Background
Dyer was born in Louisiana, Missouri, in 1873, the son of David Patterson Dyer, a federal judge and member of Congress.
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Dyer was born in Louisiana, Missouri, in 1873, the son of David Patterson Dyer, a federal judge and member of Congress.
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He played at the halfback position for the 1894 Michigan Wolverines football team and was an attorney assigned to prosecute complex fraud cases from the 1900s to the 1920s. He received his preparatory education at the Stoddard School, Clark"s Academy, and the Smith Academy, all in Saint Louis, Missouri. Dyer enrolled at the in 1890 and played as a halfback for the 1894 Michigan Wolverines football team
He helped lead the team to a 9-1-1 record, the best record in the history of the Michigan football team to that date.
He was five feet, seven inches tall, and weighed 167 pounds as a football player. After receiving his Bachelor of Laws degree from Michigan in 1895, Dyer returned to Saint Louis where he practiced law.
He was an assistant city attorney from 1899 to 1902 and an Assistant United States. Attorney starting in 1902. Dyer developed a reputation for prosecuting significant fraud cases and was often dispatched by the United States. Department of Justice as a special prosecutor in such cases.
Dyer"s significant cases include the following:
In 1905, Dyer was assigned to prosecute Joseph R. Burton, a United States. Senator from Kansas.
Burton was charged with accepting compensation from the Rialto Grain & Securities Company (a "get-rich-quick" concern), to represent Rialto before the post office department to prevent the issuance of a fraud order against the company. Dyer secured a conviction of Burton in the second trial of the matter (the first conviction was reversed by the United States Supreme Court). See Burton v. United States
In 1927, the United States. Department of Justice sent Dyer to Tampa, Florida, to prosecute companies and individuals engaged in fraudulent real estate transactions during the Florida land boom of the 1920s.
Dyer died in July 1928 during the prosecution of Clarence Saunders in the Piggly Wiggly case.
Following Dyer"s death, an order from Washington, District of Columbia, dismissed the case. Burton married Bettie Edgar in 1899, and she died in 1901.
In a draft registration card completed at the time of World War I, Dyer stated that he was a lawyer with an office in the Central National Bank Building in Saint Louis.