New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-28
Sister Too Weak to Re-
sist Food, Says Mrs.
Sanger
NO FORCE USED,
LEWIS ASSERTS
Hunger Striker Will Not
Fat Voluntarily, Friends
Declare

Mrs Ethel Byrne's hunger strike
,.me 70 an end yesterday. Twice AZ
,e.,, during the twenty-four hours sne
as fed with milk and eggs admins
cred through rubber tube.
whether she acquiesced in this ana
10. civen up the hunger strike volun-
,,rilv. or whether she was unconscious
hon the food was poured down her
,hrost. arc questions in dispute be-
.v.sp Commissioner Burdette t. Lewis
.,5 Mrs. Margaret Sanger, sister OF
Mrs. Byrne .ho
c.,,u,issioner stated that "no resist
. was offered to the feeding Fa-
,;.r, indicated that she was Wiling 10
,.ce;ve il. but made no effort 10 t@A'
sber own accord. Her attitude was
rsssiye.'
Sister Tells of Illness
ou.bo other hand. Mrs. Sanger nam
..;,od all day long that she knew from
..-o. sources Of information that neI
- va, in q state of coma, and at il
o,cloek last night she issued the follow
ing statement through her attorney d.
J Goldstein;
a. $50 the patient regained con
-.;o,sress and the tension was lo'
.bo 6rst time relieved. She had oeen
..-.onseious for twenty-four hours ana
Joc.or. had been in constant at'en-
do,.ce Small quantities Of milk egg
ord brandy had been led to her oy
,nbe every four hours
mouth ard tongue were still greatly
.rollen. Patient unable to speak
pulse. irregular, weak; about 30
apesniration, rapid, uncertain.
Temperature, 81
ar patient in conscious state res's's
r,cdinr she will not survive three
days." ,.
Mr. Goldstein refused to oivulge t'e
-.,.~.o of this statement, which fatty
,,r.rsdictsd the official word Of The
doc,ors on the island that Mrs. Byrne's
condition was rot dangerous and that
.bo had rot been unconscious during
the day
First Food Administered
The story of the Commissioner bull
',tips is that Mrs. Byrne had her first
feeding at little before midnight on
Thursday. She was wrapped IN
blanket and fed one pint of milk and
two eggs through rubber tube insert
cd in her mouth. 1t all happened, he
said. so quickly that she did not know
what had happened to her. Between
2:3O and 8 o'clock yesterday afternoon
she was again fed with pint of milk
and two eggs, with little brandy.
The latest official bulletin was;
Blood pressure, normal
Respiration, normal.
Pulse, normal.
temperature. slightly subnormsi, i'm
proved.
No exercise taken to-day. Face and
hands washed for her. General condi-
lion improved.
Food administered between 2:30 ard
@ o'clock by DR.. W. Travers Gibb and
DR.. lrma Howard.
Food consisted of one pint of milk,
.wo eggs, a little brandy. One-six-
tcenth Of grain of strychnine was
administered.
The bulletin concluded with the
words about no resistance being
offered.
Resistance Of course mott cried
Mrs. Sanger, when she saw the bull
ictin. The reason she didn't resist
was because she was unconscious.
know my sister would never take their
food if she were conscious, and this
statement Of theirs simply confirms my
Information that she has been uncon-
scious all day.
She then said that If it could be
proved to her that herssster was con-
scious when she had the second feed
ing, she would have to believe that
Mrs. Byrnc was resting on the laurels
of a technical victory. that she had
compelled the authorities 70 feed her
forcibly. and that was all she had set
ont TO do when she was committed TO
Inc workhouse.
Sees More Victory