Nicholas Murdaco, 1906 January 26

Murdaco was hanged in the Hudson County Jail at Jersey City on Jan,
26, 19

BIRMINGHAM NEWS, Birmingham, Alabama, 1~26-1906

JERSEY CITY EVENING JOURNAL, Jersey City, New Jersey, Jan. 26, 1906

"July ly, 1905<when Nicolo Murdaco, who killed his wife, nearly

chopping her head off with an axe, was sentenced yesterday in Jersey
City to be hanged August 20th, he implored Judge Blair to use the
same axe in putting him to death TIMES-DISPATCH, Richmond, Vas,
July 15, 1905 (3:5)

Murdaco was hanged in the Hudson County Jail at Jersey City on Jan,
26, 1906.

BIRMINGHAM NEWS, Birmingham, Alabama, 1-26-1906

JERSEY CITY EVENING JOURNAL, Jersey City, New Jersey, Jan. 26, 1906

nJuly U lj, 1905=when Nicolo Murdaco, who killed his wife, nearly

ch ing her head off with an axe, was sentenced yesterday in Jersey
y to be hanged August 20th, he implored Judge Blair to use the
same axe in Bap hg him to déabhan TIMES-DISPATCH, Richmond, Vae,
July 15, 1905 (3:5.)

Murdaco was hanged in the Hudson County Jail at Jersey City on Jan,
26, 1906,

BIRMINGHAM NEWS, Birmingham, Alabana, 1-26-1906

JERSEY CITY EVENING JOURNAL, Jersey City, New Jersey, Jan. 26, 1906

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MURDACO, Nicholas

Murdaco, a 33-year-old native of Italy who barelg spoke English, had
emigrated to the United States in 1899 and settled in Jersey City, N.
Je He and his wife lived at 70 Coalgate Street with their 5-year-
old son. Murdaco was of a highly jealous disposition and on May h,
1906, he and his wife got into an argument in the course of which she
said "This is a free land and I am going to do as I please." He flew
into a rage and attacked her with a hatchet, almost decapitating her,
The seene was witnessed by their son who subsequently testified again-
St his father at the trial where Murdaco was convicted and sentenced
to hang. He was an unpredictable prisonsr while awaiting execution,
praying fervently at times and cursing the gaards, to two of whom he
had taken a violent dislike, at others, He had a sister living in
New York who wrote to him several times but he destroyed the letters
without reading then, Yet, B RXEXBXE SWRA SRE

feared that he would break and have to be carried to the scaffold,
but he met his death calmly and without visible show of emotion,

stating that he did not fear to die but was afraid of the hereafter,

MURDACO, Nicholas

Murdaco, a 33-year-old native of Italy who barelg spoke English, had
emigrated to the United States in 1899 and settled in Jersey City, N.
e He and his wife lived at 70 Coalgate Street with their 5S-year-

old son, Murdaco was of a highly jealous disposition and on May h,
1906, he and his wife got into an argument in the course of which she
said "This is a free land and I am going to do as I please." He flew
into a rage and attacked her with a hatchet, almost decapitating her.
The seene was witnessed by their son who subsequently testified again-|
st his father at the trial where Murdaco was convicted and sentenced
to hang. He was an unpredictable prisonsr while awaiting execution,
praying fervently at times and cursing the gaards, to two of whom he
had taken a violent dislike » at others, He had a sister living in
New York who wrote to him several times but he destroyed the letters
without reading them, Yet, BEXSEXZSXKXRXERRAERXERK when the death
warrant was read to him, he expressed a desire to see her for a last
time. Because of his nervous » unpredictable temperament, it was
feared that he would break and have to be carried to the scaffold,
but he met his death calmly and without visible show of emotion,
stating that he did not fear to die but was afraid of the hereafter.

MURDACO, Nicholas

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but he destroyed the letters

when the death
he expressed a desire to see her for a last

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