The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-04-26
DYER WANTSHEARING
Special Officer Recommended
for Dismissal.
TELLS OF YELLED WOMAN
Declares influential Persons DO Not
Want Facts 20 Become Public-As-
serts He Was sandbagEed While
Guarding Mrs. FairfieId's Home
from Mysterious Intruder.

Trpon the recommendation OF Maj. Syi-
yester. the. Commissioners yesterday de-
cided 10 revoke the commission or How
ard j. Dyer. special policeman. who al
legged that he had been sandbagged by the
male escort of a mysterious yelled woman
last Friday night in front of the nome Oh
Mrs. Walter Fairfield, lib De Sales street
Dyer win appear before the Commission
ers this morning with Attorney Wilton j.
Lambert 10 make a final plea for hear
ing of his case, which has been denied py
the Commissioners on the ground that the
recommendation of the chief Of police is
sufficient for dismissal
should d hearing be finally denied, Dyer
saws he will carry the case into court ana
force Mai Sylvester 20 produce lhe
charges made against him. According TO
DYER. influence Of persons high in the so
cial and official world Of Washington Is
being brought to bear 10 prevent pubic
hearing Of his case.
Over processes TO have acquired
knowledge of Washington's social condi-
tons through his service as a night
watchmal such as usually is only FOUND
in fiction written by Middle Westerners'
whose personal acquaintance with the
National Capital is limited TO the con
tents of railroad folders He hlnts at
dark doings. facuonal inrigues, and
domestic eruptions, but confines his
actual statements 10 narrative OF what
happened to him Friday last and his plans
TO get even with somebody.
Mrs. Fairfield ont of City.
Mrs. Fairfield, who left town yesterday
to attend the opening of the jamestown
Exposition, admitted that she had been
annoyed BY espionage kept on her daily
life Dr. Wesley n BOvee. her physician,
corroborated Mrs. Fairteld's statement
and said he had recently been called upon
TO treat her for severe nervousness.
The mysterious woman in the case is
supposed to be prominent. and her name
IL is alleged. is known 10 Mrs. Fairfield
who viii not diyulge it. Dyer intlmates
that he also knows, but frankly admits
that it would not be TO his interests to
ten what he knows.
Dyer SAYS that prior 10 the event of
Friday night he had seen "a mysterious
woman in Mrs. FairfeId's yard on three
occasions Last Friday night. he says,
he was patrOlling his beat along De Sales
street. ana on approaching AIRS. Fair
fields house saw the woman standing
at the gate. As he drew near he stopped
and looked al her. and Immediately re-
ceivad heavy blow on the head from
behind He states that he saw enough
OF his assailant to know it was a man.
lie was knocked unconscious. and came
TO his senses as he was being picked up
by cab driver, whose name is not
known.
NOt Found by Sergeant.
Dyer stated last night that the report
that he was found unconscious by Sergt
William Williams. of the Third precinct,
was erroneous He drove To "a heTdiC
stand and soon recovered sufficiently to
continue his nightly duties The next day
Dyer says. he told Sergt. Williams what
had happened. and on the following morn
ing was summoned before Maj. Sylvester
who questioned him closely. Dyer says
he refused TO answer His suspension fol-
lowed, and was in turn followed by the
report of the chief of police to the Com
misaicaers and their action of yesterday
Dyer does not enjoy the esteem of the
police of the Third precinct. It is freely
limited that the night watchman's story
has many weak points. Maj. Sylvester
who went to jamestown yesterday, and
consequently could not DE seen, is sup
posed 20 have in his possession docu-
mentarv charges To the effect that Dyer
while ostensibly employed as a night
Waterman, INDUCED ia a remunerative il
complex system OF private detecting.