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# Alexander Weyer

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Den Alex Weyer, gebuer de 4. Februar 1872 als Jean Decker zu Monnerech, a gestuerwen 1921 zu Kairo, war e lëtzebuergesche Kraaftmënsch an Illusionnist, deen ënner dem Kënschtlernumm The Great Alexander Weyer opgetrueden ass.

Den Decker ass 1887 an Amerika ausgewandert an 1900 a seng Heemechtsuertschaft zréckkomm.

Hien ass ënner anerem zu New York als Kraaftmënsch opgetrueden. Seng Tournéeën hunn hien duerch Europa an uechter Nordafrika gefouert.

Am Harry Houdini sengem Buch vun 1920, dat bei E. P. Dutton and Co. zu New York erauskoum The Miracle Mongers and their Methods., dat den Ënnertitel dréit A Complete Exposè of the Modus Operandi of Fire Eaters, Heat Resisters, Poison Eaters, Venomous Reptile Defiers, Sword Swallowers, Human Ostriches, Strong Men, Etc., ass ee Kapitel dran iwwer den Alexander Weyer an eent iwwer den John Grun Marx, ( John Grün).

- - "Another nail act was that of Alexander Weyer, who, either by superior strength or by a peculiar knack, could hold a nail between the middle fingers of his right hand with the head against the palm, and drive it through a one-inch board. But since this act did not get him very far either on the road to fame, or toward the big money -- he turned to magic and finally became one of the leading Continental magicians, boasting that he was one of the few really expert sleight-of-hand magicians of the world. I met Weyer at Liège, Belgium, where we had an all-night match with playing cards. He admitted that there were some tricks he did not know, but he claimed that after once seeing any magician work he could duplicate the tricks. On this occasion, however, he was unable to make the boast good. (Op der Säit 224)

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- Plakat: The Great Alex Weyer (1903), Friedländer (Original am Circusmuseum, Holland)
- Plakat: The Great Weyer (1915)

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