Bernard Paul "Barney" Coy (February 13, 1900 [1] – May 4, 1946) was an American bank robber and federal prisoner best known as the planner of a failed escape attempt from Alcatraz, on …

A bank robber from Kentucky named Bernard Paul Coy, who was serving out a twenty-six-year sentence on The Rock for committing a holdup using a sawed-off shotgun, devised a forceful …

Jan 14, 2015 · At 1.30pm on May 2, 1946, a gang of five inmates led by bank robber Bernard Coy ambushed a guard, stole his keys and, armed with a rifle and a pistol, made a bloody bid for …

With his body being unclaimed, Coy was buried in an unmarked grave in Colma. Criminal. A bank robber from Louisville, Kentucky, Coy was serving a twenty-five year prison sentence when he …

Bernard Paul "Barney" Coy was a bank robber and federal prisoner best known as the planner of a failed escape attempt from Alcatraz prison, on May 2, 1946 which turned into a bloody two …

May 2, 2016 · The Battle of Alcatraz began on May 2, 1946 when inmates Bernard Coy, Marvin Hubbard and Joe Cretzer overpowered their guards and went through the jail freeing fellow …

May 16, 2022 · Bernard Coy was one of those prisoners. He was in for committing a robbery in Georgia with a shotgun, but soon earned the prison job of cell-house orderly, a catchall that …

"Fighting with inmate Varsalone #118-Az in the Kitchen about 12:45 P.M. April 4, 1939, during the course of which Varsalona received a badly blackened eye and was felled to the floor by a …

Coy was a Depression-era criminal who, in 1937, was sentenced to 25 years for bank robbery. He was moved to Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in 1938 from Atlanta and was soon given the job …

On Alcatraz, Bernie Coy was also going to have a long weekend. On 2 May he set his plan into motion. After most of the prisoners in the three general-populace cell blocks had been moved …