Tags: Criminal.
Bernard Paul Barney Coy (February 13 1900 – May 4 1946) 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 day armed confrontation leaving Coy two fellow would-be escapees and two prison guards dead.Coy was a native of Kentucky who turned to crime during the Depression and in 1937 was sentenced to 25 years imprisonment.
