Talk:Joseph Force Crater

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A fact from this article was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the On this day section on August 6, 2010.

Source?

Can we get a source on Sally Lee Jones' disappearance?

Polar Bear?

The Coney Island Polar Bears claim that “Among early Polar Bear members could be counted … Supreme Court Justice Crater, long famed for his disappearance.” Is there a source for this, and would it be worth mentioning? JDAWiseman (talk) 23:12, 12 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Conflicting Information

The New York Times published an article shortly after the New York Post article cited on this page, which says that: the money Crater took with him was later recovered, not used for an escape; there is no evidence of Crater entering a taxi; and authorities were skeptical of the recent letter's claims (http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/20/nyregion/20crater.html). All of this information should be conveyed on the page. 76.23.157.102 (talk) 01:34, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the tip; I've taken a step toward updating the section. I haven't seen Tofel's book but it sounds as if the famous story of Crater getting into a cab and waving his hat as it sped away is nothing more than folklore. Some more adjustments are needed. Ewulp (talk) 02:53, 14 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Mrs. Crater's odd comment

I remember seeing a documentary about this years ago where they played a newsreel from some time after the disappearance where his wife said "I believe Judge Crater is dead. Notice I do not say murdered". Is there something about this we could include? It's been speculated about, obviously, as to whether she knew more than she was telling and/or whether she had been threatened or paid off to say something that would "end" the case. Daniel Case (talk) 03:51, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Note to Mrs Crater

Is there any source indicating what the note that was found with the money actually said? I'm curious. Jedikaiti (talk) 18:34, 6 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Current -dollar equivalent mismatch

In section "Receiving a phone call while on vacation":

"$5,150 (equivalent to about $67,115 in today's funds)"

In section "Legacy":

"Warner Bros. advertised they would pay $10,000 (equivalent to about $167,938 in today's funds)"

I don't know what the equivalent of $1 in 1930 is today, but somebody's math is a little off in one or both of the above sections. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 147.79.224.1 (talk) 23:52, 19 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The $5150 figure is from 1930, and the $10,000 from Warner Bros. was 3 years later in 1933. The US was in a deflationary period during the 1930's, so the dollar was, in fact, worth more in 1933 than it was in 1930.