Haag Bros Circus History
The Mighty Haag Shows (1894-1938) (1892-1938?)
5-17-1910
Roy Haag - Tickets
Roy Haag - Tickets
(Billboard 4-5-1913, pg10)
Roy Haag - Side Show Tickets
(Billboard 4-8-1915, pg56)
2-26-1917
Roy Haag - Side-show Tickets
(Billboard 3-24-1917, pg58)
ML Clark and Sons Circus
1921
Roy Haag - Special Agent and Legal Adjuster
(Billboard 6-4-1921, pg 109)
The Mighty Haag Shows (1894-1938) (1892-1938?)
Roy Haag - Assistant
Henry E. Haag - Traveling with for a short time
(Billboard 9-2-1922, pg62)
Gentry Bros Circus
Floyd and Howard King - Proprietors
1926 (from program)
Roy Haag - Front Door Assistant
Mrs. Roy Haag - Concessionaires
Barney Bros Wild West Animal CIrcus
12-29-1934
Roy Haag - Legal Adjuster
(Billboard 12-29-1934, pg232)
The Mighty Haag Shows (1894-1938) (1892-1938?)
5-4-1935
Roy Haag - Assistant manager, Legal Adjuster
(Billboard 5-4-1935, pg 42)
Circus Man Killed
St. Clairsville
John Hart, 23, of Birmingham, Ala was killed, and Lewis Walton, 36, of
Chattanooga, Tenn, was critically injured today when a circus wagon plunged over
a 50-foot embankment four miles from here. Walton is in Martins Ferry
Hospital. The wagon was part of the Haag Brothers' circus which has played the
last several days in eastern Ohio.
(Newark Advocate, Ohio 8-1-1936)
1-1937 - Roy and Henry Haag
(nephews) start Haag Bros Circus
(Roy was assistant manager of Mighty Haag in 1935)
4-1937 - Alice Haag, Helen H. Dunett, Harry Haag Jr. visit Haag Bros in
Albany
Lawsuit filed by Helen and later dismissed on 5-4-1938
4-19-1928 - in Cashocton Ohio
Benny Fowler - General Agent
little tigers, lions and leopards
5-1-1937 newspaper
Nashville Tenn, A legal battle over the use of Haag Bros' Circus title started
before Federal judge john J. Gore here yesterday. In a preliminary hearing Judge
Gore ruled against a temporary injunction order and a notice of appeal was
filed. The case will proceed to a final hearing when the appeal is completed.
Mighty Haag Shows, Inc. a Florida corporation headed by Mrs. Alice Haag, widow
of Ernest Haag, founder of Mighty Haag Shows, and her son, Harry, and daughter,
Mrs. Helen Haag Durrett, are the complainants. They are seeking to stop the use
of the Haag name in the title of the new show under unfair competition laws. The
new show was organized last winter by Roy and Henry Haag, nephews of the founder
of the Mighty Haag Shows. The original Haag show has been on the road for more
than 40 years.
Bill of complaint alleges that the Haag Bros' title is confusing and misleading
to the public, also that the new show is being palmed off to the public as the
original Haag show. Defendants Roy and Henry Haag deny these allegations. Roy
Haag in open court agreed to eliminate the objectionable advertising slogan
pending the final hearing
7-10-1937 - Wapakoneta Ohio
Tieben Field, at Auglaize and Wood streets
7-10-1937
Roy Haag and Henry Haag - Owners
(Billboard 7-17-1937, pg36,72)
1937 - When Haag Bros Circus was at Plymouth Indiana, members of the show had a memorial service in Old oak Cemetery in memory of those members of the Haag family who are buried there. They are Joseph and Elizabeth Haag, grandparents of the Haag Bros.; Henry and Clara Haag, Parents of the Haag Bros.; Bertha Haag and Amelia Haag Shadel, aunts of the brothers, and Ernest Haag, an uncle, who was the founder of the Mighty Haag Shows. Hymns were played by the Haag Bros Band under the direction of S. W. Floyd, and there were personal tributes by Fred Crandall, equestrian director. Floral pieces were placed on graves. Among those present were Henry and Roy Haag, their wives and families. (Billboard 7-17-1937, pg38)
7-26-1937 - Coshocton Ohio
2 performances at 2 and 8pm
street parade at noon
Eighth Street and Kenilworth Ave.
Horses, Elephants, Camels, Zebras and other wild animals
Clowns
Trapeze
4-1938 - Athens Ohio
4-12-1938 - Zanesville Ohio, Gant Park
Parade at noon, Canceled due to Truck problems
Walter Jennier - Seal
62 Acts
Aerial Acts
Cigarette Smoking Elephant
Collection of Animals
Wild West Show after each show
4-19-1938 - Coshocton Ohio
2nd Annual Tour
3 Ring Circus
Elephants
Matsomoto Troupe of Acrobats and Gymnasts, Head balancers and Wire Walkers
imported from the Orient
Jennier - Seals
Show Grounds at Kenilworth Av and Eighth Streets, near the Fairgrounds
Haag Bros 3 Ring Circus
Roy and Henry Haag - Owners
3-25-1938 opens at Monticello Ark.
