ILLUSTRATIONS
Reading edition
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Houdini Photographed at the Auto Club, London, England Frontispiece
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John D. Fox and His Wife 10
The Fox Home at Hydesville 10
Leah Fox Fish 14
Katie Fox Jencken 14
Margaret Fox Kane 14
Elisha Kent Kane, M.D. 14
Ira Erastus Davenport and Houdini, Taken on July 5, 1911. The last photograph of the old showman 26
Facsimile of Portions of a Letter Written to Houdini by Ira E. Davenport 28
Daniel Dunglas Home 44
Diagram Showing Arrangement of Rooms, Windows, Etc., Where Hume’s Reputed Feat of Floating Took Place 47
Eusapia Palladino and Her Seance Table 60
Ann O’Delia Diss Debar 76
Henry Slade 88
Locked Slate Used by Dr. Henry Slade in His Writing Tests at Philadelphia 96
Sketch Showing Slade’s Seat at the Table, Different Positions of Slates, Location of Sponge, and Method of Moving Book 98
Writing on Honest Slates by Means of Wedge and Wire 104
Houdini, Mrs. Houdini, and Mr. Teale, Demonstrating a Method of Switching Slates over a Sitter’s Head 106
Rapping Mechanism in Heel of Medium’s Shoe 111
Tube and Piston Arrangement for Making Raps 111
So-called “Spirit Extra” on Photograph of Harry Price Made by William Hope of the Crewe Circle 130
Houdini and Alexander Martin 134
Photograph of Houdini Made by Alexander Martin, at Denver, Colorado, on May 10, 1923, Showing So-called “Spirit Extras” 136
Mme. Bisson, Mrs. Feilding (Tomchick), and Mlle. Eva 170
Kellar and Houdini 224