Semi-weekly herald., 1912-07-29
NEW YORK, July 25-The other

NEW YORK, July 25.-The other
day Houdini, the man of mystery, who
laughs at prison cells, barred doors
and manacles, gave a sensational ex-
hibition of his powers. Doubly hand
cuffed and with irons on his feet,
he allowed himself TO be placed in a
wooden box the cover of which was
securely nailed down. Then the box
containing the shackled wizard was
thrown into the water of the harbor
from tugboat. Scarcely a minute
late Houdini appeared upon the sur
face of the water, putting, but show
ing no i'll effects from his submer-
sion. OF course, he had managed to
rid himself in some way of the iron
shackles which held his arms and
legs.
George Wilson, bold and danger
Gus burglar with long criminal rec
ord, who was imprisoned in the Tombs
awaiting his trial on charge of bur-
glary, also gave an exhibition the 9TH
er day which, in some respects, was
even more sensational than that by
Houdini. Single-handed and without
the help Of any confederates on the
outside Wilson succeeded in escaping
from the Tombs, after he had knocked
down one Of the guards and taken
away the mans revolver. The prison
authorities, believing that Wilson was
still hiding somewhere within the pris-
wasted several hours before they no.
titled the police. While the jailkeep-
ers were searching for him, Wilson,
who had scaled the prison wall and
gained the street, made the best of his
opportunity. 1t is believed that the
daring fellow has by this time put
many a mile between himself and the
Tombs.
NEW YORK, July 25.-The first
outward evidence of the effect of
gang terrorism on witnesses of muir
der of Herman Rosenthal, the gambler
resulted in the arrest of John Reissler
familiarly known as John, the Bar
ber," who is charged with perjury
Reisler was called as witness before
Coroner Feinberg at the preliminary
examination of Sam Paul and "Brid-
gy" Webber, alleged to have been
leaders in the movement to silence
Rosenthal when he threatened to ex-
pose the connection between the po-
lice and the gamblers. Before the
hearing Reissler testified in the pres.
ence of District Attorney Whitman
and Assistant Prosecutor Moss that he
saw Webber running away from the
Metropole just at the moment tht
crime was committed.
In the coroner's office, however
when Reissler looked at Webber anC
the small army who had managed Il
get tickets admitting them to thu
hearing he seemed stricken with ter
ror and Immediately began to den!
the damaging testimony he had pre-
viously given concerning the accused
MACON, Ga, July 25.-"While m.
judgment may be erroneous, hav,
no excuse to offer for my effort I,
reclaim him." said w. S. Dozier, clerl
of the superior court of Terrell count.
in explaining his action in horsewhip
ping Miss Essie Carter, because hi
minor son, Vought Dozier, was infat
uated with her.
"We ha ge in our home a waywar,
boy" he said, ''and we have done ou
best to reclaim him. In this worl
we have been greatly hindered by tn
influence of Essie Carter. Finally
decided the best thing to do was t,
get her out of Dawson. With thi
end in view | had several conferences
with her and she finally agreed tt
leave. Afterward she was indicted
and gave bond, but returned to thi
city. After her return she woult
not permit the boy to return HON,
and openly defied me in my effort.
to reclaim him. l have no excuse t.
offer for him. l whipped Miss Car
ter to save the boy"
Miss Carter is preparing to sue tn,
father and flogging party for $25,
900 damages.
NEW YORK, July 25.-How thor
oughly the members of the Black HanC
terrorize the Italians in this part Of
the country is clearly shown by cas-,
which came to the notice of the au.
thorities the other day. An Italiar
living in Plainfield, N. j., some time
ago received letter from the Black
Hand, threatening him with death
should he fail to pay ransom of $500
Upon the advice of his friends the re.
cipient of the letter informed the po-
lice. A decoy letter was posted and
the man, who called for the letter
was promptly arrested. When the
prisoner was confronted with the in
formant, the latter identified him. But
after the prisoner had made secret
sign to the informant, the latter i'm
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