18 SEPTEMBER 1920, Page 12

" HUNGER STRIKE ENDS IN DEATH.

POTTSVILLE, PA., Aug. 11.—After having been on a hunger strike for 43 days, Charles Wilson, colored, died to-day in the county jail.

Wilson, while serving a sentence of seven years for a series of holdups and attempted murders, tried to escape some weeks ago. He opened his cell door with a key made from a spoon, beat the night watchman into insensibility and engaged in a -pistol duel with another watchman. He was severely injured. He was re-sentenced to a total of 28 years' imprfsonment. Then he began his hunger strike."