The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-12-25
HERE'S NICE MYSTERY
Wife of a Wealthy Iron Manufac-
turer After Her Husband.
Mrs. +. NJ. Byers Has Henry b. Shields
Arrested at Chicago on Charge
of Abducting Mr.. Byers.

CHICAGO, Dec. H-Henry Is. Shields, Of
Coleman, Shields & Co., iron manufactur-
ers, of Niles, O., and manager Of the Girard
furnaces at Girard, O.. was arrested last
evening, charged with kidnapping f. Nj. By
ers, of Pittsburg, member of the wealthy
iron manufacturing firm of A. NJ. Byers
&, Co.. of that city. The warrant was
sworn out by Mrs. Byers. Shields arrived
in the city yesterday morning and regis
tered at the Hotel Grace under the name
of ]. B. Perry Boston, o. The arrest was
made so quietly that no one about the
hotel knew Of it. The prisoner was taken
before Justice Murphy and admitted to
bail in the sum Of $4,000. Attorney George
S. Baker who represents Mrs. Byers in
Chicago, says:
Last May 10 Henry B. Shields took Mr..
Ryers from the hotel in Pittsburg, where
he was then living, and brought him to
Chicago. Here he was placed in charge OF
Dr. w Lewis Tallman, house physician at
the Great Northern Hotel. Mr.. Byers was,
by various artihceS ana charges against ms
wife worked into a state in which he was
easily handled. Shortly after his arrival
here he was placed under the immaculate
charge of a woman nurse, nallSO DIISS'
who received her directions from Dr. Tall
man For more than three months Mrs.
Bvers made diligent search ana inquiry
for her husband. and during TINS PEI Reli4 ~
her Int none of these letters reached her,
and when he would inquire why he was
told that she no longer cared Tor hlrn
After q long search, f. Nj. ByerS and ms
rurse were found in St. Paul. Mrs Byers
went Immediately there ana loula mn III
Next day Dr. Talman "a, arr great N alI
Hotel i'm this city 1t was while they were
here that Mr.. Byers was again taken away way
This time by DR.. Tallman, While MRS. by
ers Law Ill. Dr. Tallman, with his nurse
took his patient to Montreal, where he
registered the party as 'Dr T.; NJ. Brown
/ l.. Smith and Mrs. Ava DoDson, Cni-
cage" Since then Byers has been taken TO
various parts of the country. He has drawn
personally, but li5tle money from his flrm
vet il is estimated that since his abduction
last May there has been spent from this
source for his account sum approxlrnat-
Eat various times" continued Mr.. Baker
Eve have asked to know Mr.. Byers S
whereabouts, bat each time We're put off:
The people who have had him under control
have refused every proposition we have
made. We know from statements made
by Tallman and others that Byers wants
to go TO his wife, but is held in duress and
detained in the manner related herewith
Dr. Tallnan ridicues the story of the al
legged kidnapping and the allegation that
his patient is insane He says:
Mrs Byers has her pecularities, and
tx enty years of married life with her. to-
gether with business cares had brought on
nervous prostration. When Mrs. Byers
went down to Atlantic City last May her
husband came out here to recover his
health. He was doing finely, and in Au-
gust went up to St. Paul to the races in
charge of "a trained nurse Mrs. Byers
went up there and created a scene. l went
UP there and brought the entire party back
here. Mr.. Byers said he would try to live
with his wife. For fourteen days they
lived together. On the fourteenth day he
told me he could stand it no longer; that
he was going away where he could have a
chance to get well. Since then / have seen
him but once. His friends know where he
is, for he writes to them occasionally"
Shields left for Pttsburg to-day but will
called.