Ryan,

Several weeks ago Don Lattin (religion reporter for the San Francisco
Chronicle) also tried unsuccessfully to verify the passage in question.
He wrote me that he had been informed that a story titled "Capt.
Brassbrown's Conversion" contained the $5 + change passage.
Thus far, the author of "Capt. Brassbrown's Conversion" remains
unidentified and where one might find a printed copy of the
same remains unanswered.

Barb