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Kent State — Part 7

70 pages · May 10, 2026 · Document date: May 2, 1970 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Kent State · 70 pages OCR'd
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Fete (Rev, BA EOR he re lowe ta mo mt ms oa ' (DERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIC.. ee ae % acs “NE and his wife visited their mtate University, Kent, Ohio, .on Saturdays s ‘4 indicated that the purpose of the visit “S- was to carry his daughter some summer -Cclothing and pick up her “4.7, winter things. He recalled that about 8:30 or 9:00 PM, May 2, -g «2970, he was in one of the dormitories where his daughter lived x and “sone of the students announced there was going to be a rally : eae J said that his wife suggested that they remain at the e just what was going on. He recalled that he, his ; in company with some other students left the students in. : wife, and : dormitory.” He thought there were seve the group. He indicated that he and were among the first in the BroUup; however, after a short period, the students ~ moving more rapidly soon passed them and they were at the rear of the crowd. He remembered that the police, possibly the Campu Police, were on hand and that the students were taunting them. with obscenities and other comments; however, there was no _ “confrontation that he could Bee. . Be a4 ae . He recalled that he and his wife stopped 2 at the top | of. the ‘nid? and did not folbw the group 4s" they continued teward .where the ROTC Building was* located,’:.He remembered that it” AS 7 - ,; Was dusk and approaching «™ night:when: he observed” several individ- : a vals with lighted railroad flares‘set'fire to ‘the; ROTC Building: ~i4..,He indicated that due to, the, fact. he. was some® 500° yards aways 3. i BAy he could not distinguish’ “who! they, were; however, by their .j.00 4 .. movements and the manner in ‘which they ‘conducted, “themselves, ee * he believes. they were all males." He, said he saw them. break : :- the windows in the ROTC: Building” and “throw the -flares* inside.’ , This continued for ‘several. minutes and. it alt. occurred in the> ; Mr. o's. : EB was of the opinion’ ‘that! the: poljcemen’ ‘saw the. individuals _preak the. windows, and, throw. the’ ‘flares, inside | the. puilding. “gh
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