 In New York City, when Sawyer is staying at the fancy hotel of the day, the Astor Place Hotel, John Jacobs realizes this is his moment to escape. He concocted a scheme where he figured out what time the boat was leaving from Battery Park Wharf to go to Providence first, and then through Providence to New Bedford. The day before, he made it look like he was bringing his owner's trunk to a shop nearby to get it fixed up, and he shows the owner that the trunk is empty.