Career

He was sent to Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary for 27 years for committing murder at sea and was assigned the number #47-Arizona. Wutke was the first prisoner on Alcatraz during its period as a penitentiary to successfully commit suicide. He fatally sliced through his jugular vein with the blade from a pencil sharpener and was found dead in a pool of blood. Wutke died November 13, 1937.