New-York tribune., 1921-09-30
|nspector Admits He Pur-
chased $154, ,OOOApart-
| ment House and Gave
Property to His Son
Ileck Dealings
Barred at Probe
Witnesses Describe Wire
Tapping Laid to Plain
! clothes Man i'm Lawsuit

atiou Of the purchase of an apartment
sase at 4o3 West 115th Street by the
lice official for $154,000, and an al
I'd wire-tapping operation in Staten
hind by a plainclothes man in the
kyector's Office.
lhc Inspector admitted the purchase
ihe property about March 80, 1920,
isting, however, that he only laid
8. 10000 in cash, all his savings,
the property, and obtained mort
br for the remainder. He then re-
xssated a series Of transfers of the
Anrrty, asserting that he finally as
Ined all his interest in it to his son,
,nes, who is now on his way to Bonn
" India. He SAID he received moth
& from his son in return for the
Esperty, there having been only the
abal agreement that if anything hap
nsd to the inspector, the son was to
rs for his brothers and sisters.
Dwyer Deals in Stocks
Ewas revealed that Inspector Dwyer,
h bis two other predecessors on the
Etness stand, Inspector Dominick
ary and Commissioner of Police En-
sht was also q dabbler in Wall
esst, the few evidences Of his specu-
tons which the committee were able
submit yesterday amounting to
sut $4,000. The inspector admitted
Ut the evidence on this point was
4@nplete.
VT. Dwyer's testimony was followed
sensation after sensation, revealing
sesieS OF lmpersonations both with
Fspect to the purchase of the
Nh Street house and the alleged wire
gplng operation in Staten Island, and
aeatsng that prodigious efforts had
'n made to conceal the identities of
ose involved in both matters.
developed that Inspector DIVER
eeen introduced to the tenants of
ss.p apartment house in question as
Miilam Leslie" which was the name
we rather of Warren Leslie, the
sser who acted in the transaction
me Inspector, and who also figures
Fae alleged overlapping.
Mystery Surrounds Names
hnes Dwyer, the son of the inspec-
and to whom the police official
he turned over his interest in the
sperty, was known to the household
as James Miller" the superin-
.dent
IA connection with the alleged wire
Ppng operation, growing out of a
urlage separation suit between DR..
Psrles L. Alters, of Tompkinsville,
zten Island, and Olga Alters, other
estling disclosures developed
John ". Suffer, the plainclothes man
the office of Inspector Dwyer, was
nsquent visitor to the home of Mr..
Mrs. Paul Sauer, directly opposite
~ home of DIR. Alters, and in the
pper room of which the wire-tapping
srations are said to have taken place
tween the fall of 1919 and the spring
Els2o. This room was hired by James s
paw, brother-in-law of Sutter, who,
scrding TO the records, had been en-
eged by Warren Leslie to trail DR..
srs in behalf of Mrs. Alters.
NJ. Sauer testified to a wire-tapping
Rsrstus having been run into the
lan occupied by Shaw. He said that
man who came to see Shaw fre-
ensly was known to him as ''Mr. Sui
am" When Suffer, who was in the
Eslng chamber, was ordered to stand
Mr.. Sauer said he "believed" he
the man whom he knew as Sulli-
but wasn't sure. Mrs. Sauer, how
M Identified him positively as "Mr.
dRvan."
n More Identities Involved
q ssttsr, it appeared from the testi-
'W was going under still another
se. Byram L. Winters, formerly as
Eslsted with the law firm of Leslie &
sa@fs and who furnished the first
asence Of the overlapping affair,
~astnat Sutter had been introduced
Mm as "Mr. Shaw" and that he con-
aaed to mask under this name until a
OF two before the Alters trial, when
'sarned Suffers real identity from
!. Asssie. Mr.. Winters told a dra-
@s story of how, when he discov-
y tne deception and began to ques-
sa g SHAW about the reports of the
Jung, which, it seems from the evil
.s' mad been prepared by Sutter
yG the overlapping, Shaw broke
~ and .wept, but insisted che could
snrough with it" on the stand in
nAllers case.
sasse was still one phase of the cir
s'ances surrounding the disposi-
q the 115th Street property
ia Zion r. Brown, chief counsel to
AAMeyerI committee, said had not
ueen cleared up because of the dis
sssrance sssisance of Captain Candeau."
EMstor Dwyer said that Captain
hs was assistant judge advo-
~ "a the court martial board of the
sSs Reserves, that he had a few
ss Of stock in the PARK Court
s company Corporation, headed by
s.sor Dwyer's son, and that he had
gwen charge of the property in
a%psence S.a of James Dwyer, who
from here on July 27.
taptain Candeau Missing
sspta'n Candeau," said Inspector
ss.s IS an exporter, with Offices in
IN sssineering Building, at ia Lib
oisssreet sofs The committee has been
S,s Tor the captain" for more
N &; week, but has been unable to
s~;m. The inspector said that
AN Candeau" had been to see
s,e.ssee sasee days ago in connection with
a,issSs a,isS preferred before Commissioner
s. ior allegedly falsely arresting
Nssaauitlng man named Mendes
a;psain Candeau" is wanted to
m. particularly with respect to the
~ which the property is man.
- tna absence of James Dwyer.
S.or Dwyer said that his son had
~ sneo blank checks to meet cur
Apenses, but couldn't furnish any
Matlon respecting leases.
49, Ss. James Dwyer was said by his
81 ., 70 have left the country on
"a Mr.. Brown produced lease
august !, which purported TO
'ae signature of James Dwyer.
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