I thought I would do a series of posts on a story and some correspondence I recently acquired on eBay about Houdini and Ponzi Gwynne.
In Part 1, we get introduced to Houdini and Jack Gwynne, a Young Magician who fooled Houdini with a Sucker Chicken Vanish.
Jack Gwynne performing the Chicken Trick
The other parts of the story will describe Ponzi Gwynne the chicken that Jack Gwynne gave to Houdini, then back to Jack, and finally to Hardeen.
Here is the story of the Vanishing Chicken as told to Jay Marshall by Jack Gwynne.
Enjoy!
No. 1:
To be continued!
Great stuff. A good example of how Houdini could be generous and kind to magicians.
Thanks! And the story gets even better.
It seems you could have no better friend than Houdini. Good to his mother, wife, Theo, Downs, etc. On and on.
thanks for posting this and cannot wait to see the rest.
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Thanks D&D! You will definitely enjoy the rest. Can’t wait to see you guys in Scranton.
Thanks for posting this Joe! The story belies the claim that HH looked down on other magicians–at least not all of them. He must have seen something special in Gwynne and he was right because Gwynne went on to a successful career as a magician.
My pleasure Leo!
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