Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 September 1942 — Page 8

FROM 8 CARS, a a Ea ST. LOUIS, Sept. 24 (U. P)— Owners Warned Against|eictrics: shop operator, eaiimly re- ~ Leaving Vehicles in’ she struck at him with her fists

Streets at Night. ; after the elder Nash lay dead on The theft of tires from eight|the ground. 5 “automobiles early this morning] The murders occurred west of St. “brought a warning from the detec-|Louls Monday night in an exclusive

: residential district ‘and the bodies tive department that all car. own- were found in the family car, eight

lated today «how he killed his father, Charles A. Nash, and then hacked his mother to death when

‘ers should place their machines in| miles from Springfield, Ill, Tues-|

‘8 garage instead of leaving them |day morning. : parked on the streets overnight. Nash said he had driven toward wn central Illinois to dispose of the Although one of the thefts Was|p gies hut tire trouble forced him fn a private garage the others were

to abandon the machine, : rom cars parked outside. Lieut. Mrs. Nash suffered numerous

tewart Coleman of the larceny de-[Wounds. from a small hatchet

partment, in issuing the warning to Wielgey by Ber.3on. Crime motorists said: :

“Ninety-nine cent of the After relating details of the mur-~ thefts are lt the streets be- Sr asl) Wal Een a “breakiast nly elan en taken 1e scene, where, femuse the burglars oan. kick th police said, he re-enacted the crime.

car off the jacks and get away in a joment. There is a much better! The fight started, young Nash re-

opportuni catch them if you lated, when his father upbraided “hear Bnity » a garage and you kim for indebtedness and for ‘police. Be sure to keep. a record of) Sduandering money he had loaned your. tire numbers, so that they can|Rim to finance his electrical busi-

: pr ness. ibe Temmed Ie hori: 5| Nash was held for investigation

Smith, 1625 E. Towa st: Harold yesterday and after being questioned

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electrical shop operator, calmly re-|-

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French living along the

"| coast were reminded that they must ‘|look forward to the possibility of

|landings by British and allied troops, ' |naval activities in French waters

“ |and airplane attacks on military ob- ‘ |jectives in occupied France.

It was said that no one would be

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landing point. ..

“But when the moment comes to

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French people, as a whole,” the

. | broadcast said, “we will keep our * | promise to let you know in time.

Robert Nash is shown here signing a confession to his parents’ murder: as Police Lieutenant Thomas Dirrane looks on. ;

He described how he drove to|said he placed his father's body

United States marines in the Solomons have exacted partial revenge from the Japanese for American prisoners held in the Philippines. This band of Nipponese' workmen, penned in behind barbed wire, was captured during the recent heavy fighiing on Guadalcanal island. The men had been brought from Japan to construct bases.

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Pet n, 1633 E. Towa: Carl Ter- most ofthe night confessed in the

! resen f T'S | - . i ‘Ficciano, 1637 E. Iowa; Robert More- De police uiicers and news te 5pot a = d LOS ORY his mother’s body in the rear seat. Jand, 2720 8. Taft st.;-Ashley Evans| "py ing the confession, the husky paignis and. q €|He then drove home to the ‘quiet |§ ; & H PX ol «of Ft. Wayne whose car was parked |six_foot two Nash betrayed no emo-| Over the $600 his father had ad-|;eionporhood where he: lived with B # aE a ; | at Kentucky ave. and White River; | tion, vanced him in addition to other|his parents, changed clothes and IDR 2 I. & and| Only once during the brief verbal debts the elder Nash had paid. went downtown, bought. 10-galions

in the trunk compartment and put

Zell Cross, 1609 Spruce st.

Harry N. Jordan, 1626 Spruce st.

confession did Nash attempt to .ex-

Young Nash said he drank little,

At the home of H. J. Hyman, 4560 |cuse himself. That was when he|but spent most of his money “just

‘Guilford ave., the thieves broke in|related details of an automobile ac-|

' the garage and removed the rear

cident near Litchfield, Ill, in May,

playing around with the girls.” “We left the car and started

of gasoline and started toward 1Illinois. l, 5 About 20 miles northeast of East St. Louis he threw the bloody

tires and wheels.

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1941, He suffered head injuries, he said, which caused the army to reject him last spring.

Family Lived Quietly

The Nash family lived quietly and was highly respected. NN attended McBride high school, a private denomination institution, and ia younger brother is studying for the priesthood. The brothers were

fighting,” he said. “I reached !n|clothes and his mother’s purse out the back seat and grabbed a hatchet|the window. Before he had gone and struck several times. Mother another 30 miles, however, the left left the car to stop us and when|rear tire blew out, but he confather fell, she hit at me with her|tinued to drive on the.rim for 20 fists. ID then struck her repeatedly miles before stopping to change with the hatchet.” tires. * : Nash said he knew nothing about| Near the southern outskirts of a valuable diamond ring his mother Springfield, Iii, tHe tire again blew usually wore., The ring finger had |out, Nash said, and this time it was

friendly, neighbors said, and Rober been chopped off during the furious

seemed to be a quiet soft-spok attack and was found in the rear young man. It - ta Fn sii seat where the mother’s body had

{sion that his parents had spoiled|Peen placed.

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him, however, and only recently did| A possible robbery motive puzthey quarrel with him over his|Zzled police for a time but Nash financial difficulties. insisted he took only $25 from his The elder Nash was a supervisor|father’s clothing. Another unin the internal revenue department|explained phase was a statement here. by Acting Chief of Police Andrew The confession came early today|Aylward that Nash had mailed a after intensive questioning. Acting|letter to an insurance company. Chief of Detectives Jerry. O'Connell The letter contained a premium called newsmen into his office and|payment on a $2000 life insurance there Nash made a verbal con-|policy. fession. After killing his parents, Nash

HINTS U. S. CURB ON RAIL TRAVEL

Eastman Says 40% of Passenger Traffic Is Non-Essential.

heavy travel of soldiers on furloughs antl of soldiers’ relatives visiting camps. . 4, The bus is a. doubtful factor; there is no certainty that busses will get all the tires they need, they are cramped by the 35-miles-an-hour speed limit, and overcrowding is causing excessive wear. X 5. Gasoline rationing has thrown a tremendous passenger load on the railroads. 3 The resillt, Mr. Eastman said, is _ By CHARLES T. LUCEY that no one knows just what heavy Times Special Writer loads may come to the railroads in

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2¢— Studies |the future. : have shown that 40 per cent of rail passenger traffic is non-essential or for pleasure, Joseph B. Eastman, director of the office of defense transportation, revealed today in warning that government controls. may come unless such travel is curtailed.

, Mr. Eastman said the ODT had been studying various methods of

control, but expressed a belief that the necessity for imposing them might be saverted if the public voluntarily restricted unnecessary travel.

Reviews Problems

Appeals for voluntary co-opera-tion thus far have had only limited success. Mr. Eastman; ‘reviewing the nation’s transportation problems in an interview, outlined these chief reasons why the railroads face jncreasing difficulties in meeting demands upon them: 1. Because so much travel had been diverted to private cars and busses, the railroads have _only about 60 per cent as much passenger equipment as in the =

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