the man change his life .
media caption " james said a medical condition made it hard for him to work , but god had always looked after him " , reports pia harold donations of more than $ 110,000 ( £ 67,000 ) have poured in from across the us for a boston homeless man who returned a lost bag with $ 42,000 in it .
i think it 's a statement to everyone in america glen james cbs boston ( cbs ) boston - first , boston homeless man glen james found a bag containing a passport , cash and travelers checks worth more than $ 42,000 , and returned it - all of it - to police .
midlothian , va. , resident ethan whittington read media accounts of james ' honesty .
cbs boston reports his goal is to raise $ 250,000 so james ' story and set up a fund on the internet fundraising website go fund me .
glen james flagged down a police officer saturday after he found a backpack containing $ 2,400 in cash and nearly $ 40,000 in traveler 's checks at the south bay mall .
a complete stranger later started an online fund for mr james after reading media reports about his honesty .
boston police officers at south bay mall were flagged down by the man in front of the tj maxx store .
glen james alerted police after he found the backpack with all of its contents .