The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-02-10

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aimed badly, and the shot scattered
alongside the road. Almost simultan
eously Detectives McGovern and Roacf
discharged their Winchesters at EC
Biddle. Both shots took effect. Jacl
Biddle raised in the vehicle and dis
charged his revolver at the three Off
GERS Detectives Swinehart steadieC
himself and fired his 45-caliber Colt re-
volver at Jack. The ball took effect IL
Jacks arm.
Then the detectives opened a rapid fire
on the escapes. The shots knocked them
out of the sleigh. Ed fell sprawling on
their firearms falling from their hands.
The Biddles' horse then became frighten-
ed and ran away across a field. It was
at this time that Mrs. Soffel was seen
to collapse in the sleigh. The detectives
approached the wounded men and Detec-
tive Swinehart was rushing in on them
when Detective McGovern called to him
to stay back-that the Biddies were only
feigning. Detective Roach saw Ed Bid
die reach for his coat pocket as if for
a gun, and the detective shot him again.
McGovern ran up within five feet of the
boys and emptied his Winchester into
them. The Biddles then yielded, and
Roach and McGovern handcuffed them,
hands and feet, and they were taken to
Butler.
Mrs. soffel, who had fallen from the
sleigh when the horse ran away was
picked UP and placed in the detectives
large sleigh with her companions and
taken to the hospital at Butler
At the jail tonight Ed Biddle called
for a priest and made the following
statement: Il have been accused of a
great many serious crimes. / admit that
/ have committed many as the opportu-
mites for them presented themselves.
want to say now that / did not kill De-
tective Fitzgerald nor did i shoot Thom-
as Kahney, nor was my brother implicat-
ed in the latter affair. Mrs. Soffel aided
us in getting out of the County JAIL and
had 1t not been for her we would have
made our escape today. She gave up ev-
erything for us, and 1 was bound to back
her. i did not shoot her. She shot her
self. Oh, father. bless me and tell me
that my sins are forgiven.
Although / have been pictured to you
as a desperate man, / still have some
heart and gratitude for the woman who
helped us to escape She merely did it
suaded her to do it. / told her l was
guiltless of the crime for which L was
about to be executed. and she was inn
pressed and yielded TO my suggestion.
planned it all
Father Walsh administered the last
rites OF the dying, and Biddle rolled over
on his face and sighed He was asked
If he wanted any word taken to his
brother and he shook his head.
The entire party, officers and prison
ers, are expected to arrive in this city
tonight on a special train.
Mrs. Soffel made a statement after her
capture in which she said she became
involved in the affair through her SYM
pathy for Ed Biddle. She said she now
realized her mistake and wished she was
dead. She said she did not shoot her
self but was the first one shot by the
detectives. The officers say the woman
was armed, but do not think she fired
any shots.
DR.. ]. f. Ayers, who examined the
Biddles and Mrs. Soffel soon as the
prisoners Were taken into the County
Jail, made the following statement to-
night: The wounds of all three prison.
ars are exceedingly grave and may re-
SILT fatally before another twenty-[Our
hours The bullet which struck Mrs.
Soffei, and which appears to be self-in-
iicted. entered her left breast going
through the nipple and passing back
lbout six inches through her chest. 1t
odged under the skin of the back, al
most opposite its point of entrance. From
ny examination of Mrs. Soffefs wound
think she may live. but her exposure
,us shock of this affair may so comph-
ate matters that her wound may prove
atal''
THE WOUNDED FUGITIVES.
BUTLER Pa, Feb. 1.-The condition !
his morning OF the fugitives from jus !
ice, Edward and John Il B-ddle and Mrs.
;offel, who were wounded in the battle .
With the Pittsburg and Butler police last (,
vening, had not changed since midnight, .
kept in the case of Ed Biddle, who ;
as grown noticeably weaker and has al !
most continual internal hemOrrhages-
Mrs. Soffel's only wound was made by /
bullet which penetrated the left breast. .
{ was from 32-calibre revolver, and
CURSED around the r.b to the left side,
)desnEs in the shoulder blade. DIR. G.. X.
1cAdoo operated OH her. removing the
ullet. and her recovery is probable. Mrs.
offel tells two stories of the shooting.
ne that she shot herself during the fight
nd the other that she was shot by Ed
ard Biddle. The bullet did not go
trough her outer garment. which indi-
ates that the shot was fired by herself
r by Biddle. by putting the hand under
he coat.
From the statement made this morning
Y Jack Biddle in his cell. ii is evident
hat the escaped convicts and their ac-
ompIice had arranged to commit sui
Ide in case capture became imminent
n addition Jack also told how they
scaped Their manner of getting out of
ILL., according to his statement, was as
as already been published. McGeary. he
avs. fell over the range when he jerked
,ose from the hold the prisoner had on
i'm. He SAYS Mrs. SofTel helped them
, escape but would not say she supplied
,e saws. The saving of the bars of the
Ills, ur says. was completed before Jan
ary II. and several times previous to
,e day on which The escape was made
leir plans failed through some little de !