A Greater Chance
After the letter came to the surface, a group of researchers conducted a test of the water currents at the supposed time the inmates left. The 2014 test showed that with the direction and intensity of the currents, it would have been possible to get away safely. In 2009, the Deputy US Marshal told NPR, “There’s an active warrant, and the Marshals Service doesn’t give up looking for people.”
A Greater Chance
The Last Guard
There was one man who many thought might be able to shed light on the story. That man was Jim Albright, who was the last guard to leave Alcatraz Island when the prison closed down. He went back to visit on the 55th anniversary of the prison’s closing, and he believed that the men drowned. He said, “It depends on whether you’re talking to me or you’re talking to their mother. I believe they drowned, I really do.” If you ask him, the letter from John Anglin is just from someone trying to get cancer treatment.
The Last Guard
