a fine-toothed steel and, aftei launi buiu- th li raft, eluded a swarm f p&alce .mil 'government tugs throughout the night. The men were Ii. E Hanna, serving Uen years for desertion, prison officials said and c ii Roberts und J. J. Pow-Ington Pow-Ington whose sentences would have been completed In a month- They were taken to an emergency hospital, where their condition was reported to be not serious. Their return to Alcatraz Island ds expected today. |