Marvin Franklin Hubbard
Alcatraz register no. 645-AZ. The warden's notebook page records receipt from USP Atlanta on 7 December 1944 under a 30-year sentence, and a typed header recording the 2 to 4 May 1946 prison break and that his body was found on 4 May.
- Born
- 1912-08-13
- Died
- 1946-05-04
- Rights
- Biography on this page is limited to what the cited federal records state. The identification photograph is a Bureau of Prisons record, public domain under 17 U.S.C. § 105.
On the record
- 1944-12-07 — The warden's notebook page (NAID 236736023) records him received at Alcatraz from "USP, Atlanta," age 32, date of birth Aug. 13, 1912, offense "Transp. Kidnaped Person, Stolen Auto, Stolen Firearms in Inter St. Commerce & Escape," date of sentence Oct. 2, 1942, sentence "30 Years," district "E-Tennessee-Chattanooga."
- 1944-11-28 — The conduct section records a conspiracy to escape from the Atlanta penitentiary reported on 11-27-44, with 730 days of statutory good time forfeited on 11-28-44.
- 1946-05-04 — A header typed on the page after the events reads "BODY FOUND, DEAD BY GUNSHOT WOUNDS, MAY 4, 1946, IN UTILITY CORRIDOR OF C-BLOCK about 9:45 a.m." The catalog gives a transfer on 05/04/1946 "to DEATH" and the remark "KILLED DURING ESCAPE ATTEMPT."
- 1946-05-04 — The Bureau of Prisons names Marvin Hubbard among the six prisoners in the "Battle of Alcatraz" of May 2-4, 1946.
The catalog gives a birth date of 08/13/1912, matching the page, and a death date of 05/04/1946 at Alcatraz. The role and family fields are left empty because no record cited here states either. Offenses are given as the notebook form prints them; the “Reason for Transfer” boxes are staff opinion and are not used.
Records
itemAlcatraz warden's notebook page for Marvin Franklin Hubbard, No. 645Bureau of Prisons notebook page with the identification photograph of Marvin Franklin Hubbard, No. 645-AZ, received at Alcatraz from USP Atlanta on 7 December 1944 under a 30-year sentence (Eastern District of Tennessee, Chattanooga); a typed header records the 2 to 4 May 1946 prison break and that his body was found on 4 May. A copy is stored here.itemAlcatraz (Federal Bureau of Prisons history page)The Bureau of Prisons' history page on Alcatraz names Al Capone among the well-known criminals who did time there, and says most of its prisoners were not well-known gangsters.