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Newsboy Moriarty mystery earnings and abduction case
The Jersey City Newsboy Moriarty was abducted by three unidentified men who beat him with a blowtorch and left him in handcuffs. He escaped to a motel before police arrived around 4 a.m. Thursday. Moriarty later left the hospital and vanished. Police call the motive unclear with no identified suspects or location of the house. He had earlier piles of cash linked to gambling, including a 1962 cache of 2.4 million dollars in an old sedan and 168,675 dollars in a nearby garage. Authorities noted Moriarty as a solitary, diligent operator in illegal numbers betting with a troubled past in banks and crime.
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