Criminal. A native of Alabama, Hubbard was sent to Atlanta Federal Penitentiary in 1942 after escaping from prison, kidnapping a Chattanooga, Tennessee police officer, and traveling across state lines with his victim. In 1944, he was transferred to Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in San Francisco, California after being involved in a prison riot. With his assignment on the kitchen clean-up crew placing him in an excellent position, Hubbard became involved in planning an escape attempt with fellow inmates Bernard Coy, Joseph Cretzer, Miran Thompson, Sam Shockley, and Clarence Carnes. On May 2, 1946, the inmates set their plans in motion and quickly took over the main cellblock and locked up most of the prison's guards before any alarm was sounded. In what became known as the "Battle for Alcatraz," the two-day fight finally came to an end after Thompson, Carnes, and Shockley retreated back to their cells to be captured while Coy, Cretzer, and Hubbard were shot and killed in a utility corridor on May 4, 1946. In addition to the three inmates, prison guards Harold Stites and William Miller were also killed.
Criminal. A native of Alabama, Hubbard was sent to Atlanta Federal Penitentiary in 1942 after escaping from prison, kidnapping a Chattanooga, Tennessee police officer, and traveling across state lines with his victim. In 1944, he was transferred to Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in San Francisco, California after being involved in a prison riot. With his assignment on the kitchen clean-up crew placing him in an excellent position, Hubbard became involved in planning an escape attempt with fellow inmates Bernard Coy, Joseph Cretzer, Miran Thompson, Sam Shockley, and Clarence Carnes. On May 2, 1946, the inmates set their plans in motion and quickly took over the main cellblock and locked up most of the prison's guards before any alarm was sounded. In what became known as the "Battle for Alcatraz," the two-day fight finally came to an end after Thompson, Carnes, and Shockley retreated back to their cells to be captured while Coy, Cretzer, and Hubbard were shot and killed in a utility corridor on May 4, 1946. In addition to the three inmates, prison guards Harold Stites and William Miller were also killed.
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