New Britain herald., 1925-12-26
$l,OOO LOST TWO YEARS AGO
 RETURNED TO OWNER BY MAIL
Pleasant Street Woman Overjoyed to Receive Sum She Dropped With Only S1O Missing.

Two years and a half after she had abandoned hope of recovering $l,000 which she lost in July, 1923. Mrs. Stanley Kriscunas of 173 Pleas- ant street, was given the most pleas, ant Christmas of her life when she received through the mail pack age containing all but $10 of the missing sum. The money, $990, came through the mail and was left on the back porch of her home for several hours before discovery Thursday.
 Two years ago last July Mrs Kriscunas left home to visit a friend in another part of the city. She had in the house $1,000 which her husband had just received as part payment for the sale of a store he owned nu Seymour street, She | had not had time to go 10 the bank and, being afraid of robbery if she left the money in her home, secreted it in her dress and took it with her. Arriving at the home of a friend she was unable 10 find it. She retraced her steps, searching carefully be- tween the two residences, spending almost the entire day going back and forth over the route she had trayers- ed but the money was not re- covered.
 It proved to be a year of hard luck for the Kriscunas family. The l business sold and the money lost. the bread winner fell ill and Christi mas, 1928, was q gloomy time for ! the mother. her sick husband and several children. In February, 1924, 1 the husband went 10 a hospital for an operation and, through the kind ness of a friend, $500 was borrowed to pay the h, spital bill.
 But the husband recovered and Is working as a salesman in Hartford avenue store. Slowly but surely the | little family was regaining its finan- 1 cial status prior to the loss of the money.
 Thursday morning Everett F. Her. wig, mail carrier in that section or ithe city. found among his numerous parcels a small package about the size of a box holding a dozen pencils, 1 There was no return address on the package, It was not insured nor registered.
 To the mail man It looked like one of the thousands of Christmas pack ages he had been handling. If any thing he paid less attention to tt than usual because of It's size. He found no one home at the Kriscunas home and attached the package under the spring clip on the resid- cncc mail box and proceeded on his way.
 That afternoon on his second trip he was told that Mrs. Kris cunas upon her arrival home had opened the parcel and found inside
 sqoo in bills. They were In white paste board box with no printing ol writing on it and the box wal
 wrapped In ordinary wrappins
 naper such az is used in mos
 stores. The postmark indicated tha'
 the money was mailed in NeV
 Britain.
 Two theories are advanced II
 connection with the incident. On'
 that the finder Of the money wa hard pressed. used it and nov , finds. it convenient to return it
 The other is that the person wh'
 found it became conscience strickel and returned as much as he or Sh
 possibly could. Mrs. Kriscunas ha
 no theory of her own nor has sh any idea where the money cam
 from.
 Anyway Mrs. Kriscunas is happy So far as she is concerned sh ; doesn't care about the other SIC
 nor has she any intention of con
 tinuing an investigation. Las
 Christmas I cary all the time" sh'
 told a Herald reporter this morn ing. Yesterday was good Christ mas and everybody was very glad
 don't know who had the none,
 but he was a good man to send i back. Now 1 pay back that $500"