Jack Martindale, young Randolph County man, wanted on charge of making liquor and of abandoning a new-born babe on Highway 70 near the Randolph-Guilford County line last March 7th, was arrested Saturday night about 11 o’clock at the home of a relative near Julian. The arrest was made by Sheriff Cranford and deputies Mack Lewallen, T.A. Brookshire, W.A. Underwood and Fletcher Humble, who had been notified that Martindale was in the county and were on the watch for him.
Martindale was lodged in jail at Asheboro Sunday morning and waived preliminary hearing on both charges. He will be tried at the next term of Randolph County Superior Court.
It is rumored that Martindale is wanted in South Carolina on some charge of violating the law and that there is a reward for his capture. The most serious charge, however, is that of abandoning a baby on the Asheboro-Greensboro highway. The baby was placed in a sack and dropped in the road so that any passing vehicle would run over it. Happily, it was discovered by a rural mail carrier in making his daily route. He took it to a nearby farm home where it was dressed and cared for and notified the officers. The baby was then taken to the North Carolina Children’s Home, Greensboro, where it was later adopted. A picture of the baby in a recent issue of the Greensboro News has caused much comment in the county owing to the interest in the matter and the innocent beauty of the child.
From the front page of The Courier, Asheboro, N.C., Thursday, Dec. 31, 1925
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