Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-05-08
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CAlHOrd A. Brooks Of AnSonia, With wife and family, kelled himself q wife and family, killed himself He was suffering from mental aberra- tion.
 Edward Oakley, former trolley em- ploye of New Haven, jumped off a car on Whalley avenue yesterday morning and fell in front of one on the othe: track. The car killed him.
 The oyster sloop Christie, owned and sailed by Captain Samuel Jack of Stratford, was caught in squall yes- terdny afternoon between the Bridge port lighthouse and Steeplechase Is- land and was capsized. Fifty men were aboard, but all were saved.
 The Warehouse Point railroad bridge was found on fire early Saturday morn ing and to get men to fight 1t fire alarm was turned in in Windsor Locks An engine took a gang of men to the scene and the blaze was put out with buckets of water without doing, 1t is said, material damage.
 A trolley car, rapidly descending 8 down grade, got beyond control at Il o'clock at Ans0nia Saturday night, smashed through the gates at the rail- road crossing and ran into freight car. The motorman saved himself by Jumping. The passengers. about fif- teen in number, were all shaken up.
 As Conductor MacDonald's Harlem River freight train was waiting in Der lin about 1 o'clock yesterday morning to pick up few cars from New Brit ain, the conductor found door of one of the cars open. Three men jumped from 1t and one fired a couple of shots at him, but neither shot struck him.
 David Houle, the 8-years-old son of Theophile Houle of Willimantic was found drowned yesterday in the canal of the Willimantic Thread company's No. 3 mill. The boy was missed and his disappearance was reported to the police. He was last seen climbing on the stone work of the canal and at tempting to cross 1t. This morning the canal was drained and the body found.
 Richard Barry, the Torrington ball player, who has been wanted by the police since July last, for brutal as- sault with ball club on F. NJ. Hoyt of Winsted, returned to town on the 9:16 train Saturday morning. accompanied by n Wallingford lawyer, and gave himself up to the authorities. In court he pleaded guilty and was fined $GO and costs, amounting to SS2 which he paid.
 John Sedlow went to the dance in Hartford last Monday evening. Just after he came out at midnight and was walking up Haynes street group of four or i've young men approached him. They crowded around him as Ii they knew him and one said: "Well, hello. Jack" As he said, this he slap- ped Sedlow famillarly on the chest and his hand up around his neck tie. Then then hurried down Pearl street At the corner Mir Sedlow dis covered that his diamond pin was gone. It originally was cluster of fifteen stones but two had been lost. It was valued at $135.
 The summer-like weather of yester- day brought out the automobilists in likewise the officers of the law to see that the autoists didn't run their machines too fast when they struck a nice stretch of road. The of ficers were particularly busy about New Britain. A. J. vaill of Forest vile, William Bliss of New York, H. Russell of New York. Y. R. Lansign of Yonkers, A. J. Inglis of New York and Charles Reed of New Haven were all arrested charged with violating the speed law. Bliss paid $25 to the chief for his fine and said that the chief needn't expect him to show up. He is an official of the Boston < Albany rail road.