Marie O'Day's Palace Car #2

This is the proprietor, Prof. Charles Campbell, one year on the Texas dates, they presented a menagerie adjacent to the circus arena that included all the animals, rides, etc. Charlie had his Palace Car booked in and Smokey, my dad and I had many a plesant hour cutting up jackpots. If business was slow Charlie would close the coffin, when a few patrons entered they would look around nervously then after a while would ask "Can we open the casket" and he always looked at his watch and would say "The casket will open automatically in 11 seconds" then at the proper moment he would reach under the table, press a button and the lid would rise slowly". If anyone gasped he would say "Did it Move?", Did it Move?" and if anyone said they thought it might have, he would take their names and addresses explaining that the D.R. Miller Medical Center was conducting tests and would be contacting them. After they had left he would throw the papers in the trash.