The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-16
a BABY CAUSES A SCANDAL.
Left on Door Step the Sensational
Story of its Parentage Comes Out.

OJory OF 1US FarenCage comes Out.
Atlanta, Ga, Oct. 15.-A ten-days-old
baby wrapped in fine garments and half
smothered with roses left on the door
steps of the private boarding house kept
by Misses Fannie and Carrie Lee Cox on
Washington street at midnight last night
is the innocent cause of a sensation here
| to-day, When the cries of the little one
brought guests of the house to the door,
it was taken in. A note pinned to the
clothing begged that it be humanely
cared for and assurance was given that
the waif was of gentle birth. After the
first excitement caused by the advent of
the baby and its racket subsided, it was
| turned over to the police.
THE WOMAN WHO LEFT IT SEEN
A boarder who happened to be coming
in late recognized DIR. c. A. Stiles, a
prominent physician, half block away
from the house He was accompanied by
a little lady dressed in black and snugly
| wrapped in a veil. When the boarder
found the house in an uproar over the
discovery of the baoy few moments be-
| fore he arrived DR.. Stiles and the little
| woman in black were at once connected
made by relatives of the ladies who man
age the boarding house, brought out an
interesting story.
THE DOCTOR EXPLAINS HIS OBJECT.
DR.. Stiles admitted that he and the
| lady in black had left the baby at the
Cox house. He has son who desires to
adopt child and having attended the
mother OF this one, he arranged TO throw
it in the way Of his son as the mother did
not want it. His son and his wife, who
! is a sister to the Misses Cox who keep
| the boarding house, were expected to be
at the house and receive the little
| doctor blundered and his blunder has
| made a pretty mess. He failed to con-
slider that he would compl omise the repu-
tation of anybody in the house by leaving
the infant there, and this afternoon he
was confronted with the alternative Of
clearing up the parentage of the little
one or of answering to those who con-
sidered themselves compromised.
THE MOTHERS NAME GIVEN.
DIR. Stiles finally gave the name of the
mother as Miss Grace French, 40 Luckie
street, highly respectable quarter. Miss
French is not yet Is years of age Her
mother, with whom she lives, tells her
story. Mrs. French, whose mother and
two brothers with other relatives live
here and move in good society, came to
Atlanta last April from Chicago, where
her husband is in the hardware business.
She says her daughter at the age of
IA ran away to Milwaukee
last February and married a
l6-year old boy named Fisher When the
marriage was discovered a divorce was
procured on account of their youth, and
the daughter was brought here to get her
away from the scene of her folly. She
has been known here as Miss Grace
French. and has made many friends, who
never suspected her past. She went in
good circles and was a church worker.
DIR. SUileS offered to give the child a
home with his own son, having satisfied
himself that the story of its parentage
was true and but for his blundering way
in carrying out a surprise party for his
son and daughter-ln-law all would have
gone well. TO make matters worse the
youthful mother of the little waif had
captured the heart of young business
man since coming here, who is yet in
ignorance of her story and the wedding
was to have taken place in the near future.
For this reason the child was
to have been given into other
hands and it's existence kept secret al
ways Mrs. French has proof of her
daughters marriage in Milwaukee and of
her divorce. The child is now in the
Home for the Friendless. AS the Atlanta
wedding will hardly occur now, il viii be
taken back to its little mothers arms.