The Washington times., 1938-09-13
BARKING PUPPY
SQUABBLE TO Be
taken TO COURT
Earl Place N. E., Divided
Over Fate of Rex

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All was quiet on the Earl Place
front today as neighbors laid their
lines for the court battle Saturday
on the right Of Rex" nondescript
lnongrel puppy, to continue to live
in the neighborhood.
Rex is the pet of the six children
Of Howard Rose, who lives with
his wife in a tiny house at 1920
Earl Pl. N. E. and who was in Po-
lice Court yesterday on complaint
of some of his neighborS that Rex
is much too noisy for the quiet
neighborhood.
IT'S A SHADE DNOOK
Earl Pl. N. E. is a shaded Guide
sac just two blocks long, where a
small number of couples have eS-
tablished their abodes to enjoy the
peace and quiet of the secluded
spot and where their children can
play far from the dangers of the
highway.
Rex came to the Roses few
months ago, and since then things
have not been the same. All the
neighborS are in accord on that
observation because it has literally
split the neighborhood in twain.
Most inSistent complainant is
Joseph SesSo, who lives next door
to the Roses and who complains
that his two babies are constantly
disturbed by the barking of Rex
during the day. At night Rex is
kept tied, SeSso says, and he barks
at every passing resident.
Less condemning is Domenico
Trimarchi, wealthy retired mer
chant of 1922 Bladensburg Rd.
N. E., whose rear yard abuts on
the Rose property.
FINDS SOME FRIENDS
"The trouble with the dog" he
said, sis that he Is tied up too
much and he barks because he is
a young dog. He is not dangerous
but some day he will be very large
and the Rose place Is too small
to keep large dog"
Mrs. Thomas L. Kimball, 3008
Earl Place, about so yards away,
has never heard Rex barking.
Live and let live, is my doc
trine," said Mrs. Kimball, land
I will take an oath that the dog
has never disturbed me-"
I'VE are neutral down here"
was the comment OF a resident
at the end of the block. I'VE
are too far away to hear the
dog anyway, although he bArkS
at me when I pass the Rose
house at two or three in the
morning. Any good watch dog
would do that. might add that
the Rose dog is not the only
dog in this neighborhood."
Mrs. George H. Dempsey, 3003
Earl Pl., is not disturbed by the
dogs bark, but she fears that the
dog might injure her child. "AS
long as the dog is tied up or con-
fined, it is all right with me-" she
said.
Mrs. w. K. Sans of 30O5 Earl Pl.
Is not disturbed by the dog, al
though he invariably barks when
she walks past with her own
leaShed dog, she said.
HEARD HIM ONLY ONCE
Mrs. J. c. Duffy lives still
nearer the Rose residence-her
house is at 3007 Earl Place-but
she says she has heard Rex bark
at night only once, and that was
when there was a disturbance up
on the main highway.
Most of the residents admitted,
however, that they were too far
away from the Rose home to be
disturbed by Rex's barking, and
that it was very probable that the
barking mongrel did disturb the
Sesso children.
Meanwhile Rex, Seven-months-
old and playful as terrier, rolls
and dashes about small pen be-
hind his masters house, cloWning
with the Rose children, not know
ing that he is making history in
the Earl Place vicinity and that
his own fate hangs by a mere
thread.