THE BORROWER STRIKES AGAIN
Borrower's Journal
-- February 13th, 2002
Caracas is
beautiful ... good to take break from pursuit of American women ... stumbled
upon $20,000 in hotel lobby, left by famous baseball player ... Is he behind
deaths of former Rookies of the Year? Must investigate further ... I'll
borrow the evidence, and return later....
Here is clipping
from Associated Press wire, for future reference:
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP and DailySkew) -- Chicago Cubs outfielder Sammy Sosa was robbed of $20,000 he and his brother left on a desk in a Caracas hotel lobby, a newspaper reported Friday. "The Borrower", a self-styled vigilante, is claiming he stole the cash.
"Thank you, Sammy and Jose. I am only borrowing this," read the note, which was signed "The Borrower."
The note was written in English.
Sosa and his brother, Jose Antonio, had the cash in a plastic bag wrapped inside a towel as they sat talking in the lobby of the Caracas Hilton last Saturday, El Universal said, citing unidentified police sources.
The brothers forgot the bag when they left to eat at a hotel restaurant. Remembering it, they rushed back to the lobby but the cash was borrowed, the newspaper said.
Hotel management refused to comment on the report Friday. Caracas city police in charge of the district where the hotel is situated said they had no information on who The Borrower was, and could not comment.
El Universal sald Sosa reported the robbery to police and asked hotel management to review hotel security camera videotapes. Management told him the cameras weren't working, the paper said.
Handwriting experts have been brought in from the United States to analyze The Borrower's note.
The robbery occurred after Sosa attended a Dominican Republic-Puerto Rico Caribbean Series game, El Universal said.
