Alex Linton, Prince of Swords
Alexander P. Linton (1904-1972) was born in Roscommon Ireland, and had immigrated to New York by the 1920s, when he began performing as a magician in the Bowery, at Huber's Museum, and numerous circuses. By the '30s he had specialized in sword swallowing, a skill he claimed was taught to him by his father. Linton […]