Today I continue my series on The Daily Illustrated Mirror reports leading up to the Mirror Handcuff Challenge event of March 17th 1904, the event itself, and post-event reporting.
Previously I shared:
- March 11 1904 – Birmingham Man Invents a Handcuff With a Lock Which Cannot Be Picked
- March 14 1904 –The Handcuff King Accepts Our Challenge
- March 15 1904 – Houdini’s Torture Tests
- March 16 1904 – Spoken as a Sportsman
- March 17 1904 – £200 Offered Houdini for Forecast of this Afternoon’s Test
Today, I share the March 18, 1904 issue of The Daily Illustrated Mirror:

Harry created the illusion of superhuman lock picking skills. Patrick Culliton mentioned that in his book.