Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-05-28
BABY Thrown IN"
ON REPLEV|N WIFI
Deputy Sheriff Encounters Odd
Experience Recovering Wild
overs Goods.

Deputy Sheriff Thomas X. Parker
has been holding his oh long euounh 70
know that to do il right nccessitates oeihg
something of a sleuth, something "l
husky, something of a diplomat ana
something of the possessor OF m,ch morse
sense. but he only found out last nikht
that n mans got to be whole lot IKE
wise old King solomon as welt :,
OF course, You remember the org
story i'm the Bible about the famed
Jewish monarch. the two women who
each claimed a baby rs their own, ond
how the king settled the matter. Well
Parker last night felt that even Solomon
himself might have felt "up against IT
when il came tn adjudIca ting the situation
with which he found himself coutr"ntcd
The thing stgrtcd with the ohtalninE
at the sheriff office by ono John y
NcQuade uf writ of replcvn directed
against ore Bridget l'vrnc. who hives 'n
Risirg sun Lane. for the recovery ot
certain household property Mctluade
declared to- te his and N her possession
McQnadc II appears, YVES the husband oi
Mrs Rvrnc's sister. Mrs. NlCteuadc dled
soma months ago. sinre which tho Me
l''1rIc household property, or large part
ot AZ. AS hccn IN the possession ut Mrs.
Bvrre. And not only that hut Young
also has hccn IN Mrs Rvrne's keeping
Further. II appears that MIR. McQuadc
is sohn tn rcmarrv. and that some tlWc
ago cxprcsscd 10 his sister-ln-law his
desire to have his old goods and chattols
once moro. having for them the usos
to- which goods and chatteIs are put hN
those who enter tho matrimonial stnfo
Still further II appears that Ncteuado
found himself under the necessity Of
getting the sheriff - hclp hum retrieve
the property.
This nlatcriahzcd in the shape Of The
writ Of raplcvin, which Deputy Parker
was assigned t. serve Armed with y
Parker he'd him to the Pyrno homo IN
Rising sun Lane and thcrc shortly after
his arrival he was joined tv McQuado
Then began tho things that mado
Parker unconsclouslv assume the roc
of modern solomon Mrs l'ync dd
not want ia give M the goods II first,
il appears. but when Parker explained who
he was and what the writ "i rcPlovln
meant she began sorting ont the various
articles named therein, Parker telling
her and NcQuade that nothing must "
taken that was not spcrtIed. nor any
thing specified kept back
Suddenly Parker became aware, through
conversation of NcQuadc and his sister
ln-law. that there vas hRbv Nd
Ouades son. Henry that was wanted
Hut wrlts of rcrlevln don't rn f. such
things as babies and Parker explained
this Just the Same NrtlH9de wanted y
80 did Mrs BNrne She was ltS aunt she
said, and she had taken caro- NJ T since
her sister died she WIS attached ~ i
and So were her ch,ldrcn its cousins
But NcQuade wanted II just as much |
4 l04 he oh
to take ii away with h,m What t. do
about if looked worse than 2 h'nceo
n,lzzla at first To Parker hut huail, hc
handed down his judicial opinion that aS
McQnade was the child father. Il
dldn'f lie IN Mrs Bvrno power ~ deny
him possession of il when he demanded y
This meant that Mrs Bvrnc must glvc
the little ono up Furthermore. II meant
tears from Mrs Bvrne and tho children
And Parker, hong tender-heartrd
chap much as vou may think Inn
possible for a sheriff offecr - pc tender
hearted fclt pity and sympathy ter
Mrs Bvrne IN losing the little nephew
she loved. and shed some tears toe. He
admits It.
Par don't imagine fhat Mrs B,rur
let that child 60 ont of hcr kccrlng without
seeing - II that IT went right and CON
Portable. Navbe vou have 10 III . mothr /
yourself 10 understand Just what thl~ |
means To mere man i looks like q lot /
of unnecessary bother and fxI9 bat
after all II isn't
And 50 II was that Parker found HIM |
self going away with . wagon fuil II |
stuff recovered bv writ Of rcrlevln with |
balH thrown in thc odiest piece 81 |
property he ever took away from
replevin job.
McQuadc carried his son carefully and |
watchfuilv through The journey into town |
and told Parker where 70 stop to place /
the voungster IN safe keeping This had /
been sonnet hing Of an anxiety 10 tho !
sherif's officer. because You cant pvt |
baby on the bureau ~ on a Table or |
hang il on hat rack all night YOU know |
McQuade SAID his intended vifes |
home was the place where II was gong ID |
he kept. at least until today She and /
her mother would attend 10 i until hc |
could put i' in the baby hospital for care |
and safe-keepiuR until after his wedding |
and honeymoon. Then the new Mrs
McOuade would mother Il And So for |
a week or two the infant Henry will be /
81 the hospital
And thus ends one Of Deputy Parker
oldest experiences