Jersey Journal/1883/Foiled by the Lack of a Few Cents

Foiled by the Lack of a Few Cents. A large trunk was standing on the sidewalk near the Pennsylvania Railway baggage-room, Jersey City, yesterday morning, when a man came along and arranged with a hackman to take him and the trunk to No. 250 West-street, New-York. When the hack reached the ferry gate, the man requested the driver to pay the ferriage, promising to return it to him in New-York. The driver refused, and as the man had no money the trunk was taken back and put on the sidewalk again. The man then employed another hackman who agreed to pay the ferriage. They were just about going though the gate, when Officer Miller jumped into the coach and directed the driver to go to the police station. There the man gave his name as Francis Cleary and pretended to be greatly surprised on seeing the trunk in the back. He denied all knowledge of it, and said that he merely employed the driver to take him to New-York. The trunk belongs to Leonard and Flynn, variety actors, who performed in the Theatre Comique, in Jersey City, last week, and was about to be shipped to Philadelphia.