tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post150120517577039167..comments2024-03-28T21:34:40.656-07:00Comments on WILD ABOUT HARRY: Bill Kalush shares Houdini gold in WashingtonJohn Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-24646785969560909552013-04-30T08:47:02.712-07:002013-04-30T08:47:02.712-07:00Thanks David. I was wondering about this because I...Thanks David. I was wondering about this because I know you've done great work on the duel. I will cut that last line and rework the sentence to show the exam bit was not Bill's conclusion. Also, if you are going to do your own post about the symposium, I will add the link as an update to this story.<br /><br />Man, I'm sorry I missed this! Would have loved to have heard these talks John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-65652796206446131452013-04-30T07:56:26.740-07:002013-04-30T07:56:26.740-07:00Re the report on Houdini's father: it was not ...Re the report on Houdini's father: it was not Bill Kalush's conclusion that M.S. Weiss left Hungary because he failed a legal exam. That was the story told by Geza Schaffer, who married Cecilia's niece. Schaffer said nothing at all about the duel story - he did NOT state that "it was not because he killed someone in a duel." Bill and I both agreed that Schaffer's story DAVID SALTMANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06270760638995836991noreply@blogger.com