The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-05
have TAKEN The BUDS BABY
HE'SA NEGRO DIVE KEEPER M r
HE LOVES THE WHITE CHILD.
Charities Department Dislike Little One .
Environment. Though 10 Gets the Hest
Care and Has $500 worth % Clothes,
Pony and cart for the Park.


Pony and cart for the Park.
PHILADELPHIA. Aug. Agents OF the
Department Of Charities went down 70
2+S South Warnock street this afternoon
and out OF Minnie's, q negro dive kept
there by Walter Edgerton. a negro ex-
pugilist known as Kentucky Rosebud.
they took an eight months old infant
girl arrayed dazzingly in about 500
worth Of laces. ribbons and hand EN-
broidery They left the place shaken by
tumult Of grief
The Warnock street house IL named
after the Rosebud's wife. who was sen
tenced not long ago To spend thirteen
months ia the United States prison at
Atlanta for harboring aliens for immoral
purposes
The Bud himself. who has been ar
rested ON many occasions. crumpled up
on his front step as DR.. Nen's men
drove away. shed the first tears that
he has ever been known 20 give up and
went on 10 get a lawyer To reclaim the
infant. which he saws is his by right Of
law.
An hour later Dr. Ner had been served
with summons TO appear in court next
shouldn't have the baby.
DR. Neff said that his men had found the
infant we'll cared for and In the pink Of .
condition, but that Re had taken it In
charge for reasons that should be obvious
To any one who knew the Bud and the sort
OF environment in whic,. 20 spends his
days
The paTentags OF the baby IL a mystery
that will not be- cleared up until the
habeAs corpus proceedings on Tuesday,
nut the Bud told DR. Nef's agents that 10
had been informally transferred TO him
ny the mother one bitter night last Feb
ruary when she strayed into the neighbor-
hood OF his place III and hungry. and that
since then II had become the only thing
in all the world that ne didn't hate
lie took the agents into the house
and showed them about $50 worth Of
clothes that he had bought for his bal.y
IN the last three mont his
IN the yard was tethered a $500 Shet-
land pony that he recently bought and
which. attached TO pony cart. has made
regular trifs up through the shopping
districts and out to the park every day
so that the baby might get plenty Of air
and change Of scene
The bud told how the sight Of tho baby
had bred new lights and aspirations in
him and 81 how he and hts wife had in
tended Ia forsake their raudy ways 20
bring the child up properly and educate
u ana hnally 20 leaV" n all their money
he dav hefor. tho agents took the
hahv the Bud had rented "A house in the
iashlonahir nart ~ Seventeenth street.
Her" they Intended to hive quietly and re-
$TC'able he said. He turned the kavs
hack To the agent whom tho baby was
taken.
III" polcA. who have known the Bud
th"-" manv years. and IN" charities de-
Lartinent thought over IN. whole thing
Tor hours TODAY aud then thew said right
on that, think a. hard a. they mi ght.
they Couldn't tell what IN make II IL ali
WarnoCk street from Locust down
sad to-day that the Rosebud certainly !
haf had case on his habv The quarter /
never saw anything like II and couldn't I
eNplaln the thing anv hsttsr than could
Dr N"T or the police
Tier" were some in the section who !
N"n''Ir~d the opinion that the Bud was /
crazy when he appeared regularly every /
dav m IN. pony cart with the haby ar ,
raved IN all the finest clothes that the /
depart mAnt stores Nould find for Il and ,
went driving ~ the Park
IN" bud save that the baby coming
the wav ~ did and i's seeming 10 take !
'" him and giving him = lot 1T -,irpris-
lnGIy hne thoughts rnad.. II sort of seem
that the best thing he could do with his .
money and h" has accumulated quite .
~ IN The Kid
~pino pne came - the R'Id one night
Last February and told him that there was
a sick woman and seeker baby arross
m" street that they had iust blown in
through IN. snow and needed n hand
and needed u quick
Tn" SnmAn ~ VI IN. Was Mrs Nollie
August and ths' she had Just reached
: he Citv. from where she wouldn't saw
Rid located Mrs August AZ Atlantic
NV TO-DAY and ~ bringing her IN appear
IN court on TUESDAY
Bud saw that the hahv i, was ,hen,wo
months old needed food and warmth.
he said "" took them m When they
got stronger and we've able ~ go their
Sav the woman "a ~ she didn't wan,
he baby and that R'Id could have "
They went 20 Magistrate Rooney and had
come I'ap"rs written out and signed nv
n" bahvz mother This was an agree
nent giving III" baby 10 rh" BId for Keeps