The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-03

Biddles have had time to cool off a
little, there appears to be a disposition
to be fair towards each other in the
manner of the distribution of the prize
money, and an agreement to divide the
$4,000 equally among the four officers
here, the driver, J. A. Snyder, and the
three Pittsburg detectives, has been
practically consented to.
The pastors of nearly all of the
churches in Butler today referred to
the sensational capture of Mrs SofTel
and the Biddles.
Priest Condemns Slayers.
Rev. Father Walsh, rector of st.
Pauls Roman Catholic church. who
ministered to the Biddles in their 5y-
ing hours, spoke touchingly of them
to the members of his congregation
He touched briefly on their statements
given out, and said it was for every
person to decide for themselves as to
the innocence or guilt of the men,
When seen at his residence this after
neon, Father Walsh said:
Besides the statements given out by
/ the Biddle boys TO the newspapers and
officers both Ed and Jack Biddle made
confessions to me- Eds was made on
Friday night; there was no one pres
ent but myself. and Jack lying in the
next cell Jack did not confess until
yesterday. Their confessions were full
ana complete in every particular, and
they viii never be revealed.
While ministering to them almost
every hour after they were brought 10
/ Jail, they often would talk to me
/ how they were wrongly accused Of
crimes. They denied positively thar
I they killed Grocer Kahney in Mount
/ Washington. and Ed told me IN the
most emphatic terms that he did not
shoot Detective Patrick Fitzgerald.
The poor boys died like dogs. liter
! ally riddled with bullets, and some one
should be held responsible for inhu-
man actions in shooting them when
entirely helpless, manned and unable
10 make the slightest defense
Criticises the Woman.
Rev. Samuel Cronin Welt of St.
Marks Evangelical Lutheran church.
IN his sermon tonight, spoke at length
OF the criminal history made in Butler
county in the past few days. He crit
lcised severely the woman. whom
he held responsible for the whole affair.
He said:
The Biddles and Mrs. Soffel made a
VAN hight from justice, and retributiOn
swiftly came on them. The blindness
and infatuatiOn OF this woman in leav-
/ ing her husband and HELPLESS little
children for a gang of desperadoes. is
the worst criminal act thus far in the
history Of the twentieth century
1t developed today that it was Mrs.
/ SoHels plan. if she and the prisoners
got some distance away, to don black
robes and wells as travelling sisters of
mercy. This plan was made known ia
DR.. Bricker at the hospital by Mrs.
/ Soffel.
/ This evening the bodies of the Bid
/ dies were removed from the Jail TO the
sheriff's dwelling. and the public was
given an opportunity to view them.
/ Hundreds of people braved the worst
/ blizzard Of the year to pass bv the
dead bodies. and late tonight a long
{ line of men and women was standing
( in front of the door, the wind blowing
about their ears and the driving snow
singing their faces, waiting their
turn,
/ The women were especially curious 10
/ see Ed Biddle, who in life had been
/ credited with charming so many of
them.
/ Mrs. SOffel is reported to be splitting
/ blood tonight and her condition is not
considered faVOra BILE