Buckles Blog: Circus World 1983-85 #5

Friday, February 19, 2010

Roman Schmitt 5-act

Jimmy Cole said...: Sadly, Roman is no longer with us.; 19 February, 2010 07:06
Chic Silber said...: Didn't he have animals confiscated

by the Feds many many years ago; 19 February, 2010 19:17
Jimmy Cole said...: Not that I am aware of. Roman & Jean Shcmitt were first class elephant people.; 19 February, 2010 23:46
Ryan Schmitt said...: Chic,

Roman, or better known as my dad, became an alcoholic in the mid 90's and lost everything he had. He had the animals a short while after my parents split up but didnt have the funds to take care of them due to him blowing all of his money on booze so they were given to the ringling conservation center here in Florida. I could be wrong, as I was very young when all of the shit was hitting the fan, but I believe this is how things went.

In other words, as far as I know, no animals were ever confiscated from my family and he was a hell of a guy until his drinking got the best of him.

Thanks for having all of this information online. I have never seen mos of these pictures of him and it paints a picture of him that I have never seen before. Thanks to all of you.

-Ryan Schmitt; 06 September, 2011 20:56

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