HOUDINI ABOUT TO DISAPPEAR WELL, GOODBYE] The National Casket Company challenged Houdini to escape from one of their heavy hickory coffins after they had fastened the cover down with six inch screws. Houdini accepted the test, which took place before members of the Boston Athletic Association, Boston, Mass. He escaped, the coffin was intact, showing no means of egress. [Illustration: MR. PHIL SEARS MR. COTTON INTERESTED SPECTATORS IN THE FRONT ROW. A LITTLE MORE AIR FOR MR. HOUDINI THE HAGGARD HOUDINI REAPPEARS HOPE I GET OUT OF MINE AS QUICKLY] [Illustration: Letter from Warden of U. S. Jail in D. C.] How does he do it? 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. Some descriptive captions were added by transcriber to Illustrations in text version and are placed in the public domain. 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 37: In the dictionary, the umlauts in =Hou'di-ni=, 1 hü'dï-nï; represent macrons in the text version. In 2 hu'dï-nï, they are umlauts. 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,