The same month, 5,000 saw him in Kansas City, where the tie-in was with the Kansas City Post. Brandon ( The Life and Many Deaths of Harry Houdini) mentions the following: In September 1915, “the greatest street throng in the history of Los Angeles” – 20 -25,000 people – had seen him swing from the Los Angeles Tribune building.Koval ( Houdini Research Diary) doesn’t mention him being in Kansas City at all in September 1915.So did he perform in Kansas City in September 1915? It just so happens that I have the October 1915 edition of Will Goldston’s The Magazine Of Magic, with the article “ Harry Houdini – His Latest Escape”.īut nowhere in the above “ Harry Houdini His Latest Escape” article do we see a date. So what is this mention by Will Goldston? Well the Sept 29 th, 1915 date in Minneapolis is well sourced, so that leaves the Kansas City date that needs more research. There is a very nice discussion on The Magic Cafe Forums but nothing is definitive. Silverman says it was hanging forty-five feet from the office building of the Minneapolis Evening Tribune on Septemsourced to a newspaper in the Stanley Palm collection.
Kalush via a mention by Will Goldston says it was September of 1915 in Kansas City. Where and when did Houdini first perform the suspended straitjacket escape?Īnd of course, when I am intrigued by something, this blog is what you get.I was intrigued by a question that John Cox brought up on his blog:
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