Secrets And Mysteries Now Revealed For The First Time: Handcuffs, Iron Box, Coffin, Rope Chair, Mail Bag, Tramp Chair, Glass Case, Paper Bag, Straight Jacket. A Complete Guide And Reliable Authority Upon All Magic Tricks
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Harry Houdini
Harry Houdini (1874–1926) was born Erik Weisz in Budapest, Hungary. He was a magician, escapologist and performer of stunts, as well as a sceptic and investigator of spiritualists. He produced films, acted, and penned numerous books.
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work.
The Cabinet
The cabinet is the first piece of apparatus to be considered, as it is the principal thing in the work. It is made of galvanized iron piping, five-eighths inch in diameter, arranged as shown in Fig. 1, ,where the curtains are drawn aside to show the interior construction. There are three horizontal rods running completely around it, and a vertical one in each side besides the corner posts.
Fig 1
Where the rods intersect at the top there is placed a ring bolt, to which is fastened a rope, dropped from above the stage, so that the whole cabinet can be raised, leaving the stage free. It is only lowered while the escape is being made. The cabinet is open at the bottom, but the sides and top are covered with red velvet, stretched tightly over the framework. There is also a lining inside, of red cloth, but not such expensive material-as the outside. Thus the framework never shows, either from the inside or the outside.
Some performers use a stationary cabinet and move the curtains aside to enter it, but I have found this kind preferable.
Fig. 2
The various instruments, keys, etc., which are to be used in the different acts must be concealed in the cabinet, but must not show when it is examined. Therefore they are placed in the horizontal tubing, which is prepared by having the upper side of the tube cut away for a large part of its length, leaving the lower part to form a pocket in which they may be hidden, as shown in Fig 3, and covered by the velvet and the lining. Fig. 2 shows a section through the rod, with the lower, or solid, part shaded, and cloth on both sides of it. The lining has openings at convenient points through which the keys, etc., may be reached. The performer must, of course, know his different keys and the location of each one, so that he can place his hand on any one instantly, from any position in which he may be placed.
Fig 3
The Handcuff Expose
It has always been a most mystifying thing to the spectators, to witness the escape of a performer after being locked in handcuffs, leg irons, and chains. To see him free himself from them in less time than it took to place them on him has seemed to most people so near to the impossible as to border on the supernatural.
It is, however, like many of our best tricks, a simple one for those who are acquainted with the secret. Up to the present time this secret has been known to very few persons.
Now it must be remembered that handcuffs such as are used by our modern policemen are constructed with spring locks, which are opened by means of a key, which is placed in the lock and turned to the right or left to release the spring.
Handcuff kings use what is known as a pick or reach key in escaping from all handcuffs. And herein lies the whole secret: The performer uses all his ingenuity in concealing his keys and picks about his person or inside of his cabinet, which is generally constructed of piping, with additional pieces which appear to be regular portions of the framework, but are only intended for keys, tools, etc. Other keys the performer has in sundry pockets especially made for this act, and so arranged that he is able to place has hand upon any key he may want, when placed in any position. In case he finds it impossible to reach the key he wishes to use while locked or chained in a certain position, as for instance