New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-25
WANTS HER HUSBAND BACK.
CURIOUS STORY OF THE WIFE OF A
WEALTHY PlTTSBURG MAN.
MRS. E. NJ BYERs CAUSES THE ARREST OF AN
IRON MANUFACTURER OF NILES OHIO.
on THE CHARGE OF KIDNAP-
PING HER HUSBAND

PING HER HUSBAND.
Chicago Dec. 24.-Hcnry b. Shields. Of Cole
man, Shields & Co., iron manufacturers of Niles,
Ohio and manager of the Grard Furnace at
Girard Ohio. was arrested at the Hotel Grace at
o'clock yesterday afternoon. charged with kid
mapping r. NJ. Byers. of Pittsburg member of
the wealthy iron manufacturing firm OF l.. NJ.
Byers & Co.. Of that city. The warrant was
sworn out by Mrs Byers Shields arrived in this
city yesterday morning and registered at the
Hotel Grace under the name Of J. B. Perry. Bcs-
ton Ohio. 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.
George : Baker. attorney. who represents
Mrs. Bycrs in Chicago says: ION May - last
Henry b. Shields took Mr. Bycrs from the notel
in Pittsburg where he was then living ana
brought him to Chicago. Here he was placed III
charge of Dr. W. Lewis Tallman, house physl-
clan of the Great Northern Hotel Mr.. Byers
mind was at that time temporarily weakened by
various artifices and we have learned, by IN
nuendoes and. finally. charges against MS wiie'
which grew stronger with each repetition. MI
Bvers was worked into a state In wnlcn ne was
easily handled. Shortly after his arrival mere
bo was nlacod under the immediate charge OF
directions fror, Dr.. Tanman. For more than
three months Mrs. Byers made diEgent search
and inquiry for hcr husband and during this
nnriod she saws. Mr.. Byers wrote frequently to
her but none Of these letters reached her. and
when he would inquire why, he was 'oid 'ha'
she no longer cared for him.
Mrs. Bycrs says that she made appeals TO ~
N R,ors her husbands partner and brother To
TOLL her- where her husband was, but he denied
anv knowledge of him. yet Henry l.. Shelds Is
manager Of A. +. Byers Co.'S furnace AT
Girard and Shields Is also related by marriage
to \. +. Byers
After long search, T. NJ. Byers and MS
nurse were found in St Paul. Mrs. Byers went
there and found him. The next day Dr' IaH-
man arrived. and together they returned 10 the
Great Northern Hotel in this city. 1t was "hiie
they were here that Mr.. Byers was again taken
away this time by Or. Tallman while Mrs.
Rvers lay ill., Dr. Tallman, with the nurse TOOK
his patient 10 Montreal. whore he registered the
Marty as Or f. NJ Brown. J. l.. Smith ana MIS-.
Alva Dobson. Chicago. Since then Byers mas
beec taken 10 various parts Of the country mas
been maintained at the most expensive hotelS'
constantly under a physicians care ana WIN
nurse. He has drawn personally but niue
money II IS estimated that since his aDducIoH
last May there has been spent from some source
for his account a sum approximating Slo'ooo'
az various times" continued MI BAKER we
have asked to know Mr. Byerss whereabouts
but each time we were put off. The people VINO
have him under control have refusen every
propostion we have made. We Know from
sta tements made By Taliman and others that
Rvers wants to go to his WIFE but is heid III
durcss and detained in the manner re'a'eu
herewith"
Tho firm Of A. NJ Byers & Co. is one OF the
ho,,.,. iron manufacturers OF the country. WITH
a capital Of 81 100000. The company owns large
mills In Pittsburg a blast furnace in Glraid'
Ohio and other interests. ana n VI. BNetS i aIso
heavily interested in several other co:p%oiau,ns' % ,
He is said To be worth upward OF N,OOOOOo MRS.
Anna HAYES Byers Is the daughter or the late
Richard Hayes who AZ the time Of his death
was a prominent capitalist and banker OF the
Iron city She Is one Of the most proWiilen1
charitable workers in Allegheny, where the
Pyrrs mansion is located and until recently
was prominent I'm society.
DR. Tallman riiicued tho story of the alleged
l<idnapping and the allegation that his patient
is insane He said: "Mr Byers was suffering
from nervous prostration. 50 when Mrs bgeTs
went down 10 Atlantic city last May ne came ou.
hern to try To recover his health. He put hlmSelt
in my charge because some friends had recon-
mended IT, He was doing finely and in August
went up TO St Paul t. the races. in charge oi
trained nurse Mrs. Byers went up there ana
created a scene | 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 she auaTrr'tea m cHn wron
him continually On the fourteenth day ne came
and told me no could stand 1t no longer; that
he was going away where he would nave
chance 10 get we'll Since then have seen MN
but once His friends know wher; he H. ior "e
writes to them occasionally. ,,,
Mrs Ryers persisted In calling her huspanu
weak-mnded and was all the time taxing apGu. iou
people Kidnapping him. Shc hai VII. oil'vuI' NJ
arrested on the kidnapping charge Decause ;ii'
Byers came to Chicago with him last spring