Index
Abbott, Jay Academy of Music Adamson, L. A.
Adler, Frederick Aerial League of Australia air shows Albee, E. F.
Alburtus Alexander II of Russia Alexi, Prince Allen, Elizabeth Akers Allen, General James Amateur Athletic Union American Gaiety Girls American Group of the International
Workingmen’s Association
American Society for Psychical
Research
anarchists Anderson, John Henry Antilles Appleton, Wisconsin, see Houdini
Harry, in Appleton
Wisconsin
Arabian Nights, The Arbuckle, Fatty,
Askenas Triplets, Marvelous Australia, Houdini in, see Houdini
Harry, aviation in Australia
Australian Flying Corps Australian National Aviation Museum automatic writing
Bailey, Sam Baker, Mark Baker, Newton Balfour, Earl of Banks, Ralph C.
Banner of Life, The Bantino, Joseph Bard, Jim Barrett, Sir William Barry, Milla Barrymore, John (Jack) Barrymore, Mrs. John Baruch, Bernard Bean, Captain Charles Beaumont, Bruce Beck, Martin Bell, Don Benninghofen, Annie Benzon, Professor Alfred Berlin Circus Busch Bernhardt, Sarah Bertillon System Besinnet, Ada Bey, Rahman Big Alice Billboard,
Bird, J. Malcolm
attacked by Houdini,
attacks Houdini,
contacted by spirit of Hyslop,
and Margery
account of Margery-Houdini
later séances,
confesses Margery asked him to
cheat,
in love with,
at séance with,
Scientific American, writings for,
Bisson, Mademoiselle Black, Frank L.
Blackburn Palace Theatre Blackburn School of Physical
Culture
Blackburn Standard and Weekly
Express,
Blériot, Louis Blondini, Harry Blood, Marie Hinson Bloom, Sol Blue Book, The,
Blue Eagle Boer War Bolin, T.
Bosco, Bartolomeo Bosoposhka, Matronushka Boston Athletic Association Boston City Hall Boston Ethical Society Boston Globe,
Boston Herald,
Boston Sunday Herald,
Boston Symphony Hall Boston Transcript,
Boston Yacht Club Boudini, Jacques Bowen, Walter Bramah lock Brassac, Antonio Brindamour, George W.
Brisbane Daily Mail,
British Museum of Natural History Brittain, Annie Brodie, Steve Brooks, Henry Brothers Houdini, The Brown, Dr. Edison Brown, Thomas Bureau of Criminal Investigation Burgess, Rev. C.
Burns, Tommy Burns, William J.
Burnside, R. H.
Butirskaya prison Button, William
Call of the Wild, The (London) Campion, S. R.
Cancer of Superstition, The
(Houdini)
Cantor, Eddie Capper, Senator Arthur Cardiff Empire Theatre carette, see escapes, Siberian Transport
escape
Carleete (Harry Howes) Carnarvon, Lord Carnival of Magic Carriere, Eva (Eva C) aka Beraud
Marthe
Carrington, Hereward
and Margery
love affair with
and Houdini
and Palladino
and Bey
Carter, Charles Carver & Pollard Chaplin, Charlie Chapman, Alberta Chappelle, Ira Mitchell Cheer Up,
Chester, Minnie Chicago Daily Tribune,
Chicago Examiner,
Chicago Journal,
Chicago Times,
Chicago Tribune,
Churchill, Edward Cirkus Beketow Cirnoc (Paul H. Conreich) Civil War, see U.S. Civil War Clark, Anna, see Benninghofen, Annie Clarke, James P.
Clayton, Sir William Clempert, John Cleveland Leader,
Coates, Jane codes and secret writing
Bentley’s code
Code, Grant
Cody, William (Buffalo Bill) Cohn, Dr. Daniel Collier’s,
Collins, James
assistant to Houdini
belief in supernatural powers of
Houdini
and Buried Alive
constructs box for Margery
helps design Water Torture cell
provided for in Houdini’s will
Columbian Exposition of 1893
Comstock, Dr. Daniel Conant, Russell Conjurer’s Monthly Magazine,
Hardeen as correspondent
Cook, Andrew Cook, Florence Cook, Mrs. Cecil Cooke, Horatio G.
Coolidge, President Calvin Corbett, Jim Corbus, Frank Corty-Althoff Circus counterfeiting
in film
Crandon, Dr. Le Roi G.
death of
and DeWyckoff
and Dingwall
and Doyle
visits morgue with
and Ford
and Houdini
on death of
spies on
investigated in disappearance of
boys
lectures on Spiritualism
and loan to Carrington
malpractice suits against
and Margery
creates persona
failure to win Scientific American
prize
and Harvard investigation of
and nude photos of
overworked
and possible surgery on
relationship with
séances with
personal characteristics of
and Price
threatens psychic investigator
and Tripp
Crandon, John Crandon, Laura Crandon, Mina, see Margery Crewe circle Crockatt, Major Crookes, Sir William Cross, Alex cryptography, see codes and secret
writing
Cunning (Robert Cunningham) Curley, Mayor Curry, Jack Curtis, Tony Curtiss, Glenn Curzon, Lord
Dalton swimming pool Davenport Brothers Davies, Harrison Davis, W. S.
