tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post8838443759927622331..comments2024-03-28T21:34:40.656-07:00Comments on WILD ABOUT HARRY: The Mantell-Houdini ShowJohn Coxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04391313393222271260noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-44253133514668264232016-12-13T10:48:53.044-08:002016-12-13T10:48:53.044-08:00From that description it sounds like Bess may have...From that description it sounds like Bess may have hooked up with a magician who already had a larger show set up. Was he an outlier who we do not know or an already established personality?<br /><br />Dick Brookz and Dorothy Dietrich<br />The Houdini Museum, Scranton, PA<br />The Only Building in the World Dedicated to HoudiniAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09424987658751310781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732721553418878547.post-6365281563171795112016-12-13T08:12:38.486-08:002016-12-13T08:12:38.486-08:00Due to the time frame it could well be Saint.
&...Due to the time frame it could well be Saint. <br /><br />"passing 750,000 volts of electricity through a young female assistant who then lit cigars and torches from the tips of her fingers and tongue."<br />I gather from his background this 750,000 volts thing would have been right out of carnivals and ten in one shows that he could have been a part of in his travels.<br /><br />Dick Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09424987658751310781noreply@blogger.com