Evening star., 1955-07-27
Father, 9,He|d
In kidnapping
Infant Grabbed
At Beer Picnic

A parental tug-of-war for Gus
tody Of q 10-month-old bab.
resulted in arrest of the child:
19-year-old father in Fairfax
County yesterday on a kidnapping
complaint fled by his estrangec
wife in Baltimore.
The father, Frank Hilliard, {
junk dealer, was the object of &
widespread search in heavil,
wooded areas adjoining tht
Lorton Reformatory near his
home in the Lorfax subdivision
State and county police
pressed bloodhounds into service
before Hilliard and one of hi.
two companions, a 16-year-ole
visitor from Bristol. Tenn, were
taken into custody with thu
infant.
Hearing Set Today
Sergt. Walter A. Hale of the
Baltimore police said the baby's
mother told him the child was
not billiards..
Hilliard and the baby's moth
er, identified as Mrs. Ruby Hill
lard. were in court in Fairfax
today as Hilliard faced a hear
ing to determine whether he was
willing to go to Baltimore for a
hearing on the charge. If he
Is held and refuses to accom-
pany Baltimore police, an extra
dition hearing will be held.
Today's hearing was to be in
Juvenile and Domestic Rela-
tions Court before Judge John
Rothrock. The baby was in GUS
tody of the Fairfax County We'll
fare Department.
Talks Freely
Hilliard spoke freely to re-
porters and police after his ar
rest on a road near his home.
He told State Trooper w. l..
Carr, who spotted him walking
with his two sisters, that he had
left his hiding place to return
home and see if police were
still looking for him. He had left
the baby with his Tennessee
visitor in an apple orchard, he
said.
Trooper Carr took Hilliard
into custody and drove to the
orchard but found no trace Of
the 16-year -old boy or the baby,
named Frank. An hour later the
boy was found at billiards. home.
The baby was sleeping soundly
in his crib.
Hilliard said his wife left him
three weeks ago and took the
baby, Frank, jr.. to her mothers
home in Baltimore. Yesterday,
he said, he decided to get the
baby back. His older brother,
j. c. billiard and the 16-year-old
boy went with him, he told po-
lice.
Grabbed at Picnic
Baltimore police said the child
clad only in diapers, was taken
from the lap OF Mrs. Myrtle
Bolyard, identified as the child's
grandmother. while she, the
child's mother and several others
were having a picnic lunch at q
beer garden.
Baltimore police said three
youths approached the pic.
nicking group and one suddenly
grabbed the baby and dashed
for their car outside. throwing
the youngster inside"
The screaming women fol.
lowed. beating on the windows oi
the 1916 sedan and one even rode
on the cars bumper a short dis
tance, dropping off as the cal
picked up speed.
Several persons in a crowd at.
tracted by the screaming womer
attempted to stop the car. One
man was kicked in the stomach
and another broke a window ir
the car before 1t got away.
Baltimore police Immediately
issued kidnap warrants for the
Hilliard brothers and the un-
identified juvenile and alerteo
Virginia police to be on the look
out for the Car. =
It was located at the Hilliarc
home near Lorton.
The three picked UP the baby
about 2 pm. and left for Fairfax
County. Hilliard said. In Wash.
ington, they stopped and bought
bottle Of milk which they fec
to the baby directly from the
quart bottle, he said. Shortly
after they arrived home, county
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