Show Hindu Fakir Fakirs Fakir's s Claims Exposed By Magician Scientists Astounded When Houdini Lives In Air AirI AirI AirTight AirTight AirTight I Tight Coffin For Hour and Half At Bottom I of Swimming Pool Pol P ol Dy BRADLEY W flIENT Special Correspondent Corr ot of Standard 3rd ExamIner E Copyright 1926 1826 by Consolidated Consolidate l Press ren Association I EW YORK Aug 7 Houdini 7 N the man of endless surprises I has sprung a new one to astonish men inca of o science and confound those wizards of ot magic whose those claims to extraordinary powers bordering on the supernatural arouse the wrath of the master this The famous magicians magician's teat fed eek In remaining for an hour anda a halt In an airtight metal casket Immersed In Sn a swimming pool without any visible means of ot ob obtaining ob- ob obtaining taming air was to him hint only another another er cr performance In his campaign tode to de bunk the bunk bunk- tho world at large on the of ot mystics seers and spiritualist mediums who who feel they are endowed with faculties not possessed by ordinary mortals To Broadway It was a marvelous exhibItion for tor Broadway has been Interested In a a little ar argument ment Houdini has been having with a Hindu magician whose appearances hero here caused a 0 ripple of excItement to surge through the bright light district Houdini explained his test lest to the writer a few hours after the ordeal when he be was recovering from Its effects at his home in the shadow of Heights In upper Manhattan I IH H STRANGE HOME Incidentally a 0 visit to home Is an experience worth a astory astory story In Itself In a 0 narrow brown brown- brownstone stone brown stone slone house of ot three stories the magician and his wife ICe live among strange exhibits of ot manacles a world famous library of books booles on mysticism and the occult and count count- countless countless less boxes of ot documents and cUp cUp- clip clippings pings rings from publications attesting to the wizards wizard's feats Houdini was sitting In a little cubby hole of oC a den on the third floor His coat was WU draped on a chair beside him his sleeves were ere rolled up and his shirt was unbuttoned unbuttoned unbuttoned toned at the tho throat broad shouldered dered deep and with pierc pierc- pierc piercing I II lug ing eyes he ho looked very ery much a I human sort fort ot of person as he be Insists he Is HoudIni made his test In the cas- cas casket cas cos casket ket to disprove assertions of the Hindu fakir that no ordinary hu human man being could live 11 longer than I seven minutes In a sealed coffin of oC the size he used The Hindu had made a similar ex experiment ex- ex experIment remaining In the coffin for an hour He claimed that he went Into a cataleptic trance whIch I Iwae was wae necessary to remain in the cas casket cas- cas casket casket ket without expiring LID UD SOLDERED SOL OX ON Houdini looked a a trifle pale when the writer saw him but he said he heI felt no particular ill effects front from I his experience except for a 0 slight Iron taste In his bis mouth The casket In which he was Imprisoned was made of galvanized Iron six and a half halt feet foet long 22 inches Ide and 22 Inches deep The cover conr was soldered on Houdini was lowered Into the pool and two t large Iron weights and eight men kept the casket motionless on the bottom There were cubic Inches of air In the metal case the oxygen In which should have been used up in three or four minute accord accord- according according ing to physicians Houdini re remained re- re remained In the casket exactly one hour 31 21 minutes and 30 seconds There was no trickery about it II he said Any per person on In good health could do the same caine thing It If Ithe ithe he believed that he was Bate saig did not breathe too deeply and did not make any unnecessary movements TINY BREATHS TIIS Shallow breathing i is the Ue real explanation of ot his ability to stay so long In the coffin Houdini said gald Be- Be Re mainly perfectly motionless he needed only a 0 small amount o of air In each breath to maintain life As the amount of carbon dioxide in the coffin Increased Houdini said he experienced some dizziness and atthe at atthe atthe the time the casket was taken from the water he had begun to see tiny lights dancing before his hla eyes Houdini Intends Intends to keep right on I exposing the mercenary mountebanks banks bank and charlatans who make false calms caim as to their h kus- kus powers He says ays frankly that ho Is a trickster himself as are aro all others but he lie i Is an expert In his line as ae much a as ns the engineer or orthe orthe orthe the architect and architect and he ho has been per per- per forming performing astounding feats feals ot of o magic maglo for tor 30 years year I R RAN BAN AWAY AT 0 O Houdini Is 52 62 years ears old and he heavers heavers avers overs he Is good for tor many more collegetown He was born In tho the little cOllege town of ot Appleton In Wisconsin His real name Is Harry Weiss but his legal name has hILS been Harry Hou for many years earll As a boy hs he showed an Insight Into mechanics and also a 0 tendency to travel In his ninth year he ho had a brief flence experience In a 0 five fhe cent circus When his parents moved to Milwaukee he sold papers on the streets and then the wanderlust seized him and he heran heran ran away from front home He joined a a small circus and there began the mastery of ot all man manner ner ncr of shackles shackle and handcuffs Ic I-Ic appeared In tours all over oer the world and ard he has still to meet his hi match In the wizardry of ot magic |