The Nation - News from May 27, 1986

Two inmates at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester released two hostages after 10 hours of face-to-face negotiations with authorities. Prison officials agreed to consider their demands for a transfer but said later the men would not be moved. David Hammer, 27, and David Doyle, 28, apparently pushed guard Aaron Duncan into Hammer’s open cell and also took inmate Carl Wilson, 20, hostage. They bound the hostages and threatened them with a homemade knife until officials allowed them to talk to an FBI agent. Warden Gary Maynard said charges of kidnaping and holding hostages would be filed against the two convicts.