CORRESPONDENCE
THE HERMIT
(To the Editor.)
Sir,—Being very interested in the correspondence appearing in your columns in reference to the "Hermit of Island Bay," I thought the following cutting from "The Post" in the eighties would be of interest to your readers.—l am, etc.,
GEO. W. T. BECKETT.
The clipping' is as follows:—
The Hermit of Island Bay has been seriously ill for the last few days. Yesterday Constables Heather and O'Halloran were sent out to his cave to see him. They found him in a pitiable condition—extremely feeble, with no food in his cave (though he said he had been supplied so far), and his rock habitation dripping with water. There seemed little doubt that if the Hermit had been allowed to remain there any longer he would have died. He was accordingly brought in a cab to the Hospital. Dr. Ewart examined him shortly after his admission, and pronounced him to be almost pulseless. The Hermit's name and antecedents have up to the present be'en a mystery, but he gave the hospital authorities the name of William Persse. The patient was slightly improved tolay, though his condition is still very serious. He is suffering from acute bronchitis and the general effects of continued exposure. (
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Evening Post, Issue 23, 27 July 1936, Page 8
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