The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-18
THE DORsCHTs MISSING CUP.
n Recovery by FichtI Celebrated
with Floods or Beer.

with R1oodn or Beer.
Ten years ago, almost to a day, Dorscht Lodge,
No. l, Of this city and Dorscht Lodge, No. ., of
New Haven, held a Kneipe in this city, and
drank SO many salamanders that hey almost
bulled the beer market. These lodges are made
up Of orchestra and band musicians, and the
name Dorscht Is suspiciously like the east side
German word signifying thirst. So nobly did
the New Haven people prove their right to the
title Of Dorscht that their New York brethren
presented to them a handsome gold and silver
cup valued at 800. and inscribed Presented
to Dorscht Lodge, No. Q, Of New Haven by
Dorscht Lodge, No. 1, of New York, as a Token
otLove, Esteem, and Regard, April II, 1887"
In January of this year the cup disappeared.
and now. after three months Of absence, during
which 1t has somewhat changed for the worse. it
10 back again, and great is the glory OF the
Dorscht who brought 1t back.
The cup was recovered by the band master Of
Dorscht Lodge, No. Q. whose name Is easier to
write than to speak. being Ffchtl. Frank Fichtl.
To Bandmas:er Eichtl that cup was as the apple
Of his eye, and he could come nearer to emptying
tat ono pull than any other member OF the
lodge. Nobody could drink salamander from 1t,
because the anal command "Austrinken" was
Just q few beyond the capacity Of anything but
abarrel; but Fichtl could come 30 close to drink
Ing out, better known in English heel taps"
that when he put the enormous vessel down
there would be barely enough left In 1t for an
ordinary mans thirst. Therefore, amid the uni
versal grief of the Dorschts at the disappearance
Of the trophy, Fchtl's was the most poignant.
AL that the bereaved lodge had for clues to
the disappearance was that a thief with a hui
morous turn OF mind had taken the cup from the
locker in the lodge room. He had also taken
9l42, which, judiciously expended. would have
mi h nu~ - thA Ilo-anhNa 90 rr,r oval
times That the thief was a humorist they
knew from this message left upon the slate dedi-
Guess who was here"
Rage and anguish filled the breasts of the
members. Had the culprit been captured then
limb. In undertaking polysyllabic .Teutonic
osths they cursed him, and they registered a
midst Of Hnbroachable Kegs OF beer. Bandmas,
Ter Fichtl, after drinking the biggest private
] stein o. the organization dry seven times-six
CARED that he would not touch beer again until
sn hsa got upon the trail Of the thief, Then
Psnlons, the devoted martyr strobe forth from
the lodge. Three weeks later he was discovered
ssE The President and Secretary of the Dorschts
kn@oSy dI Fl Fitch! ( NJ, p 3 q man Fl his word:
me finest thirst that ever grew out OF dry dust"
an NeE York. probably" replied the band:
rat sNit hItCI ~ no boOIi at i
s scme sb beam sns snd e e a, 2 letter I'VE written: Have
had from the first suspected a former steward of
ne lodge; one Toby Brinkman. Having learned
Of eafAttb Sri GSindn was In town he made the rounds
man had been at Radon's Hotel. There he SO.
I'm . noIe OF Brinkman, compared the hand:
- S.sS'SS%Plets; The Sa s%S sisie' he sp learned 1ns pfEH sd
n 1sn New YORK several weeks before. and was
pp,ssIlI%e9iy at q Third avenue hotel where he
~saaAl lDDDtu. III n rnnnIIIafNn nj IA n
stal the President and the Secretary drank a
s1SSl can 70 siichtl, whose ability as a bandmaster
s1sSalisd only By bis genius as a detective.
III ser C,z days later Fichtl took a flying trip to
Keen aio aRo say TIE police, who said they would
4 ioa n tstreet. where the MISUNDERSTANDING
! \ h, Isi' I a. S.sst !, s saPs a' 70 : sss SsaSf s 10 nG ssdi
asdiy hin; f h1 theys le,1 S0f Br,n With the 4 police a tS
u fh,%nSsst died out when he got a letter saying that
I s Unff nm 81 had beop arrested IN January and
f t%aSHSS &r That is why Ffchtl had failed to
!. u Ias s. resort es psg Ftcs si,PpppinS piece n,,m.n At
for e eaD Tie whsreabouts Of the lost and ionged.
l Sr,1Enan replied that he had left it for certain
to- soon W. ~ P, hhotTery. The first train was none
down to t he fBa oMer TO s eS%s sS on s'r cn M He R RSstlsd
h SSp'1 shop, is at 2O5. Kantor said the cup
b \ Gesn brought there by q man named
tsn snaea who had desired, alterations In
made nffraVing. Those alterations were being
obIHinaaiee added. at a silyersmith's, and he
upoS Ivy gave, the name of the silversmith
l sssnsn nearing Fichtl's tale OF woe, and being
1 comma, oy Detective Sergeant Reap, who ac-
Tbess flchtl, that Brinkman was in jail.
iopnS ~ the silyersmith's the lost cup was
Tain oui when the bandmaster saw the "cer-
reniv 'SgpaiTs,' mentioned by Brinkman In his
inscHip II almost tainted. Instead OF the original
oliver tb,n There appeared, deep craven in the
BY RESENTED TO Tobias Brinkman of New York
Of LVrscht Lodge No. /, New York, as n Token
,'Howe;yEsrs Esteem. and Regard. April ~ 1887"
tons snd Gr' y was the same cup, despite mutila.
with Snn The bandmaster, after a settlement
to Nav s~hversmith. carried 1t back In triumph
train" raven: He came in on the midnight
arms me fun lodge orchestra had been under
openad an hour when he arrived. and rs he
TEypn INC door Acting Leader Guilford called:
:, chAs;rna EWci, drei, alretty; goi' and the or
= T9ua struck up Home Again."
? one d%ns = great night with the Dorschts. Every
ter Fi""hhhh 10 bandmaBter Fichtl and Bandmas-
beat nrdn. drank TO every. one, surprising his
thus}murIons record for salamanders in his en-
round and making a speech after every
sidaha.. mo cup was set In the middle of the big
fiss onil, where all could contemplate It's glo-
inSSc,i ~ Is now In process OF having the original
FTschhtalIs among the Dorschts that the name OF
III ENntl, The ~