They had somehow managed to cut window bars in the industrial building’s mat shop without being noticed and assembled four cans that contained army uniforms and could serve as a flotation device for the chilly waters that surrounded the Alcatraz Prison Island. They overpowered 2 guards and bounded them as well as gagged them then escaped through the window, leaving behind 2 of the 4 cans. Unfortunately for them one of the overpowered guards managed to get his whistle loose and the other managed to slip his gag loose, then the guard who had his mouth free blow the first guards whistle alerting all the other guards and towers. The tower guard opened fire on the prisoners. Boarman was hit by gunfire and floated on the water unconscious, supported by the breast. As the other prisoners launch picked up the Breast, he let go of Boarman, who sank beneath the surface of the water. Boarman body was never found after that. Hunter who had injured his back and hands in the escape attempt, gave up on swimming and sought out refuge in a nearby cave, but he was later discovered 2 hours later by guards. Hamilton was wrongly assumed by the guards to have been hit by the gunfire along with Boarman and his body to have similar sunk, but had actually been hiding in the same cave as hunter. Two days later, he climbed back up on the cliff and through the same window from …show more content…
The American Indians claimed the island by provisions of the Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868) between the U.S. and the Sioux they said the treaty promised to return all retired, abandoned or out-of-use federal lands. Today Alcatraz is a well known prison throughout the world, and has attracted many visitors as well. Tourism is very popular in San Francisco. Many business have made money from taking people to see the hunter Island of Alcatraz, as well as movies. There are lots of popular movies out there that are know for trying to imitate Alcatraz. For Example there is Escape from Alcatraz” (1979): Starring Clint Eastwood, the movie dramatizes the real-life 1962 escape of inmates Frank Morris and brothers Clarence and John Anglin. The numbers you see today above the cell doors were added for the movie. Birdman of Alcatraz” (1962): Burt Lancaster plays real-life inmate Robert Stroud as a convicted murderer turned ornithologist, although Stroud never had birds at Alcatraz — he kept canaries when he was at Leavenworth. “The Rock” (1996): Though set on, well, The Rock, very little of the movie was actually filmed on Alcatraz. “If you see that movie, it doesn’t look anything like this,” says Kelcie Taylor, historic interpreter for the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, which leads