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Show "LORD MAYOR IS FAST WEAKENING Tragic Little Act Enacted Daily as Jailer Brings Tray of Food i : '. bONDON, Sept. ". (By The A8SO-l A8SO-l clatkd Prsss.) Each day as the fast I of Lord Mayor MacSwinoy in Brix'on . prison progre.'ses. their Is staged by - the herisid of the dylnR man a traBlc III lie act, which was disclosed to The i Associated I'resa today by Father Ddm Inlc, Mavor Mac8wln3 prl 'ate chai- laln. .1 VILER BRINGS POOD Eery morning food In some form, or another is brought In by the prison, authorities and offeied to the starving: starv-ing: prisoner In tho hope that his ul-j most unconirollable craving will mas-ter mas-ter him and that he will be templed to, eat. Eevery morning there Is the same, , end to the act MacSwiney. who la' ! too weak to utter a spoken refusal., crushes hi6 desire and (urns bis head away. So it has gono on until tho twenty-fifth dr of his hunger strike h.1 ' on reached There have .been many rumors that MacS Iney vrs la Ing given su -iienanccl in drinking wat i or otherwise This J Is denied b' relatives and friends, and I Th Assoclatr-d Presa was further In-I In-I form. i that the prison authorities have I 'not given the lord major any food in I , (his manner Father Dominic also de-! nled that the prisoner was being fed, and added. Although some people say that the desire for food disappears after i la few da3' abstinence, it Is not so in I ' Mayor MaeSwlney's case. He is ft ill hungry, but refuses to take anything although It Is brought In to him regu-J regu-J larly. The lord inaor looked pale, ' dTiwn and haggard this morning ! when I administered the usual sacra- . ment and the loral rumor that he I received the last sacrament today Is; I not tru. MacSwiney has Intervals of I divines.-- an I is only able to speak In ; short gasps, owing to difficulty In! : breathing and nny attempt at cdntint ual conversation li impossible " Lord Mas or MacSwInev Is In the1 same room as was occupied by Sir T:.grr i anm.'iil before the latter was' I transferred to the Tower It Is a I , large, airy dormitory with seven beds and there Is a da., and night nurse j ! In atfendance The main entrance to the prison Is guarded by several police Who reftiar to admit any but relatives1 of the Inmntos. Many visitors were turned away today. to-day. But beyond those, the police and' the coming and ttolng of Mayor Mac-1 Swlney'e relatives there Is nothing to' indicate the battle ot wills going on behind the hlnh walls of the Jail, the I outcome of which may have a far reaching effect. |