The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-07

I.ew4s Harris. a prominent young far mer of Bullock county ana ms Wite' are the parents of the baby boy who was found in a basket about o'clock yesterday morning. in me front yard of Godfrey Levy at lbA Grove street, near Perry street.
 The parents of the child were ar rested at Fleming's Hotel at 6:3O o'clock yesterday morning and were held at police headquarters until l2 o'clock. when they were released un- der their promise to care for the child. They returned to Union Springs at 4:SO o'clock yesterday afternoon.
 Reunited with his parents, the beau tiful baby boy three weeks old, may never know of the sensational incl dent in winch he was the central fig ure, one of, the most sensational inci- dents that ever came under the ooser- vation of the Montgomery Police De- rartment. He may never know that ne was deserted by his parents, was round within thirty minutes after hls deser- ton. and was clasped to their arms again after spending i've hours III the home of a stranger
 As related by The Advertiser yester- day morning the haby. in rough mar ket basket was loft in the front yard of the Grove street residence by an un- known man. who was driven to the place in a cab. After leaving the place the man was driven to Commerce street, where he paid the cab fare to the driver, Bill Harvey. a veteran ne- gro hackman of Montgomery. and dis appeared
 Harvey. being suspicious of the con- duct Of the stranger, reported the in- cident to police headuuarters. Police Captain Miles Smith drove to the Grove street residence and found the baby. About 8 o'clock yesterday morning Mounted Patrolman Troy Murrell took the infant to his residence at 30 Han non street, and Mrs. Murrell minister ed to the comfort of the little one.
 Soon after the baby was found Po- lice Captain Smith made plans to cap ture the stranger who had deserted the child. The negro hackman was close questioned He said the stranger en- gagged to meet him near the old First Ba ptist Church on North Court street. This was about 12:30 o'clock A short while later the man, bearing a bas- ket. came out of Monroe street and joined him. climbing into the cab. At Perry and Grove streets the stranger ahghted from the cab, walked rapidly through Grove street to the house near est the corner stepped inside the yard, deposited the basket on the ground and returned to the cab. He ordered Har- | EeY 10 uTlVe nun lo lhc OHAOla INdllNdy Station, but when Commerce street was reached. he got out of the cab, paid the hackman and disappeared The negro drove quickly to police head quarters and reported the Incident. with | inc result that in half hour the baby
 was nestling in the basket before the police sergeant's desk.
 | Special Officers J. L. Taylor and 1 James Avant were assigned to work on | the case, and they located Harris at | FIemings Hotel. The clerk of the ho- l tel said that Harris had left the hotel
 with a basket about 12:30 o'clock. Led i Inv Captain Smith, Taylor and Avant, | who had been joined by Patrolman | Haynie went to the room of Harris | about 6:80 o'clock. Harris was in the
 bathroom where he was arrested by the officers. He made full confession of the desertion of the baby.
 | Harris and his wire were taken to rolice headquarters. where they re- ! mained sobbing in the assembly room
 throughout the morning The baby was sent down to the station about o'clock,
 and Mrs. Harris took 1t to her arms.
 as she cried aloud over her conduct.
 While the man and woman were 1 docketed as suspects. no case was made against them. Police Chief Taylor said | that the only charge that could be ] brought against them was abandon