Phillip Dolan Leaves $1000 in Coat

Phillip Dolan was a rather eccentric man who did not trust banks. He kept his money hidden about the place and always carried large sums with him. He drove his cattle to Monterey alone on foot when ready for market. One day after stopping to eat his lunch he left his coat by the roadside near the Cooper ranch. A few miles further on he remembered it, but thinking to himself “No one will bother to pick up a ragged old coat” he went on, sold his cattle and on the way home picked up his coat where he had left it with $1,000 in cash intact in the pockets.