Evening star., 1952-06-11

the group had been shifted. The
Red leaders were put in isolation
cells. Other Red prisoners in a
central exercise ground of the new
enclosure then refused to return
to their compound, but Sullenly
complied when a company of
American troops rushed up.
A leader of tough Prison Pen &c
holding 2,700 North Korean Of
f1cers and $50 enlisted men-was
shown the shambles of Compound
76, where the Reds resisted dis
persal. But American guards said
throughout the day they heard
considerable hammering in 66, an
indication the POWs were shaping
crude weapons.
20 Escape Over Fences.
American paratroopers found
eight POW bodies in a we'll il.
Compound II. Later a ninth body
doubled up in an oil drum was
discovered in the same well.
Five bodies were found in
trenches and another in an aban-
doned well.
One victims hands were tied
behind his back. Others had been
battered and ropes were taut
around the necks.
Twenty anti Red prisoners
scaled barbed wire fences during
the night. They said Red leaders
had planned to kill them.
The 6,288 North Koreans in the
compound were the third such
group to be dispersed to 500-man
compounds in Brig. Gen. Hayden
L. Boatner's campaign for uncon-
tested control over the POWs.
Prisoners in Compound 95 today
gave pthe bodies of eight POWs
killed in an April 10 riot. A small
group of prisoners accompanied
the bodies to a prisoner cemetery
outside the compound.
POW Deaths Rise to 80.
The 6,400 Reds in Compound 76
first to be dispersed-fought
savagely for 212 hours yesterday
before being subdued by 750 tough
paratroopers from the 18th Air
borne combat team.
Thirty-one Reds were killed in
the fight. The army said seven
wounded POWs had died since,
boosting the death toll to 38. A
new survey showed about $50 pris-
onerS were wounded.
One American bled to death
after being stabbed by a crude
prison spear. Fourteen other
Americans were injured, none Sc
riously.
The bloody fight had it's effect
on POWs in other compounds.
Those in adjoining 78 were moved
to new. smaller pens without @e-
sistance a few hours later and
II sent word to Gen. Boatner it
would obey moving orders.
Prisoners in IT began lining up
in driving. rain an hour and a
half before their scheduled evacu-
alton.
The cleaning out of the en-
closure yielded about IS anti-Com-
munist prisoners who said the
evacuation had saved their lives.
Thirty anti-Reds fell out of line
when groups of Communists were
marched out.
Thirty-five others assembled in
the rear of the compound and
waited until all other POW's had
been cleared out. Then they
marched out
Maj. David Korn of Rich
mond, Va. an officer of the 18th,
said it was apparent many more
prisoners wanted to be separated
but were held in the marching
columns by die-hard Reds. 4,
Two POW'S who escaped from
compound IT told stories of mur-
ders during the night.
American guards outside the
compound said they had heard
screams inside.
North Korean Col. Lee Hak
Koo. a compound 76 leader now
in solitary confinement, told an
interrogation he thought Gen.
Boatner was bluffing when he said
he would move the prisoners by
force if necessary.
Breakup of the islands II big
compounds is expected to take
about 10 days.
About 10000 Of the 10000 POWs
on Koje may be moved to another
island off South Korea