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was coatae e ab LOG dance unu shown a series o1 22 photograpf
of individuals who might have been present at the burning of the
ROTC Building at Kent state University KSU!, Kent, Ohio, on
May 2, 1970.
could make no identification of the indivic
in the p further stated that during most.of the act»
burning of the building he was not in a good position to see who
was actually participating as he was on top of Johnson Hall.
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was shown photographs of the following people, and »}e
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photographs, as people who took part in the burning of the
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AIIEN TATE
PETER CHARLES BLEIK
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THOMB3 GRBYDON FOGLESO§G
JERRY RUPE
RICHAED CQHRAD FELBER
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FET1'-JR GHARIJSS BLEIK long h.ai.r and beard, no shirt!
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FEDERAL BUREAU OF lNVESTlGAT10N ' lb
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Kent Hall, Kent State University, was advised of the "en y
Qf I-1/we 1 Fer r' n1.r'i rl Ag n{- ,- #- .1 ' "1-. 4'-4 1n __ .9 7 ' _- 1 .... no -"Ul92-aTlJ,-5-1l:j _,e....s, :2... *.m1c.. time he iurn:.s1.ed a
number of photographs and requested to view these photographs
to determine if any of these individua ls were present during the
burning of the ROTC Building at Kent State University on
May 2, 1970. _
ie92-wed all of the photographs made
available to um, a * wa ch time he stated that he did not
recognize any of the individuals as having been present during
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not in a position to eliminate any of these individuals, he
just wanted to make it known that he could not recognize any
of them as person:-; that he recalled as having seen on campus
the evening of May 2, 1970.W65
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Agents, was furnished a group of photographs and requested
to view these p11OtOgI¬1phS to deterrnine ifka could r"ecoqn:i.ze
any of these indiviciuals as having been present on campus
during the burning of the ROTC Building at Kent State University
KSU! on May 2, 1970.
reviewed these photographs after which he
statec. that some of the individuals appeared familiar to him,
ho p _ . ._ . . . - ,. .w_ver, the familiarity of these indivicluuls lid not necessarily
indicate that he had seen them at the burning of the R0-1C Building
and that he was unable to make any positive identification.
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HOURS DBVID MILLER
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cause SlZllBI1tS to thro1~:' rocks and disrupt the efio1"cs being made
to extinguish the fire.
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June 18, 1970
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Kent, 0h1o,waa advised of the "men
Agents and was di vl3I'lOIJO§f,I£1phS nlaich are listed below.
advised he was unable to identify any 01 Ilene persons as
having been at the scene of the burning of the ROTC Building
A on the Kent State University KSU} campus on the evening
of May 2, l9'TO:
PETER crmnmzs P-LEIK photos!
BLAH CAITFO RA
RICHARD CONRAD FELBER
THOMAS GIIAYDOKI FOGLES
'I'I'{OMAS DAVID MI LLER
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with an Advicu of Rights Form which he road, said he understood
but refused to execute by oignnture. His mother also road a
copy of the Advice of Rights Form, stated she understood the
purpose of this form and was agreeable to the FBI Agents
presenk to interview her son.
. stnt<~.<-.2 he is 1.7 yc.-;=.::-s
of one and is a student at WGOu?1un High School, Poninqula,
Ohio. Ho was told the purpose of the interview with him was
to show him some Photographs in connection with the buvninq K
of the ROTC Building on the Kent State Univcvwitv ! CHMPHQ,
aid ha Kent, Ghio, on the rmight of may 2, 19'!H. .. -'-
was ag1.'eoab1.o to viewing these pl1C~'t0[;1&1p1"f.=.. -
He was shown a group of photographs which included
the following inoiviuals who he ohsorvnd on the KSU ccvyug
Kent, 1110, on tho ni.;_1,11t of 1:11.31 2, 19-'. !, at the s~:c;r.:ne of the
burning of the ROTC Building:I,
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JERRY RUPEi previously known to
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RICHARD CONRAD FELBER previously known to
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informatifon to furnisix the FBI c0ncc:»1'nin_r§ the i'!Lii*'ii"1 of the
ROTC Building, KSU, Kent, Ohio, on May 2, 1970.
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of the follow ng ndividue.s:
ALLEN TATE
After viewing these photographs, _sei.d he did -
not recognize any of them as persons he knew or as anyone he
had seen throwing rocks or burning regs at the ROTC building
at Kent State University on May 2. 1070. Hone of theseindividuals was identified by ms those persons he had
seen stealing a fire hose at th fire.
qstated that he doubted very seriously whetherhe would be eb e to positively identify anyone he had seen
involved in the ROTC building incident, even if he saw these
individuals personally.
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RICHARD CONRAD FELBER
JERRY RUPE
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THOMAS DAVID MILLER
THOMAS GRIEYDON F OGLESONG
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dvlsed that he did not recognizeAf
individuals,
any of these ind viduahs as persons participating in the
activities that Occurred on the campus of Kent StateUniversity during the period of May 2, 1970 through
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SAS V '~~'i_7**" --~L§i-r. .-qfi:§ Cuyahoga Falls,
Ohio, on June 1&5, 1970.
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left Cuyanoga Falls,
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got out of high school for the summer
his Junior year at Cuvahoga Falls High .u.
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his stepson s
his parent's
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during the sumnrrr of 1.;-1-?O. owes not 1';:"1ow him:8l1Qps'3I'1 is or how to [L-get in touch with him. callod
his parents on about June 7', 19"/O, and ntzzxted. _e was in Florida
and was planning to go to Atlanta, Georgia.
o.dv.i.scd he '=-'ould tell his rstopson that thel~B'.[ wished to show h_n some pi1ot0££raphs the n~z:~:"c. time
calls home. --I111 contact the Akron, Lmio, FB.L co
an soon as he nears 11<;~r.'1 his son an w .<= " 1 -
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She advised a-he does not know his mode of travel. or exact
destination, however, he is to return within two or three
days, and she would inform him he should Contact the Canton,
Ohio, Resident Agency of the JFE-I.
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Ohio, auvlauu her CL';'92J.g_;,1'1L3E3l,9, current-...y Ln rcago, Il1.1noi:._, v si-tin ; £r5-eaddress unknown, and is to return tom Ohio June 1.9 1971and thereu1tor enter sum-.e1" school at to State University,
Kent, Ohio, June 22, ILQTO, She advised her daughter would
be available on or after June 19, l9'2O.
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Kent, Ohio, age 22, '
e hcnt S te University KSU], Kent,
Ohio, was recontacted June 23, 1970, at which time she
was shown a group of 22 photographs of various male
individuals. - '
From this qrou ye identified a photographof date of birth Aurrust 2iIas e UIIIIIIII ua w om she recognized.stated s the person she referred
signed s"a omen urnished to the FBI on May l 1970. Shesaid he is the individual she talked to on hay Q, 1970 at
Kent, Ohio, at which time he told her he was involved in
the burning of the P 1 ng at KSU on May 2, 1970.She continued that dmitted to her he crawled
through a window of t e 1-EC Building and sterted the firefrom the inside while some of his friends and iihers
started the fire from the outside. 150 told
her he was from Canton, Ohio and was r1oE"'>.1' student at KSU
but that he had a. brother who was a student at KSU.
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that office following a review of reports in t
which concerns the burning of the ROTC buildin
University on 5/2/70.
Morris advised he was not inclined to present
to a Federal grand jury at this time until
vestigation is conducted because he saw no reas
jto call uncooperative witnesses and that if it was necessary
persons to testify, he desired additional infor
em on which he could base his interrogation. Hsubjectqnd Bleik are the only subje
ider in connec 1o ith a sabotage violation.
vised that he desired certain potential witness
wed and exhibited photographs for identificatio
ch photographs were not available at the time 0
nterview.
relates to the other subjects, Mr. Morris advis
ore appropriate to consider charging them with
Title 18, Section %31, U. S. Code. This sectio
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Pe er Charles Bleik; oug as Charles Cormack;
Ric ' ' '
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of the Antiriot Law prohibits interference with firemen or
police during civil disorders. Mr. Morris stated a decision
on such charges could not be made until the Internal Securit
Division consults with the Criminal Division whhihandles
this violation.
It was pointed out to Mr. Morris that local or sta
authorities would probably initiate prosecutive action befor
the investigation requested by him could be completed. Altn
apparently sufficient evidence of such Antiriot Law violatio
is available, Mr. Morris advised that Assistant Attorney Gen
J. Walter Yeagley, had been contacted and concurred with his
recommendation to request additional investigation before an
Federal prosecutive action is initiated.
It is agreed that the investigation requested woul
be'ottth tr '1 t'1-' imp r an in e even o a tria , ar 1cu ally with respto.a sabotage violation by d Bleik, but it appe
that this request by the De esteps an immediate
decision on the Antiriot Law charges against seven subjects.
Such a tactic is in keeping with foot dragging by the Intern
Security Division. '
Attached is a letter to the Attorney General reque
an immediate decision as to prosecutive action against those
subjects in this case who may have violated the Antiriot Law
statute.
RECOMMENDATION: .
That the attached letter to the Attorney General
requesting an immediate decision as to prosecuting subjects
for violation of the Antiriot Law be approved.t92/
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Reforonco is mado to my letter dated Juno 11,_1970,
in this matter which requested an early decision.ns to whether
proseeutivo action won warranted concerning eortain subjects
involved in the destruction of the Reserve Officers Training
Corps building at Kent State University Hey 2, 1970,
A representative of this Buronu attended a meeting
at Ravennn, Ohio, on Juno 25, 1970, with nr. Jerris Leonard,
Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, who advised
that he had requested this meeting on your specific instruction,
Those attending the meeting aloo included representatives of tho
Portage County, Ohio, Prosecutor's Office and the Ohio State
Highway Patrol.
Mr. Leonard pointed out that it had always been the
policy of the Department of Justice in situations of this typo
to defer to state authorities in lieu oi Federal prosecution.
Ho advised that it had been decided to turn over to tho Portaqo
County, Ohio, Prosecutor's Oifice all evidence and information
relating to the invootigntions_oI incidents at Kent State
University between May 1, 1970, and May 4, 1970, Mr, Ronald J -
Kane, Prosecutor, Portage County, Ohio, assured Mr. Leonard 71
that he would vigorously pursue the evidence and information --
received and secure prosecution against any individual who '
has violated state laws in connection with tho above inciden
Mr, Leonard was advised during this meeting that reports of
investigation of these incidents by the Ohio State Highway
Patrol and tho Ohio National Guard are forthcoming and wil
be iurnishcd to ur, Kano. , .!=-on _r 1 i . ._ ':'=|,§;=§" .1 , REC 53 V iii V i -I ! "W""GIfl'.i:amt{/" . Q
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Inasmuch as Federal prosecution in this matter is
no longer being considered, no further investigation will be
conducted in this case unless specifically requested by you
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a closing report will be promptly submitted.
The Deputy Attorney General
Assistant Attorney General
Civil Rights Division
Assistant Attorney General
Criminal Division
Assistant Attorney General
Internal Security Division
See memorandum C. D. Brannan to W. C. Sullivan
captioned as above, dated 7/2/70, GHM:pab..
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Mr. G. H. Henzel
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AIRTEL
To: SAC, Cleveland 98-2140!
From: Director, FBI 9846479!
T ; ; IVIL RIGHTS -
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ReCVteletype G/25/70.
In view of the Department's decision in this matter
that information and evidence will be turned over to the local
prosecutor in Ohio in lieu of Federal prosecution, there appeal
to be no basis for additional investigation in this case.
Accordingly, the Attorney General has been advised
that no further investigation will be conducted in this case
unless such has been specifically requested by the Department.
Cleveland will therefore discontinue investigation ax
promptly submit a closing report. Advise by return communicati
the date it is contemplated such a report will be submitted. I
dissemination of information or evidence in this matter shall I
made by Cleveland to local authorities until you are so advisec
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prosecution in lieu of Federal prosecution. It was recommend:
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he recognized JERRY RUPE and ALLEN TATE as having been on the
Kent State University KSU! campus on the evening of May 2,
1970. He said that he had not seen TATE in the vicinity of
the U. S. Army ROTC Building at the time persons were
attempting to set fire to this building, but later saw him
in the area of the small archery shed that ins harmed and
also at the TriTowcrs area.
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immediate vicinity of the U. S. Army ROTC Building when
persons from the crowd assembled around the building were
- attempting to set fire to the building. He commented
he had never seen RUPE trying to set fire to the U. S.
Army ROTC Building, but he had seen him throw stones and
also had been agitating the crowd. He stated he had observed
RUPE burn a United States of America flag and had later__ scen him beating an unknown person who apparently had attempted
to ta? '" iotograph at the time he was burning the American
flag. again stated that at no time had he seen RUPE
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Investigation of the ROTC building arson at Kent!
State University KSU!, 5/2/70, resulted in the identification
of nine subjects who were reportedly engaged in various acts
including setting fire to the building and interfering with
firemen fighting the blaze which destroyed structure. Since
5/2/70, Cleveland has submitted five reports consisting of
12 volumes totaling more than two thousand pages of investi-
gation in this case.I
By memorandum 6/10/70 you were advised that the
Internal Security Division requested certain additional
investigation in this case before any other Federal prosecutix
action would be initiated. Inasmuch as the facts then
indicated prima facie violations by seven Subjects of the
Antiriot Law in connection with interference with firemen,
this request for investigation sidestepped making a prosecuti92
decision. The Attorney General by letter 6/11/70 in connectic
with the foregoing was requested to promptly advise whether
prosecutive action was warranted. In reply to this letter,
the Internal Security Division on 6/15/70 pointed out that
its request for additional investigation related only to the
possible sabotage aspects of the case. The Criminal Division
on 6/15/70, also in response to this letter to the Attorney
General, requested the FBI determine the nature of any local
prosecution at Kent, Ohio. It was explained that this inform:
was desired to support a position that Federal prosecution was
warranted as to such matters as Destruction of Government Pro]
and Antiriot Law violations considering theglack of local act:
in over 45 days. REG'5b 7 y 1 ~§
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under instructions of the Attorney General, agreeQ_t2 turover all evidence and information to the Portage County! Q:
Prosecutor in Ohio for local prosecution as to all inci
at KSU between 5/14/70. This naturally includes the C
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for further investigation by the FBI. Reports of investigatio
by Ohio State Highway Patrol and Ohio National Guard relating
to incidents at KSU between 5/1-4/70 are forthcoming and will
be made available to the Portage County Prosecutor.
