Nate Leipzig was a magician who worked in NYC with some of the best magicians in the biz. For more info about Nate, go to Trav S. D.’s bio of him on Travalanche at https://travsd.wordpress.com/2012/05/31/stars-of-vaudeville-482-nate-leipzig/
There is more info at https://www.finchmagician.com/magic/nate-leipzig
And on Wikipedia at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nate_Leipzig