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Show Prisoners Kill Hostages The recent jaiPbreak at Okla-; Okla-; homa State Prison in which the warden and a jailer were slain gives the answer to a problem which das been much discussed. Every once in a while somewhere some-where in the United States a group 0;E desperate convicts attempts at-tempts to break jail usually holding hold-ing some 'prominent prison official offi-cial as hostage. The group always al-ways threatens to kill the hostage, or hostages, unless its demands are promptly met 'by .otiher guards and officials. In most instances, the guards and officials comply with the demands of prisoners and justify their compliance with the statement state-ment that it was necessary to save the lives of the hostages. Usually, the statement is met with rome doubt on the part of ii .e public, wi;u many expressing the view that the prisoners wo.uld not injure the hostages j even if guards refused their de-jmands. de-jmands. ne Oklahoma incident an-' an-' sewers the problem otherwise. I |