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[[File:Letter-sacd-1923-09-05-whipple.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Letter in [[A Magician Among the Spirits]] p. 279-280 (1924)]]

This letter was written by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] to [[Sydney B. Whipple]] (managing editor of the ''Denver Express'') on 9 may 1923 from ''The Brown Palace Hotel'' in Denver, Colorado, USA.

The letter was published by [[Houdini]] in his book [[A Magician Among the Spirits]] (1924).

== Letter ==

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The Brown Palace Hotel<br />
Denver, Colo.<br />
May 9, 1923.
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Sir:—

The report in the Denver Express that I offered to bring back the spirit of my mother for five thousand dollars, in order to confute Mr. Houdini, is a monstrous fabrication, and I cannot imagine how you dare to print such a thing, which is on the face of it so blasphemous and absurd.

What actually occurred was that your reporter said that my friend Mr. Houdini had wagered $5,000 that he could do anything any medium could do, to which I answered "To do that he would have to show me my mother." This is surely very different.

Yours faithfully,

(Signed) A. Conan Doyle.

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