Horse Discovered In A Gas Hole

HORSE DISCOVERED IN A GAS HOLE

BY CHIEF OF POLICE WARREN LAST EVENING

It Belonged to Fred Whitney who was Sleeping Off His Jag at a Point Near by

It took the combined efforts of Chief of Police Warren, several men, a street car and a heavy rope to extricate a horse owned by Fred Whitney from a hole in the streets Tuesday evening. The hole into which the animal fell was one that had been dug by Gas company for the laying of pipes. It was properly protected and had it not been for the carelessness of Whitney himself, the trouble which resulted in him being locked up in the country jail would not have come about. 

It seems that Whitnet Tuesday indulged too freely in strong drink. He was driving home, but concluded that he would tie his horse up at the place where it was afterwards found, for what purpose Whitney does not explain. He drove the wagon over the heap of dirt that lay near the hole and left it in such a position as to be almost on the edge of the precipice. Here the horse and wagon remained for several hours. When Chief Warren came along the horse was in the hole and the wagon turned upside down. Whitney was near at hand taking a doze. When he saw Warren he beat a hasty retreat and it was only after much searching that he was found hiding in a yard in the neighborhood. 

In the meantime, however, a street car had been brought into service to pull the horse out of the hole. A rope was tied to the rear of the car, which was started and with the assistance of Chief Warren and some other men the animal was brought to safety. 

Whitney will be tried before Justice Gibson and will probably have to pay a heavy penalty for his negligence.