Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-08-10
HANDCUFF KING
TO COME HERE
10 Roy, Rival to Houdini
Next Week at Proctor's

A rival to Houdlni, the handcuff
expert, who has been astonishing
great crowds of people at some of the
New York theatres during the past
four weeks, Is LIE Roy, who visits
Perth Amboy at Proctor's during
the last three days and nights of next
week, commencing Thursday. August
10. LIE Roy claims to be the premier
of all wrigglers from handcuffs and
strait-jackets, and the people OF
Perth Amboy will be asked to witness
his marvellous performances I'M II
possible catch him mapping and frus-
trate his plans of escape from the
irons" which will be placed upon
him.
1t will be arranged with the au-
thorities of the city of Perth Amboy
during one of the performances to
have some one ,manacle LIE Roy In
full view of the audience. Then the
people will be invited to view at
closer range the manner in which he
Is secured, SO that all will be assured
that there is no fake" about that
part of it. LIE Roy will guarantee to
wriggle free from his manacles with
in a certain time, In full view OF his
audience; he will attempt to do 1t;
whether he succeeds or not remains
to be seen. 1t depends to a great ex-
tent on his own dexterity and on
whether the local authorities are
able to fool him as to the manner IN
which he is secured.
Then at another of the perform
ances LIE Roy will be tied and
"ironed" by a local undertaken, and
then he will be placed In a case, fur-
nished through the courtesy OF that
firm and the lid will be securely
nailed down. LIE Roy will promise to
escape from bis ropes and his brace
lets, and from the securely nailed
case within a stipulated time. WheSh-
er he will keep that promise again
remains to be seen.
One of the local dry goods stores
will furnish a strong packing case for
another of the performances and
LIE Roy will be tied and bound
again by a committee of the stores
staff. He will endeavor to escape
from his bonds again, just as he dld
from the tightly nailed case and be
will do it in full view of the people.
But the most marvellous and the G
%audacious act of this "handcu!t
king will be of a different char
acter.
1t is planned to securely tie his
arms and legs and then place hand
cuffs and anklets on his wrists and
ankles. He will then be placed in a
heavy sack, the mouth OF which VIII
be tightly tied, and the entirely ap-
~parently inanimate mass will be
thrown into some body Of water
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nounced later. LIE Roy has prom
ised that he will unite his hands
while In the water, and that he WIN
swim to the shore, leaving all his
cords and irons con the bottom of
the river. Manager Brunette IS
skeptical about LIE Roy's ability to
succeed at this feat, even though
he is successful with all the others,
but he intends to put him to the test
and said yesterday that he hoped II
LIE Roy was to fail in any OF his at
tempts it would be in Perth Amboy,
so hat the people of this city could
say that they had undone such a
great handcuff expert as LIE Roy.
LIE Roy has appeared before and
astonished audiences all over the
world. In Newport, England, he ac-
cOmpllSneu the SAME leafs "AAeH Ao
promises to succeed in here next
week, and in fact competed with a
resident of that place, winning a
wager Of about SIPS.
In Cowes, England, he was man
acled, hand and foot and his body
wrapped with "a yards of steel
chain manufactured in that place, es-
pecially for the purpose, and then he
was thrown from Victoria pier into
exceedingly deep water. He wrig-
gled from his bonds in each of these
cases, much to the establishment OF
thousands of people who were as
sembled. He promises to repeat all
of these feats here in Preta Amboy
and doubtless thousands Will again
assemble to see his performances.