the homeowner reportedly says he didn't know what it was. didn't know what was in the suitcase. he was asked by a friend to please store that suitcase in his attic and he did then the police turned up. when the police turned up and found the suitcase and opened it up and found the violin inside of it, they took the instrument into custody and, of course, they needed to authenticate both it was the specific violin they were looking for and also that the violin was okay. so the police called in an expert who had appraised the violin two years ago. he authenticated that this was, in fact, that 300-year-old violin and also reported to the police it did not appear to be damaged. according to "the new york times," upon seeing the violin was not damaged, quote, he performed a piece by bach on the 300-year-old stradivarius as a private concert for the police, whereupon the milwaukee police were then able to do this. the greatest milwaukee police press conference after all-time, maybe. i'm no expert. i don't know. maybe greater things have