Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-12-02
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 l Berlin-Fire of unknown origin last night destroyed the buildings of the w. l.. Davis brick yard with a loss estimated at about s1,400.
 Meriden-ln the police court yes terday Walter E. Miller. former se- lectman, and John Demo, special policeman. were allowed $35 and $1O respectively as rewards for giving information which led to the detec- tion of three men convicted of whole sale thefts of poultry in East Meri- den.
 | Wethersfield-From the death cell in prison, Ralph Carfaro, condemned to be hanged for killing George Shee- han, has brought suit against Joseph Tentero, alias DesLucia. This is for $l,O0O for the profits of farm, which were to have been equally di- vided between the plaintiff, his sister, and the defendant.
 iioAt aCucIdl Ilculdu VI Averill, state commissioner on domes- tic animals, yesterday awarded the contract for supplying dog license tags for the ensuing dog year. which begins May 1, to the Noble & Westbrook Co of this city. The con tract price is $14 thousand, deliver cd at the offices of the town clerks in the state.
 New Britain--Rev John o. John son of Chicago, we'll known Swed- ish temperance lecturer, died sudden | ly yesterday morning at the New Britain hospital. MT Johnson was taken Monday afternoon to the hos pital. suffering from tonsilitis, and his condition was not regarded as serious. It was with surprise that his death was learned.
 New Haven-A very unsuccessful attempt to steal the Spanish war can non which fronts the soldiers and sailors monument on the top of East Rock was made some time Sunday night. The cannon was unbolted from it's fastenings, but the man or men who tried the trick could not move it from it's position. There is no trace of the culprits yet.
 Hartford-While Mrs Leo Willar- do of 53 Liberty street was out shop ping yesterday morning, her 4-year- old son, Andrew, by either playing about the stove or handling matches, set fire to his clothes and before the neighbors noticed the fire, the child was so terribly burned that he died about an hour later, after being re- moved to St Francis's hospital. Bristol-Chief of Palice Ernest E.. Belden received letter in yesterday mornings mail from Arthur Cole, a convict at the Connecticut state pris- on at Wethersfield, asking the chief if he would assist him in locating his brother, Frank Cole. The young man explains in the letter that he is the son of William F. Cole of Ridge field and that the brother for whom he is looking is about 22 or 2S years ola.
 l a New Haven-Dr Hotchkiss inform ed the detective bureau yesterday that Annabel Anthony, who lives at 120 Howard avenue, was shot in the leg Monday while walking through Water street. It Is believed that a small boy with an air rife must have done the shooting. for the doctor re- moved a piece of lead and splinter of wood from lead pencil which were imbedded in the flesh in such a way as to indicate that they had been fired from an air rife.
 Michael Hickey, "A years old, was unable to tell Judge Platt yesterday in the United States district court at Hartford why he took money from letters at Torrington. Bernard E. Lynch of New Haven spoke for him and MT Lynch had Hickey make a statement in his own behalf In the , original complaint under which Hickey had been indicted there were two counts. Under the second count it would have been necessary, under the law, to send Hickey to jail, but l as John T.. Robinson, United States district attorney. had nolled the sec ond count, the judge had the privi- lege of imposing a fine and he fined Hickey $500 and costs.
 New Haven-When the controller box flew out on a West Haven car near the power house yesterday af- 1 ternoon it was no fault of the mo- torman's that there was not panic among the 20 passengers, most of them women. The car left Coxs at 1:06 bound for the city and had pick ed up quite load of passengers. When the car was near Fourth ave- nue, the controller box blew out, &C., companied by lots of flame and smoke but no real danger. The motorman, McCluskey by name, immediately opened the door and made dash for the rear of the car and most of the passengers followed suit. The con ductor, however, had presence of mind enough to block the doorway and save the women from jumping [ from the fast moving car. At the same time Charles A. Dupee, a well known blue jacket. who was sitting