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cane eindi - a rt ae aa ee FD-202 (Rev. 4-15-64) ao ead ° FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION . F nc / op pore. ___ 2/20 0 ; HAROLD LAWSON SCOBIE furnished the following inforsation: He resides in Vright Hall, Kent State University, Yent Ohio, and is a photographer for the Kent State Unive ersity (KSU) newspaper, "The Kent Stater," ov May 2, 1970, he had just arrived on camous from his parents! residence in Richfield, Ohtic, and wes welling past the ROTC building on the Commons when he saw that a larce group of people was milling around the Commons, H2 went to his room in Vright Hall to obtain his . camera, After he obtained the ecenmere, he began talkinz pictures of @ large group of people which he estinzted at 500 to 1,000 persons, which group was walking tovard Tri-Tovers on the campus. This group then walked tovard che Conmons, and he renzined in Wright Hall, At approzimately 6:30 Hii he looked out his window and sew what he balieved to b2 sone smoke coming from the arna f the Commons neaz the ROTC buildings. SCOBIZ left the building and started to proceed tovard the ROTC buildings when he passed someone on the Commons viho told hin that he should not go n@ar the ROTC buildins because there were police on the canipus and that he might get shot. He did not go n2ar the RoTc C building, bute instead walked over to a shed located near the tennis courts on the Commons, This shed was burnings intensely, and at this time he novic2d a lot of people standins around in the trees near the Commons while another group of people had formed a bucket brigade and was attempting to put out the fire in the shed. Shortly eftervwards, he walked” behind Engleman Hall between the Education Building and iioulton Hall. At. ~ this tine he sav a large group of people running tovards the Comsons shoutine that the Nation?1 Guard was coninc. He could see flanes ~eonins from the area of the ROTC bus.idin aA Th anneszred trat the ROTC bulbldin: : on the Caio i ae ew OU = wu rac: ~ whith wis FW WO AL Baa dk RAL iia. -_ 5/19/70, ‘Kent, Ohio _ cileg Cleveland 98-2140 On eran ee Shs . by and} Date dictated_ - — B5fe0f70 This document contoing melther cecommendations aes conclu: tons ol the EBL. Iv ts the preparty of the FBI and is loaned ty your ogensyr ft ond Its contonts are net is be distributed ovtslde your egeneye — 2 0 & . re ee TCL a ,- -