![]() ![]() The pickpocketed man was grateful for William's heroism and offered the young boy a job at his circus. Alerted, Cobb luckily intervened and hit the thief in the head with one of his baseballs, stopping his escape. One day, by chance, a thief on the street pickpocketed a man watching Cobb juggle. He continued this strategy for over a year, just barely making ends meet. Cobb continued juggling anyway and snuck his earnings into his mother's purse when she was not looking. ![]() His mother didn't approve of his job, feeling that the earnings were a form of shameful charity. Unable to support themselves, Cobb's mother went to work at a textile plant, and William took to juggling baseballs on the street for pennies. ![]() However, William was young, his father tragically died while building a bridge for Cameron Kane. Cobb was born into a middle-class family in Gotham City on October 10, 1901. ![]()
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