Terre Haute Bank Embezzler Buried Cash

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Terre Haute Bank Embezzler Buried Cash

Lost Treasure IN • Vigo County County
Description
1920s Terre Haute legend of a bank employee embezzling about $95,000 in paper currency, burying it on a farm outside town by State Road 42, then committing suicide.
Historical Notes
Vigo County folklore describes a banker who stole roughly ninety-five thousand dollars and hid the paper money on a farm. He took his own life without revealing the exact spot along the State Road 42 corridor west of Terre Haute. Wabash Valley treasure guides still cite the embezzlement as one of Indiana's best-documented hidden-cash tales.
Status / Verification legend — Legendary or approximate

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