Houdini had been extremely secretive about his “fraud-preventer,” refusing to allow Bird to drive the device up to Boston, especially since Bird was leaving a few days prior to the August 25 séance. Once in Boston, Houdini refused to be seen at his hotel and when he met an associate at the Back Bay railroad station, he dragged him to a telephone booth where he held his conversation with the door closed, explaining to reporters that he was being “watched” and “shadowed” by “hostile interests.” Apparently Margery hadn’t yet learned to perform her effects under red light, so the séance would be conducted in the dark again. When Crandon arrived and saw the wooden cage that Houdini had devised, he objected to it vociferously and demanded that Margery have a dry run in the box with members of her friendly circle. This was granted and at 9:15 a group of sympathizers, who included Crandon’s sister Laura and Joe DeWyckoff, sat with Margery for a half hour. “Leave everything to me and be of good cheer,”
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