RECOMMENDATION:
That the attached letter to the Attorne Gene al b y r e
approved advising that inasmuch as all evidence and informatio
in this matter will be made available to local authorities
in lieu of Federal prosecution, no further investi ation '11 g W1
be conducted by the FBI. Upon approval of this recommendationCl 1 ' ' ' 'eve and w1ll_be instructed to submit a closing report.
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You were also advised that a closing report would be . ; § JJuly 27, 1970
Mr. R. L. Shackelford
Mr. G. H. Menzel '
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Reference is made to my letter dated July 6,_1970,twhich advised that no further investigation would beconducted concerning the burning oi tho Reserve OfficersTraining Corps facility at Kent State University, Kent,Ohio, on Hay 2, 1970, unless specitically requested by you = ;
submitted concerning this matter
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inveatigation conducted.a
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The White House
Washington, D. C.
Dear Mr. Ehrlichman:Mr. W. C. Sullivan
Mr. A. Rosen
Mail Room 531 JB!
Mr. C. D. Brennan
Mr. R. L. Shackelford
Hr. G. H. Henzel
July 21, 1970
BY LIAISON
Reference is made to my letter dated June 29,
1970, and previous letters, furnishing you the results
oi investigation of the Federal Bureau 01 Investigation
concerning the burning of a*Hes6tvoM0Ificers_Training
Corps building at Kent State University on Kay 2, 1970.
There is enclosed for ' ~ ation a copy
of the report of Special Agent dated
July 20, 1970, at Cleveland, 0 0, w c con a ns the
results or additional investigation conducted.
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July 27, 1970
BY LIAISON
Honorable John D. Ehrlichman
Assistant to the President
for Domestic Affairs
The White House
Washington, D. C.
Dear Mr. Ehrlichman:
Reference is made to my letter dated June 29,
l9?Q, and previous letters, furnishing you the results
of investigation of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
concerning the burning of a Reserve Officers TrainingCorps building at Kent State University on May 2, 1970.
There is enclosed for formation a copyof the report of Special Agent dated 4July 20, 1970, at Cleveland, Oh , c con a ns the
results of additional investigation conducted.
A copy of this report is being furnished to
the Attorney General.
Sincerely yours,
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Synopsis:
SABOTAGE; SEDITION; DESTRUCTION OF
GUVERNMENT PROPERTY; CIVIL RIGHTS
ACT CF 1958- Q HJTERFEFENCE WITH
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Kent, Ohio, !urnished the following inormation:
' She stated she had been on the Kent
University KSU! cemnusinn_iheieyeninc_0f HavState
2. l970.ti_..
U -t ; 2* ~ "1 2 _ *.v$s - about 1:30 lee _r~-v'd or carom at
p.m. and had gone to the Commons area where acrowd had
started to gather around the bell. She commented the crowd
then began a march toward the Tri~Towers dormitory area,
and upon arriving there, several more students joined the
crowd.
After leaving the Tri-Towers area. the crowd
then marched past the Eastway Center.and returned to the
Conmmns area, arriving there sometime after 8:00 p.m.
She remarked some of the persons in the crowd began throwing
stones at the United States Army ROTC Building, which is
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advirzed she an-1 not ob
RUPE or FEL§ER et"~m * t ve ' e to the ROTC
but she did see
which had been rosen sy stones and attempt
to the cur*ain w'th ' tJ' H-of
toserve either
Building,
the windows
sot fire
£ t 5 1 a ma en. 2 was unsuccess'ul in these
efforts, and the crowd had laughed at his attempts.
stated she
attack onehad observed JERRY RUPE, and
of the firemen from the Kent
They knocked this man down and had also
away from the firemen. This irehose wshe believesShe
FELBER.
Fire Department.
pulled the firehose
as pulled into the
crowd and cut with knives. She added RUPE and FBLBER
had knives in sheaths on their legs, and these were used
to cut the hoses. She commented in addition to these
activities, she had observed RUPE burn an Kuerican flag.
ad92.'ise<1 she had seen some flares
thi e "own at - _ s -. ding, but they did not appear to have
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engaged in anything other than to throw a few rocks at the
building. She stated a part of the crowd had then left
the area of the ROTC Building and went to a small building
located on the other side of the Commons where some baseball
equipment reportedly was store-1 and this building was
broken into and later burned. She conunented she andCV 98-2140
nad been with this group, but had not participated
- Y '- -"g of the small building. o
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down Terrace Drive to East 2-Iain Street and had then
started toward downtown Kent. She. said as they were
marching toward the t1o92-mtown area, the Ohio II~ -ional Guard 92had arrived in the 1<er:Zarea, and she andwent
be-:53; on cam*.92u.s with several others of the crowd.
w ng 1:-ac?-: toward the
Commons area and u arriving back at the Commons, she
obs d th R0 ¢=6> '1" in flame Sh t t d erve e PC ._ . 1-yr...! . s. e s are
neither she nor had been present when
the RO'I92'J Building was set on 2. re and she does not know
who set the building afire. She commented during the time
she had been in the area of the ROTC Building, she had '
not seen anyone o ' ags into the building, and
when she and left the area to go with the
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as she reca .s the burning to the ROTC Buildin-g, and she
does not recall seeing anyone in the crowd, other than those
she has mentioned.
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JERRY RUPE ,, .
,.THOMAS DAVIDQLLER, also known as 'Iom"'Aquinas
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at o _- wasd e f h' i s orally by DA and of the identit a v s o lS r gh '
of the interviewing agents and he r a L13 rights and there-
after executed a "Warning of Rights and Waiver Form".
_On this occasiomjwas shown a group of 1
photographs and after viewing some he singled out the follow
photographs stating the individuals depicted therein are tot
unknown to him and he does not recall having seen any of the
individuals on the Kent Stete University on May 2, 19
at the time uilding was burned. Persons picked as
unknown by are as follows:
r of photo facing camera;
PETER CHARLES BLEIK;
The remaining photographs displayed to-
this occasion, were chosen by him es persons known to him an
he furnished the following -statements with regard to each of
these persons;
4 - an individual who he met
at Kent, . 1 on may , 970 and rode to the ROTC Building
area prior to same being burned, known to him as a stddent,
high school, from Penisula, Ohio.
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THOMAS DAVID MILLER -- Known to him as a friend of
JEFF MILLER, one of the individuals shot on the Kent State
University Campus, May 1+, 1970, lHOI~IJ92S JQAVID MILLER, not cloassociated with or lmown by
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individual with wnam is rode to the Kent State University
Campus in his, 1970 rr*"" Maverick on May 2, 19TO,and thereafter traveled withto the rally held at the
Commons near the ROTC Build ng. J
THOMAS GRAYDON FOGLESONG - known to him as a student
who traveled from 127 N. Matawa Street, Kent, Ohio on May 2, 1970
to the Tri-Towers Dormitory and thereafter was observed at the
burning of the ROTC Building on the Kent State University Campus.
tated he re:calls this individuals name was *nd identgied him as the
individual who drove the Volkswagen us '0 * Q " -Towers Dormi-
tory to an area near the rally and he, rode in this
bus with this individual.
ALLEN IA'IE --1 stated he does not thew this
individual by name, however, he observed him at the Tri-Towers
Dormitory complex and at the ROTC fire on May 2, 1970 and this
individual talked to him about being involved in the incident
on May 2, 1970, however, he did not observe TATE throw any rocks
.or set the fire. -
JERRY ggra - He stated RUPE residedlwith
sent» We W1 he
reca s was wearin s rie & g 0 _ p s a the time he was present
in the vicinity of the ROTC Building, which was burned on the
Kent State University Campus, May 2, 1970 and he, RUPE, was
observed to throw milk cases, steel, through the windows of the
ROTC Building and was also carrying a burning American flag aroun
the area.
RICHARD comma FEI.-BER - _ stated as he recalls
FELBER was wearing either striped pants or Levis on the night the
ROTC Building-was burned on the Kent State University Campus Ma1970 and he raters, is a roommate of JERRY RUPE's and i
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the night of May 2, l97O, from 127 N. Street, inthe 1970 Green Maverick, owned by . He advised
he recalls that JERRY RUPE and RI oR rode to the
Tri-Towers Dormitory from this same address in a yellow
Chevrolet, owned b RICK. He stated the individual whohe knows as es the driver of the Volkswagen Bus,
drove the V0 swagen Bus to the Tri-Towers Dormitory witthe other individuals previous described and he and thereafter, traveled withw and the other indivi ua s
in the Volkswagen Bus to a of the Student Union wherethe rally was to be held, near the ROTC Building, on the Kent
State University Campus.
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"""-""""dvisad that on the morning of Saturday,May 2, rd that there would be a rally held at
the KSU campus at 8:00 PM that evening. He advised that
the rally was to be held on the Commons. He advised
that he arrived about 20 minutes early that evening and
saw a crowd of approximately 500 people there, and noticed
_ several teachers in the crowd wearing blue arm bands. He
advised that he does not know why these teachers were there,
but did recognize one or two of them as having been involved
in campus demonstrations the previous year. -
Fadvised that the crowd seemed unorganized;at: t 1S ime and that shortly after he arrived two males
ran over to the Victory Bell.and began ringing it as a
call for more people to jOin the crowd. He advised that
"radical types" then ran up the hill toward Taylor Hall,
and headed toward the Tri Towers Dormitory chanting "one
_two three four, we don't want your obscene! war". He
advised that some of these individuals apparently were
carrying cans of spray paint concealed on their person
because immediately upon arriving at Tri Towers they
began spraying anti-war and anti-NIXON slogans on the
sidewalks and pillars of Tri Towers. '
u advised that apparently the reason for
the crow s moving to Tri Towers was to encourage the
-students living there to come out and join the crowd.
He advised that the crowd got no initial response from
those inside the dormitory and then numerous people
wdecided to enter the dormitory and run through the halls
in order to roust out some students.. He advised that he
remained outside in the crowd and shortly after the dormitory
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was entered the fire arlarm sounded, many students then
emptied out of the dormitory and joined the crowd.
advised that the crowd moved to
Eastway an ea -lbDowe1l Dormitory complexes but did
not enter these buildings. He advised that some students
from these dormitories came out and Joined the crowd which
had grown to about 1,000 people. He advised that the
crowd then went toward the Army ROTC building. _
Ffurther advised that during this entire
phas o the Saturday night disturbances at KSU, a guppy
shaped, unmarked helicopter followed the crowd from above.
_advised that as the crowd moved across
the ommons toward the RCWC building, it began to lose
momentum. He advised that at this point, someone shouted
"to the ROTC building" and the Crowd gathered, spread and
ran to the building. He advised that a handful of students
In the front of the crowd began throwing rocks at the ROH3
building.-u
advis-ed that the tsu police were nowhereto be seen at this point, in the demonstration
advised that as some students began throwing ..
ROTC building the crowd began to cheer. He advised that
he could not recognize anyone who was throwing rocks
because it was very dark at this point. He advised,
however, that these rock throwers appeared to him to be
"hippie types". He advised that the crowd appeared to
get braver because they did not see the KSU Police anywhere
in the area. He advised that some individuals in the fore-
front ran up to the building and broke windows with a
big oil drum which they continuously smashed against the
windows. He advised that at this point a student threw
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two lighted flares at the ROTC building, the first
landing on the roof with no affect and the second
being thrown carefully threw a broken window. He"
advised that a student approached a broken window
and reached inside and set the drapperies on fire,
but this fire seemed not to spread.
= advised that he feels this activity
in front Of the ROTC building was "premeditated "
since people do not normally walk around carrying
flares or the machetes which were later used to
chop the fire hoses when the fire department arrived
-on the scene. - _
. advised that it appeared to him thatonly six or seven students were a aged in
setting the ROTC building on tire i-advised
that at this point the firemen appeared from the
opposite side of the ROTC building and one fireman
began dragging a hose around the corner. He advised
that before this fireman could make any progress in
controlling the blaze, about 20 students lunged on him
and he turned the hose on them. He further advised that
the group of 20 or so quickly overpowered the fireman t
and he ran off. He advised_that he was then surprised
-to see a number of machetes appear and to see the
individuals wielding them quickly chop the fire hoses.U
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advised that shortly before the firemen
.had arrive a hippie" held up an American flag and set
it on fire, whereupon someone in the crowd took a flash
picture. He advised that a shout sounded up calling for
the crowd to get that camera". He advised that a number
of individsals then um ed o ' 3 p eraman and beat him- up and destroyed his camera dvised.that the
firemen made a second attempt-T5_§Et'out the fire at the
ROTC building but again their hoses were chopped by
machete wielding individuals in the crowd.
