Article November 12, 1990 Issue

POSITIVE PRESS

The Boston Globe

From The Boston Globe, September 9, 1988

"2 workers return $6,100—honestly"

"What would you do if you found a blue nylon briefcase with $6,100 in cash? Buy a car, a boat or go to Bimini?

"For two employees of the state Department of Public Works, the dreams didn't even start.

"'We looked at each other and started laughing, then turned the truck around and took the bag to State Police ...,' John Mullan, 46, of Osterville, said yesterday. Mullan and his partner, Thomas Lopes, 62, of Mashpee, made the cash discovery....

"'We wanted to feel good about doing the right thing,' said Lopes....

"And yesterday, following the return of the bag ..., the rightful owner felt very good, according to state Trooper James Mattaliano...."

Reprinted courtesy of The Boston Globe.

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