Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weisz). Houdini Escape Challenge Handbill. Dover: Newing & Gibbons, 1914. Handbill printed in red, issued by a committee of Marine Porters, challenging Houdini to ?escape from a lashing we propose to give you, after the system used years ago on slave and sailing vessels,? with Houdini to be secured ?in a network of cords and ropes? and tied by the neck and ankles. Hand-stamp on verso: ?Houdini Collection/Houdini Original.? 5 x 7 ??. Short closed tears, crease to lower right, central fold.