The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-02

Butler, Pa, Feb. 1T know" \
said Jack Biddle, as the shadow >
= Of death began to fall, chat my y
= time is short. I am a Christian =
= and will die a sincere believer =
4 in God" y
= "This life has been pretty =
tough to me and the end can =
not come too quick and don't =
= care how" n
could convict you, but some people
might suspect you. That would cut
no figure: they never could prove it to
save their lives.
1t would be much easier for US to
get away If you stayed at home, on
account of the warden, you know. In
case you should not want to go, go to
the postohice at Homestead about
March Is and call for mail under the
name of Mrs. Charles ". Mcdonald.
You will get a letter telling you where
I am and how / am to get you.
Watch the papers close. and if you
see they have traced us any part Of
the way, leave Toronto on the quiet
and go to Montreal. Leave letter in
the Toronto office for me and as soon
dc you Et- SEAltcu III lIOulItdl NIlle
me a letter to the postoffice there, all
in signs. where you are. Montreal is
about $50 miles further north. Keep
! low until reach YOU
Gives Woman Instructions.
The writer takes occasion to reiter-
ate his instructions, because she seemed |
no. to fully understand. lie says:
1T don't do to have too much red
tape. You must think for yourself 1t
would be easy for you to go to Buffalo.
then TO Niagara, which is twenty-fOur
niles from Buffalo. From there take
2 bus and cross over the suspension
bridge into Canada. Co to a bank, get
your American money changed to Can
adam money, then ask some boy or
woman where the Crank Trunk rail
way station is. Get ticket for To-
rOnto. The reason 7 have you take
80 much caution is that they will try
to trace you to find me. They viii say
right away as soon as they come to a
conclusion that you and l are tOgeth-
er: Find her and you viii get the !
Riddle bcEs
so I want You TO smooth every (
track you make. Don't let them trace /
you from Pittsburg at all. Change !
/ your appearance so that no one viii |
! nav hlAbFf y yOu II my cllN o4iUNL NtGL
! photograph.
IF they can't trace you to Buffalo
/ you are lost to them forever. I may
/ be with you in three or four days;
/ can't tell
Hide your morphine in the lining of
/ your dress somewhere, so if you are
/ searched no one could find it. And
( in case the worst comes to, the worst |
and you are alone, before anyone knew
| you took it, the doctors would pump
! it out with a STOMACH pump
If you go Monday let me know as
early as you can. Come close to the |
window and say, I viii go, for l can't
/ hear half you say if there is any noise |
/ outside. IL you go tomorrow 1 will
! then go tomorrow night Monday night |
And now, dear, be sure and don't keep
me " longer.
/ IF you decide to stay at home. tell |
me. Then you viii give me permission
to do. Everything has been ready /
since Friday
I am going to go Monday night. just
as sure as the sun shines in the heav- |
ems above. Tuesday morning I shall !
be free man or a dead one"
Mrs. Soffel. if she gets well, will be |
prosecuted for aiding prisoners to es- |
cape
Tie officials believe one of the Biddle
boys shot the woman and that they
also inflicted some of the wounds on
themselves, as they had all agreed to /
die together
Where They Were Hidden.
After the prisoners made their escape
/ lrom the Jail they went to house. near
a railroad in Iittsburg. They remained |
al OF thursday. The people in the
: mouse, when they read of the escape
from the JAZZ, recognized them. and /
would only let them remain after the
/ Blddles gave them a bunch of money" !
Ihey remained at the house until
thursday night leaving it as soon as
II grew dark. Jack says he wanted to I
stay there, and that Ed also was will I
ing to stay, but that the woman was
nervous and afraid they would be /
caught"
I would not let them so alone" Jack /
said. and as soon as it grew dark We :
went down the street and took a Per- 4
rysville avenue car. We rode to the
end Of the line and from there walked (
until we reached the farm where we 4
stole the horse. If il had not been for i
the woman we would not have been
caught for we could easily have gotten 4
another horse and by this time been
moTl than 100 miles away. It's a lead /
pipe cincn that we would have escaped |
but We could not let that poor woman 4
go by herself.
she did all she could with us-be- I!
trayed her husband. deserted her fam I
lily. all to help us out and we would /
have been a great deal worse than we
are thought O. he if we had thrown her I
down. When we saw the officers COM !
ing toward US on the road yesterday 4
evening we knew il was all up. We did j
not FIRE a shot at the officers but at 1
tempted to kill ourselves. : shot myself 1
in the mouth Ed shot himself over the |
heart. and the woman shot herself in I
the breast. We knew we had no chance +
10 get away. and we knew we would /
swing If taken hack. and that is why /
we wanted to xii ourselves.
The Biddles when captured. had on I
the sane clothes they wore when they 4
esoapea. Jack had in addition. d light 4
Melton overcoat. Mrs. SOffel also had 4
on the clothes in which she left her /
nome Through Eds coat there is one
bullet hole but through the dark vel /
vet vest he wore are two holes made /
~ the bullets that lodged near his /
heart. Jacks coat and vest are literal /
IL riddled. There are four holes in the 1
side of the coat and ten in the right /
sleeve. The lat -er appear to have been /
made by small bullets. Jacks pistol /
was a cheap 32-caIiber affair
Late this afternoon. when John Bid /