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Show PENANCE FOR HEAVY SPREE Resolves to Quit Eatinf Tcr Twenty-One . Days as Punishment V .. . . ' .' 1 VINCENNES. Ind., : April 13. William Wil-liam Stewart, aged 45, is slowly starving starv-ing himself In the Knox county jail, the result of his vow to the Lord that he would fast for twenty-one days as a punishment for a spree he indulged in about two weeks ago. Stewart is rapidly wasting away and when the county prisoners were removed re-moved from the old Jail to the new structure, which has just been completed, com-pleted, he had to be carried. The prisoner pris-oner seems to be in his right mind and no effort is being made to compel him to eat. He has a wife and three children. chil-dren. , His case Is attracting much attention and there Is great interest being shown in whether or not he will live to fulfill his promise. |