Caption: (NY6-Dec. 13) UNDER OBSERVATION-Eddie Machen, top ranked heavyweight contender, was admitted yesterday for observation in a mental hospital at Napa, Calif. California Highway Patrolman Bill McCluskey said he found Machen, 30, parked off U.S. Highway 40 near Vallejo, Calif., "a loaded gun next to him on the sea. He was writing a farewell letter." McCluskey said Machen told him he planned to kill himself because he was broke, couldn't get anymore flights and "everything was all wrong." (AP Wirephoto) (tdi150910fls) 1962.
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