Day, Harry (Edward Lewis Levy),
and Conjurer’s Monthly,
home vandalized
as Houdini’s agent
investigates Crandon
Deane, Ada Debar, Madame Diss DeBiere, Arnold De Kolta, Bautier De Koven, John Dempsey, Jack Dennett, Carl Denver Express,
Depew, Chauncey M.
Depew, Ganson Detroit Free Press,
Detroit Journal,
Deutschland,
DeVega (Alexander Stewart) DeWyckoff, Joseph
celebrates Houdini’s death
and Crandon
correspondence with
escorts boy for
and Margery’s séances
political connections of
and violence
DeWyckoff, Minerva Dexter, George Dictaphones Dietz, Gustav Digger’s Rest, Australia Dill, Senator Clarence Dillenback, H. J.
Dillingham, Charles Dingwall, Eric J.
and correspondence with Houdini,
and Crandon’s revenge
Doyle’s attempt to influence
sittings with Margery
Dog-Faced Boy Dooley, Edward J.
Doric, S.S.,
Douglas, Randolph Downs, T. Nelson (Tommy) Doyle, Charles Doyle, Lady Jean
Atlantic City séance of
and Crandon, Dr. Le Roi Goddard
and Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
control of
meets
and spirit of
and spirit of mother of
and Margery
and Houdiniattacked by
visits home of
mediumship of
Ford praises
questioned
as Pheneas, see Pheneas
as ventriloquist
Doyle, Kingsley Doyle, Mary Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan
Atlantic City séance of
correspondence with Houdini, Bess
Crandon visits morgue with
death of
and dinosaur hoax
and fairy photographs
on Houdini’s death
and Margery, defends
and Piltdown hoax
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br /> Price, dispute with
resigns from SPR
Drachman, Rabbi Bernard Dresdner anzeiger,
Ducrot, Frank (T. Francis Fritz) Dunninger, Joseph
East African Standard,
Eddy, Clifford, Jr.
Edison, Thomas Edwin Forrest Amateur Dramatic
Association
Elks Club Elliot, Dr. James W.
Ellison, Dr. Saram Empress (female Houdini imitator) Engel, Archie Ernst, Bernard
and Doyle, correspondence with
and Bess Houdini
and Houdini
dealings with insurance
companies for
discloses secret archives of
legal representation of
present at Mene Tekel
safe opened by Houdini
escapes
Buried Alive
cask
challenges
Mirror cuffs
prize challenge
refused
theory
unique
coffin
crazy crib
glass box
handcuffs
challenges
police challenge water jump
Hodgson challenge
and Cirnoc
and Davenport Brothers
in Germany
Houdini’s first escape from
Houdini’s first picking of
Houdini gives up challenges of
and Houdini at Scotland Yard
Houdini sells or exposes his secrets to
and imitators
and B. B. Keyes method
and the Mirror challenge
in Russia
jail cell
first nude escape from
first
last
methods
methods
jail cells
packing case
Milk Can
Milk Can
milk churn
Mirror Cuffs challenge
Mystery of the Sphinx, see escapes
Buried Alive
packing case
built on stage
methods
underwater
paper bag
publicity, first time
safe
sea monster
Siberian Transport
straitjacket
first time seeing one
full-view, first time
suspended
tied to moving motorcycle
tire chains
underwater, first
water jumps
first announced
police challenge
Water Torture cell
espionage by Germany espionage methods Establishment Yard Eurycles of Greece Evanion, Henry
Farmer’s Chop Suey Fast, Francis Fay, Anna Eva Fay, J. S.
Fiji Islanders Film Development Corporation
(FDC)
Finley, Arthur First Spiritualist Church Fitch, Clyde, 298
Fitzsimmons, Bob, Theatrical
Company
Fleischmann, Anne Fleming, Ian Fletcher, David, see Ford, Rev. Arthur Fletcher, Senator Duncan Fletcher, Mrs. Duncan Flitcroft, Al Flitcroft, Hannah Floral Sisters Flynn, William James Foo, Ching Ling Ford, Rev. Arthur Fox, Kate and Margaret Foy, Eddie Frank, Theodore, 175. See also
Hardeen
Franz Ferdinand, Archduke Frazee, William (William
Meyenberg)
French letter cuffs Frickell, Samri, see Oursler, Fulton Frikell, Wiljalba Frisia,
Gage, Lyman Galilei, Galileo Garland, Maurice Gavin, Henry, see Finley, Arthur Genesta, Royden Joseph Gilbert
Raison de la
Glasgow Coliseum Goelet, Robert Goldstein, Lewis Goldston, Will
and correspondence with Houdini
and stolen blueprints
Gordon, A. J.
Gordon, Rex Palmer Gorlitzer, L.
Grace Hospital Graff, Werner Great Houdinis, The, 32. See also
Houdini, Harry; Houdini
Wilhelmina Beatrice
Great Raymond (Maurice F.) Gregorowitsch, Dr. Josef Gresham, William Lindsay Grim Game, The,
Griscom, W.S.
