The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-06

the corridor. espied door No. IA open and
a prisoner gone.
oI6i all rsh sd f h the o and oeked
him up in No. Is" Hearty laughter fol-
lowed the narration of this achievement,
and the officials went to No. 10.
So securely had the ITishman been
locked up that it was necessary to call upon
Houdini to unfasten the door. The Irish
man was found In a $, somewhat bewildered
fban he euT wond b9Ve done in less eventfu
circumstances.
Houdlni left the bridewelI the proud pos;
at the head Of this article.
SECOND EXPERIMENT.
In the evening Houdini, accompanied by
an Express representative, again walked
into the bridewell to settle point which
had been raised since his feat in the after
noon.
Was the door which had been fastened
against him single, double or triple locked?
The matter could easily be settled Houdini
would just do the trick again. Only this
time he would do it with his clothes on, as
time was pressing.
LiverpooIs bridewell is as unsightly a
place as a brdewell can be. No one would
mistake it for a spa, hotel or a GONZALES
cent home.
Beneath a dark arch you pass, and in the
great door which you find opposite is little
window which is unlocked when you knock,
and through which you are viewed before
YOU are permitted even to stand upon the
threshold.
Houdini and his companion were admit
ted.
More lock-breaking?"
Yes; I'm ready for more-as many as
you like"
Accompanied by the jailer, Houdini and
the Express representative ascended flight
of stone steps and passed along dimly
lighted corridors. whose atmosphere seemed
to reek with crime and mystery.
Passing through gate row of cells
was reached, upon any one or Whlch Hou-
dini might operate.
Here was one marked with a strange de-
vice. Houdini would try this one. 1t was
a felon's cell-stronger than some of the
others though Ii could not have been dark
err or more forbidding.
Houdini entered. He was backed in by
the Express representative. He was inside,
There could be no doubt about that At
the first turn of the key the lock went for
ward twice; at the second, once. Houdini
was behind a triple lock in the dark, dreary
cell.
The Express representative and the jailer
left him there and retired behind an iron
gate which bars the passage
1.-The gate is a greater test than the CELL ."
said the jailer.
ITS locked before it's locked If you un-
derstand. Shut ii and it's locked, and then
you can lock IL again.
The taller had only just secured ii when
Houdni presented himself.
That's quick as I've ever done it,"
said he And then he tackled the gate
A moments hesitation. The jailer shook
his head. and a smile was just overspread-
ing his features when To- Houdini flung
open wide the gate.
He agreed that the gate was tougher"
as he expressed is. than the cell
Houdni is an American. Only his strong
arms and his supple, yet powerful, hands
give the slightest clew of his prison break
ing capacity.
He does not look jailbird, but the escape
he made for the benefit of the Express read
ers was his sXty-first.
Bright-eyed. smart. active and a good
talker. he has travelled far and wide. and
has broken out OF the prisons of many
countries.
II have never failed said Houdini. but
I don't say there is no cell | cannot brea K
| out OF. AS TO handouts. the hardest lob /
ever had was with pair made at Krupp's.
1t took me forty minutes to get out of them.
but / did it,