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Padvised that in the mean time he observed
from a istance another student set a fire in the
opposite corner of the ROTC buildine and this fire
began to spread. He advised that he observed someone standin
near a motorcycle parked in a lot nearby. He advised -
Y that this individual made several trips between the
motorcycle and the corner of the building where the
fire was spreading. He advised that he does not know
what this individual was doing nor could he recognize
him because of the distance and darkness involved.
advised that at this time the KSU P -arri ene wearing gas masks, helmets and
_ carrying tear gas guns. He advised that the police did
not order anyone around, but only tried to protect the
firemen in their efforts to exstinguish the blaze in the
ROTC building. He advised that there were only about 18
KSU policemen and they lined up along the side of the
building with their tear gas guns ready. He advised that
the crowd approached perhaps within 20 feet of them, but
quickly backed off when the police fired tear gas at them,
He advised that this enabled the firemen to put out the
blaze in the first corner of the building.
advised that a number of individuals
in . re ron of the crowd who were perhaps the same
ones who had initiated the rock throwing, then led the
crowd to the tennis courts, where they ripped down a chain
linked fence and set fire to a sports equipment shed.
He advised that the van guard of the crowd proceeded past
President WHITES house and went down Main Street, where
the crowd polorized with the "activistf marching down the
street and those who were simply observing stood on the
grass and sidewalks. He advised that the individuals in
the street tore down signs; overturned telephone booths,
broke windows and scattered trash and trash cans all over.
He advised that the crowd caused traffic on Main Street
. to be diverted. .I
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advised that at the intersection of
Hain and Lincoln Streets he observed the Ohio National
Guard ONG! approaching in trucks and jeeps. He advised
that the people standing on the sidewalks began to scatter
but then stopped when they realized that the ONG would
not do anything anyway. He advised that the group in
the streets, however, began throwing rocks at the ONG,
which then picked up speed and proceeded into downtown
Kent without ever entering the KSU campus. He advised
that this was at about midnight. He advised that this
seemed to encourage the crowd and as a result some
students began smashing windows in a information booth
located in front of the library.
advised that the crowd then proceededback Commons at which point the KSU police
again shot gas. He advised that the crowd began to
scatter when numerous people began shouting "back to
the Commons", and he observed 1arge_£lames on the horizon
near where the ROTC building was located. He advised that
a cheer went up from the crowd as they realized that the
ROTC building was burning out of control and would soon
be destroyed. _ p _
Fadvised that at about 12:30 ALI, he
left an wen back to his dormitory. He advised that
throughtout the night there were Small groups of people
milling around the campus and he heard and saw many
students leaning out the windows of the dormitories
yelling obscenities at the ONG. l '
advised that Sunday was very quiet
and ma , s-u_en-s acutally socialized with members of
the ONG and the entire atmosphere seemed to him to have
calmed down considerably." He advised that he and some
friends spent approximately one hour talking with some
guardsmen and he would have been the last to think that
any additional violence would have broken out.-
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rally formed after a declaration banning the gathering
of crowds had been issued. He advised that about 4,000
students gathered in the COmm0nS area, concentrating on
the Johnson, Engelmon, West, and Prentice Halls areas.
He advised that the ONG occasionally fired gas at the
crowd but the wind blew this gas back in their own
faces which caused the crowd to laugh. He advised that
the ONG continuously urged the crowd to disperse and
return to their dormitories and a student continuously
ran between the crowd and the lictory Bell and rang it.
He advised that the antics of this student around the
Victory Bell appeared to be the main attraction at
< the time and the attempts of the ONG to chase this .
student away seemed to keep everyone in hysterics. He
advised that he was on the horthside of Taylor Hall
and the students gathered on the south side apparently
were throwing rocks, bricks, bottles, and pieces of pipe
at the ONG which was gathered on the south - southwest
corner. He advised that the crowd appeared to him to
. be "antagonizing the ONG to a very high degree." He
advised that the rockethrowing students approached within
a short distance of the ONG, which began to retreat from
range and then turn and knelt. He advised that he then
heard what sounded like a five to seven second volley
of small firecrackers but it was apparently the ONG
firing at the students. He advised that he did not
see any students actually get shot and did not know
that anyone had been shot until a short time later when
he saw a student with blood streaming down his arm who
said that some students had been shot.
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e interviewed at theCook County ai , u- a iiornia Avenue, where he was ,A'y
incarcerated while awaiting disposition of narcotic charges
stemming from his recent arrest by Officers of the CookCounty Sheriff's Police. /
advised he left Southern Illinois University SIU! in mid April and went to New York City, where he
stayed for two dayse He advised that he did notrmet anyone
in particular in New York, and just loafed around looking
at the sites. He advised that he then flew from New York's
La Guardia Air_ t to Cl veland, Ohio, where he was met atthe airport oy , who he had met while both, were
inmates at the re era iouth Correction Center FYCC!,
- A a , Kentucky. He advised that he then accompanied
to a house at 230 East Main Street, Kent, Ohio, where
resided while enrolled at Kent State University KSU!.
advised that he stayed with for seven
or eight days and while there, met the following individuals:
M H who played in a band called "The
easles .
. , who worked for the Welfare Department
and was recen j discharged from the United States Navy.
phonetic!, who app a ed to be Jewishand had a girlfriend from New Jersey named
, who was from New Jersey.
who was a quiet guy.
-, who owned a 1956 Thunderbird automobile,
black in color, with a removable top. .
qadvised thatqhad a girlfriend wholooked like MIA aRROW. He advise that across the street
from this house where all the_e people lived, was a KDU
Sorority House, and that a lot of the girls would come over
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F advised that Pb-ad a former girlfriendher name e does not know, who a ways came over to the
house with food. He advised that this irl was sort of"Rookie" and still had a crush OF. and tried to slither wrism time while he was tnere. He advised that
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the house efore she got them all in trouble.
-advised that he did not discuss politics
with any of the people who lived in this house at 230 Main S
because politics do not interest him. He advised that he
did not engage in any discussions about ROTC either.
_advised that he left KSU on 8 Monday
or e Tuesday near ihe_end_h£-dpril, and hitchhiked to Gaihsv' Florida, to visit who was a student at Santa
Fe Junior College, and a riend of his from FYCC. He advise
that he remained there about two days, and then travelled by
bus to Mobile, Alabama, where he caught a fliaht to O'Hara
Air ort Ch 1 he d - - - " ' _ p , icrgo, c nge planes, and flew to La: ~ neorasd' that he met a girl at O'Hare namc-:-6*
who was r s flying to Omaha. He c; vised thatrom ma e he and # hitchhiked to California. Headvised that while i chhiking outside of Salt Lake City,
Utah, e hippy-type guy and girl in a Volkswagen Van stopped
and told them about the shootings at KSU. He advised that
this was the first time he had heard about the trouble at
KSU. He advised that they told him that 2 lot of campuses
had been closed down and that there was rioting on other
campuses. He advised that they had a radio and that the
news reports seemed to indicate that the shooting had occurr
a day or two before.
iIIIIIIIp._- _ . . . ; - _.- . .advised that he went irom b iiiorr a n . -- - ~ "a ' .1 nnere_'he spent only three or four da to SIU .d then went toParkridge, Illinois, to visi a friend of hisfrom SIU. He advised that whi e a en ing the Kikapoc phonCreek Rock Festival a guy namef-g:;v.e him some LSD to
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sell and he was subsequently arrested by undercover agents
of t * ""k County Sheriff's Police.
F adv'" r- -' 'le at KSU, he was introducedto JEF nit as by wh0 arranged throughJEFF to buy some marijuana. He advised that he thinki-
was from JEFF's home town. He advised that he was introduced
to JEFF MILLER at the house at 230 East Main S rfllrther advised that he does not believe the-t
knew JEFF MILLER prior to this time.
advised th t while t "su h tt d <1 1 e . a h , e a en e a ra ly
at which a prominent person,perhaps Dr. SPOCK, was scheduled
-to speak, but left before the speaker arrived because there
had been a delay of over one hour in starting the rally and
he became bored. _
advised th"t he has seen uhotoarwnhs in .. :1 _ .. C, < _ -.maiaaines on !ne LSU shootings and believes he saw a picture
of Kneeling next to a body which was perhaps that- . He advise t after viewing this p' -"oh,in the magazine, he called;-,1 home and was told by92 mother that she " n - w ere he was. He a sea nsE he then called who said he thou ht had oneE E
to Pennsylvania.
- q advised that when he was at KSU, the
campus seemed 0 be very quiet and he had no indications of
any impending dem ~'h~" . He advised that he has noindications that s involved in any New Left
'vities but feels that if there was a demonstration,xould he in it simply out of curiosity. He advised
he did not discuss political matters with JEFF MILLER
and has no indications that JEFF was involved in New Pactivities. He advised that he tallied briefly -with
about the draft, but had no indication that LNDY was involved
in New Left activities. He advised that he got the impression,however, thaiqwas perhaps the most likely one to be
involved in such isturbances. H further advised that whilefat KSU, he met a white male named who was a
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as follows:
He was a Junior at Kent State University, Kent,
Ohio, during the 1969-1970 school year, and left the campus
in early May, 1970.
On the evening of May 2, 1970, at which time
there was a at Kent, he was visit g hisat her residence atlh
sent at that time was .i phonetic! and her boy
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Sometime between 8:30 P.M.-9:00 P.M. to the best
of his recollection, they heard the sounds of police, fire
and other emergency vehicle" " si *- t on the
porch of the residence at , and
noted flames ccminn " on M Q 1= r of J 1r 1 the campus area. he fou
them drove to the campus, and noted the ROTC Building on
campus was ablaze and almost burned to the ground. There
were crowds of several thousand students and others
in the area watching the fire.
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the fire the fire truce" ha r ' 1 t and he heard that
fire the Pt
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when they had attempted to extinquish the' hoses had been cut by students or others. when
and his three companions arrived at the fire scene, t1e h
National Guard and other law enforcement officers were
merely allowing the fire to burn out and were primarily
concerned with_keeping the crowd away from the fire at
a safe distance. _
. _heerd from unrecalled sources, that
I the fire ha been s arted by a small group of students,
numbering at most 150, and that had the Ghio State Police
riot police, who had been on campus, taken firm steps at that
time they could have prevented the building being set
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inasmuch as he was nowhere near the ROTC Building at the
time of the fire outbreak, he could furnish no really
pertinent information.
adviwzd he had no idea ho h d u 92J' 3.
eetually set the fire, an could furnish no information
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. oeond year student majoring in physical
education at Kent State University KSU!, Kent, Ohio,
during the school year l969l97O,
gums home the weekend of May i-2, 1-970.
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He ret no 0 he KSU campus at about 2:30 PM, on y
Sunday, may 3, 1970, and observed that the Reserve Officer
Training Corps ROTC! Building had been completely destroyed.
was told by various individuals that Kent,
Ohio, was un-er Martial Law. Eany students were saying
that there wee to De a rally on the University campus at
noon the iollowzng day, Monday, May K, 1970.
On Llay 1|», 1970 ,mns hurrying from his
room off the campus to at.on< ally, he heard u volley
of shots. He hurried to the campus Commons where he pushed
to the i 0 t of ' t l 500 ' r n anon , students. Someone said that a
student had been killed.
At this time, there was a great many long haired
students in the front and he is of the opinion they may
have been the leaders of the students,
It was said that the leaders were graduate students
or instructors. He did not know any of-them. One of the
students with whom he discussed the matter stated that one
of the girls involved was known to be a student at Akron
University. The HRAUSE girl v was tilled, was previously
observed on the campus by indeiinito number of days
prior to tho rally; carrying ca . She had that reputation
errand has the ?hinninH_txne, ,_e..i so was use 1 e _
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Following the shooting, the National Guard
attempted to disperse the crowd which remained at
about 1,500 individuals._ One Guard announced that the
crowd had 5 minutes to disperse. Many members of the
crowd hooted and used profane language and some made
_obscene signs with their " ome students eat
d . . .own and refused to move iCft shortly thereattHe had no knowledge of the on xties of the student;
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was in his dorm, lieer Hall, and he advised h - know Gd!§¬of the individuals who burned the buildinv w Q. advised
he was in possession of no information as to who was responsibl
for setting the fire.
madvised that on Monday, May 14, 1970, hearrive a ne omnons area subsequent to the shooting of
the students, as he had a class scheduled in Van Deusen
Hall. He had no information to relate concerning the shooting
of the students,
Concerning be * he burning of the ROTC Buildingand the demonstre.tio92 was of the:opinion that these
were spontaneous inci - J . heard no prior announcements
concerning either by any individual or group. He had no
suspects in the ROTC Building burning,
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The purpose of this memorandum is to advise that a
closing report dated 7/20/70 a copy attached!, has been
' received from Cleveland concerning the Kent State University
ROTC burning which further substantiates the involvement of
several of the above subjects in this incident.
0 1 di id 1 1 t 1 d ad i ed h b r ed subje ne n v ua n erv ewe v s s e 0 se vqattempt to set fire to the ROTC building. Thislindivi ua also saw subject Rupe burn an American flag and saw
Rupe and a person she believed to be subgect Felber attack a fireman. Another person advised he considered the burning of
the ROTC building to be premeditated since demonstrators
possessed flares and machetes. This individual believed only
about six or seven persons started the fire and about twenty
persons interfered with firemen fighting the blaze. .-
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By letter 7/6/70, the Attorney General was advised
that inasmuch as Federal prosecution is no longer being
considered, no further investigation in this case would
conducted unless specifically requested by him, He wasthat a closing report would be submitted. '/,/. 1/ ,
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Douglas Charles Cormack;Richard Conrad Felber;
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98-46479
RECOMMENDATION:
That the attached letter to the Attorney Generai
with copies for the Deputy Attorney General, Assistant
Attorneys General, Internal Security Division, Civil Rights
Division and Criminal Division; and a letter to John D.
