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Kent State — Part 19

72 pages · May 10, 2026 · Document date: May 20, 1970 · Broad topic: General · Topic: Kent State · 72 pages OCR'd
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a 5 Pow nad come to the rally, put just gaw them on and off inter- fel mittently. Ue knew £acos of some of thé individuals other — — ' than those they he came to the rally with, but he kaew. Ln aaiee a no one by nane other than those people. \- a yo oS ' ghortly after arriving at the Commons, ‘people. Be etarted throwing rocks at the Row pbuilding. They were .. sO ' yocks that were obtained by picking them up off the ground, | Fe fhe people throwing the rocks probably amounted to approxi--: we mately 100 and were Limited to those porsons in front Of - a the mob, Ce a rochtsonc atated ‘that ‘he, ‘ninsel€, - was in front = t of the mob and threw two rocks at the Rol building. He °° . i does not know where | one rock hit, but the other rock Landed . gi. on the roof, oe ; . - & FYOCLESONG stated. that “by ‘that: time things got” = out of hand," Someone waa ringlag the bell on the KSU | = Contmons, but he had no idea who. Then, an unseen individual’ _ “ threw a flare at the ROIC building, but the flare bounced .- p off and hit the ground. fomone else, who he could not: pan see and conld net determine if ha knew him and covld not . a identify, threw this flaro inside the ROTC building. This — Flare did nothing and appeared to burn out, .The fire dopartment arrived a short time after that. Some one, 2. vho he could not seo well enougi to identify, then ran =~ up and tricd to start the curtains on fire. They caught | a on fire. Then approxinately 60 to 70 mombers Of the — . yroup came running around the side of the Roe building, pulling on a hose. When they get to him, he also pulled ¢ on the hose. He did not know where the hose was coming from After the hose had been pulled out apparently as - far as it would go, some one etarted beating on it with a stick, Me did not know who this was, He saw,no one trying» to cut the hose, Me also savg : potancas : the same hose. a re a Che em oma 7 ghe police, at this point, | ‘came, and ezprosinately a iS” to. 20 of them lincd up between the mob and the Rove . _ building, The police started shooting tear gas at Che mob - See ee Soe ee a2 eT SOAS er ee and FOGLESONG got a good whiff of it. He started backing 9". up tovard the hill in back of the ROTC building and the Sob aan uppearcd to scatter, They then saw the Onio National Guard - -- conting, He gat on the hill and watched the fire burn for. . - a short time. - ‘He saw no ane , throwing anytning at flvorens | — ey tr it
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