Jocelyn Gordon Whitehead Houdini
Witnesses to an incident at houdinis dressing room in the princess theatre in montreal speculated that houdinis death was caused by a mcgill university student jocelyn gordon whitehead november 25 1895 july 5 1954 who repeatedly struck houdinis abdomen.
Jocelyn gordon whitehead houdini. The sworn affidavit of j. A student as well as a boxer at the mcgill university in montreal quebec he gained fame as the man who sucker punched magician harry houdini. Joscelyn gordon whitehead was not a magician.
Houdini accepted the challenge as he had so many others. We do however belive j. Gordon whitehead the mcgill student who supposedly delivered the potentially fatal gut punches in houdinis montreal dressing room.
We do not believe that is so. Jocelyn gordon whitehead asked would you mind if i delivered a few blows to your abdomen mr. Considerable debate has also focused on j.
Quoted from mcgill university a popular but misleading explanation states that a mcgill student in an attempt to test harry houdinis widely known. It was considered an accident. He was the college student who was in his 30s at the time who punched houdini several times in the abdomen in his dressing room in montreal.
Gordon whitehead meant to hurt houdini. On october 22 1926 he walked up to the distracted houdini said something and then punched the magician in the stomach as he was laying down. On a recent television it was claimed houdini was murdered by jocelyn gordon whitehead.
This led to a ruptured appendix and houdinis eventual death on october 31 1926. Gordon whitehead who killed houdini with a punch to the stomach describes what happened. Gordon whitehead was tracking houdinis every move in montreal was intent in punching houdini to do some harm but did not intend for houdini to die.