What would you do if you find $97,000?
11-Dec-2008, 01:54 AM
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What would you do if you find $97,000?
Honest woman finds $97K in restroom, returns it
A Murfreesboro Tenn. woman says she returned $97,000 she claims to have found in a Cracker Barrel restroom, but police said Tuesday they have no report of the find. Billie Watts, 75, told The Daily News Journal that she discovered the money inside a tapestry bag hanging from a hook on a stall door last Thursday.
But five days later, the money and its anonymous owner remain something of a mystery in the community, where police said that they have no report of the find.
While digging through the bag to figure out its owner, Watts says she found a bundle of neatly stacked $1,000 bills.
Watts said she and her husband took the money home, but later called the restaurant back and asked if there was a lost-and-found department. She was told yes, and left her number.
A woman called about 15 minutes later and verified she was the owner by identifying pictures left in the bag. Watts returned the bag to the owner, whom she described as an elderly woman, but said she does not have the woman's last name or phone number.
Watts said the woman told her that the money came from selling her home and her belongings and that she was going to start a new life in Florida with her son. Watts says the woman offered to pay her $1,000, but Watts refused it.
A manager of the Cracker Barrel restaurant, Bill Shupp, said no employees actually saw the money or the elderly owner.
Wednesday December 10, 2008 - 08:12am (PST) Permanent Link | 1 Comment
A Murfreesboro Tenn. woman says she returned $97,000 she claims to have found in a Cracker Barrel restroom, but police said Tuesday they have no report of the find. Billie Watts, 75, told The Daily News Journal that she discovered the money inside a tapestry bag hanging from a hook on a stall door last Thursday.
But five days later, the money and its anonymous owner remain something of a mystery in the community, where police said that they have no report of the find.
While digging through the bag to figure out its owner, Watts says she found a bundle of neatly stacked $1,000 bills.
Watts said she and her husband took the money home, but later called the restaurant back and asked if there was a lost-and-found department. She was told yes, and left her number.
A woman called about 15 minutes later and verified she was the owner by identifying pictures left in the bag. Watts returned the bag to the owner, whom she described as an elderly woman, but said she does not have the woman's last name or phone number.
Watts said the woman told her that the money came from selling her home and her belongings and that she was going to start a new life in Florida with her son. Watts says the woman offered to pay her $1,000, but Watts refused it.
A manager of the Cracker Barrel restaurant, Bill Shupp, said no employees actually saw the money or the elderly owner.
Wednesday December 10, 2008 - 08:12am (PST) Permanent Link | 1 Comment
11-Dec-2008, 11:38 AM
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Too many missing details & unaddressed aspects of the 'story'.
Verdict: Not true; no 75 year old woman conscientious enough to return $100K could possibly have a living husband.
He would have killed himself / left her long before now...
Verdict: Not true; no 75 year old woman conscientious enough to return $100K could possibly have a living husband.
He would have killed himself / left her long before now...
11-Dec-2008, 12:12 PM
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i would of soooo kept the money i dont give a **** how do u forget 100 grand in a bathroom...whoever it belonged too it couldnt of meant much. so i woulda kept it
i woulda been the happiest guy ever
i woulda been the happiest guy ever
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