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Carleete

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Carleete was the stage name of Harry Howes who claimed to be the inventor of the Water Escape trick, also known as the Water Torture Cell, Under Water Escape and Mysterious Cask.[1] This trick was sold to Harry Houdini in 1911.[2]

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  1. ^ The Yorkshire Observer 23 January 1914
  2. ^ Thomas Y. Crowell Co.; 1st edition (June 1969) The Untold Story by Christopher Milbourne.