The San Francisco call., 1898-01-14
IS RESTORED
 TO FREEDOM Doctor WOolsey's Horse Was Ravenously
 Hungry.
Also Drank a Tub of Contra Costa Water Before It's
 Arrest.
Serious Trouble Is Avoided by the Payne ent of Three
 Dollars.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
 9OS Broadway. Jan. 12.

OVo bIOduWdyS Jdil 10.
 Dr. F. H. Woolsey, once the head of the Southern. Pacific Medical Depart ment, is particularly proud of his pos session of heavy black charger The animal is one of the finest in this coun- ty, and it's master is a fearless rider. Dr. Woolsey on his horse is one of the most familiar sights on the streets of Oakland and wherever they are seen one is admired only a little less than the other.
 A few days ago the doctor was taken sick, an experience almost unknown to him in his whole life. and while he was confined, to his bed his equine compan- ion strolled off on an exploring expedi- tion and was found quietly eating oats in blacksmiths shop in East Oak land.
 Last night the horse was arrested and detained at the City Prison under the charge of Chief Lloyd. The aristo- cratic animal had never associated with common municipal horses and vags before, and it's spirited nature re- belled at such treatment. Its humilia- tion was entirely due to the feed of oats it stole, or is alleged to have stolen In the blacksmith's shop.
 When the blacksmith found himself in possession of the doctors charger he says he also found himself out of possession of two sacks of oats which he alleges the animal had eaten. Now Dr. WoOlsey has never been credited with being close-fisted. and he says that if his animal really ate a feed from the blacksmith's oat box he does not mind paying for it, but the black smith declares that the doctors horse was so fearfully hungry that it did not stop till it had eaten and destroyed two sacks of oats, after which depreciation the horse was taken into custody. pr. Woolsey is not able to attend to the legal part of the business himself. so he deputed Dr Harry P. Travers to take all necessary steps to recover the horse, which he values at several hun dred dollars, and which was detained because of a disputed two sacks of oats. It irritates the doctor to think ] that any one should assume that he owned the horse that was ever hungry 1 enough to eat two sacks of oats at a meal. and he declines to pay for it. 1 A search warrant was duly sworn l out and Dr. Travers, accompanied by l Officer Moore went to East Oakland and recovered the animal. It was brought to the City Prison and as 1t was too late to hear the evidence last night Judge Allen ordered Chief Lloyd to take good care of the animal till this morning.
 This afternoon the case was called before Judge Allen. Attorney J. c. Johnson appeared for the blacksmith and pr. TraHers represented the doc tor and the horse. It was testified to 1 that the horse had drank one cask of l Contra Costa water and eaten largely l of fine oats. and the whole matter was adjudicated by the payment to the | blacksmith of 8.
 Dr. Travers led the horse home from 1 the prison stables.
 Mills College Opening. l OAKLAND, Jan. 13.-Mills College | opened Wednesday and some surprise was l expressed at the non-attendance of some
 seven girl students who had been ex- pected to take their final term. Many ! rumorS were current as to the cause of i the non-appearance of the pupils. one even alleging that 1t was enforced by the l faculty on account of some girlish esca- pades indulged in by the students during 1 a wheeling trip last term. Professor Keen 1 of the college and the father of one of the ] girls absolutely denied that there was any | ground for such rumorS and denied that | there was anything unusual in the cir
 cumstances which set Dame Rumor gos-
 siping.