Homeless Man Finds Bag Full Of $40,000 Cash And Hands It To Police

Glen James, of Boston, right, holds a special citation while facing reporters with Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis, left, during a news conference at police headquarters, in Boston, Monday, Sept. 16, 2013.

Glen James, who is homeless, turned in a backpack containing $2,400 in U.S. currency, almost $40,000 in traveler's checks, as well as Chinese passports and other personal papers to police after finding the items in a Boston mall Sept. 14,2013

Honesty pays off for Homeless Boston man,Glen James

 

Donations of more than $110,000 (£67,000) have poured in from across the US for a Boston homeless man who returned a lost bag with $42,000 in it.

Glen James alerted police after he found the backpack containing cash and traveller's cheques last weekend, and the bag's owner was then tracked down.
A complete stranger , Ethan Whittington, later started an online fund for Glen James after reading media
reports about his honesty.

Ethan Whittington,who lives in Midlothian, Virginia said he was so overwhelmed by Glen James' honesty that he decided to start the fund and now plans to meet Glen James to give him the money.