Ehriichman at the White House be approved, enclosing for
_each a copy of the above report. Also if approved, in
accordance with Mr. Ehr1ichman's request, a copy of the
report will be furnished to the President's Commission on
Campus Unrest. , '
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INTERFERENCE WITH FEDERALLY PROTECTED FACILITY
On this date, the items listed in referenced airtel,
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SABOTAGE ,
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Sh¢r*1y afhnr hh@'in¢ienhn at Kent Star? Uniqnwihy,
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D93-I Mr. _
Reference is made to your letter received on August 21,
1970, requesting advice concerning the return of certain itemsbeion@g to your sen which were reportedly token from
230 East Main Street, Kent, Ohio, in May 1970. ,
A number of items were obtained from this address 7
during an investigation conducted by this Bureau as the result -of the execution oi a search warrant on May 10, 1970.
_ At the direction oi United Stetee Attorney Robert B. -.~. '_ , " -riqirupansky, the items obtained as the '"== t oi this searchrt_<_.* are being returned t 230 East Main Street,, ' ' Kent, Ohio, or to some other person in charge of those premises.
Inquiry concerning these items should be directed to that address.
t Sincerely yours,92 3 lg. Hover f~" .o .9:/0 i t
_ A COMM : " John Edgar Hoover. EH09 _ Director - A l I do iB-33 as-46479 -/pf» e P y / " *5 ' W '39M 1- New York with. copy of incoming!. ' - _ I. I!
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Dear Mr. _
Reference is made to your letter received on August 2i,
1970, requesting advice concerning the return of certain items
belonging to your son which were reportedly taken from
230 East Main Street, Kent, Ohio, in May 1970.
A number of items were obtained from this address
during an investigation conducted by this Bureau as the result
of the execution of a search warrant on May 10, 1970.
K At the direction of United States Attorne Robert B.
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Kent, Ohio, or to some other person in change of those premises. '
' Inquiry concerning these items should be directed to that address.
Sincerely yours,
211 13- Hnover I
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NOTE:
Reply coordinated with Supervisor G. H. Menzel, V
Domestic Intelligence Division. Delay in replying to addressee
necessitated by obtaining information from the Cleveland Office.
See Cleveland airtel to the Director dated 8/24/70,
He: t a1. ; Sabotage; Sedition; Destructionof G Rights Act of 1968 - Interference
with Federally Protected Facility.
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DIRECTOR FBI 98-46H79! ~ATTENTION: gar LABORATORY
FROM: SAC, CLEVELANP 98-elto! P! , h 7°
SABOTAGE' SEDITION; DE°TRUCTION OF
GOVERNMENT PROPERTY; CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1968-
INTERFERENCE WITH FEDERALLY PROTECTED FACILITY
Re Cleveland telephone call to Laboratory this date.
Inasmuch as requests have been received for the returr
3/Hof certain items previously submitted to the Laboratory in this
with Cleveland letter to the Bureau, 5/11/TO, captioned "UNSUBSg
Firebombing of Army ROTC Building, Kent State University KSU!,Kent, Ohio, 5/2/TO, SABOTAGE", the Laboratory is requested to //
_ return the following items to the Cleveland Division:
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length gray winter jacket parka! with fur-
lined hood and orange lining.
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Twopair blue denim jeans
pair tan suede gloves
blue man's shirt cotton!
hippie-type headband '
pair purple levis
tan corduroy coat in plastic dryfcleaners bag»T » can-as " "
make-shirt peace armbands, made from dungarees' /
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#9 Items found in first floor bedroom:
6 rubber balloons
1 tube Elmer's contact cement
1 tube Duco Cement
1 cardboard tube partially covered with aluminum
foil, with burned hole in one end makeshift
marijuana pipe?!
The above items were among those seized in the search
of 230 East Main Street, Kent, Ohio, under authorization of a
search warrant issued 5/10/TO, by U.S. Commissioner CLIFFORD E,
BRUCE, Cleveland, Ohio. This search warrant was executed _
5/10/70, by searching the aforementioned residence for clothing,
. incendiary material or any other material that could be used
for destructive purposes by explosion, thermal or incendiary
destruction.
The occupants of the aforementioned premises were
subsequently determined not to have been involved in the burning
of the ROTC building and the actual perpetrators have been
identified. As a result, U.S. Attorney ROBERT B. KRUPANSKY
has advised the above listed items may now be returned.
- Clev d Division obtained the above items from
who signed the certification regarding these
1 _ , en irom his premises at 230 East Main Street, Kent
Ohio, where other persons were also living in this communal-type
residence. In order to preclude several individuals making
claim on us for the same items, the Cleveland Division will
return all from the 230 East Main Street
address to at that address, OI, in
=absence, to any 0 her person in charge of those premises.
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suqscn ALLEGED PLOTS TO
DESTROY ROTC BUILDING,
, , CLASSROOMS AND DORMITORIES AT/LE/ /t_KENT STATE UNIVERSITY Kev!
- ___1<"N_.~i .Ti'j_;0sIo SABOTAGE "'
O0: Cleveland
Re Cleveland airtel and RUM to the Bureau, 6/23/?G¢
Enclosed neuwith for the Bureau are six ! copies
of a Letterhead Memorandum LHM! pertaining to captioned
matter. Locally, two copies are being disseminated to Secret
Service, Cleveknd and one copy each to military intelligence
agencies. - '
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buildings during tne summer scnool session at KSU, and in the
absence of any Anown plots to perpetrate sucn act: during the
ccmini fall school session, the Cleveland orr;ce is not _ Q3
contemplating any additional inquiries in tnis matter, UACB.
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June E3, 1970, advised that they were unaware of any nlens
by individuals, or organizations, to burn or bomb any buildings
on the KSU campus:
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SABOTAGE, SEDITION,
DESTRUCTION OF aovw. PROPERTY;
CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1968 -
INTERFERENCE WITH FEDERALLY
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RAVENN.-X -- OE the 25
persons indicted by the Por-
tage C o u n t y Grand Jury.
s o m e have been charged
w i i h first-degree riot and
s o m e with second-degree
riot.
Other charges include in-
citing to not and obstruct-
ing a fireman.
Under state law enacted
in 1968 first-degree riot in-
volves five or more persons
in violent and tumultuous
conduct with intent to com-
mit. a felony or facilitate :1
felony. or any forceful of-
fense against a person, or
when a v i o I a t 0 r knows
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use at deadly weapon or ex-
plosive.
Possible examples would
be the rioter who as one of
a group bombs a building or
clubbers a guardsman with
a rock.
A person convicted to r
first-degree riot may be put
in prison for 1 to 3 years
under a felon; penalty. Or
he may be fined up to S1000
or imprisoned up to o n e
year, or both, which is a
misdemeanor p e n a 1 t y.
Judges are given discretion
in levying punishment.
If the person y carried a
firearm during the riot he--
could be sentenced to an ad-
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force and violence in such a
manner as to create a clear 3
and present drniger to per-
son or property.
Or the violators may be
acting with intent to pre-l
vent or coerce official ac-
tion. or hinder a function of
government. or commit or
facilitate the commission of t
a misdemeanor. tl
Thus a possible example
o f a second-degree rioter
would be a person who is in
a p r 0 t e s 1. march ilaivful!
that gets out of hand, surges
into the street and ties up
traffic ttinlauftili so that a i
fire truck can't get to at
burning building. l
Another example might
be a. person who as a mem- .
ber of a group rages over
the campus smashing win-
dows.
Penalty for second-degree
riot may be imprisonment
for up to one year. a fine of
up to $1000, or both.
Inciting to riot means in- ,
citing to first-degree riot.
Penalty is the same as for
first-degree riot. -
Obstructing_ a fireman can
result in a sentence of 30
days to six months, or a fine
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DR. THOMAS LOUGH
THOMAS D. MILLER
CAROL LYNN MIRMAN
1012 Page Street
San Francisco, Ca;iorn1a
JAMES M. RIGGS
JERRY RUPE
LARRY A. SHUB
DAVID O. ADAMS
WILLIAM G. ARTHRELL
. PETER BLIEK
. ALAN M. CANFORA
308 Newell Street
Barberton, Ohio
- ROSE ANN CANFORA
RICHARD G. FELBER
Portage County Jail
THOMAS GRAXDON FOGLESONG
3046 South Oak Hill Road
Silver Lake; Ohio
JEFFREY D. HARTZER r
JOSEPH J. LEWIS
CRAIG A. MORGAN
Apartment 718
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RAVENNA-A Kent State
professor and a convicted
drug peddler were the first
persons put under arrest to-
day as deputies rounded up
25 persons indicted in the
campus disorders of last,
May. c
Two of the first five in
custody were Greater Cleve-
landers.
Prof. Thomas S. Lough,
42. professor of sociology
indicted for inciting to riot,
surrendered voluntarily, ap-
parently having learned that
he was to be arrested. He
was accompanied by his at-
torney. _
The other also was easy
to find. He was Richard C.
Felber, 21, of Akron, a fresh-
man at* Kent State last year
and presumably a student at
the time of the fatal clash.
He was already in jail.1
Felbcr was charged with
first degree riot, attemptin_.=_;
to burn property. assault
and interfering with a. fire-
man at the scene of a fire.
The fire was that which
i razed the ROTC Bldg. May 2.
He recently was convicted
of selling drugs and is in
the P 0 r t a- g e County Jail
11 e r e awaiting transfer to
the Mansfield Plcformatory
to begin a sentence of 20 to
40 years.
Lough was released on
$5000 personal recognizance
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both of whom surrendered
voluntarily, were James Ill.
Riggs, 20. of 29235 Sunset
Dr., Westlakc, a sophomore
in business administration,
and Larry Shub, 1676 Glen-
mont Dr.. Cleveland Heights.
a freshman last year.
Each is under indictment
for second-degree riot.
The fifth in custody is
Jerry Rupe, 21, of Kent, not
a student, who already was
in Stark County Jail on a
charge of possession of nar-
cotics. He was indicted for
arson, assault, striking a
fireman, intertering with a
fireman and first-degree
riot.
l!l'1PUTlliS, armed w i t h
warrants, were rounding up
the 0 t h e I s. None will be
named until arrested. _
None of those indicted last
Week by a special Grand
Jury was among the Nation-
al Guard troops who killed
four students and wounded
nine as a climax to four days
of rioting on the KSU cam-
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University officials chafed
at the continuing court or-
ders banning discussion of
the jury report.
Kent State Fresident Rob
ert l. White said he had been
given permission by the pre-
siding judge to comment nut
not to criticize. lie said he
would not hold any press
conferences as a conse-
quenee. '
_l92l E ANTIM E. the Case
-W c ste r n Reserve Student
Mobilization Committee to
end the War in Vietnam an-
uoueecdr a publics..nieo-ting
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d51y_ at 8 p.:n. in the Student
Union Ballroom, 11111 Eu.
clid Ave.
.3-7°"! Cordon, coordinator
of the National Peace Action
Coalition, will speak. Co-
sponsors include the B'nai
B"'rith Hillel Foundation,
Young Socialist Alliance and
the Peace Action Commit-
tee, '
' Five other groups 1.-riill
sponsor a rally tomorrow at
B D: in the CWRU student
union ballroom. Theme will
be Arenge Kent~~Jail the
Murderers, Free the Stu-
dents." Students from Kent
will speak. Sponsors are
Youth Against War and
Fascism, Cleveland State
University Conference, Ar-
-tists for Peace. Dostal De-
fense Committee and CWRU
Strike Community. -
In Columbus, the Ameri-
can Civil Liberties Union oi
Ohio called for a Federal
Grand Jury investigation of
the Kent State killings on
the grounds that National
Guardsmen had deprived
students and others of their
civil rights.
IN CIJZVEL.-92192'D, Cong.
Louis Stokes said in a press
confereiice that the jury
findings had given new fuel
to radicals. He said it was
unfortunate that the jury
could iincl no reason to re-
turn indictments against
those who pulled the trig-
gers.
In a speech in St. Louis
last night, Robert W. I-lorse,
former president of Case
Western Reserve called the
shootings an act of assas-
sination against American
youth. He said he still
found it impossible to be~
lieve that "Middle America's
sons and daughters were
shot down in an open lield
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By ii.-KSKELL SHORT, Press Ohio Bureau Chief
RAVENNA - A special state's Grand Jury today in-
dicted 25 persons for -i3 offenses as it returned its inves-
tigative report of the May rioting at Kent State Universi-
ty which saw four students killed and nine wounded by
National Guardlroops. .
The jury ruled that the guardsmcn. placed in an un-
tenable position with only deadly weapons to control an
onrushing. rock-throwing crowd. fired in self-defense
and cannot be prosecuted under Ohio laws.
Names of the persons indicted were kept secret unlit
they have been arrested. Those accused were not identi-
fied in any way-but they definitely did not incude
guardsmen.
Robert Balycat. the state's chief investigator in the in-
quiry. would not detail the offenses charged against the
indicted 25 other than to say no narcotics offenses were
involved and the offenses all occurred between Mayi
and May -i.
'l'llE COL'itTlt00.92l in Ravenna and the KSU campus
five miles away were tense as the jury returned its re-
port pinning responsibility for the four days of rioting1-I"-P-'I'--no I-----_,_.
tipon the university administration's permissivépEli?i¬s
toward radicals. which left the administration powerless
to control its campus. .
The report said it is reasonable to believe that the
tragic events of Sunday and iilonday rhlay 3 and -ti. fol-
lowing the Saturday night burning of the campus ROTC
building, would not have occurred if KSU police had
moved in to chase away the four or five students actively
lighting firemen at the scene. -
Jurors mentioned no names but they sharply criticized
the conduct of National Guard commanders, the univer-
sity administration, a segment of the faculty and univer-
sity policy developed over the years recognizing all radi-
cal student groups wanting to use campus facilities.
IN CON'I'lti92ST to the report by the Presidents Com-
mission on Student Unrest that the Kent shootings were
unnecessary and unjustified. this jury of Portage County
residents said it uncovered evidence beyond that found
by the FBI and other investigative agencies.
