houdinisghost
#1This cuff was written about and pictured in an article on Nugent and his collection that was in Hobbies magazine around 1940.
Wresch wrote about it and there was a photo of it in his book.
The Hardeen to Nugent letter that accompanied the cuff said that the judges in the "Kolin" trial had challenged Houdini with this specially made cuff, Houdini escaped, and, I think, says this won the case for him.
Hardeen goes on to say that Houdini distracted the judge, while Franz Kukol scooped up the cuff then slipped it to Houdini, who got it out of the courtroom.
He says, according to Wresch, that nobody had succeeded in opening the cuff since.
Does anyone know where that Berliner Cuff is now? Who owns it?
Wresch wrote about it and there was a photo of it in his book.
The Hardeen to Nugent letter that accompanied the cuff said that the judges in the "Kolin" trial had challenged Houdini with this specially made cuff, Houdini escaped, and, I think, says this won the case for him.
Hardeen goes on to say that Houdini distracted the judge, while Franz Kukol scooped up the cuff then slipped it to Houdini, who got it out of the courtroom.
He says, according to Wresch, that nobody had succeeded in opening the cuff since.
Does anyone know where that Berliner Cuff is now? Who owns it?
