Captain Ureck was promoted as hailing from Austria or Hungary but chances are he was made in  the U.S.A.   He stood 7' 11½" or 8' 4" depending on how many inches were in his "manager's foot".  All I know of Capt. Ureck is that he was with the Barnum & Bailey circus in 1890 along with bearded lady Annie Jones, the tattooed Hildebrandts, armless Charles Tripp, Zip the What-Is-It? and a snake enchantress with the stage name Lulu Lataska.  Something about the lovely Lulu caught the Captain's eye and the two were wedded. Whether it was a legal marriage or just for publicity is anyone's guess.

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