Walter McLain #10

Scan10801, originally uploaded by bucklesw1. It was in a setting like this that McLain met his demise. The hook rope snapped and a wagon like the one in the background came flying down the runs and in an attempt to scramble aboard and set the brake he fell beneath to his death. WALTER MCLAIN 1917 Sparks Circus (First season, candy butcher) 1923 Sparks Circus (Assistant to Louis Reed) 1924-31 Sparks Circus (Elephant Supt.) 1933-38 Al G. Barnes Circus 1939-42 Ringling-Barnum Circus (Died in Jacksonville, Fla. 11/25/42.