Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-09-29
WATERBURY EVENING DEMOCRAT FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 20 1905
NUTMEG CARVINGS.
Interesting Items Boiled Do wn For
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Hugh F. Preston of Hartford, a painter, who boarded with the family of Max Tuck at No 76 Pleasant street, was found dead at his boarding place yesterday morning. He was lying ols sofa in the front room of the tene- ment with his clothes on when found.
 Mrs Hjalma Burke was found hang ing to beam in the cellar of her home at South Norwalk yesterday af- ternoon by her daughter, who had just returned from school. A doctor who was called cut the body down. She leaves husband and several children. No reason Is known for the suicide.
 James Lillis, aged 40, while attempt ing to board a moving train at the Danbury fair grounds last night, losa his hold, was thrown under the car and his right leg was cut off. He be- longed in Hawieyville and was em- ployed at the construction department of the Consolidated. He is unmarried
 Deputy Sheriff Tyler of Deep River and Deputy Sheriff Huntley of Essex raided the premises of Joseph Cutonl at Centerbrook yesterday afternoon and foud two kegs of beer and five gal. Ions of whiskey hidden in hay now. Cutoni was taken before Justice Hor- ton of Essex and Postmaster Prann Of Centerbrook furnished a bond of $150 for his appearance next Wednesday.
 At a meeting of the board of alder men at New Haven last night, tho "cut'' proposition over which the city and the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad had disagreed for several years, was settled amicably, which means that the railroad can go ahead with its plan to spend millions of dollars there on buildings and in improvements.
 A convention of the eight-hour com. mittees of the International Typo- graphical union, representing the locals in this state and Massachusetts, was held in New Haven yesterday after noon at Music hall, about 100 printers being present. The various commit tees made reports, stating that they were satisfied with the strike condi- tions in the different cities. No bust ness was transacted.
 Clark Chafee of Middletown was found dead in his room at the ChafS9 house shortly before noon yesterday 2. paralysis Wednesday evening he was in fine spirits and stayed up late to ar. range the details of hunting trip which he was to take yesterday with party of friends. As he did not come down in the morning nor respond | to raps on the door, the l6ck was | forced about II o'clock and he was found dead in his chair.
 While going down ashort hill west of Stamford yesterday afternoon, the automobile owned by Richard Siden- berg, of New York became unmanage- able through the breaking of the stee' ing gear, and plunging down a four. foot embankment into boulder, threw all the occupants out. Miss Adelaide Wallach of No 10 West Eightetf | street, New York, sustained a broken collarbone and bad scalp wound and was the most seriously hurt.
 Pickets of the Hartford Typograph ical union got into communication with | five strike breakers sent from New York and three of them were persuaded not to go to work at the Case, Lock wood & Brainard Co.'S yesterday. 4 member of the executive board of thu | union said that the strike breakers were taken to a boarding house or Trumbull street to be fed and lodget and when the woman who runs thu place learned who they were she re fused to accommodate them.
 A man who said that he was one oi the Byrne brothers, actors, called al Coleburn & Lauder's jewelry store al
 South Norwalk yesterday and asked tt see diamond rings and ordered a dia mond solitaire ring sent to his room Getting 1t he said he would go to tho hotel office and get a check cashed
 He wore the ring, leaving his hat, coa' and grip in the room, but he failed tc come back. He is thought to be tht man who got about $50 worth of furs in much the same manner from Dan
 bury firm Wednesday.