While criticizing guard commanders for giving the
troops only deadly lit-1 rifles. called inappropriate to use
in student disorders, the Grand Jury said the retreating
soldiers, under rock attack by a riotous mob, fired "in
the honest and sincere belief. . . they would suffer hod-
ily injury had they not done so." ' _
They are not. therefore, subject to criminal prosecu-
tion under the ia92vs of this state for any deaths or in-
-ti"llIi£§__resuting therefrom." the 18-page report stated.Ha.--u -
"'I'ITEl-"Bl ll.-92D TURN}-JD over all evidence it
to the state to help the Grand Jury in its tnvestigati
Although the Justice Department could continue
Kent investigation it would be hihly 11l1U5l13l if tile!
eral Government would build a case against the NHUO
Guard with evidence that a jury of local citizens forI the shootings justified-
The ;r-and Jury also concluded that the same c
ditions which led to the tragic events still exist anc'l92
92[,,t1t]_l.i.l1l.U1 until the university, faculty and students-t:
5 a slron§ 'sTtand against radicals bent upon violence :
destruction of the school.
it urged that all who would disrupt the university
expelled. _ .
THE GltAi92'D .lLltY report came after 25 days ofstu
ing evidence gathered by federal and state agent
and hearing testimony from more than 300 witnesses.
Special security precautions were evident as the
port was released because ltobcrt White. KSU Dfeidt
i warned two days ago that radicals were surfacing as
T on campus.
I The report hgave a detailed description of events it
1 ing to the shootings as the 74 guardsrncn on cam
duty retreated across the practice football field tou
Taylor Ilall when their tear gas barrage failed to br| up a student rally at noon. lt said 58 guardsmen 9292
hit by rocks.
"The most discouraging ospcct of ti
university's role in the incidents...
that the odministrotive leadership h
iotolly foiled to benefit from post event:
"Whatever may have been in the minds of those
harassed and otherwise taunted the national euardsa
it is clear that troin the time the Guard reached
practice football field they were on the defensive
had every reason to be concerned for their ov-"I1
fare," the jury said.
Student participants were branded as "guilty ol
liberate criminal conduct . . . those who stood bl
cheer leaders and onlookers, while not liable for c
inal acts, must assume a part of the responsibility
what occurred."
TEAR GAS 9292'.'tS- aclmittctlly ineffective hecau;
wind direction and velocity. and it was the beli-
most of those guardsmen present on the field -the
supply of tear gas had been exhausted, the jury sa
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The circumstances present at the time indicate that
74 men surrounded by several hundred hostile rioters
were forced to retreat back up the hill toward Taylor
Hall under a constant barrage oi rocl-as and other {lying
objects. accompanied by a constant flow of chants such
as, Kill, kill, l-till.
Ph0t0gl'apl1iC evidence has established beyond any
doubt that as national guardsnien approached the top oi
the hill adjacent to Taylor llali a larec segment oi the
crowd surged up the hill led by small groups of agita-
tors, approaching to within a short distance of the rear
ranks oi the guard."
Although some of the student demonstrators claimed
only a iew rocks were thrown. the Grand Jury reported
that construction workers in the area testified that 200
bricks were taken.
OTHER 9292'lT.92'ESSES tcstiiied students carried bags of
rocks to the rally while others had gas masks and equip-
ment in obvious anticipation that something was going
to happen.
j Rocks were also stockpiied in the area, some witnesses
testiiied.
"There is additional evidence that advance planning
had occurred in connection with the rally held that fatal
noon," the jury report said.
"Agreeing with the principle of _law that words are
_not enough to justify use of lethal toree the verbal
abuse directed at the guardsmen by men and women
students was such that the jurors would not have be-
lieved it except that it was contirmecl by much testimo-
ny and audio tapes. '
The jurors obviously were shocked by the verbal
abuse" referred to, saying:
"tIt! represented a level oi obscenity and vulgarity
which we have never before witnessed . . . It is hard to
accept the Incl that the language of the; utter has be-
come the common vernacular or many persons posing
as students in search of higher education.
' 'l'I[l'J I".-92CT 'Ill.92T the Guard fired in self-defense is
not an endorsement of the manner in which those in
command oi the Guard reacted., ..
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To the contrary the order to disperse
crowd on the Commons put the guard in an untent
and dangerous position with weapons inappropriate
dealing with campus disorders. .
llUnfortunately, however, under current practices
other weapons have been made available to the gt
by the Department of the Army."
The jurors said "23 concerned taculty members" "
issued a statement attacking President .92'ix0n, his X
num policies. rac.sm. Governor Rhodes and the scl
administration. although coupled with a plea for un
standing of campus issues, C0mrnitted an irrespons
act clearly not in the best interests of Kent State."
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The report stated that d o c u m e n t, distribute
domrmitories early Sunday evening before the shoot
Monday. was prepared in the otiice ot the dean for
ulty council, known as the ombudsman.
The report slapped at a small minority of fae
members. who devote their entire class periods to
ing their students to openly oppose our institutior
government. even to the point where one student.
dared defend the American flag, was ridiculed bj
protessor before his classmates.
THE GRAND JUIW declared as'"riots" in a" ll
sense the disorders ot Friday night in downtown]
when the trouble began. the Saturday rally that lt
the burning of the ltO'l'C building. the Sunday stu~
sitdown in the streets and the .92lond.-iy rally, It said
students ignored proper orders to disperse.
The evidence is that the National Guard was ord
into Kent following Kent i-layer Leroy Satrom's sci
call to Governor Rhodes oitice tor help becuasc
mayor felt local authorities could not handle the s
lion and no more policemen were available. --
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""' The guard was called solely for the purpose o assis
lng_the civil authority." the jury said and "at no time
iillfm the Period Was martial law deciared.
Tlliil JURY SAID the campus police department is to-
tally inadequate to pcriorni the function of a law en-
forcement agency" and recommended it be placed un-
der -control oi a professional police officer. r
_ A clear example of the campus police inadequacy, the
JUFOFS .5?-id. was "the shocking inability" to protect city
_ firemen responding to the ROTC building fire.
A squad of university police was mobilized three.
blocks away but "it was decided by those in command
not to expose the officers to risk."
This. the jurors said. ivas a question of judgment but
showed a complete inability to respond in the manner
H expected of a police department.
ltis hord to accept the foct that the
longuoge ofthe guer has become the
common vernoculor of mony persons
pong osstudentsin senrciioflugher
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chased firemen away.
It is obvious that the burning of the ROTC building
could have been prevented with the manpower avail-
able." the jurors said. "lithe burning had been prevent-
ed it is t'£;l50tlf92blB to believe that the events which fol-
lowed on ftlay 3 and 4 would not have occurred . .
-r -'5 .11. A5 IT 'l'UR.92'l5D OUT. the jurors said. no more than
four or five students attacked firemen and no more than
10 or 12 persons were involved in burning the building.
Early reports had been that a mob of students hadI
|""'ITt"a"*jttr0rs heaped criticism upon universit'jrpol
developed over the years that "fr.stered anattitu
laxity, overindulgence and permissiveness with the
dents and faculty to the extent it can no longer reg
the activities of eitlier." _
This situation. the jurors said, made KPElt"'pélt:lt<
ly vulnerable to any pressure ailtilitfd from Tad!
ments from within the student body or faculty."
.-925 i92.92i EX.-92.92lPI.E, the jurors said, the universit
delegated disciplinary authority under a student cot
code that is "totally ineffective."
"As a_matter of policy all criminal offenses unco'
by campus police except felonies are given to sti
judicial boards with the disposition. if any. being. ri
mended counseling or other meaningless sanctions
jurors said. _
Another example of the university contributing
own crisis, the jurors said, IS overernphasis on the
to dissent.
The jury said this is the procedure that allowe
dents for a Democratic Society, Young Socialist .-til
Red Guard. Student Religious Liberals, and other:
upon violence to use the campus.
The jurors. expressing the hope that out of this
will emerge order and purpose." called Kent Stat
vcrsity a valued part of the community and urei
university to quickly expel. trouble makers andi
]J_§j1_L_Q_I_'_L..CHl'ltPU5 disorder. 1"
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P riorily!
T0: DIRECTOR, FBI 98-46n79!
FROM: sac, CLEVELAND 98-21n0! I:1 W h*ET*L 1 n .
, f nssrsucwion OF Govt. PROPERTY; 1
is CIVIL smears ACT os 1968 -
92 INTERFERENCE WITH FEDERALLY
1 _ PROTECTED FACILITY
Enclosed for the information of the Bureau are two
1 copies of an article which appeared in the 10-16-70 issuedofi "The Record-Courier" a daily newspaper published at Kent,
* Ohio. This article sets forth the text of the Special Grand
Jury report on the disturbances at Kent State University KSU!
5/l-4/70. .
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IU'Il'Ul'i'l" OF THE SPI-.'C.l.92.l GR.92l'92'D JURY i
T0 'I'lIl'l' ll92l.92'lt.92IiI.E lrlctwin W. Jones. Judge
Court of toi:in:on lleas. Pr.-rtziszc t'ount_v_ Ohio.
Ttie Special tit-.n'.d Jury ol Inc Court oi Coiinnoii Pleas
of said 'rtinit_v of the S'.Pl.l.lltl!_l teiin. .-92.U tum. herehy
report to the r-nrt that :he_v have heen in session lb tlziys,
and herewith by their fureiiian present to the Tuurl the
lndietntenl.-t it:!!=":!l lav said Jury.
We have carefullj; examined all such matters as have
legitimately eoine to our iiutiec and within our 'ltZtlL{Q.
having Ef92'Eillllll£tl over Iiiltl witnesses. and presented fill true
bills cow.-rin;_' 25 -irl 1td.1n!.s anri 43 ollenses considered by
us. The 'lit'=.inr_-ss i-I this Special Grand Jury has been trans-
acted in as esperlitio-is a manner as possible.of the
ASJury
V92'liCl'
point
4-in»has already been reported here. this Special Grand
received tesiirnony from inure than 360 witnesses
have lairly repre.<eiiled every aspect. altitude. and
oi view coiteerninil the events which 0C l.lI'l't"Cl in the
at iient. Ohio .t"rl on the catttpiis at l-{eat State
versity ihiring the ;:'.'riod lrnm M-'i_v l. H170. to 3- '
inclusivt=. the ttt.':'.i>!l.< called as ~.92-itnrrsses. the order of
their appe;ii~ar-ee. and the questions presented. clearly in-
dii-ated art etlnrt :-tcomplete iiii;i;irtiality with a lull and
Complete dist"-l.a.<iii'e ol all :i-'.iil."i'ole t.92'l~§lf.'92 t 'L*. We are satis-
fied that each oi these oh_ieeti92*r_-s was tie-riirnplishcd.
!92l:iii_v persoi:.<. snn|e_ol tthent f.ltil."tt"f] puhlicly to be in
posr~es.<iun ul §92l"iltl1i". inn-i'tnatio.i. anti who -.".'er:: not ~.-u'n-
ject lo .<tilipoe|i.i were iii92'iteJ to ii-stity. Same of those
ltivited dirt apt- -r:r. while others rlecliiietl. .-92ll persons who
requested to testify were pcrrniit-."-il to do so.
in addition to the litany 92vitni.-ss=es suminntied to testify.
this Grand Jui-_r viewed and tlilI F9292'lSC received all phy-
sical eiidonce tie!ievr~d to have any r-rnbative valu¢_ inctud-
ing numerous audio tapes. plzotograpli-_;. motion picture
films. and pliysical evidence l'L'!'tI92't"l [l at the scene.
All requests for lnrtl:-:r intuiinaiion made hy this Grand
Jury have been eoinplied with by lltu Special Counsel for
the Attorney General as to the law applicable and the
lacls.
Thg Grand Jui-_e has had availalile the indepr-=ndent inves-
tigative reports of the F'i'der;il Httreati of ln'-'i$tit!i'llinrt.
Ohio lIi_i,{|iwat- Patrol. Ohio lhireciu ol Criiiiiiial ldentitii'a-
lien and ill92: $ilj1.lllIll'|. and all other police aigcnt-ies in-
valved. 'i'heii' ri'|iii';$_ and all |Lt'lllttt1l itilei'tiiati~vi and
evidence have It-:er exainiiieri in detail. The Grand -l.1r_v
expresses its :ip;ir-sriation to all investigative agencies for
their cuo;n'r;iti:iri.
In addition. the Grand Jury has received a siibstantial
amount nl additiimtil ll'tll lt.lt92t9292'l'92
not available in the police .ig1_enc_i-.-sand evidence that. was
at the time of their in-
vestieatiuiis. Sonic facts were discovered subsequent to the
investigation nl other agencies". _
This Grand Jurycxpresses its appreciation to Jnrhge Ed-
win_4-92;|_.___.:___ u'_ :.._n_.._ ._........._...4UUIIUEYHIIOHS. 92'I[ HIILUUI L'Uillill.'IlUW. Jones tor his leadersliip and tiuldai-ice during ouril... |"..|i92-n l..-. la" |.._..ll : R,-Utilll IUI. Nb Ulla
siht in Pl"O92't92llll§'! an :iti1_1"- ~l*|1vi"c of jUdl"l-l llt"ll.92' Wllltl"
which our work could be act'utiiplI.~"liei.i. it is our sincere lie-
lielt that the Court's order restricting nuhlieity in no
small nieasuie provided this atinoaphere. 'lhe irti Jury
92-92'l!-'ltl..92 further to e92pi'i-ss its a;i_nreei;ztion to the radio. TV..___'t1l1o.J"»'and Jurors have determined numerous questions
of tact relative to the issues pl'l5Clli d. The GianiI.li=r.:ri-
wish to stress the tact that our tiiulinas are entirely our
own and no nut;-ide infliiinces were ext-rt+.~d. in view oi
the mativ eonlitr-ting and cunlrailictory ;_' 'cnunts previously
pilltliili cnnceiniirit these evi-ins. we leel it appropriate
to report those iinilin;:s at this nine. They are as follows:
I.
