New Britain herald., 1929-08-02
ARMED MAN FOUND
 SLEEPING IN CAR
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Taken to police headquarters. Schrager and Brophy were question ed bv Detective Sergeant G. C. FL finger, Sergeant M. J. Flynn and Or ficers Dolan and Gutowski, to whom Brophy is said to have admitted that he stole the pistol four days ago from H. P. Wooster who conducts riding schools in Waterbury and Co- pake, N. Y. Brophy said he was em- ployed by Wooster and yesterday he stole the car at Copake, driving to Waterbury. where he met Schrager by appointment He had an ap-, pointment to meet Schrager in New Britain Tuesday but was unable to keep it because of Jack of money, he said.
 steal Calf From Pasture
 On the road to Waterbury, Brophy went into a pasture in the town of Middlebury and stole a calf. which is the property of Charles Harper. It was his intention, he said, to sell the calf, which is only three weeks old. He claimed that he had the animal in the car when he met Schrager, but he would not say who was with him when he stole it, at the same time saying he was not alone.
 According 10 papers found in the automobile, the owner is N. J. Shc!- lin of 116l Shakespeare Ave. the Tt ic ce5an
 Despite Brophy's apparent effort to shiell Schrager, the latter ad- mitted to Officer Dolan that he was with Brophy when the calf was stolen. Schrager is held on thv charge of suspicion and will prop- ably be turned over to the Middle bury authorities on the charge oi theft.
 Both Prisoners Nonchalant
 Both young men looked upon the e affaIr as huge joke. Brophy plead cd guilty in court and had nothing f 0 say after Officer Gutowski told tie story of the capture. What were you carrying the gun for, Brophy?' | Judge Traceski asked him. Nc par ticular reason" Brophy replied, after few seconds hesitation. "Where did you get it?" the judge continued, as he perused the statute under which the arrest was made. Lake l Copake. N. Y.," he replied. 1 Assistant Prosecuting Attorney w. | VI. Greenstein told the court that the authorities in the other places were | eing communicated with at the mo- ment and Judge Traceski said that under the circumstances he Wolld blnd Brophy over to superior court. ! In the prisoners pen, Brophy and | Schrager chatted gaily about the sit uation, showing no concern what I ever. To Officer James M. McCue l Brophy made the remark about Officer Gutowskis good fortune in | getting the irop cn him.
 Wants His Calf Returned | This afternoon Captain George J. Kelly was in receipt of a teleph one cal from the owner of the stolen calf. asking about the procedure 'to have it returned to him. He was told it had been turned over to J. NJ. Finnegan to be cared for in his stable until called for. He said he did not wish to prosecute Brophy and Schrager and would be satis- fled if he got his calf. He express that he could not understand why anyone would steal the animal be. cause of the difficulty in disposins of it.
 Officer Dolan reached Stato Trooper Andy Surprise at Copak2 ing him at Hofapele Inn. and learn cd that a report had been made to him yesterday of the theft of the car.
 Speaks Well of Brophy
 Wooster. Brophy's employer. was reached in Waterbury and told tha local police he did not care to prose- cute the young man for theft of the pistol and would be satisfied to get
 it back He spoke well of Brophy. remarking that he was inclined 10 he "a little wild" occasionally but
 
 pistol was kept at the Wooster rid
 ing school at COpale for use to shoot horses when their usefulness is ended through accidents, Wooster said.
 Whether the prosecution on the charge of carrying the pistol would be dropped in the event that the New York authorities want to prose- cute Brophy for the theft of the car was not decided this afternoon. It was pointed out that 1t was possibl to add the charge of bringing q stolen automobile across the state line but 1t was doubtful that this action would he taken.
 Schraser vas released by the po- lice this aftprnOOD