He was i n that yard by himself many times. He wasn't a f r a i d of the cons. He didn't have to be. He sure v/as aware of what was going on at his prison.

They should take a l l the p o l i t i c a l appointees out of the Correction Department and have i t run by pros.

I saw that one hostage got his throat cut j u s t before they l e t loose with the gas. I don't know whether that provoked the attack or what, but I do know that the hostage got his throat cut before the attack! I know that f o r sure I

Clintonprison w i l l probably be next although a l l these deaths m.ight have frightened the radicals.

They have the dead bodies on the st r e t c h e r l a y i n g on the cat walk. I can only count 10.. ^hey say there are more. Those are the bodies of the dead inmates.

This i s sure going to s t i r up a l o t of s h i t on the s t r e e t s . The Panthers, Weatherm.en, etc. w i l l be on the rampage over t h i s .

We sure need a stronger and b e t t e r - Oh b u l l s h i t . What i s ' the use? What a date f o r t h i s - the 13th.

Maybe Leonard Bernstein w i l l hold a party to raise funds f o r the murdered hostages f a m i l i e s . The simple bastard loves cop k i l l e r s so much (Panthers) may be he could do something decent f o r a change.

They j u s t carried a trooper and a guard through the tunnel on stretchers. They look dead. Jesus Chr i s t ! lam sure bewildered! I can't understand how people can hate so.

V/ell, there c e r t a i n l y w i l l be a l o t of remorse and sadness i n many families tonight. My heart goes out to the families of a l l the dead. This was out and out i n s a n i t y .

The National Guard i s over i n D Block now. I don't know i f i t i s any consolation or not, but the hostage

I saw murdered died l i k e a man. He didn't whimper or cry f o r mercy l i k e a couple did, I don't blame them f o r acting that way. I v/ould have been worse! Therr hands were t i e d and they had b l i n d f o l d s on.

The guy I saw ^ i t had two guys on each side of him and one behind him. The r i o t e r behind him had the hostages h a i r , pulled his head back and had a k n i f e at the throat. Just seconds before the shooting started he s l i c e d at the guys throat and i t looked l i k e the guy to his l e f t , my r i g h t , h i t him with something. Then the h e l i ­copter dropped some kind of a gas bomb and everything was clouded. I heard shot a f t e r shot and v/hen I could see again there were several bodies on the top of the cat walk.

\7ell, t h i s has been a r e a l horror show! I hope I never have to go through anything l i k e i t again.

I t i s now eight hours a f t e r i t a l l happened and I s t i l l can't believe i t ! My God 39 people dead. 3^ People ! V/hat the h e l l did i t accomplish? I am s t i l l nauseated.

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That i s the f i r s t time I ever watched anyone get his throat cut. I sure as h e l l hope i t i s the l a s t !

The guards j u s t brought us cheese sandwiches (6 P.M.) I'm never going to be able to forget t h i s day! Mans indifference

to each other i s h o r r i b l e . I am going to spend the rest of my l i f e t r y i n g to make t h i s a b e t t e r world!

I have never seen such profound hatred as these revolutionaries f e l t toward the administration and whole establishment. They r e a l l y hate!

9 P.M. - Well t h i s r i o t i s over, but the effects of the r i o t w i l l talce many years to simmer down. There i s much hatred on both sides. Things w i l l be bad f o r a long time to come and t h i s has set penalogy back 50 yrs. This r i o t accomplished nothing but the deaths of 33 people. The widowing of many wives and making many chil d r e n fatherless.

My heart i s breaking and today I am ashamed that I belong to the human race, I have l i v e d a nightmare f o r f i v e days and the climax was witnessing that hostage g e t t i n g his throat cut then seeing men l y i n g dead a l l over the place, I'm sick at heart, mind, body and soul. Honest to God, I s t i l l can't believe I saw a l l t h i s jiappen.

I'm so sick! My God! How p i t i f u l to have 3g people die f o r nothing. I w i l l spend the rest of my l i f e t r y i n g to keep such things from happening.

They j u s t put two guys i n the c e l l s across from me. They were both i n D block during the r e b e l l i o n . They say that Q5fo of the guys didn't want to be i n the r i o t . They say that those b u l l y bastards raped the young, snail guys. I t guess i t was f i v e days of t e r r o r because they feared both sides.

Several of my buddies are dead and several guards I know. I keep seeing t h e i r faces i n f r o n t .of me.

I w i l l never understand what these people thought xhey could accomplish. They sure as h e l l had to be stupid i f they ac t u a l l y thought they could get av/ay with murder, arson, kiddap, assault etc.

That guycut his hacks throat j u s t l i k e i t v/as nothing. Like you'd s t i c k a chicken i n the neck. God v/hat kind of a guy could do that? I w i l l never be able to erase that p i c t u r e from my mind. Mans inhumanity to man.

I t i s a strange, strange t h i n g to me that a so called a l l loving God wauld l e t such a horrible t h i n g happen.

I know that I can never hate again - not a f t e r I saw hov/ hatred can t u r n men i n t o viscious animals. They were animals!

I hope something was learned by a l l t h i s . What, I don't know, unless i t was that appeasement i s never the answer to people who use force.

I f they had gone i n f u l l force that very afternoon of the r i o t things would have.

