Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-05-27
NOT TIE PIPE 0F PEACE.



Mention was made Monday of the liti-
CATION over a meerschaum pipe claimed
by Capt. Joseph Atkins 10 have been
stolen from him when he was chief of po-
lice in 1850. A meorschaum pipe was pre-
scented to Capt Atkins in 1873 10y Mr.. Will
lam Won Wrinkle This pipe, Capt, Atkins
claims, was stolen from him in 1880 from
the police station. The pipe and its loss
had been almost forgotten until recently
when Capt. Atkins discovered pipe in
the show window of Mr. Schornstein, on
Market and Center street, which he was so
positive was the pipe he had lost that he
had it produced in court 10 establish its
ownership He did not charge anyone
with the theft of the pipe, as he had not
sufficient evidence to sustain any such
charge. II was merely case to settle the
ownership, a quasi civil proceeding,
though the style of the case ON the re-
corde 5 docket was unknown, theft of
pipe of the value of So" There were a
number of witnesses examined to settle
the ownership, Messrs. James Griffin, Will
/ lam Won Wrinkle, James Cahill, Leo Mich
/ oils, John Williams, Tom Duffy, and John
/ Cossar all testifying that they believed
/ the pipe in court was the same pipe
owned by Capt. Atkins several years ago
/ Mr.. Won Wrinkle testified to having gotten
1 the pipe in 1867 from an old man who
! brought it from Ewrope, and he soon af.
/ terward gave it 20 Capt, Atkins He was
quite positive that the pipe i'm the court
was the same pipe Capt. Atkins and
other witnesses testified TO there being a
crack in the bowl of the pipe which Won,
/ Wrinkle had presented Capt. Atkins, and
there was a similar crack in the bowl of
the pipe in court Leo Nichols identified
the pipe particularly by small niche
that had been broken out of the stem part
of il. He had broken this himself while
cleaning the pipe ON one occasion with a
piece of wire. The pipe in court was
similarly marked. All of Capt. Atkins
witnesses testified to the fact that the
pipe was peculiar one, and they had
seen none or very few like 1t.
Capt. Atkins side of the case was very
conclusive but Mr.. Davis swore quite as
4 positively that the pipe in litigation was
his property II was brought to him by
Mr.. Isaac Hedenheimer, IT., from Europe
ana sent TO him when he was at Albany,
/ NY. This was about eleven years ago,
His brother sent the pipe TO him from
Europe He had il in his possession nh
the time until about three yaars ago, when
he placed it with Mr. Samuels for sale.
/ Subsequently he took the pipe from Sam
uels and placed it with Mr. Schornstein.
This was seven or eight months ago. He
had never seen a pipe like it before.
Samuels had the pipe for three years.
The bowl of il was cracked several years
ago by being iHmmed in a door. Mrs.
Max Mas, the daughter of Mr.. Davis was
also quite positive in her identification of
the pipe as being the one that her father
had had in his possession for number of
years.
Mrs. Davis was also quite as positive in
her identity Of the pipe.
Mr.. Heidenheimer was quite sure that
the pipe in court, if not the same, was
very much like the one he brought from
Europe TO MIR. Davis.
Messrs. Samuels and Schornstein iden-
titled the pipe ms the same that had been
left with them by MIR. Davis for sale. Mr.
Samuels testified that there were n mum
her of pipes like the one in litigation.
Upon this evidence the court announced
its inability to arrive at any decision and
so the matter rests, with the pipe in the
custody Of the police.