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Show TRIED TO CHEAT HANGMAN. Chicago Car Bandit Makes Two Attempts At-tempts at Suicide. Potor Nlodormeler, tho lcador of tho Chicago car bandits, condemned to die on tho gallows Friday, mad two des-porato des-porato attempts at suicide Monday. His condition as a result Is bo precarious precari-ous that It Is feared ho will not survive. sur-vive. Should ho still bo alive next Friday ho will bo carried to tho gallows gal-lows and oxecuted. Nedermoler plannod his attempted sucldo carefully. care-fully. First ho masticated and swallowed swal-lowed tbo heads of sovonty-flvo or 100 sulphur matches. Whllo tho phosphorous phosphor-ous was burning his stomach he sawed at tho artery of his left wrist with a sharp pointed lead ponctl, tearing tear-ing tho member In a fearful manner. The second attempt was tnado after ho had been discovered and his wounds had been dressed, when he slipped tho bandages off his loft arm and with his sharp finger nails tore away tho threads In tha wounds, and, Inserting his forofingor Into tho ragged hole, bo worked again at tho veins and sought to reach the artery. |