SEATTLE — The manager of the downtown Seattle Sears store says an elderly man has repaid — with interest — cash the man says he stole in the late 1940s.
KING-TV reports that the man hand-delivered an envelope Monday, addressed to “Sears manager.” Inside were a note and a $100 bill.
The note said the man stole between $20 and $30 from a cash register decades ago and wanted to pay back $100.
Manager Gary Lorentson says he thinks the man’s conscience “has been bothering him for the past 60 years.”
Store security cameras recorded the man on video, but Sears said it won’t release it and doesn’t know who he is. The store plans to put the money toward helping needy families in the holiday season.
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