CUT HIS THROAT Condemned Murderer in Idaho Pen Attempts Suicide v TRIBUNE SPECIALJ Boise Ida Jan Edward J Rice a murderer under sentence of death attempted at-tempted today to commit suleldo In his cell In tlm penitentiary llo cut ci gash ten Inches long across his throat severing sever-ing the windpipe Tho wheorliur sound nuido by tho wind pasutm through I tho I Wound attracted the attention of a guard j TIme man ls In a critical condition Rice was convicted of the murder of Matt Malloy In Wallace In October last and wuo to have been hanged yestcrday but nn appeal stayed the execution It Js not known how ho secured I ho Hnlfo ho used It was tin Iron cnso knlfo uharponcd to a razor edge Since his IneareraUlou ho has oaten from the guards table There are no Iron knives nothing but silverplated ITo has not Jn thu knowledge of the warden or lie guards had an Iron knife In his hands or opportunity to get one In pursuance of bin evident determination to take his life Rico so hung hula coat as to hldo his bid from tho eyes of the guard unless hu came directly Into the corrldor After the man had been mnclo ns com fortable as possible Rico said to War don Halloy Those other men tho leg ular convicts do not llko mo they hnvo arranged to take mo out tonight and hung mo 1 do not want lo hang yet I want lo die I am Innocent It Is the opinion of tho warden and guards that his trouble thc dread of death on tho scaffold had unhinged his mind It was a dreadful sight that was presented pre-sented In thci cell Rico had twice cut through his windpipe With his linger ho Wrote In blood on thc wall the word Nan What this signifies Is not known