Friends said he had been carrying several hundred dollars.
He was found to be carrying several thousand dollars in cash, brought with him from his cabin.
When asked to turn out his pockets, the boy proved to be carrying more than four hundred dollars.
Carrying two million dollars in diamonds was very little bother.
The crippled old man in the alley had probably not been carrying more than a few dollars.
It wasn't a particularly good neighborhood for anyone to stroll about carrying fifteen hundred dollars on his person.
The brig was reported to be carrying 40,000 Spanish dollars.
They were carrying ten thousand dollars in gold, their payment for fighting.
But what ship could be safe when it carries five million dollars?
"I've heard people tell me he used to carry a few hundred thousand dollars," he said.