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Show PRISON RIOTERS --SLAY HOSTAGE OCXXMBXA, S. C Dec 11 (TJP) Six desperate eorcrfcts wha aataed I guaed captain aa hostage and I atabbad Ism to death rather thaa i aarreadsr to Governor Olm IX Jaraa-aon Jaraa-aon ware locked under heavy guard! taday wMTa threatening erowdB astlied about the state pen- kanrhvy. The prisoners, all long-term con-vini, con-vini, broke into tha office of J. Otin namten. captain af th prtsoa mard, yesterday, and eewed the ea-year-oid officer with a gun, which was revealed later to have feaen aa iaafcatiem. The men were am as ass J with several heene-oaade haivea faafuened from scissors stolen from tha prison tailor shop. Alarm Spaaed Assistants sea sad tha alarm to the governor's snaaaten near by and state aafsee he wee to the prison to take ihaige. With tear and a searing gas ready, prases ef hear aad guarda-xaen guarda-xaen stalled the caarrirta for three hears while aeaeeJatteae for Banders' Ban-ders' releaaa piiigiissiil The orie-eawrs orie-eawrs ordered Saadara to Masse orders or-ders for their release, demeaning mm automobile aad oeeert froM the penitentiary. Sander refaaed. He was slabbed Sheriff T. Alex Hesse ef BJch-aaond BJch-aaond (Cefcraskaa) eeenuy said that William Weeds, alleged leader ef the prisoners, arhe s serang 1 years for highway robbery aad mr-eany, mr-eany, confeased to the ataabsnr. He eaid the ether ansoaars held Senders. Sen-ders. . r ' Made In the lea petted ef bargaining Johnston pusaalasrl the aaea they would not be peursshed kf they weaud release Saadara. They earned aad repeated their desaaade foe a ear-On ear-On a signal, tear and aauseallng gas were harUd through the windows. win-dows. At thai point, a was believed, be-lieved, tha gas tiaasd convicts, realizing re-alizing they ware trapped, carried mml their threats against Bandera, Ha waa amcaaawioeai when other officers of-ficers reached his after the gas attack forced the prisoners out. |