Talk:Frank Morris (prisoner)

Photo (1)
Where is the photo of Frank?

Photo (2)

 * The Swedish Wikipedia article on Frank Morris has some photographs.
 * I think there is another photograph taken when he was about 14, but I can't easily find it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.30.71.244 (talk) 16:06, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
 * See http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2007/june/alcatraz_060807/
 * This has two new photographs. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.164.112.106 (talk) 13:52, 29 July 2012 (UTC)
 * A Google search on "Frank Morris Alcatraz", followed by "Images", will produce five photos, taken on three days. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.27.63.85 (talk) 10:19, 26 February 2016 (UTC)

Requesting pictures
If you can, please upload a picture of Frank Morris and merge it to this article.

Done. Image uploaded and merged. Gridwire 15:35, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Better yet, please upload a *current* picture? LOL  --User101010 03:48, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Criminal record
Does anybody have any information as to Morris' criminal record? We know him from the movie and that seems to be about it.
 * The FBI file shows numerous crimes.

"Numerous crimes" is just as vague as "ranging from possession of narcotics to armed robbery." The "first crime at the age of 13" Morris was "convicted" of appears to be juvenile delinquency. I have updated the page to be less POV, using the associate warden's record card available on alcatrazhistory.com. 70.171.204.39 (talk) 00:07, 26 July 2012 (UTC)


 * See http://vault.fbi.gov/Alcatraz%20Escape — Preceding unsigned comment added by Siberian Patriot (talk • contribs) 13:37, 13 August 2012 (UTC)
 * See Part 1, page 59. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Siberian Patriot (talk • contribs) 13:47, 13 August 2012 (UTC)
 * The FBI poster has "Criminal Record Morris has been convicted of burglary, larceny of an automobile, grand larceny, possession of narcotics, bank burglary and escape."  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.105.0.33 (talk) 16:31, 13 August 2012 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 19:48, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Poor wording
I don't like the line, "Morris was believed to be of very superior intelligence, having an IQ of 133 according to most historians." "very superior"? Very superior to what? And while 133 is definitely an impressive IQ, the scale goes a bit higher. I think better wording would be "Morris was believed to be very intelligent..." Any thoughts? Ynot4tony2 (talk) 13:27, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

This may be a technical term, but the wikipedia article on IQ does not contain the labels associated with some IQ scales (superior, very superior, genius, supra-genius, etc.), so I'm not sure. In any event, the Intelligence Quotient system is relative and normalized. Over 95% of the population falls between 80 and 120 on the IQ scale. In fact, according to the wikipedia article on IQ, an IQ of 133 should put Morris higher than 99.5% of the population. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.171.204.39 (talk) 23:52, 25 July 2012 (UTC)

Note
There is a Facebook page for Frank. The photo seems to have been coloured artificially. Obviously, it is not by Morris himself. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Siberian Patriot (talk • contribs) 17:16, 14 August 2012 (UTC)

Date of birth
The date of birth of Morris is also given as 1922. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.154.23.216 (talk) 12:23, 20 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Four different dates are given for Morris. They range from 1922 to 1926. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.154.23.216 (talk) 12:32, 20 September 2012 (UTC)

Survived?
I suspect that claim is vandalism. If he was known to have survived, it seems like there'd be a lot of references for that. Related articles make no mention of him being found alive... — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.5.137.148 (talk) 08:01, 14 October 2012 (UTC)