ANOTHER REMARKABLE MISER.
The frequency with which misers are being unearthed of late has led not a j few medical men to turn their at-1 tention to the question of whether, after all, the miser ia not afflicted with a disease, juat in the same way as a person might catch typhoid or influenza. Indeed, it is asserted by specialists to be quite possible that a miser microbe might yet be located and isolated, as has been the case with other disease germs. The remarkable case of Charles Phillips in London the other day has now been followed by the discovery of an equaUy extraordinary case in Victoria, which, strange to say, presents many features Bimilar to the London example. Among the prisoners dealt with at the Ballarat City < Court, recently, was an old man, John MeCormack, who had been arrested on a charge of having no visible.means of support. When taken into custody MeCormack was lying I on the floor of an untenanted house, and was so weak from exhaustion following on starvation that the policeman had difficulty in keeping him standing on his feet. He refused to go to the hospital, and consequently the constable was compelled to place bim in the lock-up. The magistrate remanded the old man to the gaol hospital for medical On his arrival at the gaol the authorities there, in accordance with the regulations, ordered him into a warm bath, and while he was undergoing the usual cleansing process they over hauled his garments. Inside the back lining of his ragged, foul-smelling coat a hard square substance was discovered. It was tightly sewn in between the outer material and lining. On the lining being removed from the coat, deposit receipts were disclosed showing that MeCormack had the sum of £2,200 to his credit in one of thD banks. Attached firmly was also £36 in bank notes. The gaol authorities took possession of the hoard of the miser, who now will be called upon to pay for his board and residence and medical treatment at tbe gaol. MeCormack is sixty-five years of age.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10026, 23 April 1910, Page 4
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349ANOTHER REMARKABLE MISER. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10026, 23 April 1910, Page 4
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