"He was there looking for his adult tricycle, which the police had confiscated when he was arrested for public intoxication and put in the drunk tank the night before."
I think I've seen this Handsome Jack. He hangs around Belmont a lot. He can actually play the harmonica pretty well despite his perpetual state of almost passing out drunk.
If Handsome Jack is who I think he was he was just in the back of a Police car on Hawthorne splayed out in the seat with 2 policemen looking at his tricycle. I imagine he'll be at the evidence room tomorrow.
a crack pipe?
Yep. That seems about right.
It looked like a pot pipe, but then I couldn't smell any marijuana. So... jury's out.