The Washington times., 1906-02-13

Mrs. Chappelle TIiumphs
Over Police.

One small Scotch woman and -wo
small dogs have held at bay for two
weeks the whole authority OF the LIS
trict of Columbia. The woman .s Mrs.
Lizzie Chappene. who fnhabits g. little
Twelfth street northeast The dogs
are homeless creatures. whose Ioneli-
ness appealed to her, and wh .,se weak
ness she has sought to protect with he.
own puny strength.
As far as results go, she has done
fairly well. She kept the dogs, de
spite the insistence of the pouudmas-
ter. the mandate Of the Police Court,
and the clamor Of the police authori-
ties In the dark hours Of the night
the mtniOns OF the law hamm e ed upon
her door, Dut Mrs Chappeiie fntreiy al
lowed them 10 hammer. she paid no
attention whatever.
"FerOcious" Beasts Tiny.
She talked this morning with a re-
Iorter Of The Times. The little home
opened freely to his knock, and, so far
as appearances disclosed, no furniture
had been piled against the door.
When the 'ferocious" dogs, Of which
so much had been said, appeared on
the scene, they provoked a laugh. The
larger. VINO is the mother Of the small
or animal, is not ten inches high, nor
fourteen long. and about as dangerous.
In appearance. as a spring lamb reduced
to these dimensions.
"Ye see nowt o the peeIed-up fairni-
tuTeE she queried. Now look ye at
the bit doggies-'
The bit doggies" came in with a
rush and a scamper- They climbed
over Mrs. Chappelle's skirts. and, in
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their gratitude and affection. Perhaps
they realized how much danger sne had
incurred IN their protection, and ROW
nearly she stood to the shadow of ar
rest They looked 1t, anyhow
You dinnaw blame me for not let
ting the police break in the wee skull
of thin, do YEP" asked Mrs. Chap
pelle- The puir, helpless doggtes-
Warrant for Her Arrest.
A warrant has been issued for the ar
rest OF Mrs. CkappeIle for keeping two
unlicensed dogs. and it is said that the
police OF the Ninth precinct have been
trying to serve 1t with little success.
They have made her home several Wis
its. but Mrs Chappelle has never been
"at home" She doesn't intend TO be,
she says. until she gets rid OF her dogs
OF secures a license for them.
"They came TO the house a. 10 O'Clock
in the night" said the little Scot rhwo-
man, with a determined sha he of her
head. ''and beat upon the dUr. with
their cIoobs. 1 let thin harIn-er way.
just ! knew well enough the.- II had
a RIGHT to break doom the dure and IL
they had I wad fxt their businass-
nay doot O thot-
'fThe trouble cam on all because 1 was
TOO confidin The mother dog came II.
out OF the cold nicht and was r com
fort to me. She had the wee -uppies
without me knawin anything aboot it.
1 met the police officer in the s rect
and awsked him what I MIGHT do ~ n
the puppies. Then he sent the pond mon
and he kickt up the bit row
They were comfort TO me. for ]
have no a soul in the wide warld who
cares aboot me. / live here iu the
house alone and / am lonely. ] am
afraid TO open the dure at NIGHT. There
are those who no wish me weel-who
have been sair cruel to me.
The doggies did no harm and l only
wanted TO find thin guide home. The
police beat in dogs skull joost doom
the street: / wadna have them treat
these helpless ones that way
Mrs Chappelle shed a tear or two as
she told her story. She Is q bright little
woman. smart and determined. but Jne
who has had a great deal of sorrow in
ner life Those that relate TO the dogs
are lightened. for today she '.foon6 a
guid hame' for one Of them.