Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-13
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A body, later identified as that of John H. Walker, of Chapin, was found ill field near the house of Her bert Chappell at Mansfield Hollow yesterday morning.
 The bell buoy of Charles Island has been torn from its moorings by sound. An affort will be made to- morrow to anchor 1t again.
 The man who was found dead We'd nesday beside the railroad tracks near Long Hill crossing in East Hartford, has been identified as Tony Smith, who worked in the shop of the Pratt x Cady company of Hartford.
 Another serious coasting accident occurred in Stamford last night. X bob-sled on North street collided with a coal cart. Leroy Ruckel received compound frocture of the skull and Henry Corwin, 14 years old, had one leg broken in two places and suffered other injuries. Ruckel, who is 13 years old, is in dangerous condition and his recovery is doubtful.
 A large barn owned by William Brush at North Cornwall was totally destroyed by fire yesterday morning at 1 o'clock, entaihng loss of about $3,0O0. The barn. which was known as the 'old barn." stood quite a dis tance from the house and it was al- mostaeady to fall in when the fire was discovered. Twenty-one head of cat tie, nearly all cows, ten tons of hay, large amount of grain and farming utensils were burned.
 Sister Mary Bernard died Thursday night at St Bridget's convent in Meri- den,g after a protracted illness, with lung troubles. In the world Sister Ber- nard was Miss Letitia Moran, of New London, and she is survived by her father and mother, MT and Mrs John Moran of that city, and two sisteRs, the Misses Mary and Eleanor Moran. Tie former is a public school teacher in New York city. Sister Bernard was a most gifted young woman, pro- ficient in music and a thorough stu- dent. She was only 25 years of age. and had been a professed nun for five years.
 The east and west bound passenger trains on the Air Line division, col lided at the station in Turnerville last evening. The trains pass at that point the west bound train having the right of way and the east bound talk ing the switch. For some season the switch failed to work, or was not turned in time and the trains came together on the main track. The east bound train was in charge of Con- ductor Clark and the west of Conduc- tor Beale, who was standing near window when the collision occurred. He was thrown against 1t and his hand was cut by the broken glass. Express messenger Hutchinson of the west bound train was thrown the length of his car and received bruises which were not serious. The passen- gers, though frightened, were not in- jured otherwise.
 Tn the police court at New Britain yesterday, & stranger who, it is alleg~ ed, pretended to be deaf and dumb was sentenced to thirty days, in jail for drunkenness, and fined $7 with costs and given ten days in jail for theft. The man was arrested Thurs day night, for being drunk, and it transpired that he was in St Mary's church earlier in the evening and stole pocketbook con- taining $35. The pocketbook and money belonged to Miss Bridget Ken ney. Miss Kenny and two companions were in the church, and becoming at the appearance and ac- tions of the man they ran ont. Miss ISenney left her pocketbook behind and the stranger got hold Of it. The fel- low wrote on a piece of paper that he was deaf and dumb, and his name he gave as Frank Murphy. John Maher and Frank Bartlett testified that the man talked with them Monday night and was neither deaf nor dumb then.