Ty Conn

Tyrone Williams "Ty" Conn was a Canadian bank robber, and the only person in the last four decades to escape over the wall from the Kingston Penitentiary, one of Canada's most secure and notorious prisons.

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Conn's escape from inside the compound was the 26th in the history of facility. More than 50 escapees were involved in those 26 incidents. Conn employed a ladder and homemade grappling hook to scale the wall and used cayenne pepper to prevent dogs from following his scent.

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Conn had already escaped from several lower-security institutions. Conn escaped the prison on May 6, 1999. He was found in Toronto two weeks later and surrounded by police, only to commit suicide rather than being captured. Other theories believe that the stolen shotgun in his possession misfired during the standoff while he was speaking on the telephone to a CBC producer, Theresa Burke.

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Kingston Penitentiary: Kingston Penitentiary is a maximum security prison located in Kingston, Ontario between King Street West and Lake Ontario. Originally constructed in 1833-34, and officially opened on June 1 1835 as the "Provincial Penitentiary of the Province of Upper Canada," it is one of the oldest prisons in con...

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