Died in prison
Elliott James Barkley
Friends and neighbors remembered Elliott James Barkley, who was 21, as a young man who played basketball and talked about social issues in high school. A former settlement house director described his family, which had ten children, as an excellent family. On September 13, 1971, he was held at Attica prison when state troopers, prison guards and National Guardsmen shot their way in to retake the prison during the uprising, and he was killed. Ministers at his funeral in Rochester called him a martyr.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by staff. State troopers, prison guards and National Guardsmen shot him when they retook Attica prison from the prisoners.