These men got the records from the Baldwin County Courthouse and took them back to the City of Bay Minette . While the law was chasing down the fictitious killer during the late hours , the group of Bay Minette men stealthily traveled the seventeen miles ( 27 km ) to the City of Daphne , stole the Baldwin County Courthouse records , and delivered them to the City of Bay Minette - where Baldwin County 's County Seat remains to this day .