92 The incidents originirtine on North Water Street in Kent.
Ohio on Fi'id."i_v. .92'lay l. 1970. and wliicli spread to other
parts ol the dnttntown area and the University, constituted
a riot. .
We lind that no provocation existed for the acts commit-
ted there and that many persons parti:ipatiii_:1 in this riot
were not stiidenis, but were of .1 type who eltvays welconie
the npportiinily to participate in the LlItJU92'ililCt.i destruc-
tion of property. .
The int-estiptitit-Q lei-liniques utilized by latv enforce-
ment agciicies in cnnitcctton with the S'lll'?iJT SSlO of the
riotous nnduct of Iilaj-' l. 1970. were not ad».-itiiiiie to permit
the sii 'O.'-sfiil niosectltion of rnany of the pt-i'::='iiis tvlio pat-
ticipated. it is ;ip;i;irPitt that new iiictht-its and techniqiies
designed to iircseiwe the ltiL[llll_V of future pzirtieiniiits
ti-ioters, ulC.i niust ire inaile available to our law enl'eri"e-
meat a_r:eneies. That those responsible for riots. etc. tie
held Eiecniinlabie. tvithoiit cxeepttuii, and to the irtaxitittirrt
extent provided by la9292', is obvious.
ll. -
We find that the rally on the omnions on Saturday. May
2. 1970. which resiiltt-d in the hiirniitg of the R.O 'l.C. build-
ing. constituted :i rt--l. There can never exist any justifi-
cation or valid excuse for such an act. The liurning of this
building and destrtietinii ot its eonttnts was a delilicrate
criminal act. comntitted lay students and ltlttl.-Sitidf.'i.S. Nor
did the rioters stun with the lJLll"l!ll!iI of the l..O.T.C.
huiidiiig. Tliey also set lire to the archery sited and t*.tr.-v;_-A
from there to liast Matti Street on the front canipus tvlieie
""3? t-!i1R<t| it} fiirlher acts of it1<ll"l "|.iOr! and stori:-it the
tncnihers of the National Guard as lltf92' cntere-! Kent.
Arson is .'tt'5ult_ wliriher ceinniilieii tin :1 college critnpi-_=
or clsi-tvliere. The [act that soine of the p.ii'iit'ip;ints -ttl
college stud-.-nis ti:aiit'-s notliinn. cxccot perhaps to further
.93§.ra.!a,te the S .tl0tJSllLSS of the oilerise.
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92"lT§'lLliild also he said that the many liundrcds Jt*'sE=Ii -J'.=
who described theinselves as nierely "0liser92'er5" up
cheerleaders are nnt totally tr--0 if ,-.;_=|a-n5g1_»g1!t.,- gm-
Wlléll occurred there. It seeins to us that nianv stiidt-tits
are_qint'k to say that "this is our canines." but slow ta
realize that this .Eil'IIL.i with it a re.~:poiisiliil|ty to arr for
and protect that catiipiis and the lJUli£illll.{§i situated there,
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The Grand Jury finds from the evidence that the Kent
State tlniverstitv Puliee l!ett;t|'tt*irnt. as prt'<t-titty consti-
tuted. is tt=t::t!§,- lI..'itl '!'}!l3!¥_ to |!t!'ltl!'}tt the ttiiit-titttts of at
law enloreenient .'tt:ene_v A clear exzunrtte ol this inatte-
quacy tvas the sliotkiezz itt;thiiiI}.' to protect the Kent t"ity
firemen who rt-st-ondett to the tire at the it.0.'t'. . hu:hling
on May .'!nt!. "the tire t-rat. rt'pt>tted to the Kent Fire t!ep;1rt-
ntent h_v a Uni'-'er.~it_92- loii:e di.92pz'tehPr. fine snttnd nt Kent
State University Potiee ottit-ea-.4 had rnoeiti-/.1-ti in an area
appro>ti:natel_92' three blocks iron: the lt.t!."l'.t httsirltng.
They were tezithly :tvai|.'1hte to ltnd the protettion to 92'.'itlclt
the firemen wt-re r.-tttitlt-rt. 'llt."-t it term tteeitietl lay those in
command not to expose their ottirt-rs to rixk re|n'e.~ents
more than a rt-iesttoti of jwlgznentz it indirater". :1 complete
inability. to tesnottd in at ntgtnner expeetett oi Z.tt92' polit-e tie-
prtrttnertt Tit: p':t'~.=ettS *-'-"ho attzeketl the the-rrtett ttunthered
- no more than 4 or 5. The tU|-Ill nutnher of those persons who
actuallyt attempted to tire the lttlllt.ilt'-{'1 -Iiti not exeeert ten or
twelve. ll is obvious thet the hurnine nt the RO.T.C.
building enutd have been gireventezt with the tnannevver
then available. ll the b'.tt'nt*t:: it;-.t.i been ere .-ntett it is
reasonrihle to believe that the evt'nt< tthteh toilotved on- .92lay
3rd ant] -tth vroititt not have O 'tUIl<_'tl.
The inztdeqnaey of the Kent State t_'ni92er.<it_v Poiiee De-
pattinent v:ns turth-Jr de1it=>n>:tt-tttetl with its {eilure to t'e~
spend to the t?92'r_'nts '.{iIl 'lt ot-eutrert rm t"ritlu_v nittht. Tttay i.
W70, the e'tt'l_v mornine of S.ttt|rtlnj.'. .92ta_92' Ltttrl. and Sit-utltty
night. M-'t_92 Tlrd. This is net iiitetnled to criticize R-n_92' in_livi-
deal ettit.-er of that d£pJ!'l!!t !t. It the res-.oo1"t:=ilitlity for pro-
vitting zideriuate lnv. enloret-ntent on iltrtptla is to remain
with an 1'tf1923t92{':-, ;it=.§.'r-tt'all§.' sttutitetl on that enitipits. the ulti-
mate coimnrititl. sttpervision. an-1 euntrol of that ziecttey
must he di'.'t-Sled lrtn the L?ntt'ersit_v zitlmiltistrntion and
placed in the hands 0! prot'es:;it-natty trained personnel.
lV.
The Grand Jury finds that the events ot Stttidzty. Pilot 3.
I970. on campus and at the corner of Lincoln Street and
East Main street in Kent. Uhin. Cori.-ttittttetl :1'r'l-..-, .....,.._-...1 ...,....t.~,. n it... i..--.t...t- r @t-;.-...t_ 929292.,t.92_u ,,u.W.»92. Ul mt .et-..e.. U! LIIIJ
march into the city oi lxent in protest of. and
lation oi the 8.00 l ht. ettrfew estrthlistttttl hvriot.
|'_frn|Ir92 ..--.¢ InFlvllil nun Iv
tn iltrect vio-
tlte tna_92'ot' of
-1'Kent. As the students attettttttecl to leave the t":nttput~. they
were stoppett at the lllit.'1'SLtitltt't of .92l:iin nntl Lint-nln Streets
by the Uitio Natintiail t;n:tt"tl. Kent t.it_92' }olit'e l!ert;it't|tttt1t.
Ohio l|i|1l|92v;t_92' Patrol anti the l'ttt'l.£l1[t. tnunt_92' .92'hertt't"s De-
|ti't['E!t"lChl. The protester.< then sot tlovnt in the street and en-
gaged in their ttstiul ot~.<t-t-r.=tte.~:. r-it-it thrn9292"ine. and other
di<ordet'|_92' r-i-ndnet. ltntl it not been tor the eoinhined etiorts
ot the law etitort-etitetit a;;t-itvtezt PtLFlH92. ltITlltt.T extensive
dIll"l18[_[<! to persons onit pmt:-.'-rtj-' Wottlrl have t'e.<t|ltt:d in the
city oI lient that rtiitht. Alter their renio92'-at front the in-
terseetten of tiara: .~92.t;=t.=-. amt Lint-otrt Streets. the rieters
were dispersed by tear ens amt retu-.1te<i_tn the dormitory
complex known as 'l'ri-'t'nt.t-ers where s-irn'e members of the
mob continued to advocate further acts oi violence and de-
=sti-uction.
""""*--II-p..,_..----..,_-¢n__' V.
The jialltering on the fTotrtt1|t'-ti;-' on Mziy -l. lftl. "
'.'inl;it:ort oi the iiii'i92"ii'92' - of .-iii_'~' Iirtl, iii.-iiit-Li hf; the ti
sttj-' Vice lit---t<lettt in rtwt-,'-* ht Stntlt-tit i92tt;t92t'~=. .-.e
that ;'ll the |tr_!t'.~'ons t|s'<t-ttihttti tvi-re ttt'tltt'ei to rli=t,-or
nt1'iI:'t'u!I92 l l'Zt92i"Il'T$_ hut t:n!~-1 to {ifl wt, '.'l.~'.e nrticts
crt h_92' -1 hent 1~.t.".te l'titvet'.<tt_'." [t'il t!'l"|illl. t-;tu.=e-"J rt vi
r-.";1r't|on anti the e;:tt1erin;_t tiitti-t;lv tletletieratctl ante .1
rit|F ttt"h. It ift tilivltitis tltitt il the ot'tlet' ltt tli$t»cr¢;
been itei--lecl, thc-re would not |t.t92e iIl'Ql"l the cttnst-:itt~
of that tat».-tut tI;:_v. 'l'ho<e who acted as p:irtie|;92;int-
ugitntois are guilty of tte|:l"~e|';:te. t-rtrutmtl eondittrt '
who 92-ete |tt~.~-r-tit :15 "lit-c"-tte."i<li-t.~ .intl unit-nk0r5_ '-'.h|l
lii.tl}lC for etiiilinal nr-ts. tnttt llt'!I'§lii§' £1-SSUFEIB a part t
respottsihiltty tor 9292l1?tt 0 ' ti.I'lt.tl.
VI.
We find that as ol 5:28 1 .92'l. on S£tlUl'li&_92'. May 2nd
ctrr'tunst.'tnet*s then ptvsettt |:| the rtitfv of Kent. Ulla:
rtr-<f92il.'itml tlm r|»nur92-I t'm- :1 1 t.|r-m1 nl tlm 92'. l at. ._.e_ ..... .. ,....~. . .. ..~~.92 ...... _. ..I!!!¬H'!.!. L}
The events whit-it led to this rt-quest t:e_e:tn with :1
phone all tit 1'3"-ti .92.i92l._ .92In}.-' Jnrt h_v .92taj.'ur Leltt-_v Eh.
to the t;nvvrt.'.tt"&; i'92lt'tee in T-.i92-in-= him oi the not :~ti
strnetion vrhit-h h:ttl trtlaen [i.t ' In Kent. 't'hi.92: ph-the
resnited in the tli<p:tte-ltttte oi :tn ntlir-et of the E92'::t
tluartt to Itsseiw the situation. M of .92'uon on Satin
.92E:i92' llntl. it hntl ii-en rir-termttzt--l hv the .-92i|jnt;|nt t;
at that the situation lid not require the presence o
Guard.
M 5:23 |..92t. on Saturday. f92l:i_v 2nd. i92In_92'or Satrorn
ezttled the office of the lo92'ert".or amt zit this time fort
requested the :tssi.<t:tt1ee of the .92'atitm:tl }u;n'd. 'l'l.e fa
which pruttitdetl .92l:t92'nt' Sntrotti It: make thig r'Ii_92r-i_<im1_ t
t. Threats by stntlents to ciov.-titotvti tt'l0I'Ci1El1l.< of :1;
datnztge if they ttiri not post 5-ten.~; on the premises '
protested the war in 92'ir-tn:-nn and Catnhndia.
2. 1-ept-rts that tv.-o Pttrlotttia tit mernhers of the We;
men faction of the blturtt-tits for a Itemoerrittc Soriety
in Kettt and-or the Uni-"et'.-'-ttfi eutnpus uteri.
3. iiti0t'tt'1£tiitiit that various wt-ztiions ha oeen set
the Kent State tinit'ersit_92' t_itttI;tt|'£.
4. ltepnrts that the lt.t!.'t. .. huihhng. the Kent Po:
tiee. and the .-92rin_v lie:-ruittnir Office in Kent won
burned or otherv.'i:~r~ tit-.92'tt'o}'ert.
In adtlitiott tn tt t"l92|t|_t tillrt tnt'.:rni.1tioi1. t92l;|f.'or St
had. h_92' this time. let'n ::tl92'i>.m_i thztt .~ub.<|:tntt:il .|.<.<t:=
ttmtld net be .'.t92;;itl.'tlile trom .nt_v loeail law eiiiorct
IlF!C!'l l0S to or-.<i.<t in protecting the e:t_v and its resii- Q
We feel that it should he matte t-l ~:|r that the Ohm
tionni Guard wits rolled solely tor the purpose of ess
the civil ritithoritv. M no time ditrintz the period oi
lst through Way -lth was martial l2l.92.92' declared. __
P _ ____ _ ___ _ _,_,__ _ _ .__k_ _.. . . MW. _____.-.-.._......_._...___..<t---V-_---i-'-_»--1---v--rt ---~- --~----»~~~--~ --- --v~<»-----r-»z- - - _ _¬-....,,,._.,_J ._ . , . IF" ___ _, _.__,____.,____ ,_ ___ - _ - _ -,._.. .._ _=.».__>-__"__-___; 7_ _ __ ___+____ IIH __ _ _ ___ _
J - -92-t» 1 '-" ~I"!.,92" 3 , .,'-t-~»"--,-'i_-¬ .' ' _ -n I I >= ~ ~ ~ ' ' "
/ 92/ fti
Q--i-n
'g_,.-.--.-U92
Vll.
ll. should be rncirle 'lt"3i" that it? lo not tndtine Zill of the
ggtitritigg gt the Z92!;itinn:tt tiiiaril ill the l-ieiit State liii~.'ei'-
guy ¢;,|iipi,i5 mi .92tn_92' -t, HPTU. -92'e find. l'l92921_92tt_ ilizii llllJHO
itiertiher:- of the .iaiiti!ie.i tiuard who tt'ei'e §il'I$Il1l. on the
hill arijrieent to 'ln_92'ior iiziil on filo; t-. litiii. llt'C!l their 92-.i-:i-
pons in the Etrtriett and sinteie belief and tinder 'lI' t|i'|'1-
stances tihicli itoitld hat.-e l0L'lt;tll_92' ;lti92<t"tl them to l'ltll :92t
that they would siitler Sflrttlh huilily iii]iir_92 liad they not
done $0. 'l'ht'j92-' are not. tht'ri:iut'e. ttutijeet to t'i ii1iiii-ilpro.-teeitlinri under the lriwst of this state tor any death or in-
jury t't§llltltt[.', therefrom.
