Joseph Bowers Joseph Bowers Joseph "Dutch" Bowers (December 13, 1896 – April 27, 1936) was the first man to attempt an escape from Alcatraz prison. On 27 April 1936, convict Henry Larry claims to have watched Bowers, who was feeding seagulls, stack some empty barrels and climb up next to the fence so he could retrieve a bit of food which had fallen on the barbed wire. He stood there feeding the birds for several minutes until a tower guard turned, saw him atop the fence, and fired on the convict. Bowers fell seventy feet to his death on the rocks below.
Escape from Terror: The Teresa Stamper Story a bus, and arrest him. Teresa is returned home to Wanda and Katie, learning that Chris survived the shooting. In jail, Paul meets an inmate who will be released in three days. Seeing this as an opportunity for a jailbreak, Paul lies to the inmate, telling him that he is rich and will pay him if he helps him escape. The inmate foolishly believes Paul, and helps him break out of jail. Sheriff Douglass finds out and advises Teresa, Wanda, and Katie to stay at his sister-in-law's house in Norman, Oklahoma, until they recapture Paul. Their escape from Paul is