you can now find complete newspaper files going back 100 years on the web and completely searchable by keyword. That's why finding so little about JB is surprising IF he's for real. As for that bank error (in favor of a 20 year old kid) there was no chance he'd keep the money or even get his hands on it. (although with bankers anything may be possible)
It's not like that 'green machine' had $1.2 million inside