New-York tribune., 1907-11-13
COL. DYER TELLS STORY
DISCUSSES DIXON CASE.
Osborne Says Detectivc Cannot Be
C0nUictcd.

s,,,-,o,,,o.J ~ officers o. the 12tn Regiment,
Colonel George K. Dyer in the Office Of his at
torne-. James W. Osborne, discussed yesterday
afternoon the arrest o. Lawrence L. Dixon
private detective in tie employ Of Mr.. Osborne
or the charge of attempting to br"e John Mac
.sa. who was chiefly Instrumental in having
,hal-es trought against Colonel Dyer, TO leave
,he state Earlier in the day Dixon, who was
arrested Monday night had been held in 500
uail for trial Friday.
ON SATURDAY. afternoon at the close of the
,our, of inquiry session said Colonel Dyer,
"ui"on came up To me in the araory and, IN
lice presence of my brother. Elisha Dyer and
captain Morris. told me that John Macrea
would sign affidavit Withdrawing the
charges ne had made against me, as he had
told Dixon the charges were absolutely false.
told Dixon 1 would be glad to get such an af-
ndavit to have for my wife and children.
knew nothing more about it until. after driving
to the Roslyn station this morning. I ac-
counts of the arrest of Dixon for bribery i'll
every newspaper staring me in the face"
Captain Morris at this point broke in saying
that he walking out of the aImory with
Colonel Dyer when Dixon approached them and.
showing paper. said: Il am going TO get Mac
rea to sign this this afternoon. I've got It
fixed up the way Macrea VIII sign IT
Colonel Dyer asked about the statement
mat he had offered to provide money to get
Macrea out of the state and support him if an
affidavit such as mentioned were signed. II
certainly did nothing of the kind" the colonel
replied. 81 was absolutely thunderstruck when
] saw that in the papers" He explained that
the sessions of the court Of inquiry having been
closed, there was TO reason why effort should
be made TO get Macrea out of the way.
II was suggested to Colonel Dyer that perhaps
Macrea was worrying over the possibility of the
coloners friends taking revenge on him. I
don't believe that could have worried a man like
Mr. Macrea," the colonel replied. While he
was in office before being sent 10 the re-
formatory ne stole every day - could for
eighteen months and as that didn't seem 10
worry him I hardly believe this would NJ
only surmise of reason for DIXON wanting .
get him ont of the state 20 sign the affdavi.
was that perhaps the detective wanted "a show
rs how smart he was"
Did you have Macrea watched after he
testiHed7'
No. there is nothing that he cau say now. nor
is there anything any one could want him %
say that has rot been said haven't he
slightest doubt that If Mac-ea could force me 20
Jump into the river he would be glad n do il
II would have been kinder me if he had mt
bullet in my back thar to do what he has
There is nothing moro he can do now"
NsCrea. Colonel Over and Mr Osborne ex
plained, was employed as 4 check clerk bv the
firm Of Q I Hudson e Co brokers Of which
Colonel Dyer IS the managing partner one dav
his accounts were more than $4,000 short. and
he sent to The Eln1lra Reformatorv At
that time. i was said he testified at the recent
court of inquiry. ne aware Of the incident
alleged hv him 10 he true which later formed
The bass of TIE charges Of immoral conduct
against the colonel Why. they both ask. did
b. not make them known then instead Of wait
ing until after his release from the reformatorv
where he served one year and a half. until the
six months period during which he could have
Feen returned on a violated parole? Macrea
vas commissary sergeant in the 18th Regi-
men;. hut his conviction under the law, severed
his connection with the regiment
Friends Of Colonel DYER said yesterday that
thrty-sx officers in the regiment standing
by him. with only four taking the other side II
+ expected that the report of the court Of in
Quiry which IS now in the Governors hands
viii lee made public this week.