The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-12-26

| Kidnapping Z. NJ. ByerE, OF PlttsDuIs'
| ia. a member OF the wealthy iron manu-
featuring firm Of A. NJ. Byefs & Co.. Oh
that city. The warrant Was sworn ou'
by Mrs. Byers. Shields arrived In the
city Yesterday morning and registered
at the Hotel Grace under the name Of
J. y. Perry, OF Boston, Ohio. The arrest
was made so quietly that no one about
the hotel knew Of II. The prisoner was
taken before Justice Murphy and ad-
mltted to ball in the sum Of $4,000.
Attorney George s. Baker. who repre-
sents Mrs. Byers in Chicago says:
"On May 18th last Henry b. Shields
took MIR. Bycrs from the hotel In Pitts
burg. where he was then living. and
brought him 10 Chicago. Here he was
placed in charge Of Dr. W. Lewis Tall
man, house physician OF the Great North
ern Hotel MIR. Byers mind was at that
time temporarily weakened by various
artifces. and. as we have learned by
innuendoes, and finally by charges against
his wife, which grew stronger with each
repetition. by this means Mr. Byers was
worked into "a state In which he was
easily handled. shortly after his arrival
here he was placed under the immediate
charge OF woman nurse named Ditze,
who received her directions from Dr..
Teiman.
Byers made dilgent search and inquiry
for her husband and during this period,
she says. Mr. Byers wrote frequently 10
her. but none Of these letters reached her.
and when he would inquire why he was
told that she no longer cared for him.
Mrs. Byers says that she made APP
peals 20 A. NJ. Byers her husbands part
ncr and brother 20 tell her the where
abouts Of her husband, but that he de-
MED any knowledge Of him; yet Henry b.
Shields is the manager of A. NJ Byers
& Co.'S furnace at Girard. and Shields is
also related by marriage to A. NJ. Byors.
AFTER a long search. T.. NJ. Byers and
his nurse were found i'm st. Paul. Mrs.
Byers went there and found him. The
next day DR. Talman arrived. and Mr..
and Mrs. Byers together returned TO
the Great Northern Hotel I'm this city.
II was while they were here that Mr..
Byers was again taken away, this time
by Or Tallman while Mrs. Byers lay
IN.
or Tallman with the nurse, took his
patient 10 Montreal. where ne registered
the party as Dr. =. NJ. Brown. j. l..
Smith. and Mrs. Alva Dobson. Chicago
Since then Byers has been taken to vari-
Gus parts Of the country and has been
maintained at the most expensive hotels.
constantly under a physicians care and
with nurse. He has drawn per-
sonally but little money from his firm
yet 1t is estimated that since his abduc-
ton In May there has been spent from
some source for his account a sum APP
proximating $1,000"
The firm OF A. NJ. Byers & Co. is one
OF the heavy iron manufacturers Of the
country, with a capital of 1850 00O The
company owns large mills I'm Pittsburg. a
blast furnace al Girard. Ohio. and other in
terests. and A. NJ. Byers is also heavily
interested i'm several other corporations
He is said to be worth upward Of $1,000
00O
Mrs Anna Hayes Byers is the daughter
OF the late Richard Hayes. who. at the
time Of his death, was a prominent can't
talist and banker Of the Iron CITY She
is one Of the most prominent charitable
workers I'm Allegheny, where the Byers
mansion is situated and until recently
was prominent I'm society
Or. fallman ri1iculed the story Of the !
alleged hdnappigg, and the allegation tina
his patient is insane lie said
MIR Byers was suffering from nervous |
prostration. so when 1Irs. Byers went |
down TO Atlantic City in May last DE came |
ont hero t. trr 20 Ieooyer Sis health lie /
put himself i'm my charge because some |
friends had recommended It."