Hi Listers, I thought this article about the bandit Tiburcio Vasquez and the 500 pound silver ingot may be of interest to people on both lists. The LA Time has new owners; the webpages are much more complex; the access to the archives has been modified and is much more 'user friendly'...but the daily articles do not remain available very long...here's the URL: <http://www.latimes.com/news/state/20010114/t000003971.html> Have a good holiday, Nancy Howard in Studio City CA ===== Researching: Doyle in TN,KY and CA; Perkins in MO,KY and CA; Pringle in CT,MO and OR; Howard in ME, NY and CT. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/