The Mysterious Story of the One-Legged Jewish Rope Walker
The Mysterious Story of the One-Legged Jewish Rope Walker Legend has it that he fell to his death in Corsicana in 1884 with a stove strapped to his back. Until I started digging, no one knew his name. By Jim Yarin Published in D Magazine April 2021 Illustration by Douglas Jones A gravestone in Corsicana’s Hebrew cemetery bears only two words: “ROPE WALKER.” For 137 years, no one knew who was buried beneath it. I first saw the stone and heard its back story 15 years ago while researching the genealogy of a Texas family buried in the cemetery. I thought it was a gross injustice to the mem...
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