tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post7592459772410333689..comments2024-03-18T18:37:43.110-07:00Comments on WILD ABOUT HARRY: Houdini in 1902John Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-22917465201865878082017-08-11T07:02:42.968-07:002017-08-11T07:02:42.968-07:00Thank you for these pages, Jim. Very interesting. ...Thank you for these pages, Jim. Very interesting. Worth noting that the author argues Hodgson's reported flight to the police station after the challenge might have simply been him returning their shackles.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-61955914290286058082017-08-10T22:32:01.288-07:002017-08-10T22:32:01.288-07:00I don’t believe Hodgson ever wrote about the encou...I don’t believe Hodgson ever wrote about the encounter, but his biographer, Sam Moskowitz, covered the events from a Hodgson perspective in the book, Out of the Storm (Grant, 1975). If you’re interested, I’ve scanned the relevant pages (4) and posted a jpg at:<br /><br />http://www.jimruth.com/hodgson.jpgJim Keeganhttp://twogunblog.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-79468755787806380572017-08-02T18:32:35.091-07:002017-08-02T18:32:35.091-07:00(In his publicity, Houdini never mentioned the bri... (In his publicity, Houdini never mentioned the bribery charge, and it remained a generally unknown aspect of the Graff trial until 1996.) <br /><br />If HH did attempt to bribe Graff at the very beginning, wasn't this act that started the fight between them?Leo Heviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990057178465581105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-63655342135279120122017-08-02T11:34:12.749-07:002017-08-02T11:34:12.749-07:00Thanks. This one didn't give me any great new ...Thanks. This one didn't give me any great new perspective in the way some of the others did, except in how this seemed to be a year of testing for Houdini. He seems to have fought his way through this year.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-21222479856879716672017-08-01T20:09:09.727-07:002017-08-01T20:09:09.727-07:00Another fine entry to your Years in the life of HH...Another fine entry to your Years in the life of HH series. Love it! <br />Agreed about Culliton's writing of the Hodgson challenge. The Key is a must have!<br />JackAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-27350287359461693262017-08-01T11:44:23.685-07:002017-08-01T11:44:23.685-07:00I'm not sure. If you have Pat Culliton's H...I'm not sure. If you have Pat Culliton's Houdini The Key, there is a long section on the Hodgson challenge. Pat is the real expert on Hodgson. He can even demonstrate exactly how Hodgson thrust Harry up.John Coxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-60704492211581529272017-08-01T11:38:56.073-07:002017-08-01T11:38:56.073-07:00Did Hodgson ever write about that night he trussed...Did Hodgson ever write about that night he trussed up Houdini? I would think at some point he would have told his side of the story. Perry from NJ. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com