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From: brianp@shark.UUCP (Brian Peterson)
Newsgroups: net.crypt
Subject: Regarding: The Beale Ciphers
Message-ID: <871@shark.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 6-Jul-84 20:30:13 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jul  6 20:30:13 1984
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What would be the legalities involved in finding and possessing
the fortune, were one clever enough to figger out the ciphers?
Does Beale's party have any heirs?  Would the stuff go to them?
The state where the stuff was?  The owner of the land its on?
The feds?  (most of it would, anyway!  :-)  )
Or would it be finders keepers?
(or founders spent it alreadys?)

			Brian Peterson	tektronix!shark!brianp