NELLIE WICKS
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Officer Rank: Corrections Employee
Memorial Panel: 20-E: 30
Department: New York State Dept. of Corrections
End of Watch: September 27, 1906
Cause: NIFE
Age: 21
Years of Service: 1
Description: Head Attendant Nellie Wicks was knocked unconscious and then stabbed by an inmate in the lavatory of the Matteawan State Hospital for Insane Criminals. The inmate was upset that Nellie Wicks was transferring to another facility. The inmate followed Nellie Wicks into the lavatory attacked her, locked the door and inflicted over 200 wounds with a pair of scissors. Nellie Wicks died of her injuries several hours later.
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