Hoffmann (Professor), 1839-1919., Plate, Adrian, inscriber., Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) · New York : E.P. Dutton & Co. ; London : George Routledge & Sons, 1904. · leaf 103
l, in the centre of the proscenium. The cage is obviously empty, nor apparently is there the smallest Space wherein anything could be concealed, and yet, when the pistol is fired at the cage, a canary appears therein. Round the bird’s neck is a ribbon, bearing the borrowed ring. The secret lies… … Fic. 64. ever, a spring catch at c, which keeps b securely closed till such catch is withdrawn, for which purpose the ring at top contains similar mechanism to that described in the case of the bell and cash-box. This “top’’ fits into a circular space in the upper part of the bird-cage; and when…
