Frank Eliason

Frank Eliason
Born	Franklin Eliason January 9, 1875 Salt Lake, Utah
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Frank Eliason (1875-?) was the brother of "Dante, The Mormon Wizard", Oscar Eliason (1869-1899), for whom he worked as main assistant in the 1890s.

Biography

Frank Eliason took over his brother's touring show when Oscar died and adopted the name "Dante" in 1899. He left Australia in late 1904 and the last reference located about Frank was a reported in Magic Mirror magazine, Australia, August 15, 1911.

He was performing in the United States under the name "Cunning", although this may be incorrect as there were other magicians using the name at the time.

He did performed under the name Frank Frazee from around 1903 through to at least 1914.

Eugene Laurant recollects, in the "The Sphinx" magazine March 1942, meeting Frank some years after 1899, when Frank was "performing the Spirit Seance in vaudeville."

In May of 1921, he suffered a fractured skull when he struck his head against the floor of his apartment while ill. He was taking from his home at 322 West Forty-second street to Bellevue Hospital and was in serious condition.

References

• http://sydneymagic.net/DANTE/OE8-ADDENDUM/oe8-addendum.html