Thomas R. Limerick

Thomas R. Limerick

Thomas Robert Limerick (died May 23, 1938) attempted to escape Alcatraz Island on the night of May 23, 1938. The Alcatraz prison guards started to shoot at him after he refused to surrender and was killed in the process of escape.

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