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Show MADE MONEY BY GETTING INJURED . i V. Ilium J Doran P lus b.,n in. st ,i in .Sev, -0rk In, P uier William J s iianie does not stand for a dearie innferieri upon lilm In college but lepresems Instead an abbreviation I of a mle foi which he is f minus among the police of Knatern ilttes 1' V stands for professional viitim. and that Is the Hue Doimi bar bun following for some lime He used to I a lontcrtlonlst In a drcus, but unlike un-like many contoitloulsts he tsi-sesefs a reasoning, coininer, lally Inclined mind Ono diy while he was thinking he concluded he wusn t doing well rtuiugh bending himself out ot shape for the edlllnillon of elrtus crowds, so he forsook the show lent and went Into the business cf getting hurt on stuet iia. And In this Hue be did well enough to g.t anesied When lMran deildeet to brunch out " 'hl" " ne "f business he selected 1 hlladelphlii as a promising Held for opetatlons the sliu itlon ntpeuhd to lilm because the t irs moved at a mil iums puce, unci mutuiiiieii showed more nvcrslon to killing people thm was the ease In othei cities he hud v sited s-o, Willi this knowledge mil bis circus experience ns capital Duron the iiiniorllonlst started out to get Injuieil by attest curs so he could claim tho dmntiaes Ai cording to the otneeia who tuought uboul his al , rest be did iveli Ionic II, organlred a gang of professional dunngc worktia who lived biindromely at tin expeusi of the Plilladelphl i luptd Transit com Iiny lor two ycais oi more The dim-ages dim-ages collected were sin ill In cm li case but lie members of th, gang m m iged to (,rt hurt often enough to inak, it pay Doran wus the inognlred leader pf the gang, several in, tubers ot vvlihli hive served penitentiary sentencis but ho always m Hinged to escape mrcst until he was captured In New oik several days ago W hen Dorau decided to give up ilrius life and add I' V to his nuine be ,1c termlned to go at the business In a practical way o ho got a Job us iiinloimiin In order that he might know Just how It wns done He graduated In time, und then begun his a, live ta recr as a prnfrsidonnl victim of trolley ear nccldents Combining bis ability us ,i contortionist nnd his knowledge of street railway atTutrs he w is able to get nlong quite well Prom time to time he wns hurt on tars throughout Plilladelphl i and he always al-ways had friends mound to act as wit nesses More than nine when hurt he gave the name of a friend or membei j of his gang to toneoHl his Identlty aiid tin strangest thing about bis untiiue neeuratlon was that he was willing to sustain genuine Injuries for the sike of collecting damngis Once or twice be deliberately tried to hive a leg broken and when hurt he nevei showed the least trace of resentment but was Inclined rather to beam with delight on the motoiman Poran did flourishingly from the outset out-set nnd found but one unfavorable con-Mltlon con-Mltlon This was the fenders mod nn trolley tars He viewed them with keen averstnii because they Interfered with his business Hut the nmhltlniis man wnsn t satlsf"d to go nlong getting get-ting bruised nnd skinned up himself, so be broidened out and organized a trust for the collection of damages Chicago Tribune. |