The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-06-14

MANY MUSEUM FREAKS
OF YESTERYEAR HAVE
PASSED FROM PUBLIC VIEW
But Tom Thumb and His Coach
man. With Others of Note.
Have Long Since Passed
SIAMESE TWINS ARE ALIVE
Death of Wild Man of Borneo
Raises Query: What Has
Become of Others?"
SIAMESE TWINS ARE ALIVE

BOSTON, June 14.--What becomes
OF the freaks?
II know" says Mr.. Wiseheimer,
the asylums get what don't go Il
congress-"
Wrong. We mean the side.shov
freaks, the human monstrositles
The death in Waltham OF "Plutano,
the last OF the two wild Men o,
Borneo" (Ohio), raises the natura
query. What does become of the
freaks. anyhow? Where is the Car
diff Giant? What has become of il
10, the Dog-faced Boy? Has anybod!
here seen the Missing Link?
The facts that the wild Men o.
Borneo" lived In Waltham, Mass, ;haI
their names were "Walno" and "Plu
tano," and that "Walno" died Ave
years ago, and "Plutano" recently
have been familiar to many.
The Cardiff Giant was last reported
as being in pawn" for his room rent
somewhere In the northern part OF
Worcester county. A woman who mas
stored that monolithic fraud for sew
for the storage she said was due her
from the owner.
Jumbo, the biggest elephant ever in
captivity, and who died hero trying
to save baby elephant from a rail-
road engine, reposes (stuffed) in the
natural history collection OF Tufts col
lege.
Colonel Frank F. Stone, of Boston,
who has been next friend" TO all the
best union freaks, declares that Gum.
DO is also at Tufts.
"Gumbo" said Colonel Stone, was
the biggest orang-outang In the world.
She was owned by the King OF Pol-
tugal. leased her for a year for 81.
600, and she died-died the very day
the contract was up. Both Gumbo and
the contract expired together, so to
speak. The King of Portugal mad no
use for dead rang, so / had GumOo
stuffed and gave her to Tufts col
lege."
10 10, the Dog-faced Boy. is back
In that dear old Burmah, IL seems-Jo
Jo--or Joseph Joseph, TO be formal
is one OF the hairy Burmese He
made his debut In America Is years
ago and returned to his hairy rela-
. tives four years back. He was a
good sport while here, was 10 10. and
his bark was worse than his bite.
Where are the tall ones-the
giants?
Every other side-show has its giant
Of q Nationality or another. But Col
Stone says Chang, the Chink. was the
tauest of all. Chang was s ieet 4
inches tn his socks He is Is year:
ago.
The original tatooed man was Cap
tain ConstantiLos. He was Greek
He was captured by pirates, who tat
tooed every inch of him He vas an
ugly customer, too.
Fannie Mills, the Girl with the Big
Feet, came from Chicago Honest |.
Her feet were yard long, and, out
side OF that. were beautifully formed.
Fannie retired 10 years ago and died
three years later.
Chicago furnished at least one more
museum freak-in addition TO the 9th
ers not yet in captivity. This one is
Annie Irwin, the tallest woman An.
ME Is feet inches, has retired on
her earnings and Is living in a Chi
cago suburb.
The most famous Of all midgets,
Tom Thumb, has been dead for years.
His widow married another midget,
and Is now living in Aieriden, Conn.
Commodore Mutt, Tom Thumbs
coachman, has been dead three years.
Crou, the original Missing Link. Is
Miss but not missing. She Is a
feminine link" and Is playing the
western side stands with a circus.
Annie Jones, the finest bearded
woman ever seen, is also following the
circus game. Her beard is IS hlches
long.
The Austrian Siamese Twins Joseta
and Rose, are in Europe. Rose is
married and has baby OF which she
is extremely proud.
5, Charley Trip, the Armless Wonder
lborn that way, is with a side-show
So is Eli Bowen, who has no legs, but
little feet where his legs should be.
Ike Sprague, the original Living
Skeleton, is dead and a medical school
got his body for $500. Ike was five
feet five inches tall and weighed s.
pounds. He couldn't hold up his body
on his legs and had to be carried
Jonathan Bass, the original Ossified
Man, was Bridgeport Comm bridge
builder. He fell sick and gradually
ossified. He lived five years more
and in that time made money enough
as q museum freak to leave his rela
tives well to do, including a helpless
blind brother. He couldn't move a
muscle. They pulled his teeth so ne
could get liquid nourishment and soft
food into his mouth.
Hannah Battersby, advertised as
the latest woman that ever lived. IA
dead. She weighed 600 pounds. She
was the wife OF Jonathan Battersby
"a professional living skeleton. He
weighed 20 pounds They made q
great team In the slde-show business
Finally Jonathan got too thin 70 walk
They retired to a farm in New Hamp
shire. A load OF hay fell on Jonathan
and broke his leg Then he goi fat
and now weighs about 1870 pounds
subsequently his wife died.
Such are the whereabouts, past and
present, OF some OF the best freaks
that ever gladdened a shovman's
heart.
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