The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-21
FOUND DEAD IN HIS BED
.GUs, DYER EXPIRED ALONE DUR-
 ING THE NIGHT.
We'll Known Citizen of Montgomery Had Worried over the Robbery of His Room-Had Many
 Friends,

Augustus Marion Dyer. a well-known man of Montgomery, was found dead In his bed at 5:30 o'clock yesterday morn ing in his room on the southeast cor her of the second floor of the new brick building at 21e North Court Street owaed by M P Wilcox.
 The lifeless body of MT. Dyer was discovered by his brother. William Henry Dyer. There was no evidence of foul play. Coroner W. H. Tice was quickly called and after an investiga- tion. gave as his verdict that the death of Mir. Dyer was caused from heart
 failure and that he had been dead three
 or four hours. train of peculiar circumstances sur
 round the death of Mir. Dyer. his room
 having been robbed Thursday on which
 day at noon he left his apartments. On
 returing to his room about 7:30
 o'clock that night, he was startled to
 find that burglar had entered. A
 parlor writing desk. in which he had
 put away s61 had been taken and a
 watch and chain were gone. M. P.
 Wilcox, who was a personal friends of
 MT. Dyer was sought by him to whom
 he excitedly explained the circum-
 stances. It was then about o'clock
 and the two men started back to the
 apartments. On arriving there, Mir.
 Wilcox found the parlor writing desk |
 appeared. The drawer of the desk had
 been taken out and laid on the bed and | in the drawer were different articles
 which had been on top of the desk. At | the foot of the bed was a sack and the | half of a brack. The lid of the desk had been locked securely by MT. Dyer | before he left his room at noon. He | took this precaution to insure the safety | of his money. It Is thought that the
 brick was to have been used by the burglar in opening the desk and that the sack was to have been filled with articles taken therefrom, but that, finding he was unable to open the piece of furniture, the desk was taken or
 The two men lighted candles and be- gan a search of the premises. They were unable to find a singleclue. Not trace of the burglar could be seen. It was a puzzle to conceive how the desk could have been lifted from the second story of the building and taken away without being noticed by some one in the neighborhood.
 The desk was found about 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon on the bank of the river a short distance below the Union railway station. A citizen, who saw the desk made a report to police head quarters. Patrolman Mosely secured a wagon and hauled 1t to the police station.
 On opening the desk. 6 pocketbook was found containing a large number of Confederate notes. but the $61 had disappeared. It was evident that the burglar wanted nothing but money be- cause he left, in the desk. bag con- taining several chains. among which was a handsome gold necklace. and other articles of jewelry, including a number of scarf pins and other trinkets. There were also numerous papers, hnnEa in tho AnaE
 Gus" Dyer, as he was generally known in Montgomery. appeared to be deeply worried over the loss He left his room Thursday night with Mir. Will cox and they walked in a southernly direction on North Court Street. After a discussion. Mfr. Dyer said that he would delay reporting the matter to the police and would lay in wait for the burglar if he should attempt to re- enter his room again that night. The two friends parted near the intersec- tion of Madison Avenue and Court Street. That was the last Mir. Wilcox saw of Mir. Dyer alive. He was shocked when he reached his place of business early yesterday morning and was informed that MT. Dyer was dead { The robbery is associated with the death of MT. Dyer only so far as the mental strain which 1t produced upon him. The deceased had been in poor health for some time and friends and relatives believe that the excitement hastened his end. It is presumed that the excitement brought on a severe at- tack of the malady from which he was suffering. He had made an effort to procure assistance, but expired without being able to call anyone
 The last seen of Mir. Dyer was in front of Dave Bernards saloon on North Court Street about 10:30 o'clock L la. A.~f.k IA versing with Mir. Bernard and other friends and they were planning to go fishing yesterday. At S:30 o'clock MT. Dyer went to the room of his brother, W. H. Dyer, corner of Madison Avenue and Court Street. and told him of the robbery.
 On arising yesterday morning W H. Dyer suspected that something might have befallen his brother. He went in the direction of the Wilcox building and there he found that the door open ing into the stairway was unlocked. This was not unusual. Going to the second story, he found the door lead ing to his brothers room unlocked and the lights were burning. This was something very unusual. Enter ing the room, the form of Mir. Dyer met his gaze. The brother saw that he was dead.
 After the coroners investigation. the remains were taken to Crowe's under taking parlor and later in the morning were removed to 221 Moulton Street where relatives of Mir. Dyer have apart ments.
 MT. Dyer was in the ffty-second year of his age. He was born in Morgan County Ga. but he removed to Mont gomery with his parents in 1857. Since then, he has resided almost continually | in this city. His health was good until | he left here for Birmingham about two | years ago. During last July. his | health became impaired to such an | extent that he returned to Montgomery. | He Is said to have been Respondent at | times but on the whole he possessed a genial disposition and was in good | spirits.
 MT. Dyer is survived by one brother. | William Henry Dyer. one sister. Mrs. D. O. Lyons, a niece, Mrs. George | Preiss, and a nephew. F. E. Dyer all of whom reside in Montgomery.
 The funeral took place at o'clock yesterday afternoon from 221 Moulton Street. Rev Stewart Mcqueen, rector of the Episcopal Church of the Holy Comforter, officiated The pail bear CTS were w. E. Haygood. Bernard Gas ton, James J. Sullivan, Charles Faber. M F. Wilcox, J. C. Runner, E. J. | Mahoney and Dave Bernard.