The New York herald., 1921-05-17
in love with Mrs Warner. who has been

separated from her husband. Frederick
G. Warner. employed by the Bayway
Refinery OF the Standard Oh Company
at Elizabeth How long Reid and Mrs
Warner have known each other is not
known. but a letter he wrote her from
of the La Sale Hotel. was found by the
police and reveals his infatuation. Reid
Is unmarried and about 80 years of age.
His family is said 10 be In very COM
Portable circumstances.
Tyler, or Collins, who had been out
OF New York for some time owing 70
police sharpsightedness. learning OF
Reid's intimacy with Mrs. Warner re-
turned about two months ago to the
house. which. II IS said. he assisted her
TO buy a year ago. and not finding
Reid there created a scene which terri
fled Mrs. Warner and George Kuriger,
a relative. who looks after the estab-
!ishment for lack Of other help,
Tyler. it is said. smashed the furni-
ture IN an exhibition OF rage and swore
that II ne ever found Reid in the house
he would take measures TO demonstrate
his wrath. Mrs. Warner pacified him
then. but renewed her intimacy with
Reid a few days later. Reid himself
became jealous of Tyler and In his
letter from Chicago he told her so, add
ing that jealousy was the offspring OF
love-" and that he loved her more than
all the world" He wrote the letter. In
which he addressed her as dearest"
soon after ne had been talking with
Mrs. Warner over the long distance
telephone from La Sale Hotel.
Reid lived at the Holland In West
Forty-sixth street and kept an automo-
bile and a chauffeur. IL IS said that he
made d present of his automobile TO
Mrs Warner. She has had several un-
fortunate experiences driving car.
having in 1919 run over boy, James
Dunn. whose father obtained judgments
for damages against her for more than
$4,000. She also knocked down Morti-
mer Vogel few weeks later and was
arrested Arthur Tyler" was with her
In the car at this time, and at his suG-
gestion she retained Falon < MCGEE
as her counsel. Tyler has had occa-
sion to use the Fallon firm as his coun-
sci on other occasions.
Face at Window inspires Fear.
Last February Tyler was arrested on
the complaint of chauffeur for break.
ing the window OF taxicab In which
he was riding with two other men who
were under the influence of drink. In
the West Forty-seventh street police
station he was recognized as Don
Collins by Detective Dennison and conn.,
peeled to give his true pedigree. Den
nison then denounced him in court as
an international offender, but the
case was fixed UP with the chauffeur
and later Tyler was discharged for lack
of compla inant At this time Tyler
who was we'll dressed and very flush
OF lack" as he told Dennison. said he
was stopping at the Waldorf.
"You must have something big in
sight" remarked the detective but Tyler
merely smiled and said that he NEARLY
always stopped at the Waldorf when In
town.
Thereafter Tyler was lost to view for
quite while. but his jealousy of Reid,
whom ne frequently saw driving with
Mrs Warner, is said to have caused him
to go back to the University avenue
house. first to smash the furniture and
utter his warning, and then again last
Sunday morning.
As George Kuriger, who has been
housekeeper for Mrs. Warner since he
gave up car conducting In The Bronx a
few weeks ago, told the police a man
went to the house Sunday morning ana
looked In through the dining room win
dow Then he saw Miss Wiley, who is
a niece of Kuriger, and lives few
blocks away from the University avenue
house and Francis 7. Boylan. who had
settled down as fairly permanent guest
in Mrs. Warmers house. and had taken
his trunk and roadster along. They were
having breakfast. while Mrs. Warner
and Reid were still upstairs.
Everybody fled sor cover when the
mans face appeared at the window, for
Kuriger says. they knew IL meant
trouble. kuriger says he rushed VI
stairs, shouted a warning to Mrs. War.
ner and Reid and dashed into his owr
room. What Boylan and Miss Wiley die
Is not clear. But some One went ar
stairs. and after an alteration, during
which Reid got out or bed. five shots
were fired. all of them taking effect In
Reid's head and body. Then the shooter
walked Off. taking his gun with him.
AS THE New YORK HERALD told yes
tcrday, Kurieer and Boylan then hurried
Reid to Fordham Hospital in Boylan's
car. Kuriger stayed at the hospital
while Boylan drove back to the house,
bundled the excited women into the
roadster and drove off. leaving back
and front doors open and everything
within In disorder. No trace of them
has been seen since them. The neigh
bors saw the car drive off. but noticed
nothing unusual. As a matter OF fact
Mrs. Warner. under her wraps. probably
was but lightly clad, judging from what
she left behind her.
Kuriger yesterday identified a police
photograph of Don Collins as that OF
Arthur Tyler. Mrs. Warmers friend. He
then said that the face he had seen at the
dining room window before the shooting
was Tylers. on the strength of this the
police sent out a general alarm here ano
in neighboring cities. especially Philadel
phia. where for some reason 1t was
thought he would seek to hide.
The Philadelphia police were told tt
arrest Tyler on a charge OF "feloniou:
assault" The description given is that
Of a man about 40 years old. slight il