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Show Sl'H'lUK ItAJII'AXT. .lu Allegnl (lamlilrr .Ulcinpli to Eml Ilia llartbly Kxlalrnce, at tho Xorgiu Hold. Tliealfiloitrucllo;i craze silll continues con-tinues to find n victim dally In and about this city. Tha ninth and last attempt at aelf murder within lendas waa made at 8:15 thla morning lu tho Morgau Hotel, At the lime noted, Manager Mulfurd waa arouaetl Irom his slumUr by hearing someone cry out, "lam broke and will Iw dead brfure daylight, and then, yes then!" Mr. Mulfurd sprang from Ills Ltd nnd Immediately la-gan a search for what hu np.Ml to be a drunkiu gueat. At the foot of thu stairway leading from thu ladles' entrance his urea met n horrible sight, Uou the Iloor lay I'. (J. lurdy, n reguUr boarder of the houae, moaning aud writhing In n twol ot blood. Mr. Mulford asked In great astonishment, astonish-ment, "What la the matter, I'urdyJ" "Oh, I nm broke and I'll U dead before be-fore morning," was the reply. Dr. J, C. Hanchett, who rooms at the Morgan, was summoned to tha side of the laat bleeding and apparently dying man, and Hie police olllcors telo-phoned telo-phoned for. Upon ux imlnatlon It waa illaooverod that the would-bu suicide had almost suvernl hla left arm at the t-llaiw. The Inttrumant uael waa a small arl-handled en knife, Thu man's wounds wero dresed and ho was removed to Ht. Mary's hoapltal luthu itrol wagoifi wberelio was resting comfortably thla afternoon. The hospital pbytlclan says he will recover. l'lirdy came from l.ureko, Nevada, to thla city and rrgtitered at the Morgau oil May I i, where ho haa been everalnce. Helaaaltto bo n profva sloual gambler and has lost heavily of late, Thla Ii given aa thu tuuio of Ilia railmcu. |