Show will be rewarded for her kindness to get estate of soldier she befriended TUCSON ARIZ A query from a wisconsin newspaper brought to mrs scott marie dyer the first word that a veteran of world war I 1 she befriended 22 years ago at chicago intended to remember her in his will word was brought to mrs dyer by reporters as she sat outside outside her small home about eight miles from tucson the soldier capt victor B S byrne started the search by a message to the wisconsin police asking assistance in locating the dyer family chief of police harry of fort atkinson wis sald said he I 1 had received a telegram from captain byrne of los angeles asking the whereabouts of mrs dyer a former resident of fort atkinson the telegram said 1 I am very III and may not live many months I 1 wish to leave marle marie dyer my entire estate for her kindness toward me when I 1 was a poor discharged soldier in chicago now I 1 am a very wealthy man mueller said that he had wired the information to byrne and had received a reply thanking him and saying that the sender of the message planned to communicate with mrs dyer soon mrs dyer wife of an electrician filled in those details the friendship started in chicago in 11 1923 when captain byrne unemployed met mrs dyer and lived with the family quite a while he always acted like one of us the she said for several months after he left he ie kept in touch with the family by mall but when he moved to his present residence in california the con tact act was broken this is the first news we have lad had of him since that time th the dyers dyer moved md to arizona in 1941 |