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Calmly Tells of Killing Father And Hacking Mother To Death
Robert Smith Nash, 26, an electrical shop operator, described how he killed his father Charles A. Nash, a supervisor in the internal revenue department, and then hacked his mother Eleanor M. Nash to death after she struck him. The murders occurred west of St Louis, bodies found in the family car eight miles from Springfield, Illinois. Nash confessed after a lengthy interrogation, was calm and showed no emotion, saying he was sorry it happened.
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ST. Louis
U.P
Robert Smith Nash
Charles A. Nash
Internal Revenue Department
Eleanor M. Nash
Nash
Springfield
Ill
Central
Illinois