SENSATION ON STAGE.
A TRICK THAT FAILED. CONJURER. IN CLOSED COFFIN. An unrehearsed, but for the audience highly exciting, .incident marked a conjuring performance of Chung Ling Foo, at Mount Morgan recently, says an Australian paper. In his final aet he had.to be screwed down in a coffin and make his appearance immediately among the audience. He was placed in the box, but a commotion on the -tag© indicated' that he was finding it more difficult than usual to escape. Eventually the coffin had to be opened from the outside, and an enraged Chung Ling Foo crawled out, in full view of the audience. ; . Pointing to his assistant, standing in the wings, Chung Ling Foo said: “Ladies and gentlemen, my act has been spoiled by that waster standing iver there. He interfered with the coffin.” He then dashed at the subirdinate, and a chase ensued, with the •onjurer after the assistant and the conjurer’s wife after the conjurer.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 17 May 1927, Page 5
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158SENSATION ON STAGE. Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 17 May 1927, Page 5
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