Show TOLLED HIS OWN KNELL indiana church sexton hangs him self to a bell rope joseph kroch hanged himself to the bell rope in th belfry of st john a catholic church at new haven ind ot 0 which he was sexton and tolled nis own funeral knell one rope Is used to toll the bell for funerals or when members of the congregation die the knell was heard to sound but only once and it was supposed to have been an accidental tug at the rope after the early morning service an altar boy was sent to the organ loft an an errand orrand and in passing through the th belfry found kroch s body dang ling from the end of the rope used to toll the bell when he swung himself clear of the floor the bell sounded once and that was the signal of kroch s death he ile had been nervous and suffering from insomnia |