The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-01

,rrsRrRG. Pa, Jan. 3l-Edward
ID RIDDLE is dying in the jail at But
/ Tor. John Biddle is riddled with
,..,srot and i'm a precsrious condi-
~. and Mrs. Peter K S0ffel is lying
- t,o hospital with a self-inhicted bull
" rornd IN the breast. This is the
of the sensational escape of the
I'm. bruthers from the Allegheny
p1- is;r aided by Mrs. Soffel, wife
9bs an warden, on Thursday morn
m. close NJ the Biddle tragedy came
-.,z o'clock .ris afternoon on a
E. royered road TWO miles east OF
n.,sct Butler county, near Mount
rs.st7,t The exact place was at Nc
- harm where two double team
.',bs filled with eight officers, three
tben T,ttsburg detectives-John
,.,b albert swinehart and Charles
r.,,verr-met the two Biddles in
horsa sleigh. stolen at Perryyilie,
"a at once opened fire on them.
~,e Riddles returned the fire after
t-ning out of the sleigh.
ms Soffel was shot through the
net Edward Biddle was shot in the
y, ann I'm the breast and IN one leg,
In puddle was riddled with buckshot
4 the breast and head.
me- Pittsburg officers were met at
rster this afternoon by Deputy Sher-
rs Rainev and H0on and Officers
rank Holiday and Aaron Thompson.
The latter under command of Chief OF
Police Robert Ray Of Butler.
officers on Their Tracks.
Tho officers were certain that they
rsrs an the right trail, and that 1t was
,,iv question of t'=aA when they
voul5 ,yertske the escaping con
5s,nnsd murderers and their Guilty
companion. "a,
nor al :. ]. stephens a. Mount CHEST
NUT. fye miles east Of Butler. Ihey
had made detour of the town of But
ler and. after going several miles east
turned north and then went west The
Pfftsburg officers, only a few miles
IN the rear. look tbe wrong road FOR
about eight mics but,when they found
fheir mistake they made I'd lost time
by fouing and talegraphing ahead for
fresh horses.
They reached Siount Chestnut rot
Jess than half an hour after the Bid
dies and Mrs. Soifel. At this point
William Watson. a storekeeper. had
fresh horses waiting for them, and the
chase for life began anew
The two sleishs carrying the eight
officers net tle Biddles and Mrs. Sof-
Eel az NcClure's barn, two miles from
Mount Prospect. The Biddies. having
learned that they were almost over
taken and taking what they considered
the only chance they had, drove east
ward and met their doom.
All Shot to Kill.
The Pittsburg and other officers were
armed with Winchester rifles and re-
y9vers Of large celibre. TT Y shot to
dl and their aim was perfect. The
BddIes tried to Kill to the last of their
string hut not one of the eight Of
fgars has a wound as a result of the
battle.
When the detectives got within about
sixty yards of the fugitives they opened
fre. The Biddles promptly answered
1lth shotgun and revolvers. Mrs. Sof-
'a. too. stood up in the sleigh with a
iT0lver i'm each hand and blaZed away
ar her pursuers. When ed Biddle fell
and when she saw that she was about
10 be captured she fired a bullet into
aer breast. Ar examination OF her
wound shows that she viii recover. as
me aJIlet was detected by her corset
ana the wound is compare lively slight.
ia Bldd.e got "a bullet in the breast.
which penetrated his r'ght lung. and
Nl probably end his life before morn
pug. John blGdle may recover. as his
Wounds though numerous, failed to
..eth "a vital SPOT. The escape of the
,1'''S Us miracu,cuS. The Biddles
N'N' demonstrated on several occa-
e.',S mat they are good marksmen.
5.'o why they should have failed to-
.1l '' 'Ilng down their men is a mys-
After Che Biddles fell to the snow
~. ,V.t' ground the officers picked up
S apparently lifeless bodies of Mrs.
,rI and The Biddles and took them
. ri.N To- BLuer, where they also took
WY. ''1ieh sleigh, patched up the Ear-
L.S dh4 Wouout horse that the trio
nv. ..Iale use of in their flight
,.-.- -it Is absolutely no doubt that the
.,-7 VIE Of the warden furnished
.... 0'Uiderers with the sools to make
,r-. escape Warden Soffel contem-
49,. res. suing. as he feels keenly the
h-7 MS wife has brought upon
dram .- iaa'lng him and her four chill