A man left money with Bar Temalian, who afterwards denied having received it. When asked to take an oath, he put the money in a stick which he gave to the owner to keep for him, whilst he swore that he had returned the money. The stick dropped out of the hand of the man who was holding it and the money fell out.
Bar Temalian and the Hollow Stick Full of Stolen Money
Gaster, Exempla of the Rabbis, No. 121a