Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 234, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1914 — Finds a $367 “Roll” and Gets a 25-Cent Reward [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Finds a $367 “Roll” and Gets a 25-Cent Reward

DENVER, COLO—M. McGrath, a lifeguard at the Washington park bathing beach, found >367 in bank bills on the shore. With no thought of reward in his mind, he hastened to police headquarters >and reported his find. There

he learned the money was the property of a guest at the Argonaut hotel, who had lost his “roll’’ while bathing in the lake. “I spent about two-bits telephoning all over the city trying to locate the owner of that money,” said McGrath. "When I found him I hurried to his apartments and turned the big bunch of cash over to him, with never a thought of reward. “But he was so overcome with gratitude and joy, he insisted that I

be rewarded. He drew a dime and a quarter from his pocket and studied them for fully a minute. Finally he shoved the quarter toward me and cald: ’You deserve a reward.’ "He looked so ruefully at that two-bits 1 couldn’t bear to take Xi would have broken his heart, I am sura.” *