[Illustration: Letter from Warden of U. S. Jail in D. C.]
How does he do it?
JAMES H. HARRIS,
WARDEN,
W. GRAYSON URNER,
DEPUTY WARDEN,
United States Jail,
_Washington, D.C._, January 6th, _1906_
This is to certify that Mr. Harry Houdini, at the United States Jail
today, was stripped stark naked, thoroughly searched, and locked
up in cell No. 2 of the South Wing,--the cell in which Charles J.
Guiteau, the assassinator of President Garfield, was confined during
his incarceration, from the date of his commitment, July 2nd, 1881,
until the day on which he was executed, June 30th, 1882. Mr. Houdini,
in about two minutes, managed to escape from that cell, and then broke
into the cell in which his clothing was locked up. He then proceeded to
release from their cells all the prisoners on the ground floor. There
was positively no chance for any confederacy or collusion.
Mr. Houdini accomplished all of the above-mentioned facts, in addition
to putting on all his clothing, in twenty-one minutes.
J. H. Harris
Warden United States Jail, D. C.
AUDUBON PRINTERS
MITCHEL SQUARE
NEW YORK
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