Show Saved from Suicide by Bath A keeper at tho county jail In Jersey Jer-sey City made the discovery a few days ago that Nicola Murdaco a condemned con-demned Italian murderer was in need of a bath Tho tip was furnished by Edward Tapeley a negro murderer who Is i under sentence to hang one week before be-fore the date set for Murdacos execu tlon Tapeley said ho strenuously objected ob-jected to confinement in thc same cell with the Italian unless tho dago had a wash Murdaco was ordered to get Into tho bathtub but refused He said ho would die first and then six attendants attend-ants yanked his clothes off and washed wash-ed him Murdacos yells were heard In ecr part of tho every Jail Three or four men held him down whllo others scrubbed him from head to foot Murdaco tried to kill himself tho other day by twisting and pulling his tongue until It bled at the roots Tho keepers believe the Italian had an Idea that ho could commit suicide by allowing the pores of his skin to close up and for that reason refused to wash himself |