Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1926-08-06 | Page 7 | Declares Fear Kills Entombed

DECLARES FEARS FEAR RILLS KillS ENTOMBED Houdini L Lives ves In Air AirTight AirTight Tight right Coffin Vz z 1 4 Hours as Proof I NEW YORK Aug 6 Dy 6 By The Associated Press Fear Fear and not poisoning by carbon dioxide causes the death of o miners miner and others trapped In airtight com cony comI compartments compartments in the thi opinion of ot Harry I Houdini who had himself sunk In a sealed coffin coUin in a hotel swim swim- swimming swim mine ming pool for an hour and a ahalt ahalt halt half Thursday to prove pro his con contention Dr W J McConnell of ot Phil Phil- Philadelphia Philadelphia adelphia a physiologist of ot the United Stales States department of o mines who examined the stage magic tan tan Ian and nd opponent of ot spiritualism before and after the th experiment reported that physical reactions from the til test were not marked Houdini said he felt only a slight dizziness when he be was released I from tho the coffin The important thing thine Is to be believe lieve that you are safe dont don't breathe deeply and dont don't make mako any unnecessary movements Houdini said I I During his stay under water tn Inthe I the tho coffin Houdini kept In la com communication with watchers watcher over a telephone connection n by which he indicated every few minutes that that he was all right It was n-as computed that there were cubic Inches of o air In the coffin The oxygen in that air according to physicians should have been heen all used used up In three or four minutes so that Houdini breathed close air ir filled d with carbon dioxide for tor 86 minutes He emerged smiling