A Michigan animal trainer once offered $50,000 for the capture of Adolf Hitler… so he could put him in a circus attraction.

>A Michigan animal trainer named Spikehorn Meyer wired [Truman](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/Harry_S_Truman%2C_bw_half-length_photo_portrait%2C_facing_front%2C_1945-crop.jpg), “I am offering $50,00, cash American money, for the capture of [Adolf Hitler](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/Hitler_portrait_crop.jpg), delivered to me… I want to make Hitler a sideline attraction with my bear show, and I will tour Russia, England and other Allied countries.” ____________________ **Source:** Beschloss, Michael R. “I Was Never in Favor of That Crazy Plan.” *The Conquerors: Roosevelt, Truman, and the Destruction of Hitler's Germany, 1941-1945*. New York: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2007. 226. Print. ____________________ **Further Reading:** [Harry S. Truman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_S._Truman) [Adolf Hitler](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler)