Died in jail or a lockup
Nash
Nash died at the jail in Carlinville, Illinois, in July 1854. The St. Louis Republican, as reprinted in the Wilmington Journal, reported that a large crowd had gathered expecting an execution and then broke into the jail intending to seize him. The paper said that when they reached him, he had already hanged himself from a rafter.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The St. Louis Republican reported that Nash hanged himself from a rafter in the Carlinville jail after a crowd had gathered to seize him.
Reported by: St. Louis Republican (reporters).