| Show STARK EAD FOR MONTHS MAN BELIEVED HE COULD SPIR HIS LIFE AND LIVE hoped by fasting to become ethereal and thus ascertain secrets of the universe joseph william shepard an invent or and once wealthy starved himself to death in the belief that he could spiritualize his life and exist without eating HR fedj in an sa apartment house in new york city and dr julian P thomas a food specialist who had known him tor for several years told the coroner the aged man mav have been without food for several months his only nourishment was a very little wine and occasionally a sip of honey dr thomas sent a communication to the coroner a office about the case stating that death re suited from starvation shepard was 64 years old well edu bated and a student of psychology he had been engaged in glass mamuyac turing until ten years ago when he retired from business being able to live well on the royalties from his patents his son his physician and those who knew him say he was not insane they declare his mind vms a perfectly clear and sound upon all other points for several years he ate nothing ex capt such fruits and vegetables as grew in the sun then he ceased drinking water and drank very spar angly of light wine gradually be out down his supply of vegetables nd rid took only very small quantities of rice but even upon this meager diet be he seemed not to suffer any physical inconvenience he lived alone in his apartment never had meals served to him there and had not eaten a meal ineal anywhere for a year the doctor remonstrated with him and told him he would die but he said by fasting I 1 shall become in more ore ethereal and shall so spiritualize my self that I 1 will be able to know aji th the secrets of the universe |
