Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-04
HUSBAND HARD TO KEEP.
Struggle Between Mrs. Byers and Her
Husbands Brother.

Legal proceedings which were instituted a
few days ago. and which will eliminate in
court today, have disclosed the fact that T.
NJ. Byers, the much-3ought-for millionaire
iron manufacturer of Pittsburg, Is an in
mate of the Pennsylvania Hospital for the
Insane in Philadelphia. His wife's detec
tives, who have been on his trail for sc
long a time, located him there a few days
ago, and yesterday she spent several hours
in his company, having come hurriedly from
her home in the western part of the state
TO renew the hot legal battle she Is waging
for possession Of him and his fortune.
The Byers case involves some of the best
known people of Pittsburg and Allegheny
and Is veritable sensation in high life
The trouble all turns on the efforts of the
wife and the brother, A Nj. Byers, to gain
possession of the husband, E. NJ. Byers
who is now out of his mind. Both the
Byers brothers are millionaires, A. NJ. being
the head of the firm of A. NJ. Byers & Co.
manufacturers of wrought iron pipe
Mrs. Byers was Miss Anna Hays, a mem
Der of one of the most exclusive families
in Allegheny county. Her mother, Mrs
Richard Hays, worth half million. occu-
pies a mansion at 324 Ridge avenue, AL.
legheny, where Z. NJ. Byers and his wife
made their home for many years. They
have been married about a dozen years,
Then Miss Hays was a society belle and f.
NJ. Byers a travelling agent for his brother
who was becoming a wealthy manufacturer
They lived happily for a time, but Byers
habits, kept in check for while, got the
better of him and he took to drinking
heavily. Two or three years ago the family
skeleton got out of the closet. There were
reports of Byers going home intoxicated
and assaulting his wife. About that time
Mrs. Hays, the mother-in-law, removed to
the Schlosser Hotel in Pittsburg, and Mr.
and Mrs. Byers went with her.
There were more family jars. Mrs. Byers
claimed that her brother-in-law and his
partner, Shields, in the iron furnace al
Girard, caused the trouble. Z. NJ. Byers
was then weakening mentally, and she says
his brother wanted to get possession Of him
in order to keep her out OF his wealth.
One day, she says, the brother and his
telling her her mother wanted to see her
In Allegheny. While she was away they
took her husband off in a carriage.
Since then there has been a continual
struggle to get possession of the husband
Mrs. Byers hired detectives who traced him
clear to Japan and brought him back. The
courts at st. Joe, Mo-, and Chicago were in
voked In the last summer to straighten the
matter out, but as is known the brother
has so far managed to keep possession of
the much-wanted man.
About week ago Mrs. Byers offered a
heavy reward for his return. Last week
she heard her husband was in Philadelphia
and she went to Superintendent Of Police
Muth Of Allegheny and got him to detail
Detective Steel to secure possession of her
husband. The latter part Of last week Mrs.
Byers and the detective went to Philadel-
phia. The Allegheny officials received word
yesterday that Byers would probably be
brought to Pittsburg Wednesday.
A. M. Byers does not deny that he wants
possession of his brother but declares the
brother desires to get away from his wife
The latter alleges the contrary. She says
some months ago she found her husband in
Chicago, and he was rejoiced to see her and
wanted to rel ain with her, but his brother
got him away again. Mrs. Byers' name APP
pears in the society blue book. She Is de-
scribed as tall and particularly graceful.
Her Jewels are beautiful and she paints eX.
quiSitely in water and oils.