1914.07.25: 'BECKY' EDELSON 'FUDGES' IN HER HUNGER STRIKE

July 25, 1914

'BECKY' EDELSON 'FUDGES' IN HER HUNGER STRIKE

Physicians at Blackwell's Island Assert Young Woman Has Been Taking Food and Drink.


New York, July 24-- "Becky" Edelson is "fudging" in her hunger and thirst strike on Blackwell's Island. Convincing evidence of this was received by Katherine B. Davis, commissioner of corrections, today, when it was positively learned that the I.W.W. speaker has been drinking water for two days, and every indication points to her having obtained food.

When physicians today examined the young woman who said she would neither drink nor eat until released from jail, they found her in perfect physical condition. She now has been at Blackwell's Island for days.

The keepers learned that she obtained a lemon yesterday which she carried to her cell. She also went into the mess hall with the prisoners last night. She was not seen to eat anything, but is believed to have carried food back to her cell.


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