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 215
Later Magic 187 to see you look incredulous, ladies and gentlemen. You don’t think I would deceive you about a little thing like that! But I can easily prove to you that there is no deception. If the watch did not go through the gentle- man, how do you accountfor this hole throughhisbody?’’ In the… … Fic. 114. wand, keeping it covered by his hand. Turning the victim with his right side to the company, the performer applies one end of the wand to his back, covering the mount with his left hand, as in Fig. 114, and with the right hand moves the sliding tube backwards and for- wards, the arm…