Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-05
WOMEN FIGHT MAN IN COURT
AFTER LOSING SUIT FOR COLLIE
Former Bu|Idogger in Circus
and Mother Are Fined
for Contempt.
Both Under Peace Bonds.
One Faces Judge Again
in Second OffenSe.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ARLINGTON, Va, January 5.-Mrs.
Pearl E. Loude and her 18-year-old
daughter, Miss Mary Howard, paid SIS
fines each in Circuit Court at II o'clock
last night and were placed under SIS
peace bonds in Police Court this morn
ing in a controversy over dog. Judge
Howard Smith awarded the dog to
Percy Fields. who had sued the women,
and they attempted to thrash Fields,
resulting in the fines for contempt Oh
court
When Sheriff Fields had taken the
women from the courthouse to jail after
the hearing, the women threatened 10
beat up Fields when they were tree
and the Younger woman said she would
pump him full of lead, the sheriff told
Police Judge Harry Thomas this morn
ing. Miss Howard formerly was bull
dogger in the 1O1 Wild West Circus.
She is going back to circus riding In
the Spring.
Second Case Called.
Mrs. Loude was fined SIS for another
row in court this morning when the
second case was called. She had been
charged with failing to procure 1929
license tags for her automobile. she
called Sheriff Fields liar. This con-
stituted contempt, Judge Thomas held,
and he imposed the hne, "hlcn was
paid. The peace bonds then were ar
ranged.
Mrs. Loude and her daughter said
they would carry their fight for the dog
to the Virginia Court of Appeals. She
proved that she had tried to obtain the
automobile licenses, the delay being no
fault of hers. and the charge in this
case was dismissed.
The dog over which the litigation
was started by Fields is white collie.
When turned over to Fields after his
explanation of how he came to be its
owner the animal sprang to the man
and his wife, barking and dancing with
delight. Miss Howard Walked up to
Fields and inquired:
why didn't you tell the truth?"
Strikes Him in Face.
Before he had an opportunity to an
swer she struck him in the face. Sew
eral other blows were struck before
Deputy Sheriff Harry woodward could
drag the young woman kicking and
screaming from the room.
NILS LkICll dt ACASto dAi4
he fell over the. dog leash. AS Mrs
Loude was being tugged out of the
courtroom Judge Smith ordered both
brought before him and the fine was
imposed
Testimony showed that the dog ap-
peared at Fields home in Ballston when
it was puppy between 3 and 4 months
old. After attempting to locate the
owner. Fields and his wife obtained a
license tag.
The dog remained at the Fields home
from July, 1927. until September, 1923,
when it disappeared. After it had been
gone for some time it returned. again
disappearing after a few days and later
returning the second time
Tells of Taking Dog Home.
On November S Miss Howard ap-
peared at the Fields home and asked
whether any one had seen the dog.
When told that it belonged to Fields she
is said to have told how she took it
home one night when she saw it being
stoned by several colored men. Her
mother would not permit her to keep
1t until 1t had been washed, a task
that she accomplished the same night.
According to the testimony of both
plaintiff and defendant, she told Fields
that the animal would be more satisfied
with her than with him and he told her