The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-07-16
DYER'sDTFFICULTY.
He Tells a straight Story to a Star Re-
a,orfer

He Tells a straight Story to Star Re-
l. porter.
j. E. Dyer, an Ex-United States Detective,
employed III the arrest and convictionof coun-
terfclters, was last night arrested upon infor-
nation FLED by another detective named James
I. Porter. affirming that "he did etdeavor to
obstruct the due q administration OF justice in a
| Court OF the United States, to wit, the United
| States Circuit ourt for the Southern District
of Ohio, in unlawfully taking and CARRYING
away counterfeit $50 note held rs evidence in
| a certain cause against one Robert Bull.n
This morning MIR. Dyer was brought before
the U. 5. Commissioner, and asked u Continual
which was granted. His bond was fixed a5
t$20UO, which ne furnished, with Messrs. Hunt
and Clark, proprietors of Hunts restaurant.
aud DIR. w 0odwartl as securities.
The circumstances connected with the case
Mr. Dyer, in an interview with reporter Of
The STAR this morning. explained as follows !:
Some time last April Mr.J L. Porter suggested
to me to write a letter to tile chief OPERATOR OF
| the GIeensborough District Of North Carolina
in reference TO evidence that Porter claimed
that the. operator had against cel tain man
| who was noted counterfeiter IN this vicinity.
| accordingly wrote the. letter asking what
evidence he mad, &c. In the meanwhile, and
soon after wrote this letter, Porser came to
me and told me. that If l could let hlln have
some counterfeit money it would enable him to,
gain the confidence OF a certain co,mterfeitcr
here with whom he could make dealing, ana
then bring him TO justice He suggested that I,
could get it at the District Attorneys office. I
accordingly asked leave to do this and got the
notes cQpsisting Of twos pieces and three 80
cent pieces. Mr. Porter was there at the time
and saw me receive them.
I.handed them to him and he kept them until
l returned them and took a receipt. Subse--
quently learned that when l wrote the letter
to GreensbOrough acte | against the rules. as
It ought TO have been written to Washington.
Hence, at option. Iquit my position. This was
about May f2th, and soon after made arrange
ments to 60 to my home at Knoxville, Tennes-
see. Porter then, however, had to 20 or to
New York City to attend the trial Of W. G.
fence 10 that with which am charged.
He told me to wait for him, as he'd only be
gone for few days; but he .neyet came until
last Saturday, when he told me that if I'd re-
main until Thursday he would pay me what
he owed me, add thus enable me to 90 home.
agreed to this, and yesterday he Induced ME
to go to the jail suggesting that Robert Ball
wanted to see me, lwent about O'Clock last
night and when had been atthe Jail a short
time, Deputy MaEslals Nat. Wright and John
Weaver CAME in and statud that they had an
unpleasant duty to perform, as was suspected
Of a serious offense.
They then searched me and, not finding any,
thing, claimed that they were fully satisfied,
but at my request accompanied me TO HUNTS
Hotel and there SEARCHED my nunk, where they
found twelve fifty cent notes, as told them
they would, secnted BY A. N. S. .cventon, and
marked with his initials These had then in
My possession as evidence against Bull, and
had received them from w. W. KennoSh for
merly Chief Operator at tins district.
In making. the above statement Mr.. Dyer
spoke in very straightforN aid manner, and
Claimed that the whole natter Was .sput uu
job against him BY Porter, in order tnat he
Porter might gain arepuati5n and become
chief operator OF this district. Mr. Dyer also
stated chat on several occasions when he was
still IN his posIti ~, Porter had reinarkei thss