The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-01-18
ARRESTED HIS SON
CLITH TAYLOR IS HELD ON
 WARRANT BY FATHER.
Attempt to Prevent Undesirable Marriage of Young Man-Re- ports of Difficulty Between
 Them Are Untrue.

Clith Taylor, weil-known young man was released from the Montgomery Coun- ty jail at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon, after having been confined there twenty four hours upon q charge of assault and battery preferred by his father Frank South Court Street.
 Young Taylor was detained to prevent him from marrying Yetta Guggenheim, better known as Yetta Gilbert. Taylor senior says that his son is mentally un- balanced; that he has not married the woman and that he spent last night at the home of his parents.
 Stephen H. Beasley. 8 justice of the peace, whose office is at 9 Washington Street, says he performed the ceremony which linked the lives of the young people last Saturday evening. A negro servant who said she was left in charge of the place at g 1-2 South Court Street said that her mistress Yetta Guggen- helm, left yesterday evening for New Orleans and that she was accompanied by young Taylor.
 Many rumors were current yesterday connecting the name of young Taylor with the Guggenheim woman and 1t was said that Frank G. Taylor. father of the young man had severely chastised his son and later had sent him to jail.
 Taylor, senior. says he has not the slightest doubt that his son is insane. Learning that the young man might woman, Taylor, senior, went in search Of the young man. He says he found him Thursday evening at the corner of Perry and Washington Strets and the young man said he had started to hI- home on South Court Street. The father persuaded the son to go with him to the county jail. The jailer refused to detain young Taylor without warrant being sworn out against him. Then Taylor. senior, secured a warrant from Benjamin H. Screws. d justice of the peace. charg- ing assault and battery. The warrant was issued pro forma and was merely for the purpose of detaining young Tay- Tor at the jail.
 The young man was made comfortable in the deputy's room at the Jail and spent Thursday night and all of yes- terday there. Taylor. senior. declared emphatically that the boy had not mar ried the woman and that he Is now at the home of his parents.
 stephen 10. Beasley, a Justice of the Peace. was interviewed at his residence, 34 Holcombe Street, by a representative of The Advertiser. He was much annoy eu aDouL the not0rlety which had come to him by reason of the report that he had performed the ceremony. He said young Taylor came to his office on Washington Street about 7:30 o'clock last Saturday evening and urged him to per- form wedding ceremony. Beasley says he protested that he was busy and that he desired to leave his office to go to his home Taylor declared that the young woman was in a boarding house near by and that if he would tie the knot he TayIor-would have her at his office within a few minutes. Beasley consent- ed and Taylor went away returning with the woman within five minutes. He had a marriage license and Beasley hurried through the ceremony. He says he did not ask for fee but Taylor insisted upon paying him $2, which he accepted. Beasley says that he was In such a hurry to get away from his office that he told Taylor to call the following day for his marriage certificate and that Taylor called at his residence several times to get the certificate It has given him last Wednesday.
 Have you made returns of the cere mony to the Probate officer Beasiey was asked
 No. I have not l have been kept very busy owing to illness in my. family and have not had time to make the proper returns"