F'lft_92'-eittltt Guartlnteti were injured by rnel-ts and other
objects litirl-ad at them as they niove-Ll -'itros;~' the "tTritiiitmiis"
to 'laylur Hall iliii and dot-.-ii to the przit-tire tuotbtiii lieid.
and were then forced to retreat. 92>92hatr-at-t may have been
in the minds of those v.h0 l'lUl'iihS 'Ll anti flli .l'9292'i3~-"3 tatlntrrd
the i'92';ttii,i~;il tiiiarrt. it is i-n_-zir that iruni the time the ill-.tT .l
reached the practice l'onth:iil field, the}: 92.'t-re on the de-
fenszive and ltfitl t~92'ei'}' rt-::t'on in he C'.t|'tCLT7it.ll for their n'.~:n
welfare. 'l'c;tr gas was atiitiittediy li92Ll§f ii-l i:er:iu.<e oi wind
direction and velocity and it 9292';.i.< the hLl|t'l of inii.~;1 of tliiise
:11-'92Iil592lI".{.]I piesent on the fo:ith:iil pr."it-tit-e field lli;_tt, thi.-it"
supply uf tear itas l'.;id been t".92ti 92UolLtl. iinit it 9292' i:~ I.-it-r
delerniined that one of ten grt-ttiiilit-rs utiii hail at .92lT.1lll
supply of tear gas I't?t'l1Ltll'.it'f in no 9292-.1_92' eiiting-_-est 1lii$ fact.
The Clt Litr1f=lZlf'l¬ 'S present at thnt time iiiriiraie tli:it it inen
$Ut"|t'|t.Iltdl"d ti!" >et'eral iiumiteti hostile riiiu.-rs were lt!rt"9 l
to rttreat lJ1i ii up the hiil tcr.t'ai"d 'f';i_92-tor Hall tinder it
Constant ltai-rage of roc-ks and other llf-'lliI.1 ohjet-ts, ae-
cornpanied by a _'!'tRti.lT.l fie"-i-' of Dl'1SCLf1lllt..i and ehziiits SUt'l1
as "K11 L Kll L KILI " Photora hie ct id nee ha e tatt- ..-----V-.: - ~ ' - n P h --5_.;?_...G--..._
-92.___l.f_.¢ltOUltl he added. that although we iiiiiy understandagree with the priitt-ipie of law that words atone are ne
suffieieiit to ju.<tif_92' the rise of lethal force. the verbal :il:
diieelt-it zit the tlttzirtisineii hy the Sl.t1tlflll£-i iltiriniz the pet
in iiiiogtiiiii ri_-preseiited Ci level of UlJ.92tt'fiil}' and vuiezi
which we have never heture t92'itne.~:>-etl. The etiitltets dire:
at the litl£.|tl§l1itl! hntl l'l'ltlIil!i.!'5 of their faiitities by ii
rind imitate t'iiil r$ Ltlllitj 92'-'tItllfl have been uiihrlievzihie
they not been eoniiinied h92- the te.<tiiiion_v lt'tll1t every t]
ter and hy audio tunes itinde avnii;ible to the tirand .l
It is hat--.l to accept the fact that the lzineunge of the gu
has become the euitiinoit 92' lT|-'| tIl lI' of minty persons p0
as stutleiits in sezirt-h of :1 hieiier etliirtitioit.
t The f;t t that we have inittitl thtise t}ttat't.=it:eii ttho f
l their weapnns acted in 9'.-if defense is itot nit t_Ti lt!l'SllI'tit"tt
l us of the lli£!fiilt_t' in whieti lllO92 iii eontiiizind of the Nat
Itl iuatd fC{tt'l d To the llf'ilf' tl 92-'. ire l'l{l92't. eorieltide-fl
l the 5.i'_Ot!p of [§l_t{l1' l5i1i_t_'li 92t"liii were ortlttretl 10 tllSlflL'l'St_'
crowd on the Coinnions wt.-re placed in an untenable
cianeeroiis position.The tirzintl Jury also eoneltides that the 9292'e£tp i!tS is:
to the i92*iitiriii;ii tliizirdsnten are not CiP{1TU}il'1IllQ in one
eampiis tlisortlers. Tf'5llil1ti_92' presented to this Grand tl rover-is that the Fillitlitllfll ciffit-ers of the .92'aii
Giiortt are in agreeinetit that the hi-t itifle and other
powersrrl weaipnns are not the [HIP of 92~.1e:iit0n.~'. siitte
sueh missieiis, except in thus". instances tthere require
rettirii :~iilpt2'i' fire. UtIl<lt'ltii92l. l}.', l109292' '92'Cl'. under cut
ptoredures. tio other weapons htive been ntzitie av-at
to the Gtittrd by the llepzirlritettt of the i'92i"nt_92', Nori-li
:92.'|,"7!{!-Z_92!'!§ ttttjirig iiiipmni-iati; in 't.inrtt:fli0tt tvitli iIti'tt[tL!S
0i'tlti's should be made a92.iii;=hle to the Nittional Liuai
the future.
The iraiid Jury takes note of route ttho have 2ld92'l}
that lite-tiiiard he C0ltitT1i92li'ifl to £lt.l.lft witltnut live zimr
tioit. With this we eartritit ntrree. Gl1£!t'tl:iH'lFfl $hOtJli
ltItlll5liC l with t-.'t-zipritnt that 92'.'ill afford them the neces
protection under the existing conditions. .iI
|-._
l
mt-ll5l' .§i.- b1Y°"l 3"! drrutit. that as the National Gii;ii"<t.=.i1ienii-ippimtclted the top of the liiil atljat-ent to Tzivlor llali '1s?|I¥fleSEEI'ii E n_t'i.it_ trowd suiizeii up inn n||1_ it-it byH t . I ,_t 92tt{t~, OI ¢.l!"ilt-lt!l'S anrit'i1:tcttine to witliin 3:141;-t dis.t rice-s of the rear i'éHii<3 hr ii , , ;,,dS,m._
W18 testiniony of the stiiilents and itl£il't.lSl11Qn is ¢1 v"-
that several |"¬?|lillt'i'S til the tiiiard wt-re itriiickeil to the
grn-und or to their knees by the fnrre of the Dtljtt-[92t< iii,-M,
Ill. ll11f'I92. .~'92llliut|§1l't _¬it|t|_Q |'ii92[|_i'|'§ 92L'}i| 1]];-|[ 0|-||92i l rev .forks were llirnttn. the lk5llli.ti||92,' 0| *|92|";;:[i-u -Hon Tm-iii. it '1' 1""-*3 lb l.<l-'1hl!.~=lteil iliiit Iltlll brit-l»;.~' were taken l>l'i92l-J ITlt'£1t'li_t' r-onsti'i:etiun site. Vririutis siiittetiis were nti~tei"i'e:l
fH|'f}l|'l{! rot-k.~: in sziclts to the "r;iiI92-". [92ll'|Q]'R iii-inielti "13iiinttks and other eqiiipitit-iit from tiff minpiils in u|ml',Lmztnticipntion of 9292'liiil was to linpiieti. ltoeks find liven t-til-kl.piled in the iitiiriediaie 92'lflIill}i and eries rif "til Dt_tO _ 92A'lll"t li0.'itil iii; the i|li|[$lf4!'!td'[i 92_92_.Qi1! gntn itice field. Tliere 92.'-GS atlditioiinl e92'ide,nce tliriii v,-3-;-9Plllirrilrig ltzid oeettrred in connection with the "rallv" fieldI_'92I_.
Inn.-
~_.._%.L'92.'0<>n on May itii. ' . ___1 __ '___'__ _ _ V---____ _ _____;¢_' _,-_____.-ii, _;; _
flit.
Among other persons .<h.-iring; rt-.<p0risihiiit_'.' for the f
|l1St .l_lll.|'lC S of l92la_92' 4. lflitl. lltt"i1 mtint he include:
"23 mieerni-ti. lI1 'till_92' of iii-iit I92't:iii: li'i.it'ei'sit3." who
piiserl and ritatle ¬it'."tit;it'-ti. for distribution on {tiny 3,
the lotion-ing tloeiinieiit:
Tito aiiiietirztriee of iIf'ilh"',l tr-itips on the rztnsptis of
Stile l|iii92'er.<it_92' is ¬ll'l aitpztliiiii; Silll. Pirtiipzition n
tuwit lllltl eaiitiitis by N;itiiiti;il tiii:ii'_tl.<meit tr? testiittO~
the doiiiitiation iif ii"ratiiin;iiit}' in the pntteiera oi our
ernitienl.
"The l't Sltlt"lil of ti"-e United States eoittinits an i
net of war anti reiers in l'tS -iiipesition :i.== "hunts".
$l'l'leit¢ and lat-t:!ij.' '-rt t'l-92ll.L92l. cill tliinkiee 5-torilv I
I'll !- 921ll.l0f92 is not niilj; r ttitm;-! I-ut pntriotiv 'l'rui-. lilllt
building at ilettt F-'.;:te 'CIt.t'et.~il}.' I-i no it-Le; We rt]-.i't
tactics, Yet the l»iiiti.ni' iii ;'tt iti!'TC htitldim: t$ no
dent. We tlcttlore this 92 lIlt1itL liiii we lerl :t ittti.'~'t he t
in the l;tt'|:;er UtllO.*§l. til the lilll_92 bt1trtiP£ Hi b92iilfl1li'!
J1£'].'92lt.__11}' our govcruinent in tfietn.-int. Lntis. and now
bodia. "-
--~ -- __rn"__-:5 --.+~-: _ . - i'.*v;,;%- _.
~»"'- PE-5 '1'" _ .-. ,*'*>=' I . I I . ,- - - ---i-s:9292__- ,.' -,-.
l
l/' 92
-
_'1 AN! 1 ..-"........ersiip must set the exaniple if it is to persuade ..-_____... 92 ""-'--~
There is only one course to follow if the people of this country
- young and old -- are tn he conviiic-nl -ii" the 20nd faith of
their leaders: The *.'.'ar must ship. the 92't-ii-letta Ul'1'llil'l.92t the
Black latitlicr:i ini:'~t stop. 'llic t_'i:|i=titiirir.intil i"i.1his of all
must he defended against any cliiilliriirze. even fioin the
Department of Justice itself, lf ;.lr. Nixiin instead eon-
lilli!l£S his bankrupt. illecal course. the tjonigress inust be
called upon tn ilHp .'l 'll him.
"Here and now we repudiate the inflainiiiatory iiiae-
curacies f'l [IlfS.92I'? l| iii" Governor ltl'lJf.l"§ in his press c:iiifer-
once today. We Lt|'l'U him to I'£'1l10l-'L the tr0upS trnin nnr cam-
pus. Ni; problem can he srilvert 5.! lone as the canii-us is wider
lTlrl.Ttl.-ll law.
We call upon our public ziiithoritics to use their hiph of-
fices to bring about greater t!flti .'tt~t[ll'tt.lit| of the is;-.:ics
irtwlved in and contributing to the iinrning of the lttl'l't..'
building at Kent State University on Satur<f;|§.'_ rather than
tn giqilnit this incident in a iriaiiner tl'..it can only inllniitc
the public and increase tlie CUl'tltlSlnt'l among the nieiiihers
of the University coinmunity."
* Signed h_v 23 concerned faculty,
Kent State Uiiiversity, Sunday .-tfteriinon.
i92la_92' 3. 1970
I 1--.7 __--.-.A_:--_.._-%-----._-__._ ---=~_=-==_. ____ __.-1--wa.----.
Several htiridred copies of this i:'iti§".i|:il rlncuiiiciit were
distributcd iii the various dormitories situated on ttie Kent
State Utiii'ersit_92.' campus during! the late atleriinun and
cart! ci'cnin_e of i92l&t_92 Ii. K170. the ottices and facilities of
tl.e Dean for the facult_v Council. h-lt}9292'ft as t-he tlntlni:.ls-
Plft. were ii-iadc available to those psrsnris who participat-
ed in its prt-paratinn If the purpose of the authors was
simply to express their resenlnieiit to the presence of the
l92';iti0rial Guard on cainpus_ their tiriiiiie could not have
been worse. lf their purpose was to furttier inflame an al-
reiidy tense situation. then it surely {lltl-1 liave enjoyed some
measure of success. In either case. their action eshlhited
an irresponsible act clearly not in the best interests of Kent
State University. .-kltlioiieh the 23 persons referred to at
the close of the .=t:iteiiient dirt not actually affix their sig-
riafiircs to the dticuiiicrit. they. t92'JI:'UtllC'I with one arlditiiinal
part!". did leave their sipiiatuies with the Dean tor the Facili-
t}' ouncil as Q92|'illtllI'P of their aiitlinriliip and ar-piwivail.
