Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 256, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 October 1920 — DEATH CLOSES LONG FAST OF CORK’S MAYOR [ARTICLE]

DEATH CLOSES LONG FAST OF CORK’S MAYOR

London, Oct. 25.-—Terrence MacSwiriey, lord mayor of Cork, died at Brixton prison, this city, at 5:40 o’clock this morning. His death followed a hunger strike of more than 73 days, eclipsing any m the annals of the medical world. MacSwiney, who had been unconscious for several days, did not recover his senses before he died. Father Dominic, his private chaplain, and his brother, John MacSwiney, were with ’him when the end came. Father Dominic was at the prison all night and did not leave until several hours after MacSwiney breathed his.last.