Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-02-01
APTURED CONVICTS
ARE NOW DYING.
Jack Biddle May Die First Ed is in Con-
WILSON'S ~ Death Rattle Heard Mrs.
Soffel Has Developed Pneumonia.

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npNl Empty cartridges, Both OF the Bid
psvs were laxative this morning, bu.
poVh uiselalmed ever having Killed any
Vne'
THE KAIlNEY MURDER.
90,
~ N@nncy murder, they allege. was
tVNpntteu " water DOrman, assisted
~ ~ man VINO had lhat day come from
N,tcabo' ana the Seekers woman, who
Pus On mans SUIT. This Ed said, she
nal OMEN dorc before when she had
assisted them IN their robberies. lie ad-
nlllleu great many robberies, bnr
stVully maintained that no had nevsc
kllled any one g
WOUNDS or THE HTpnf,Es
DR. Bricl,er 10 y, o,,,..,,,.
at tho rnIIs 81 ~, ,,1,,ii ae'eilpance
their tpminds ,,,tlt ~ st'sa
being renoved a." anA w ~ pvInlit OF tnsr
ioirnev IA pittsh,,.,, W. Nh sel'nul wv =
sure death IN Ia nss sSt"S wouhu ~
standing this hosea,,a. 1879 =, 4, No,Nisli-
tion of ne p,tts,,,,,s.,.' ~ .ne Hi'cl'-
have then, n,aead ~. ,, uus.urilies %
ropardles oe ~ = ls es ~ pliua
tendent ~ u VIyi MI snpetln,
here I'd thai effect ond NM nas "at ',,.
nm ,,,oir ,,,, ',lV.s anu oincers are NOW
Ihe prisoners at any cost Doctors
tending the two Biddles. made q report
this morning that apparently confirms
JACK Biddle's story that the fugitiyes
had tried TO Kill themselves, They md
come to this conclusion after a com.
pete examination and a partial prob.
ing Of the wounds OF both men. Ed
Blddle, who Is generally nipposed 10
be the worst injured. has severnl
powder mark on his left breast which
would 80 TO show that he attempted
to kill himself In jacks mouth Ars
three bullet wounds, which would be
prifua facie evidence that he wanted
to rid the world Of himself. one OF
the bullets which evidently came from
q revolver, carried away a norton of
his tonsll, which the doctors say could
only have happened by the holding OF
Q revolver TO his own mouth. one
OF his other wounds Is through his alb
d0men. and Il is thouxht into his ho,5.
els, and this may cause his death be-
cause pertonitis usually results g,,om
wounds OF this kind.
Bullets from his two other wounds
about the stomach We're taken OUT this
morning
Arpc ,ocs,,,, =,
''' ''or rhi<2 BAD IuhN,
About 10.oo o,e,o,.t4 .,....
Soffel toolf y haJ t,,, sn'9 ,s'p,n'l'kl nj (
ton Is more ss,io,,a 's sh ~, pyns
her children, ana thn,, ,,,si, ~snSp
tNpnf ~ I'M Ne, N ~, - y, Y KY
aoions ana h.ns.s 4, a,''u,S " INV
death NAV ooc,,r ' -. nehviiy ~
- ~ NN"e'A ~ Guy HtbHituls Jitll
ad,nInieterod and lonI wy opiusv,
strain Tha nh,,s, w. Nm, NO ~ = poasiiul
while no NAV it,,a ,a,'as,, NV 49,, gay .nn'
timate reeoyerv 10 0V denn Ha , mis "
There 10 Creaf oSoi teal'sa ,i', pussy
ana the streets are crowded large mum.
Met between the pittshr, ' ona = a, VTn
authorities over the nnssessinr -, ~
prlsoners and the rigbt IN the rs,ye u
is confdently eynecIed ,rho p",ta,
authorizes assert tbat ,hey yi nu we,
give 10 the nrlsoners vitho,t r.rt,
OF babeas cornus NV
DIST ATTY. Iohn O. 1tavmal,or ias, ION
Butler AZ l0.45 this morning n,ar *
plttsburg & Western va iiroad Iia
stated that he aha NOT tbinl, be would
have any dlGicnltv IN stroiehtenire' an
the tangle M Butler in connection ,rjth
the arrest of the Blddles and also said
he was of the oninion tbat n n ,vos al
all feasible the BIddles womb be re''
moved 70 this city at the earliest pos
slble moment, Much depends, he stated,
on what condition the prisoners were IN
and that he could not say definitely as
to what action he could take until he
mad investigated for himself
The declaration by Edward Biddle
that he did not shoot Detective Ftz-
gerald and was not implicated In tho
kahney murder Is given no credenoe
by the superintendent Of police DemmeI
and Kelly.
pIDprus sr,rpurN,, ,per,pn
% q i-N' i''N -'p''oi'p'
As to the Blddles' declaration that
neither of them was at the Kahney
NOV zane sne n saa OIL the nurdef pete'-
THAT is absurd Fred Ohlnger pos
lively identified them, as did several
others. The Seekers woman was ac-
counted for that night The Biddlea
statement I'm this regard Is absurd, as
a preponderance Of evidence shows"
Former Warden Sofel made the
startling revelation that he had been
under the influence Of chloroform dur
ing the night when the Biddles broke
jail Mr. Soltel believes the anesthetic
was administered by his wife.
The Butler officers demand half the
reward OF $1,000 and IN order to hold
i sa.. sot shooting IN attempting to XII