Forty Thousand Dollars in Marked Bills Found in a Safe Deposit Box

flat on the mahogany desk.

They were the black-and-white copies of our father’s hundred-dollar bills, the ones with the strange ink symbols stamped in the borders.

“These markings are not typical of local bank drafts,” Mr. Croft said, his eyes scanning the page with professional interest.

“They are not typical of any legal transaction in Shelby County,continue reading …