Pennsylvania Lawyer Who Lost Cash Wants to Find and Reward Homeless Man for Turning It In
A Pennsylvania lawyer who lost an envelope stuffed with more than $1,400 in cash wants to personally thank the homeless man who found the money and gave it to police.
Pennsylvania lawyer Robert Stauffer of Pottstown says he hopes to find the man so he can “reciprocate his generosity,” the Pottstown Mercury reports. Police say the Good Samaritan, who is known to be homeless, flagged down a patrolman and turned in the money after finding it in the street in West Chester on Tuesday.
Stauffer says he had the money in a credit union envelope to be used for document filings at the Recorder of Deeds office. He stuffed the envelope in an inside pocket, but it apparently fell through a hole in his coat. When he called the credit union to see if the money had been found, he was surprised to learn that someone had turned it over to police.
“To find out it was somebody down on his luck who returned every penny, I’m very appreciative,” Stauffer told the Mercury. “I want to thank him. He may be down on his luck, but things will change because when you do good things for people, these things have a way of coming around. … Good deeds are always rewarded.”
