New Britain herald., 1919-11-10

November 20. 1918, that their son Henry had died abroad. Grief over the loss of her son caused Mrs Bromley to end her life.
 Appeared in Dazed Condition.
 About Decoration day this year a young man, who appeared dazed, as if suffering from the after effects of shell shock, appeared in Danbury un- ner the name of Samuel Reddy. Inti- mate friends of Private Henry Brom- ley believed Reddy to be Bromley and he was taken to the home of the Bromleys in Bethel The father was at first in doubt, but as the young man told of various boyhood incidents he became convinced. The town barber and fellow lodge member identied tho stranger as Bromley. After living with Henry Bromley for a time he went away
 From the date of the notification of the death of Henry Bromley, the war FISK insurance bureau had been paving ms father insurance benefits When the bureau of investigation learned of the appearance of Private Henry Bromley, o. J. Waite, an operative. was sent to Bethel. His investigation led him to Norwalk, where he found 2 man who was working under the name of Samuel Reddy. When approached by the secret serice man Reddy claim ed he was the son of John Reddv of New Canaan. It was learned that John Reddy has visited NOrWalk and paid a me ot $25 for some minor offense the young man had committed. John Red- dy had accepted him as his son.
 Reddy was taken into custody and brought here. Operative Waite exam v,yJoi ic1,I
 ley had said marked the body of his son. There was cut made by an axe on the right foot; on the right hand between the forefinger and thum b there
 was a healed cut, and another mark
 was on the chin. The prisoner when
 examined proved to have three scars
 similar to those which were said to have marked Bromley.
 Case Grows More Complicated. After this examination the prisoner
 said he was Bromley, and the mystery seemed to have been solved. The fed eral investigator and his prisoner went to a lunch room. As they entered a young man greeted the prisoner: Hello, Sam Reddy, how are you ?'' Waite again confused examined the stranger He was Cooke Mead of New Canaan and he said that he had NllON II IetuuN dll HIS 11lc ana that tn C prisoner was the son of John Reddy of that town. Again Waite questioned l the prisoner, who then said he was l Samuel Reddy.
 Strangely enough when he explained ] the axe cut on his foot while posing l as Bromley, he said that a Dr. White of Bethel had treated it. There is a l Dr. White in Bethel. In his last state l ment that he was Reddy, he said that ] Dr. Scofield of New Canaan had treat l ed him. There is a Dr. Scofield in New l Canaan.
 l The authorities are perplexed. The 1 prisoner has intimate knowledge of 1 both New Canaan and Bethel is fa.- ! miliar with incidents in the lives of ! both young Bromley and young Reddy l When he first appeared here under the l name of Reddy and was recognized as l Bromley, and accepted the identiflca. 1 tion, he had in his possession a draft 1 board exemption card from New Ca l naan, made out to Samuel Reddy This he said man had given to him while he was in a dazed condition soon after his arrival from overseas.
 The prisoner Is held on a charge of