Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1873-09-10
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Old man Powers encountered Mon
sieur Joseph Patinaud day before yes
terday ard found him in possession OF a
meerschaun which he lost from his
possession on the last glorious Fourth
of july. Coming thus Suddenly upon
his long missing property he asked
Mons. Patinaud how long he had been
enjoying the solace afforded by that
much-colored but fragrant sea-foam pipe,
and being answered somewhat unsatis-
factorily, demanded that the Frenchman
show cause why he should not surrender
the fumiferous property into his. Powers
possession as early as the next day, that
is, yesterday. Powers further deposed
in evidence that Patinaud had agreed to
produce the man Of whom he honestly
obtained the pipe and had failed TO do
so:-Hence the preferring of charge of
petit larceny against Mons. Patinaud in
Judge Witherell's Court. A very plain
and honest though unbrilliant and quite
positive man is Mr.. Powers and his
story as related to the Court in response
to the brief heterogeneous of Mr.. Dis
trict Attorney Patterson was very
straight and consistent. That interest
ing narration was in substance as fol
lows: He had been down to the Warm
Springs and returned; had nourished
the inner man with such sustinancs as
may be had in an impromptu manner at
the eating stand kept by Alderman
Leeate had lighted and smoked his
IN
chair for a brief space against one of the
awning posts in front of the Old Saz-
erac: and came to n knowledge that his
favorite pipe was gone when, few mo-
ments later he put his hand into his
waistcoat pocket and felt In vain for the
same. Counsellor Davies, with the cum
ming of adroit cross questioning sought
in vain to puncture and explode this
short but moving tale. Mr.. Powers had
lost his pipe in an unaccountable man.
ner from his waistcoat; he had found it
in the possession of Mons. Patinaud;
Patinaud had failed to account for his
possession of it, and had declined to give
it up. The inevitable inference in Mr..
Powers mind was that Patinand had
come into the possession of that instru-
ment feloniously. This was in substance
the case for the prosecution. We, the
people, rested here. Now comes Mons.
Patinaud with his defense. 1t was brief
and clear enough and lifted all clouds of
suspicion from the character of that ex-
cited and nervous Gaul. Mons. Alex
andre Quelquechose deposed and said
that one Sullivan had sold him the pipe
or put it in his possession for rattle;
that he did rattle it at the saloon of
another certain Monsieur; and one of
the Gallo gentlemen present in Court
had thrown high figure at dice and
had sold his chance of winning to a
Mons. Raymont, and that the latter
named gentleman won the pipe. Then
another gentleman from Ia belle France
or lie Canada frigide deposed and said
that by Mons. Raymont's order he had
delivered the pipe to Mons. Patinaud.
Then Mr.. Patterson with his accustomed
benignity of manner dismissed the
charge, and Mr.. Powers was mulcted
in the costs of Court The
pipe remains temporarily with the
Court. 1t was subsequently narrated
by Sheriff Swift that Sullivan and ano-
ther man whose name has escaped us
came to him with the pipe and said
that it had been "soaked'' to them by |
q man named Plat and that if Plat
came for it to let him have it upon pay
ing seven dollars. Plat refused to re-
deem it-said it was MT his pipe and
SO it was rallied off as aforesaid to iqui- |
date the expense of pawning. Thus the
matter stands. In a few days Powers
will be restored to the long missed con-
solutions of his meerschaum, and a
ong-drawn trouble will be ended.