FASTING MAN’S DEATH
SACCO’S MANY DISEASES CORONER’S CRITICISM (By Cable—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Recd. Nov. 8, 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, November 7. Indigestion, heart failure, dropsy, and enlarged liver aggravated by fasting,- were reasons for tile death of the fasting man, Ricardo Sacco, aged 48; according to the doctor’s evidence at the inquest. - The doctor said that he warned Saeed before starting his fifty-six days’ fast, by which he intended to beat a rival, that he was unfit for the task. A nurse gave evidence that Sacco fasted in a large glass case in Blackpool Amusement Arcade. The case was dirty and smelt offensively. It was surrounded by monkeys and funny cats. The Coroner expressed the opinion that the authorities ought to have intervened on the grounds of hygiene and sanitation. Sacco was attempting to make money in a revolting fashion and overstepped the mark. A verdict of death by misadventure was returned.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 8 November 1929, Page 5
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