Show will be rewarded for her kindness iro fo 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 her small home about eight miles amm jucson the soldier capt victor S byrne started the search by a message to the wisconsin police asking assistance in locating the dyer family chief of police harry mueller of fort atkinson wis said he 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 ill and may not live many months I 1 wish to leave 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 these details the friendship started in chicago in 1923 when captain byrne unemployed P met mrs dyer and lived with the family quite a while he always acted like one of us she said for several months after he left tie he kept in touch with the family by mail but when he moved to his present residence in california the contact was broken this is the first news we have had of him since that time the dyers moved to arizona in 1941 |