Grose Russell Guiteau, Charles Gunsolas, Rev. Charles Gysel, Robert H.
Hague, Sam Haldane of the Secret Service,
Haldane, Viscount Richard Halifax Evening Courier,
Hammel, David Hammer, Rep. William C.
Hammerstein, Oscar Hammond, William Elliott Hanauer, John Handcuff Secrets (Houdini) Hangeros Hardeen (Theodore Weiss) (brother)
arrested
break-in at home of
burns Houdini’s papers
called to Europe by Houdini
death of
and fighting
relationship with Houdini
Harding, President Warren G.
Hargrave, Lawrence Harmsworth, Alfred William Charles
See also
Northcliffe, Lord
Harris, Warden Hart, Nathaniel Haskell, Loney Hayman, Jacob, see Hyman, Jacob Hayman, Joe, see Hyman, Joe Haymarket Square Riot Hebrew Relief Society Hedges, Mr.
Heimburger, Alexander Heine, Heinrich Heller, Robert Hellzapoppin,
Helms, Harry Herbert, Victor Herrmann, Alexander Herrmann, Compars Herrmann, R. G.
Hicks, Leonard Hilbert, Frank (Albert Hill) Hill, Commodore Hill, Rev. John Hill’s, Dr., California Concert
Company
Hilliar, William J.
Hills, Gertrude Hodgson, William Hoeffler, Jack Hoffman, Eleanor Hoffmann, Professor (Angelo Lewis) Hope, William Hopkins, A. A.
Horner, Judge Henry Houdina (Houdini imitator) Houdina, Francis P.
Houdini and the Miracle,
Houdini Attractions, Inc.
Houdini Exposes the Tricks Used by the
Boston Medium “Margery” (Houdini)
Houdini imitators
deaths or near deaths of
Houdini Picture Corporation Houdini Unmasked (Hammond) Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weiss)
images of Houdini:
anti-Jewish sentiments against
in Appleton, Wisconsin
and aviation
in Australia
in Germany
mishaps of
and Bess
marriage to
performs with
séances with
relationship with
transfers belongings to
bequests to
and bribes
business acumen of
and cemetery visits
charitable acts of
clothing of
as collector
Cologne libel trial of
Congressional hearings, testimony at
covert activity and contacts
death of
in Delavan, Wisconsin
difficulties of in getting paid
escapes of, see escapes
exedra of
and fame
fan mail to
and fate
films of
financial struggle of
and fistfighting
and gambling
in Garnett, Kansas
gives documents to Hardeen
injuries of
insurance
inventions
“King of Handcuffs” for the first time
literary aspirations
medical treatment of
Mirror Cuff Challenge
motion picture ideas
“my own secret service,”
name in language
newspaper advertising, appearance
in
non-specific poisoning
passports of
as Professor Morat
relationship with father
relationship with Hardeen
relationship with assistants
relationship with mother
replica busts of
residence at 10 Keppel Street
London
<
br /> residence at 278 W. 113th Street
break-in at
moves back to
retirement of
and school of magic
scrapbooks of
and Spiritualism
belief in and open mind to
and Bird
in communication with Kellar
and Crandon
and Carrington
and Dingwall
and the Doyles
conflicts with
investigation of
library on
and McDougal
and Margery
threatened by Margery
séance for Roosevelt
and spirit photography
at Symphony Hall, Boston
lectures on Spiritualism
as spiritualist and early study of
supernatural power, attributed with
use of burglar tools by
and World War I war effort
writings
Conjurer’s Monthly Magazine,
“Challenged or Houdini Upside Down”
as Herr N. Osey
Houdini Exposes the Tricks Used by the Boston Medium ‘Margery’,
“How I Effect My Rope
Ties,”
Magic Made Easy,
Magician Among the Spirits, A
Marvelous Adventures of Houdini: The Justly Celebrated Elusive American,
Miracle Mongers and Their
Methods,
Mystery of the Jewel, The,
Right Way to Do Wrong, The,
“Spirit Compacts Unfilled,”
Unmasking of Robert-Houdin,
The,
Yar, the Primeval Man,
Houdini: His Life Story (Kellock) Houdini, Wilhemina Beatrice “Bess”
(wife)
and alcohol use
death of
and gigolos
health of
and magic
mirror incident
in nursing home
poisoning, non-specific
and Rosabelle,
and séances
speakeasy, owns
as spiritualist
suicide attempt
and superstition
Hound of the Baskervilles, The (Conan Doyle) Huber’s Museum Humbert, King of Italy Hungarian cuffs Hunyadi Brothers Hurtig & Seamon’s Music Hall Hutton, Clayton Hylan, Mayor James Hyman, Jacob Hyman, Joe Hyslop, Dr. James
Imperator, S.S.
International Association of Chiefs of
Police (IACP)
International Spiritualist Congress
Jaure, Rea Jay, Ricky Jerome, Jerome K.
Jessel, Georgie Jewel Brothers Johnstone, Paul Alexander Johnstone, St. Croix Jones, Ezekiel Wellington Josephi Josolyne, Sidney,2
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