The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-25
KIDNAPPED A MILLIONAIRE.
MRS. r. mr. BYERs OF PITTsBURGH
MAKES A sTARGLIN0 CHAReE

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she Say. He- Husband n.- been Depr,vsa
OF lIis Liberty since Last Msy-Herry
n. shields Acc used and Atrssted-Mr.
Byrrs's Doctor Say. ue Was Not Kis-
mapped, but Was Kept Away from His
wIrs, at HI. Own Desire, because Ho
Wa. Disturbed ard She Annoyed Him.
CHICAGO, Dec 24-Henrv b. Shields OF
Coleman. Shields 4 Co, iron manufacturers,
OF Niles Ohio md manager OF the Girard
Furnace at Girard Ohio. was arrested at the
Hotel Grace at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
charged with kidnapping l. NJ Byers OF Pitts-
burgh. Pa member OF the wealthy iron
man ufacturing firm OF A. NJ Dyers & Co. Of
that city. The warrant was sworn out by Mrs.
Byers. Shields arrived in tho city yesterday
morning and registered at the Hotel Grace
under tho name OF ]. Is. Perry. Boston, Ohio.
The arrest was made so quietly that no QUE
about the hotel knew of 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:
"On May 10 last Henry Is. Shields took Mr..
Byers from the hotel in Pittsburgh where he
was then living and brought him to Chicago
Here he was placed In charge Of DIR. W. Lewis
Tallman. house physician Of the Great North
ern Hotel. Mr.. Byers's mind was at that time
temporarily weakened by various arti1ces
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 lie was placed under the im-
| mediate charge Of a woman nurse named
Diltze. who received her directions from DIR.
TaIlman.
n ar N g.
band, and during this period. she says. Mr..
Byers wrote frequently to her but none Q!
in1uire why he was told that she no longer
-" Mrs. Byors says that she made appeals to
| A. NJ. Byers her husbands partner and BROTH
| err, to tell her the whereabouts Of her husband,
Henry i shsas 81 Byers
Ss %'E 5hs 10 byH' dyer. and hi.
nurse were found 10 St Paul Mrs. Byers
ns: S found and h Mp an. TS9 M next y a P
e this city. It was while they were here that
Dr Fsil@an. while Mrs. Byers A lay Ill ns "
Dr. Tallman with the nurse, took his pa
Mrs Ava Dobson, Chicago since then By a
Rs mos
| sive hotels, constantly under q physictan's
ally but little money from his Arm. Yet Il Is es-
| timated that since his abduction In May there
has been spent from some source, for his ac-
| AT various times" continued Mr.. Baker
we have asked to know Mr.. Byers's where
people who have had him under control have
WeEnow from statements made by DR.. Tall.
man and others that Byers wants to go to his
wife. but is held in duress and detained in the
heavy iron manuiaetp5s rs ri the country. with
large mills In Pittsburgh, blast furnace at
Byers is also. heavily interested In several
other eorporationSS He Is said to be worth up-
Mrs. Anna Hayes Byers is the daughter OF
| death. was a prominent capitalist and banker
inent charitable workers In Allegheny. Uhers
| the Byers mansion is situated and until re-
Gently was prominent IN society.
kidnapping and tho allegation that his patient
on s whsn q ysfs vent oSS 70 a.
lantic City in May last he came out here to try
to recover his health. He put himself in my
charge. because some friends had recom-
lie was doing finely. and In August went
up to 81 Paul e. the races, IN oharge oil ia
treated scene went there and brought
days they lived together She quarreiied with
| HIM continually. On the fourteenth day he
came and told me he could stand 1t no longer:
that ne was going away where he would have
since then have seen him but once. His
ttETiends know where he is for he writes to
calling her husband weak; minded, and was all
the time talking about people Kidnapping
| kidnapping charge because Mr. Byers came to
| Chicago with him last spring"