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Warden Nash Shoots Self After Legislative Criticism
Missouri state prison Warden E. V. Nash 46 shot himself at home and died hours later after a critical legislative report urged his ouster. The report labeled the Jefferson City prison operation in a medieval twilight zone and cited 277 acts of violence since mid 1962 as evidence of custodial lack of control.
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Jefferson City
UPI
Missouri
E. V. Nash
Nash
Department of Corrections
Peter J. J. Rabbitt
Rabbitt
St. Louis County