One of the State Troopers j u s t went beserk and threatened to shoot us. The other troopers and guards took him away. He was a young guy and the emotional s t r a i n must have gotten to him - son-of-a-bitch that was a close c a l l . That poor bastard was out of his head. They have been up f o r hours and hours and he probably k i l l e d his f i r s t man today. I t i s no wonder he broke under the s t r a i n . They are human even though you couldn't convince som.e of the inmates of th a t .

I'm staying from i n f r o n t of those windows tonight. These guards and troopers are under a r e a l s t r a i n and i t might make some of them snap l i k e that k i d j u s t d i d .

Well, up t i l now I have been against t h i s r i o t , but a f t e r what I j u s t saw I don't know. That fuckin trooper put his p i s t o l r i g h t i n the guys c e l l window and threatened to shoot him. The man v/as sound to sleep. I w i l l t e l l myself he was one of^a kind, but i f I see any more I v / i l l form a d i f f e r e n t opinion. "^on-of-a-bitch i f i t i s n ' t insane cons i t i s screviytroopers. One thi n g a f t e r another.

1 A.M. - Sept. 1^ - '̂ he male nurse j u s t came around to give medications and see who was sick. I guess they m.ust have been busier than h e l l over to the dispensary.

I w i l l say that considering the emergency s i t u a t i o n and being t e r r i b l e short handed due to the emergency, these ppople have taken rea l gppd care of us. I t i s amazing how e f f i c i e n t they have been. I suppose someof the cons would say otherwise but I f e e l that one should give c r e d i t where c r e d i t i s due.

This prison administration i s sv/ift and e f f i c i e n t . About 5:^5 A.M. they took a mess of people out of t h e i r c e l l s and shipped them to other prisons. I guess they are t r y i n g to get the population down a l i t t l e . H e l l , I r e a l l y don't have any idea why they are doing i t .

Things are beginning to calm down. We've been locked i n s i x days now and i t i s s t a r t i n g to get

to the guys. I f everyone who claims he i s going to punch somebody else i n the chops does so when v/e are released from lockup, there w i l l be a bigger blood bath than the r e b e l l i o n brought about.

They are j u s t l e t t i n g o f f steam. Some of these guys are real meek when they are not locked i n , but now they know that no one can get to them they are roaring l i k e t i g e r s . I get a charge out of them.

I sure as h e l l hope they get the water on soon. Just got word that the A block clerk Barry Swartz was executed

by the revolutionary committee. One of the cons v/ho was over there hollered to me.

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I know they had several guys marked f o r execution i f a r i o t ever did go down, Dave t o l d me t h a t , but he ranted and raved so about- imperialism, oppression, and a l l that horseshit I never paid a l l that much a t t e n t i o n . I used to argue with that p r i c k everynight. He called me Mr. C a p i t a l i s t . I called him the Comnisar.

I'd l i k e to know what the h e l l i s any more oppressive than a bunch of bastards s e t t i n g up t h e i r own kangaroo court and executing an innocent man,

I'm sure old Dave and his Peoples Party would loved to have had me over there, so would that young S.O.B. with the Mr. Peepers glasses. I made him look l i k e an asshole one day i n the yard. He was preaching that revolutionary s h i t out i n the yard and I broke i t down to him why I thought he was wrong. He got angry as h e l l and threatened to kick my ass t i l i called his b l u f f . A f t e r that he t r i e d to sway me to the cause, but he would have l i k e d to have me over there. He i s a black r a c i s t .

V/ell, I w i l l close t h i s report of the A t t i c a Prison Rebellion. The most f u t i l e , asinine, h o r r i b l e event I have ever been an eye­witness t o .

Maybe something constructive w i l l come of a l l t h i s , but I don't see how. A l l those dead died i n vain. How t e r r i b l e ! How pathetic that a few radicals could bring about the deaths of ̂ 0 people!

The radio j u s t said the A t t i c a Cororner stated that a l l 9 hostages were shot. I can't believe that cause I saw the inmate jerk the guards head back he made a motion with the k n i f e . He started to t u r n , l e t go of the hostage. The hostage f e l l and a l l h e l l broke loose, "'"he copter swooped and there was a loud explosion . and a big cloud of gas. Bodies were f a l l i n g l i k e f l i e s on that cat v;alk. That inmate sure as h e l l looked l i k e he s l i t t hat guards throat. I w i l l take a l i e detector t e s t on t h a t ! ! ! !

The guy i n the c e l l across from me had a much bet t e r view than I did said he thought the inmate had cut the hostages thr o a t . He said the hostage r o l l e d over and t r i e d to get up then l a i d down and kicked. His name i s Vosburg.

I would t e s t i f y under oath that I saw i t j u s t as I describe i t . I f me and Vosburg thought the hostage got his throat cut the o f f i c i a l s probably thought they saw the same thing. I sure as h e l l hope so cause i f they didn't there was an awful carnage f o r nothing. WOW! I t i s a sickening thought to think they i n d i s c r i m i n a t e l y «rut loose on that cat walk. I can't say they did and I sure as h e l l hope they didn't.

What a propaganda weapon that w i l l be f o r the Panthers. I can see i t now. Oh! Oh! Oh!

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