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Embalmed Bodies of Joe Brohein; and Murderers to Be Exhibitedat Cedar Point*Two remarkable tones T;n Ijy ii an exhibitiou which is n In* opened atCedar Point tomorrow. The iirsi is that of the wonderful freak, Joe Brohnn. the elephant-eared man. For :H\ veal’s this nmn was one of the giOat est uiirae-lious of Bara urn’s circus. Ills oar \va* a monstrosity. By actual mc*ibnrcmciir il was lb inches long, 11 inches v, ide ztud tl iaehe* thick. In 1 K occurred rliG even (a of the second I story, OuJuue 2 Brohein was murdered at Umontown, Ain., by two colored men, Abe Mitchell and Lui Harris. The murderers were arrested and taken to Birmingham, where they confessed to .Yj murders. Shortly afterwards, a mob broke into the jail, secured xhe murderers, and hung thorn up to a nearby telegraph pole. Many shots were fired into their bodies by the terribly angry mob*The bodies wore turned over to a medical college where they wore embalmed by a new pnx »ns. Since that, time they have been exhibited all over the country. The bodies are in a remarkable state of preservation and appear very natural. The negroes are hung with the same rope which ended their lives and from the same pole. The body of Brohein is very well preserved, showing the freak elephaut-ear perfectly natural.The bodies w ill be on exhibition allthis season at Cedar Point, begin uiug tomorrow and all who have seen them pronounce tko exhibition extremely interesting.
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Sandusky Morning Star
Sandusky, Ohio, US
Sat, Jun 04, 1898
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