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ILLUSTRATIONS

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