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This new feat has Houdini placing his head in an over-sized milk can filled with water. His attendants place a tight cover over the lid and padlock it. Then a wooden case is placed over it, which is again padlocked. The attendants do not need to use the axe that is kept at hand because Houdini emerges in less than three minutes. Houdini shows that the can is still full of water by once again placing his head inside. He does not perform any handcuff acts, which probably bore him at this point, but he does escape from a straight jacket.
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Boston Daily Globe (09/19/1911)