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Show G0T.0UT OF BOX . Cunning Succeeds In Getting Out of Poculiar Prison. The dry poods case of double thickness, thick-ness, specially constructed by emplo3'6es of tho Z. C M, T. for Iho purpose of making a captive of Cunning, tho mau to whom the most scientihcally constructed con-structed prison cells are no barriers to freedom, and Tvho has been giving a performance at the Orpheum theater every night during: the past week, proved to be no more of a barrier to Cunning than if it were constructed of paper, instead of a double thickness of one-inch planks, for Cunning, beforo the largest audienco that has gathered at tho tlieater since it was first opened, took just four minutes Friday night iu which to get out of tho box. The omploj'ccs of. the Z. C. M. T. of-fored of-fored last Monday to construct the box po that Cunning could not got out of it. Plenty of time was taken to niako the box as strong as it possibly could be made, and last night it was carriod through I he audienco from the front of tho theater, whore it had been on exhibition. Cunning got inside of the box, nnd tho eight men from the Z. C. 1. -who had taken a hand in tho construction of the box proceoded to fasten him inside. in-side. Nails wero drivon hard and fast. Kvery board in tho box was literally filled with nails and then strips of stoel wero nailed around all of tho corners and od gcK. Aftor tho men had satisfied themselves them-selves that they had mado t.ho case as socuro as it was possible to mako it, a canvas was thrown ovor the case. Tho audienco waited in suepcuso, but no Cunning appeared. Just six miuutos after tho canvas had been thrown ovor tho box, two policemen marched down the nislo and, climbing upon tho stago, ordered tho box to bo opouod, as the man insido would be smothered. After tho audienco audi-enco had held its breath for a niinuto ono of tho ofiicors turned and, removing his holmot, showed hinisolf to be Cunning. Cun-ning. Tho other officer was a real live one--who had boon called in to holp out tho performance. Jt had takon Cunning just four minutes min-utes to get outside of the box, though none of tho audience had seen him disappear, dis-appear, so swift had been his movements, move-ments, and the other two niinuloa had boen consumed in slipping into tho uniform uni-form of a policeman and getting around to tho front of the thoator lo walk down tho aisle to tho stage. |