(Billboard 4-30-1938, pg34,59)
5-6-1938 - Billposters of the Haag Bros Circus were in Mount
Pleasant posting bills for a performance of the circus Tuesday, May 10, and
employees of the World Brothers Circus which exhibited in Mount Pleasant
Thursday went before Justice of the Peace Clyde H. Lowe to charge the Haag
employees with tearing down World shows advertising. The difficulty was settled
by the Haag employees paying the costs.
(Connellsville Penn 5-6-1938)
Ray Marsh Brydon, who had the freak show between 14th and 15th
on O street about three years ago, was severely clouted this week by an
opposition circus crew in Bellaire, O. Brydon now has the Great Harris circus
and the muscle men were with Haag Bros. circus. Two outfits have been
making it tough on each other, and the Haag boys caught Brydon in a phone booth.
Completely demolished the booth and severely bruised Brydon.
(Nebraska State Journal, 5-15-1938)
Two Slain During Circus Gun-Battle
Beattyville, Kentucky
State highway patrolmen investigated today a gun-battle at a circus here that
left two men dead, six persons wounded and caused performers hurriedly to strike
their big top and leave this little mountain town. The dead were Barlow Durbin
and former Lee county Sheriff Charles Blount, both of Beattyville Kentucky.
The wounded were Deputy Sheriffs John Mays and Robert Allen, both of
Beattyville, Lincoln Moore of Beattyville, William Walden and his son, Donald, 8
of Ida May Kentucky and an unidentified negro circus employee. Allen
informed Mayor Tommy Pryse the shooting started while deputies attempted to
arrest Durbin on a charge of drunkenness. Sheriff Herb McQuire said that
witnesses told him Blount fired first and then my deputies started shooting.
The shooting occurred as hundreds of merry-makers strolled through the circus
midway.
(Zanesville Signal, Ohio 5-24-1938)
| Owsley County Courier, Friday, May
27, 1938
Ex-Sheriff Charles Blount, Barlow Durbin Killed Monday - Two Lee County Deputy Sheriffs Held at Richmond Charged With Murder - Six Others Wounded in Fight Charles BLOUNT, Ex-sheriff and Tax Collector of Lee County, and Barlow DURBIN, owner of a beer saloon and cold drink stand on the Beattyville-Booneville Highway were mortally wounded on the show grounds of the Haag Brouthers Show in this city, Monday afternoon about 2:-5 p.m. Link MOORE, Special Police Officer of the city, Robert ALLEN and John MAYS, deputy sheriffs under Herb McGUIRE, Sheriff; William WALDEN, an employee of Petroleum Exploration and a negro roustabout employee of the show were also wounded. Mr. WALDEN's small son was grazed on the heel. All of the wounded men were rushed to the Pattie A. Clay Hospital at Richmond except Mr. WALDEN who was taken to Winchester for treatment. Mr. DURBIN died at Ravenna and his body was taken from the ambulance and returned to hishome here late Monday evening. Mr. BLOUNT died at the Richmond Hospital at 9:50 o'clock p.m., Monday and his body was returned here to his home early Tuesday morning. Mr. MOORE after receiving treatment and examination at Richmond was returned to his home Monday night where he is recovering. He has a broken right arm and suffered considerable loss of blood, and was also wounded in the side. Deputy sheriffs ALLEN and MAYS are both at the Richmond Hospital where they are recovering from their wounds. Mr. WALDEN who was taken to Winchester is reported as having lost considerable blood from a wound received in the thigh and will be returned home within the next few days. The negro employee of the show was wonded in one arm, but left with the circus. Deputy Sheriffs Robert ALLEN and John MAYS were arrested Tuesday morning at the hospital on a warrant charging them with the murder of Mr. BLOUNT, and they are being held by the officers of Madison county on that charge. The funeral services for Mr BLOUNT were conducted at the Beattyville Christian Church Wednesday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock by the Rev. Luther NEWNAM. The body was taken from the church to Riverview Cemetery where Proctor Lodge 213, F. & A.M., took charge and held Masonic rites. The great throng of people assembled cound not get into the church building and it was taxed with the largest crowd ever assembled in the building in the recollection of church officials. Masons attending the services were here from Madison, Wolfe, Estill and adjoining counties. The funeral services for Mrs. DURBIN were conducted from his home in Proctor Wednesday afternoon at 3:00 o'clock by the Reverend W. L. MERRIN in the presence of a large crowd. The burial services were concluded at the White Ash Cemetery where he was buried. Mr. BLOUNT is survived by his widow and four daughters, Misses Virginia, Phyllis Jane, Betty June, and Mary Belle. Mr. DURBIN is survived by his widow and two small children, Elizabeth Ann and Joseph Curtis. |
Mighty Haag or Haag Bros?
David Thomas returned home Friday morning from a circus tour of the Southern
states. He came to Zanesville from Thomasville, Ga, where the Mighty Haag circus
closed for the season. Mr. Thomas was with the circus band.
(The Times Recorder, Zanesville Ohio 2-4-1939)
9-7-1940 - Haag Bros Circus Auction
at Abingdon, VA
(including 2 Elephants, 2 Lions, 1 Tiger, 1 Leopard)
Roy Haag?
The News Sentinel 1947