Zanzic, Charlatan Supreme!
Zancig spent some $5,000.00 in fitting up a house on Michigan Avenue in Chicago with trap doors, slides, panels, secret telephones, and numerous other devices, and with their aid, built up the strongest Spiritualistic studio.
By Harry Houdini
T. Nelson Downs Mystified
Mr. Bertram said: "Very clever, young man, but—Why don't you do "tricks." I then replied, "the reason I don't do tricks is because other magicians do tricks." I believe neither Mr. Bertram nor I realized the full significance of the remark until several years later.
By T. Nelson Downs
Secrets Were His Life
William Robinson would continue to acquire, develop, and shuttle secrets to and fro when the price was right. This was a man who knew magic as well as anyone and as his value grew so did his reputation for duplicity.