Show thimble of gold settled battle over pirate loot NEW ORLEANS pounding golden doubloons into thimbles might appear to the century mind to be an odd way to make sewing attractive but as justice of the peace mer cedes adams will tell you the thina thim ble making method solved at least two loot arguments for the notorious gulf coast pirate jean lafitte judge adams owns one of two known thimbles salvaged from the lafitte gang according to her in formation the golden gadget which doesn doean t fit any of her fingers result ed from a division of piratical spoils each buccaneer had to have his exact share she explained one time when everything had been divided equally two golden spanish doubloons remained lafitte settled the matter by hammering the coins into a thimble tor for the wife of one of his men |