The Secret Life of Houdini

by William Kalush

  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
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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