Dispute over $17,000.00 + Cache. Found by Destruction Crew. 1973 Des Moines, IA
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Louie D
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It's cringe worthy how they used to routinely publish peoples names and addresses in a story like this. 
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Cache from an Apparent Italian Bootlegger 
Yes I'd be a Bit Concerned if they released my Address
lucky it wasn't in the 30's
Yes I'd be a Bit Concerned if they released my Address
lucky it wasn't in the 30's
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Interesting article. Thanks for posting it.
My grandfather worked for GM, retiring in the mid 1970s. He passed away in 1974. In the 1980's I divorced and moved back to Indy, living with my dad who also recently divorced. Over the years we got to know each other very well.
He told me about my grandfather having a 'loan' business. When my grandfather traveled he brought over an ammo box which my dad kept in his closet. I remember seeing this box but never thought to look in it. My dad, when telling me the story, said it was my grandfathers money box, it was full of his business money.
Anyway after my grandfather died the Brightwood neighborhood was changing a lot, and his large old Victorian house was later used to rent rooms. My dad, my mother and my mothers next husband all grew up together in Brightwood.
In the 90's I actually met a man who had lived there for a while in the 80's. In the mid-90's they demolished the house and paved the property for a parking lot.
My dad and my step dad would sometimes drive over to Brightwood and reminiscence. It was on one of these reminiscence drives my dad and step dad started talking about my grandfather, his loan business and the stash of money never found when he died after suddenly in his workshop garage. My dad insisted that my grandfather had buried in in his yard by the large oak tree. Which was cut down at the time the house was demolished and property paved over.
My dad has since passed, and I sometimes go by that area, and look at the asphalted property where under which very likely still lies a box full of cash .
My grandfather worked for GM, retiring in the mid 1970s. He passed away in 1974. In the 1980's I divorced and moved back to Indy, living with my dad who also recently divorced. Over the years we got to know each other very well.
He told me about my grandfather having a 'loan' business. When my grandfather traveled he brought over an ammo box which my dad kept in his closet. I remember seeing this box but never thought to look in it. My dad, when telling me the story, said it was my grandfathers money box, it was full of his business money.
Anyway after my grandfather died the Brightwood neighborhood was changing a lot, and his large old Victorian house was later used to rent rooms. My dad, my mother and my mothers next husband all grew up together in Brightwood.
In the 90's I actually met a man who had lived there for a while in the 80's. In the mid-90's they demolished the house and paved the property for a parking lot.
My dad and my step dad would sometimes drive over to Brightwood and reminiscence. It was on one of these reminiscence drives my dad and step dad started talking about my grandfather, his loan business and the stash of money never found when he died after suddenly in his workshop garage. My dad insisted that my grandfather had buried in in his yard by the large oak tree. Which was cut down at the time the house was demolished and property paved over.
My dad has since passed, and I sometimes go by that area, and look at the asphalted property where under which very likely still lies a box full of cash .
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Just add a Detector & Shake well
Samanthy
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And in the end, the attorneys probably got all the money as their fees!
Honest Samuel
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That is for sure.
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