“The Handcuff King” (b. 1874 – d.1926) …immortal magician/escape artist Houdini performs his most famous escape act: The Chinese Water Torture Cell.
In America since arriving in Wisconsin in 1878 at age 4…born Erik Weisz in Budapest, Hungary…later Ehrich Weiss…then Harry Houdini.
The son of Rabbi Samuel Weiss…who relocated his family to Manhattan’s (Upper) East Side (from Wisconsin) in 1887.