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was a huge fan of these little people, and met with them personally.

After being admitted to the institution, Schlitzie reportedly went into a deep depression.

Schlitzie was in the institution for about three years, and it was during one of his performances inside the hospital that he came to the attention of Bill Unks, a janitor there who took the job during the off-season of his regular profession — a circus sword-swallower.

There was a constant ballyhoo as each attraction used a barker to draw in a curious paying public.

The most famous of the residents were the Count and Countess Magri.

Thus, Schlitzie was quite poor at the end of his life and, in the end, wasn't even able to afford a grave marker.

" Career [ ] Zip's early performances were set against a background story.

The World Circus Side Show competed with Baby Doll - pulchritude queen of the avoirdupois [beautiful fat lady]; Forrest Layman - armless wonder; Henry Bulston - spider boy; Flo Lambert - contortionist; Mrs.

He also appeared in 1932's The Island of Lost Souls, an early adaptation of H.