Show BIG DOG AND I IS I ISMALL S SMALL ALl BOY IN POLICE COURT Case Arising Over Use of Ax in Dog Fight Dismissed A big brown dog that answers to the tho nam name namo of ot of Dart Eart and a 0 year old 12 year old boy held tho the center of or the stage lu in police court this morning The bo boy Joe Ferro a 0 step son step I or of Paul 2001 Washington I avenue testified against Walter Waiter Ph Philpott 44 who runs a novelty shop at Twenty third Street and resides at 2017 2047 Adams dams avenue was wa charged with ing Ing the dog with an on ax In an at- at attempt attempt at attempt tempt to stop a fight Ight on Monda Monday Joe told his story as follows He lie was going to s school hool Monday morning with Bert Bart B rt a Chesapeake duck dog toll following him Phil Phil- Philpott's Philpott's potts Phil potts pott's dog a 0 cross between a shep- shep shepherd herd hep-herd herd and a 0 collie started a n fight and Philpott leisurely walked Into Inlo his rage garage obtained a u a Jarge large a ax and started hop at his Ills dog with It DOG nOG IS I CALLED lum While Joe ties as on the stand the dog lay hay quietly In the back of ot the courtroom guarding a paper sack filled with meat Joe told lold of ot thu assault then Ihen called the dog Hero here Dart Bart Come here old fellow and the do dog doc walked up to the witness stand where Joe Joo point point- pointed ed out two gashes In the dogs dog's skull Mr rr then took the tho stand and described the tho return of oC his son step son from school that morn morn- mornIng mornIng morn ing Ing The Th boy was sobbing and cr crying Ing he declared and feared h his dog was going to die lIe He called a veterinary surgeon and the tho til pound pound- pound keeper keeper both of or whom hom told him hint the animal might die CASE SE DISMISSED On th the witness stand aland Philpott declared that was a n case of ot nine slun stun ning tho the boys boy's dog or seeing myown my myown myown own dog din clio right there on the spot He lie emphasized that the th tight fight took place on a II joint driveway partially owned by him and said saidIe lie Ie only meant to daze the th animal Judge John A Hendricks corn com commented com commented on what he h termed methods employed by Philpott and dismissed the ca case Philpott then requested 1 that a quarantine be placed on Dart saying that the dog bit him dur dur- durIng during ing the th fight tight He lie was referred to the health department and the C Joe his step-father step four tour of or his boy friends who attended the trial and Dart carrying his paper sack ot of meat arose and left tho the court court- courtroom courtroom courtroom room without further words |