It should he ponit--it out that at least tit] t'aciiltg: nieiiihers
were iiwitcd to the meeting. lint a nia_ini'it!.' app:ii'cnth.'
elected not to he {i$_92t!tiL]t ti with the prntltict that rcstiltt-tl.
The cniithict of thi-sc f:icult_v n=e:n'n=-rs is in sharp con-
trast to tliose of the fiicult_v 9292lll!. flirt-iii'h their efttnts on
hlay ~ltli.. restored order and prcreiited turtlicr riotriip, alter
the shooting.
n-_...---g- -q,_..-.--.40
p.z
gnu. _-....:__ ;_ _. -7 V -- ; ----=-'~-_--,~.-==I=r,-,>.,_-_-_ ;_. 7_"-"i"'f'-._..i lI"IFV92#n>¢>~|l|nb-_ I - 1 . _ __ _A *7 **--'-----1-r_v||:n--v.1r1--c~v--.= --/"-.
IX.
We find that the major responsibility for the incidents
0"ttl2liIii,' on the Kent State Uni92'ersit_v campus 0n .'92lri_i' 2nd..
S:tl.. and 4th. rests clearly with those persons 9292h0 are
'llIlI'92lItl with the t.lt|l'llit'li§l.F£tltf!t'l of the L'ni92'cr.=it_v. To at-
t-,ii'ipt to fix the snlc hlaiiie for wliat liappciieti during: this
pet-intl on the i92'atioii:it fluard, the students or other partici-
pants wotild he iiiri-iicciviilile. The eviitcncc presented to us
has established that Kent State tlriiversity was in such :1
state of disrepair". that it was totally incapabie of re-acting
in the .sil'tJ3t1Or1 in any t-ti:-ctive mariner. We believe that it
resulted from policies llll'll'lttl£llit| and cai-rind out by the
t.'i:i92"crsit_v over a period of several _92'cars. The more obvi-
ous of which will be comnicntcd on here.
The adintnistration at Kent State Ufll92' l'Sil:~' has fostered
an attitude of laxity, O'r't'l~lfli'lt|l[.ICl'lLt'!. and [1t.FIl1tSSi92'f!t'll'!S5
with its stucients and fat-ult_92' to the extent that it can no
lontger rel.-ulate the :tctii'iti<:5 of either and is pai-iicnlarly
vulnerable to any pre:=stii"e applied from radical eleinerits
within the student lin'i_v or la-.ctilt_92'. One esaiiniile of this can
he clearly seen in the tlcle_it:ili~in of disci|ilinar_92' aiithiirity
uiirler ii student concliict cede 92'-ltifl'l has prirren totally in-
effective. There has been no evnlence presented to iis that
would indicate that culle;;_t' stittlciits are able to properly
d_i_§po<ep_f' criminal nfteiidcrs within their own ranks any;
more than they are capable of devisiny! their own curriei'-
tum. participatiiig iii the selection of faculty. or setting the
standards for their adiiiissioii to or dismissal front the Unt-
rcrsity. Neither have vie been convinced that the faculty is
necessarily equip;>cd tn :-ssumc and successfully carry out
I¬.'SjlDflSlhi|lll¬S of a purely adniiiiistrzitive t'llEtl't-tCt9t which
for many years were considered to be totally outside the
area of responsibility norniallr associated with the teaching
facuity of our cotlc£'_es and uni92'ers=itics. In short, ii seamen!
01' the student populatiuri and the fat-titty have demanded
more and iiioru cuntint of the £ndlT!it1lStl'£ltl92't3 functions 0|
Kent State Ufli92'£tFll.}. The ll{ll"f]il'tlSit.'ili'i'¬ staff has con-
stantly yielded to these demaiids to the extent that it no
longer runs the Univc1.ui|y.
The student conduct code. as alre:id_92' indicated, has been
a total failure. As a mat.e|' of policy. all criminal offenses
uncovered by the lliiivei-sit_v l'olicc l?i[-£lFtTtl "l'. except
those which rnristiiiite felonies. were l-"lCt'I'tt.l in ju-ti-":ial
boards erii_po=cd solr-l_92' of stiidciils residiiie in the d:>r:nttur_92
where the alleged ottcinler resided. Tl:z=92't! rtiiderits deter
mined the guilt or iillllCI ' |l t of the iii-"ll£;*tt and prescriber
the puiiishiiiciit. The end rc.~ull |i.is li<_-en. of ciitirsc. that
where any liiinl tlispnsiti-fiii has linen iiintlc at all it has con
sistcd of reroiiinicntled counseling or some other meaning
less sanction. -
Offenses for which snspcnsioii or dismissal front the Uni
versity could he itiiposcd 9292'tl't.' heard hy the Student Faculty
Jiirticiary Council. Ttlenitiersliip r0l'iSlSl!~. ei two faculti-' fI.t.'I|t
hers. two stiidt-nts. and a ttfth iiieinber who sliall he :
Dean of the dcl'eniliints college or a fzn-u!t_92' nimnber desig
natcd by him. A total of only 5 stmlciits were dis.'iiis5e
for non-acadeniic rctisnns during the academic year 1969-Tl
out of a total i.-nrollnieiit of more than 2!.t,.lO,
A second _extni'iple of 9292llEI'E the L!ni'.'-:'r.s|ty has obviciiislg
contributed to the crisis it now faces is the over-ertiphasi:
which it has placed and allowedto be placed on the righ
to dissent. Altliuiiph we fully recoenuc that the right 0
dissent is a basic freedom to he t-lie-rished and ;!t'ittLt.l.t'.d
we cannot agree that the role of the ilniversity sliould tn
to c-ontiniiall_v foster it cliiiintc in 9292'lilCll dissent liecoiin.-1
the order of the day to the exclusion of all normal bcliavioi
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""""tie'receive the iinpres."-ion that thrro are some persons
connected with the i?:1i92'cr*;it_v who i1t-iie'.'t- and npcniv advo-
eate that one has a duty rather than a [i"ill. to rlissi-tit from
traditionally accepted behavior and i;i92-titutions oi covera-
mcnt. This is evident by the adtitir.istr:itivi- sliiti in provid-
ing a forum and 3-'itIi£ii!iG facilities for every "radical
group" that comes "tent; and the "spe;ikers" that they
bring to the C3tt'!]'Jtt'-2. It has been the policy -it Kent State
University to routinely grant otlicia! t't,t.'ttj.!ttiliurt to every
group that niakes application. The -ow conditions that have
been iittposed are ittezittitttilcss and tve hate ltovtt unable to
lintl a single instance '.'-"ltere rccogt".t'.ian has itern t't=in~;rd.
Tltis: is the procedure hy wtzir-it the iitinients for a lJeinoct'u-
tic Foctr-t_v. Yoting $t1 t.'lll92t .-tilianee. lttd Fluard. Studrttt
iieiiious Liberals. and other 5'-roups who a<i92'or'ate violence
and disruption were izrantcd recognition. lrovisional recog-
nition is automatic: upon tiling. During the r-tn-ind that is
required to process the application. the ureanimtion is per-
mitted to the some use oi the Utti-'Q|.'Si'tf-' lacilities that it
has when hilly recotgnized. No distinction is rnade between
ordinary student oreanizatioiis who.-so ohjoctiv.-s are related
to lepitiiriate activities on carnnus and tlte |ioIitie:tll_92' active
organizations whose tnernhcrship opt-lily advocates revolu-
tion and anarchy. Once teniporary or pet'm.inent recogni-
tion is granted the ori_-aiitzatioti may sponsor st~t-zikers from
oft campus and have the use oi Universit_v facilities and
equipment for that purpose. It was in this manner that
~.ierr!' itnhin was 'nrou_t_'iti io the catnpns in .-ipttl. iJ?t"t, hy
the Student Relinious Liiierztls. Tlte tnllzirttrtiatory speech
given by Mr. Rubin was so interspersed with vulgarity
and obscenity that it couid not be reported by the local
news media.
A further example of what we consider an over-em-
Pi1El5i$ 0!! fiiSSftli can he found in the rlussrooins of some
members of the University tavutty. The Faculty members
to whoin we reler tr-aeh notlnm; out the rieetttive side of
our institutions of tzovermnent and t'Pl|_l.~.I tn acknn-.92lctl;:e
that any positive good has resnltetl during the growth of
our nation. They devote their entire ct:n=s periods to urg-
ing their students to openly oppose our institutiurts ot
goveroinc-nt even to the point where one student uho dared
to defend the American liag was ridiculed hv his protessorbefore his t-lassrnates. ' '
We do not mean lo .=ur:i:t'sl that these faculty members
represent a majority of the faculty at Kent State Univer-
sity. To the contrary. we suspect that they iorm a small
mittority of the total l:icnlt_v. tint this does not mean that
their prcst-nee shoulrt he ignored,
The most diiscrittraeinu aspect of the l|nivcrsil_v's rote in
the incidents which have heen the su'njei:t of our investi-
gation is that the administrative teadt-rsttip has totally
fatter. to benefit from past eve-nt's. snrne can-ziescentiing
attitude toward the small minority hcnt on ttisrnpting the
Univcrsit_v that existed last i92la_v is still p'resent On Wed---nesttt. October 7. i970. the Youth international Party,
more coinnionly known as the "YlIPll:jS". applied for and
were granted pertnisrt-ion irom the Uriiterstty to use it;
auditorium. The request for use of the University t'a-nilities
was granted in the customary routine manner with no ap-
parent interest in the purpose of the gathering. The meet-
ing was later billed as a. Yippie Upon Smoker" and was
Biieftdrd by some 250 persons. The agenda consisted 0|
several speakers who CNilO1'[l-d in the urnat obscene rhetoric
with the ctistomai-3: it-.-n92.tnils to irt-I: t.obh92- Sonic. remove
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92r < , ' 1in~ .- - -. -,: ~ --... - . 't_. -a.-1-1 - _ .-I a i , - i__i-~-»Ihe
" Uri Fttnday night, Jctober ll. 1970, two appearttntt-son:
scheduled at the .92itt'|92Ot'i£92i i§-"tt1lt2!SitJttl for a rock mu
group known as the "Jeflersntt Airplane." During
second pcrfortnatice and while the "Airplane" were do
their t'nusic;|| numbers, color slides were projected ontt
screen i!L'l|t|1ti the group cniiststnig ol psycltedelic colc
scenes oi the thin Z92ntton.-1| tiuard on Kent State camp
and scenes of the shooting on .92Ia_v -tth. complete Vt
views of the hodics oi the victnns.
On October 12th. the "92'llliEIS" scheduled a sect
meeting at the .-turlitoriuni which was sttppost-cl in so
ntannet to relate to the activities of this Grand Ju
Again. on Jrtolier t-t. 1970. the same "YllItE" grt
schetluled a Noon rally on the Commons. Neither oi th
events alt:-noted mote than a handful of spectators 4
this is to the credit oi the student body. 9292'hat distu
us is that any .-ttclt group of intellectual and social n
tits should he afforded the oppnrttintty to disrupt the
fairs of a major university to the detriment oi the v
majority of the students enrolled there. l
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The members oi this Special Grand Jury find that
the conditions that led to the .92la_v tragedy still r-.-:ist
is apparent tit-ii an apathetic tniiversti_v c0in:nnn'|i_v
allowed a vocal ntitinrity to :-;t-|2t control of the univer
campus. This will continue until such time as the eittzi
university adniinistratiun. tar-ulty and students takt
- strong stand ag.-tinst the l!Z.tti|t..|l r'leITtt"t'tt bent on viotct
The time has come to detach from university soc
those who persist in violent behavior. Expo] the trot
makers without tear or favor. livict from the campus ti
persons bent on disorder.
This Gr;t.'ttl Jury has in this rt-port been critical oi" 1*
State Unit-etsity. hut let no one assume that we do
consider the L'ni92'ersity a valued part of our comma:
it is our hope thatiout of this chaos will einei-ge urd-*1
purpose. it our he-lief that tic-at State tiniversity
the capacity to become a greater university in the lutur
Itespectiully submit
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Jury. they are recessed subject to the further order of
Court.
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SAC, Cleveland 98-2140! 3/25/71
1 - Hr. T. J. lciff
Director, FBI 98-46479!
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Ciiil RiGT3 ACT OF 1969;
INTERFERENCE IITH FEDERALLY PROTECTED
FACILITY ~SABOTAGE; SEDITION; DGP;
nA_..-Iurnish Bureau with communication concerning x
status of local prosecution involving 25 individuals
indicted as a result of violence occurring 5/70 at
Kent State University. no active investigation is to he
conducted in this setter but requested information should
be obtained through public source material and contact
Iith established sources.
TJI:cae _92.
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NOTE: e
The Cleveland Office conducted an extensive sabotage
investigation concerning the burning of an ROTC Building at
Kent State Universitv 5/2/76. As a result, 9 individuals were
identified as having reportedly engaged in acts in violation of
several Federal statutes. The Department, after reviewing the
reports,-deferred prosecution in favor of local authorities.
Subsequently, local grand jury indicted 25 individuals as a
result of this action. Last information in file indicates that
20 of these individuals were arrested and 5 others were fugitives
It is felt that this matter should be folloved,"
in the event local prosecution is dsmssed, so that this matter
could then be re-presented to the Department for an opinion
regarding Federal prosecution. In view of the recent decision of
the Department not to conduct additional inquiries concerning
the shooting by the National Guard on the Kent State University
campus 5/4/70, Cleveland is instructed to obtain the desired
information in a manner not designed to initiate controversy.or_
speculation. .
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