A FATAL FAST
ATTEMPT TO BEAT. RIVAL. EVIDENCE AT THE INQUEST. (United Press Association.) (By Electric Telegraph -Copyright.) LONDON, November 7. Indigestion, heart failure, J.opsy, and an enlarged liver, aggravated by fasting, are the reasons for. the death of a fasting man named Ricardo Sacco, aged 48, according to the evidence of men at the' inquest A doctor warned Sacco before starting on a 56 days’ fast, by which he intended to beat a rival, +T mt he was unfit for the task. A nurse gave evidence that Sacco fasted in a large glass case in the Blackpool Amusement Arcade. The case was dirty and smelt offensively. It, was surrounded by monkeys end 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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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20870, 9 November 1929, Page 13
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156A FATAL FAST Otago Daily Times, Issue 20870, 9 November 1929, Page 13
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