tration, you will note the false finger, which is made of metal, easily purchased from any reliable dealer in magical apparatus; you have concealed your second key of cuff; all that is required of you is to allow yourself to be handcuffed, with your cuff; beforehand you place the false finger in… … First he would take his friend into his room, and ask him to turn his back until he had stripped nude "a la Houdini." While this friend's back was turned, Mr. Amateur had his "gag" made with a small pin soldered on in a hook shape, and this he would slyly insert on his "audience's coat," where it…
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