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

SEES HER ERRoR NOW.

= SEES HER ERkoE NOW. :
Du,.r Pa. Feb. Mrs. !
,..t-;cb. the mother OF Mrs. =
~ visited her today =
~ IN response to the question =
a- 70 whether there was any =
thing she wanted done she re- :
There is nothing to do; =
nothing to do =
T,ssing on her bed, she said: =
4ob. I don't know, am a wick =
Cd woman, but hope God will =
snare my life tor many years to :
live down this thing. :
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DrTLER, PA. Feb. At the close
Of day OF intense excitement
u and many conflicting stories con
,~7.nr the chances for lie Of the
-,radsd Biddle brothers and Mrs.
Kate Sohel. the unexpected has hap
r.ssd. John Bidd!e. who until late
MS afternoon was considered the
re likely If the brothers to escape
resent death. sulcumbed first. and
tsd at 7.35 p no His brother I'D.
rho has been unconscious all day, and
Who wgs considered I'm a dying condi-
ton last night. survived until
o'clock. when he too went over the
great divide. Both men died without
nv apparent suffering at the close.
Mrs. Soffel developed symptoms OF
pneumonia this afternoon after pass
ag through an operation this morning
Tor the o. 'raction of the bullet She
has chance for life and unless some
unforeseen complication set in. will
recover.
The death Of Jack Biddle was caused
ty The ballet wounds in his abdomen
and body. Early in the day the ply
siCisn though, peritonitis was the
principal danger in his case. but the
internal hemOrrhages set in and
proved fatal in a short while.
Shadow Of Death Tails.
As long as he was able, Jack was ex-
trsmely talkatile and was at times
boas fll. But as soon as the shadow
Of death began &c fall on him and he
recognized IL, he became repentant
'I know said Re, that my time is
aH1r, ana 0H C1u say for ne thai
am a Christian. and VIII die Z sincere
believer in God, and hope I will have
strength enough to say SO at the last.
know 7 have taken part in many
wrong deeds. but I have never killed
any man and was never implicated
with anyone who did. l wish 1 could
see Mrs. Kahney. l would tell her the
-.fT ~ 30 hfTG
band
This life has been pretty tough 20
me and the end cannot come to quick
and I don't care how
A sister Of the Biddles arrived in
town this evening and WIS admitted
70 the jail but Ed was unable TO rec
Ognze her.
lowering Between Life and Death.
After q consultation at the hospital
80 the case of Mrs. Soffel this evening,
District Attorney Haymaker decided to
allow the woman 10 remain here. as
har condition is such that the trip to
nttsbug tonight might be attended
with fatal results.
Mrs SOftJl is suffering much from
lar wound and the attending physi-
clans fear that her removal now would
cause gangrene to set in.
Excitement was unabated today and
a dense crowd Of people nung about
ihe jail doors all day trying TO get
in Co see the two criminals. The most
persistent of the crowd were women,
many Of whom express the deepest
concern and sympathy for Ed Biddle
ma declared their belief in his limo
auce.
This belief seemed TO deepen when
t became known that I'd Biddle made
9 dsathhe3 confession to Rev. Father
Walsh of This place last night, declar-
ing his innocence Of the crime Of shoot
ng Groccryman kahnay and Detective
fitzgerald one of the sensational de-
'eopments of the day which the au-
.lorJieS have tried to keep secret was
me Ending on the person Of Mrs. SOffel
.neu searched at the hospital Of LONG
fitsr from Ed Biddle. setting forth
l9 detail the plan for the escape of
me brothers from Jail, naming their
estimation afterwards.
Warden Sofel now says h was
capped.
Letter Tells of the Plot.
A lost love letter from Ed Biddle 20
,s prison sweetheart, Mrs. Kate Soft
... found iu the snow near the bloody
S'ae 't their capture. reveals the long,
,4.r.u plot for their escape from the
..tsa.ny county jail The letter
s.'l shows the hazardous undertake
"I> Cd. The infatuated woman to Sc
-a'f tra escape Of the Biddles. Since
. 1901 they had been making
tt''auons TO escape.
-ue eu.>ue tells how Mrs. SOffel car
l --" saws To the cells of the Bid
7' i- mau.feSts the extreme cram
.".'1 CD. Mrs Somel for the murderer
.- olE.ar 10 clearly shows the Won
v' influence Ed Biddle had over
r-Is. Sotel reI i'm ,ove with Ed Bid
November The burglar soon
"-.- his power over her. Ii was
"hg Until De started 10 write love
10 her. His affection was reCip-
.1a'aN Mrs. Sohel fell madly in love
& III Eldjle and about the early
'i December ne proposed a plan
.>.dIe Co her She consented to
,s nm her and. Between Dec IA and
'eE had completed ali arrange
Ia. t' escape from the jail Then
ir. i5alHai Of tho governors respite.
nv inns Ed Biddle almost persuaded
h-... S'Ie. 20 fly with him and his
FlaIs For Murderers' Escape.
Was so-yen,s %. llz .etl,. it
Va, 'sIhdHy agreed that Mrs Soffel
81 ieaye the city for Canada on
IN mar. oil The boys escape. The letter
da, We're searched pretty close to-
yr..+I these fellows would swear or
20 e+,l S oil Bibles ten feet high that
since I sI not have had the stuff on US
t0rrv,is ufCay See that YOU clear
fellow. on all suspicion without the
rogls "Vfe you bought the saws
-olhe to the surface. They never