The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1921-09-30
Head Of Reserves i'm Clashes
With Counsel of Meyer Com
mittee About Purchase
of Uptown Apartment.
OVERLAPPING UP AGAIN
Dwyer Denies Completely in
Divorce Eavesdropping and
Witnesses Differ as to Po-
liceman's Actions.

Another absorbing story revealing
the financial operations and acumea
OF high police Official was records.
yesterday by the Meyer COMMITTEES
In Its investigation of the Hylan
administration. The narrative cor.
cerned the doings OF John F. Dryer.
police inspector. who commands the
police reserves, and the testimony
OF a dozen witnesses was required
to piece together the disconnected
chapters of the tale.
The inspector said he purchased
the apartment house at 4O3 Wess
115th street and turned it owe.
through the medium Of holdin.:
company to his son James L. Dwyer.
THE boy" sailed soon afterward for
Bombay and the property was left III
the hands OF an exporter, Capt. Car.
deau, Of the police reserves, to man
age. Before sailing. however, tho
son left signed checks and lease;
dealing with the property. The onl.;
stipulation made in giving away the
$154,000 apartment, the inspecto:
said. was that IL anything hal
pened" the son should look after
other members of the Dryer family.
Assumed Names Employed.
When the inspector visited the
apartment he was introduced as VIII,
lam Leslie. 1t was testified Warren
Leslie was the counsel who prepared
the papers Of incorporation. Thu
son, James. was known at the apart.
ment as James Miller. The inspecto.
testified that he paid $4,000 in cash
In making the purchase.
Most OF the cash came, the In.
spector said, from the proceeds Of hi.
stock transactions, which he close
out about that time. transcripts g,
three of the Wall Street account,
showed the police official's operations
amounted to about $4,000 between
June. 1919, and the spring OF 1921.
but did not indicate the profits o.
losses. There were two brokerage
accounts in addition which Elon r.
Brown. counsel for the committee.
said he had been unable to trace.
One firm has gone out of business
and the broker who handled another
had died.
The committee has information.
said to be based upon affidavits, tina.
the fees and expenses in the separa.
ton action instigated by DR.. Charles
Lawrence Alters OF Staten island
against Mrs Olga Alters were $4,000.
The counsel fee was said to hays
been $4,000 and the expenses s22,.
600. This was not presented in evi.
dence. Warren Leslie is counsel for
Mrs. Alters.
wfretapping rs in Dispute.
1t was in connection with this
case that Byram L. Winters, former
partner OF Leslie, testified that Po-
liceman John w. Suffer, attached To
Inspector Dryers Office, and Suffers
tiother-in-law, James Shaw, chauf.
feur, tapped Or. Allers's telephone
wire to obtain evidence. Both Shaw
and Suffer made emphatic denial o.
the overlapping. The inspector de.
clared II was an outrage to suggest
he had anything to do with any wire.
tapping.
Paul Sauer occupied a house in
Staten Island opposite the Alters resi-
dence and testified he rented a room
to Shaw, who was Its occupant nearly
every day for eight or nine months.
There was no telephone in the house.
But Sauer said Shaw ran wire from
the pole directly In front OF the house
into his room and had It attached TO
shutter where there was little In
strumcnt suspended. Mrs. Sauer said
she did not see the wire or instru-
mcnt.
suffer was a frequent visitor to the
Sauer residence, where he spent much
time with Shaw. both Mr.. and Mrs
Sauer testified. They said the police
man was known to them as Sullivan
Mr.. Sauer Thought" Suffer was Sui
Ivan but was not positive In the iden-
tihcatlon. Mrs. Sauer was positive
Suffer was in tho chamber.
Suffer had declared positively Sow
eral times he never was at the Sauer
house with Shaw and knew nothing
about what his brother-in-law did In
connection with the separation action.
Winters testified on Wednesday that
the amount paid Suffer and Shaw By