He was transferred from Leavenworth in March 1937 serving life plus 55 years for the 1933 kidnapping of the two little daughters of William Whitla, who was himself a kidnap victim on March 18, 1909 when he was 8 years old
After taking hostages, he made an escape attempt from Alcatraz in 1943 with 3 other inmates, but all were captured.
He was transferred from Leavenworth in March 1937 serving life plus 55 years for the 1933 kidnapping of the two little daughters of William Whitla, who was himself a kidnap victim on March 18, 1909 when he was 8 years old
After taking hostages, he made an escape attempt from Alcatraz in 1943 with 3 other inmates, but all were captured.
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