JAMES H. HARRIS,
WARDEN, W. GRAYSON URNER, DEPUTY WARDEN, United States Jail, Washington, D.C., January 6th, 1906 This is to certify that Mr. Harry Houdini, at the United States Jail today, was stripped stark naked, thoroughly searched, and locked up in cell No. 2 of the South Wing,—the cell in which Charles J. Guiteau, the assassinator of President Garfield, was confined during his incarceration, from the date of his commitment, July 2nd, 1881, until the day on which he was executed, June 30th, 1882. Mr. Houdini, in about two minutes, managed to escape from that cell, and then broke into the cell in which his clothing was locked up. He then proceeded to release from their cells all the prisoners on the ground floor. There was positively no chance for any confederacy or collusion. Mr. Houdini accomplished all of the above-mentioned facts, in addition to putting on all his clothing, in twenty-one minutes. J. H. Harris Warden United States Jail, D. C.
AUDUBON PRINTERS
MITCHEL SQUARE
NEW YORK
Transcriber's Notes
Minor punctuation typos have been silently corrected.
Page 2: "teems" should probably be "teem."
(Orig: His press clipping books teems with stories)
Page 2: "that" should probably be "than."
(Orig: reader's attention more closely that if he were absorbing)
Page 2: "ad infitum." should probably be "ad infinitum."
(Orig: And so, ad infitum.)
Page 8: Retained "Schutzmann" as a variation of "Schutzman."
(Orig: The chief one was Schutzmann Werner Graff,)
Page 14: Changed "Hollard" to "Holland."
(Orig: Amsterdam, Hague; Dordrecht, Hollard;)
Page 38: "cought" might be a typo for "caught."
(Orig: he had cought the coin in his mouth.)
Page 40: Changed "a" to "as."
(Orig: and a soon as I would have seen anything)
Page 43: "tumultous" might be a typo for "tumultuous."
(Orig: broke into tumultous hand-clapping.)
Page 43: Changed show, roarded Willard, to show," roared Willard,
Page 47: Added missing "of" between "straps" and "the".
(Orig: in fastening the innumerable straps the straight-jacket.)
Page 47: Changed "smilling" to "smiling."
(Orig: "Treat me," he advised, smilling)
Page 49: Changed "arrangemnt" to "arrangement."
(Orig: perfectly agreeable to this arrangemnt)
Page 57: Changed "orgnized" to "organized."
(Orig: Houdini orgnized his own film producing company) |
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