Word: brickland
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Dates: during 1963-1963
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...routine of a bank. The life of Miss Ida Capers, 72, was a lonely one-except for her dogs. All her life she had had at least two. When she suffered a heart attack in her house last January, her only companions were a pair of Irish setters named Brickland and Sunny Burch...
...called them her "girls." At Christmas, she sent out pictures of her dogs, as proud parents send photos of children. Often, the only jewelry she wore was a pin shaped like an Irish setter. Her dogs were her life, but Miss Capers fretted constantly about what might happen when Brickland and Sunny Burch no longer had her to care for them. Who could possibly love them as she had? Determined that her dogs should not suffer, Miss Capers wrote a will-leaving the bulk of her modest estate to the Humane Society of Western Pennsylvania and stipulating that Brickland...
...special assistant attorney general went into Allegheny County Orphans Court, which handles the probate and interpretation of wills, and served notice that the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania wanted to be heard before the dogs died. But even before that, Orphans Court Judge William Rahauser had made up his mind: Brickland and Sunny Burch would not die until Ida Capers' estate is audited. And that, dog lovers learned happily, will take anywhere from six to 15 months...
...feeling is that Miss Capers' dogs will not be executed. There is a new file in the Governor's office now, marked "Dogs Saved from Death." It is stuffed with dozens of messages, most of them offering warm and loving care to Brickland and Sunny Burch. As Governor Scranton said: "I'm sure Miss Capers would feel very good if she knew how many people have now offered to provide her pets with good homes...
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