... to try to obtain compensation from the railroad company - My modus operandi - My interview with the company's manager at Nashville - I am sent to be examined by a doctor, who discovers that my injuries are faked. At his request I give a private performance under an assumed name, at the Medical
College - I receive $1,500 compensation from the railroad company - I go to New York and take an engagement at a variety theatre on the Bowery - Reply of the German proprietor to my request for my salary - I give a performance at William H. Vanderbilt's house on Fifth Avenue - A comedy of errors.
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