Burglar in the Trunk

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A comedy of unlimited merit, very cleverly acted by one of our best comedians who infuses into the picture a great amount of humor, making the many droll situations extremely amusing and refreshing. A burglar breaks into a house, and is in the act of pilfering, when he hears footsteps approaching. Eluding detections the fellow jumps into a trunk and pulls the lid down. The occupants of the house are about to depart for the country, and thinking that the trunk is filled with clothing, they accordingly fasten down the lid, and lock poor Mr. Burglar inside. The latter's troubles now commence, for the trunk is sent off, and as can be imagined it is handled in no gentle way by the express men who come to remove it. The amount of banging and knocking about that it receives on its journey is not to be expressed in mere words. Finally it reaches its destination, and the burglar when released from his cramped position is in no fit condition to continue committing further felonies for some time to come.