Elderly man repays Sears for cash stolen in 1940s

'I think that his conscience probably has been bothering him for the last 60 years'

Published: 11/30/2011 at 10:54 AM

A man who confessed to stealing money from the downtown Seattle Sears store decades ago gave the money back Monday, and with interest.

At around 10:00 a.m., an elderly man hand-delivered an envelope addressed to “Sears manager” to a customer service counter on the second floor.

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