The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1866-06-08


impossible from front exterior view of
the cabinet, and of which, as / say, there
was no sign whatever in the appearance
Of the floor. There was a beautiful! little
lock morticed into the wood, which open
ed by the simple pressure of a point.
Look here" said Mr.. Addison, and
he pulled from the receptacle The sacks in
which he had been cot tiued, slit up the
side seams. Those had seen were dup-
lcates. In the little receptacle where all
sorts of duplicates of every possible thing
that could enter into these experimentsS
ropes, twines, wires-all cut with ma,be>
NAUTICAL precision to tie Same length,
while there also lay There pliers, &c, &C.;
IN fact, everything that could facilitate the
performances, while on the other side
plank, which lifted there was little fixed
knife, against which, in the unlikely event
OF his not being able to ge. out of or
break the wire in which he was tied, he
could rub it until it was cut through. |
need not 90 into particulars after this dis.
closure. 1t was evident that with such
cabinet a practiced man could do any.
thing and never get found out so long as
be kept the secret of his puck lock.
( | asked Mr.. Addison whether be
thought the Davenports had a false bot
tom to their cabinet You saw it
smashed" said he. "Wbat do YOU
think 2" l felt sure the Davenports had
nothing of the kind. so do l." said Mr..
Addison. If they had a false bottom,
and knew Of the prick lock, they would be-
tied with wire, or do any thing tina, do.
The fact is that they rely upon the gener>
al inability of people TO tie any one up
thoroughly, especially in a cabinet where
1t Is not possible to get properly at Your
man" But the things had seen were
SO much more wonderful than anything
/ the navenports do that their mere manual
deSten'y seemed like chiId,s play.
THE MEDIUMS TRYING TRICK.
asked Mr. All;son ,ho,har ,ho,o
WAS really any wav IF ,,irn INV ono ~,
! SO tba, cy,rirarion was ;mSoss;hle ~,
said there was He vonnd , rnno cara
fully round my wrist the coils naa, and
aloe to each o,har Throo ,;mo. ronnd
and . simnIe knot Gid,ba lp,;poss Ia,
no main bn, when n. ,,Il IVA - ,na,o
my hands | fcnna ,hoy ,ara ,,n,,aa ~
soon as worked tLa ter4oro Whon ,ho
rome was ,f, thar simnla motior had ,ef,
the marks Of the strsnts Iao,}y ;,,nrirtoa
on nv skin. II an iha, 70 ,l,a h.ron-
norris" said Mr. Addison uh,, thu, GOV,
/ il hurt them which = d;I no, Ga lIn, q,
| rhev vcro on o, and ,,.s.;,o .,,I y, T.,
goson rnt i,n A. AlI;'on .hau.'.i w.,
another WAC of,,;nc wl;,I, ,.;s,ol -
! tbe same process as had been ap, lie i to
/ my "Is', oui aIlhe" just to'e Tie ell
DOW II also rerteled The arm ler'ecty
useless WIN ibis addition, that directly an
aUe'npl was made 10 move II, the " funny
zone was uected IN way not TO be tor
gotten 10 hurry
| As announcer example OF rope-tllng ex.
! pertnesS, Mr. Add: on backed himself 70
lie hIInse'f up IN three minutes i'll such
1 way that no one could unite him. He &C
compIlshed 1t, at Ieas, so fax as was con-
ce1ned. Although the thing was done
po'silve'l before my eyes | could not find
Tue ehd OF Tie rope. When tell YOU
there was a loop at each END Of 1t you will
De d mite less surprised, but Of course it
+ 49, / '''N''r 'nSt 'oi ".
Add'srh 10 nave substituted tbs Topped
rope tor one that was not !ooped had he
performed The t"l'k IN his cabinet The
LAGOON convoIulIunS In which In three
minutes he involved himself were so close
"'1 haF'' mort over :ha' had me ropes
emo Deer olsc''eiab'e II is doubtful "he'h.
e' any one o"l AIR. A'ASoh himself could
nave onoo"e 'heiE.
/ TIE nANDCrFF,.
/ But I WAS vet to sea creator wo,der.
In The cabinet there hHno a, the hack
| from a connie Of ,,an,cs tw0',si ofh.nd.
cuff, one in each cnrnar 4, Nr AdI;-
sens request clasped his v,i.,, II The
lower handcutr on each sila 50 ,ha, he
was attached snreaJ eagye f,5h;or - tho
back Of the cabinet lie then backed
himself to take eff his coat without get.
ting out of the handcutfs There was
little struggling and rubbinp of iron heard.
and the thing was done.
Still handcuffed TO the back of tho cab-
met, Mr.. Addison showed me how it wa.
done. Suddenly be Shot up his foot and
! fixed It with an exoerlness WORTHY Of Rio
oboche against the SIDE of the cabinet.
within reach Of the hanJcutfed hand. His