Show TOLLED HIS OWN KNELL fort wayno ind april 4 joseph kroch banged to the bell rope in tho belfry of st bohna catholic at new haven of which he wai sexton and tolled hia own funeral knell one rope is used to toll the bell for funerals or when members of the congregation gre gation 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 sen ice an altar boy was sent to the organ loft on nn errand and in passing through the belfry found knochs body dangling from the end of the rope used to toll the bell alien he swung himself clear fit the floor the bell sounder once and that waa the signal cd arocha death ho had been nervous and Mi nering from insomnia according to catholic church lawa a Mi icide or any crime committed in a church it and st johns be re consecrated before it can bo again used for divine services |