Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-02-01

Butler l.a. Feb, /, 1870 p. m-rbe
Biddlcs are believed to be diving and
contrary 10 expectations, Jack may
pass away first
Inflammation has set In in his bowels
which we're torn TO pieces by the bull
let's and II is said he cannot live long.
I'd Blddle is in a dying condition. He
y IN commissions and the death rattle
has been detected In his throat.
Mrs soffel has developed pneumonia
ana her condition Is more serious than
ever
The change IN Mrs. Soffels condition
y que to her long, wild ride through
,ne Winuy air ana the exposure result.
lns from insufficient clothing and lack
OF good '00d, and also from the intense
excitement ana strain under which she
mas abored ever since abe He'd with
lhe murderers. Her condition is pre-
carl0us.
Mrs, Dietrich, her mother visited her
today and IN response TO the question
as 10 whether there was anything she
wanted done she replied.
There is nothing to do; nothing 20
Tossing on her bed, she said. ron. |
90 not know how | could have done IL
! don't know. ! don't know. / ain a
wicked woman, but 1 hope God viii
spare my life for many years to live
down this thing" VIZ
CONDITION THIS MORNING.
The condition this morning of the
iugiiiyes from Justice, Edward aud
John Blddle and Mrs. Kate Soffel. who
we're wounded In the battle with the
Pltlsburg and Butler police last even
ing. had not changed since midnlght
except IN the case of Ma Bindle, Who
has grown notlceably weaker. and has
almost continual internal hemorrhages.
Mrs Softei's only wound was made by
q bullet which penetrated the left
breast. II was from q 32-caliber re-
volver and coursed around the rib TO
the left side, lodging in the shoulder
blade. Or. G. x. McAdoo operated on
her, removing the bullet and her'recov
cry il probable. Mrs. Sofrel tells two
stories OF the shooting, one that she
shot herself during the fight, and the
other that she WIS shot by Edward
Biddle The bullet did not go through
her outer garment, which indicates that
the shot was fired by herself or Bidhle
by putting the hand under the coat.
PLANS TO SUICIDE.
From the statement made yfis morn
r. 3 khatsdarit Hitdtnatls his} eell,. AZ IA
evident that TIE escaped cOhvicts and
their accomplice had arranged "a COM
nit suicide In case capture became Inn
ment. In addition, Jack also told how
they escaped, Their manner Of getting
out Of jail according TO his statement
was 0s has already been published.
McGeary, he says fell over the range
when he jerkcd loose from the hold the
prisoner had on him He says Mrs.
Sonel helped them 70 escape, but would
not say she supplied the saws. The
saving Of the bars Of the cells he says,
was completed before Jan. IA and sew
eral times previous To the day on which
the escape was made their plans failed
through some littl detail Jack again
reiterated that he never Killed any one
aud chat he never put bullet into any
one except Keeper Reynolds. lie said
the first crime he ever committed was
assisting to rob Il liquor store at Car
negle but admitted that he had par
ticipated in a number Of rubberies az
ter that After they left the jail they
went 10 q house near q railroad In
Pittsburg They remained all Of Thurs
day, The people In the house, When
they read OF the escape from the jail
recognized them. and would only let
them remain after the Biddles gave
them "A "bunch Of money
They remained at the house until
Thursday night, leaving 1t as soon as
II grew dark. Jack says he wanted 20
stay there. ana that I'd also was Will
ing TO stay. but that "the woman was
nervous and afraid they would be
caught"
STEALING OF THE HORSE.
Il would not let them go alone"
Jack said, land as soon as il grew dark
we Went down the street and took a
perrvsyire avenue car. We rode TO the
end OF the line and from there walked
until we reached the farm, where we
gtol, the horse. II Il had not been for
rho woman we would not have been
caught, for sc could easily have gotten
another horse and BY this time been
moro than zoe miles away, lts a iead
pipe clnch that We would have escaped
bur Ve cogla not LEI that poor woman
70 by herself She did all she could
with us betrayed her husband, des-
erted her family an TO help Us our,
ana we would have been a great deal
worse than we are thought 30 be u we
had thrown her down When we saw
the officers coming toward as ON the
road yesterday evening we knew It was
an VI. We dld not fire o shot az the
officers but attempted 20 kill ourselves.
/ shot myself in the mouth. Ed shol
himself over the heart and the woman
shot herself in the breast We knew
we had no chance 20 get away and we !
know vc would swing II taken back |
ana that Is vhy we wanted to KIN our
selves.
HAD oN GUARDS CLOTHES,
The Bidalas when captured had on |
The same clothes they wore when they |
escaped Jack had, In addition, a light |
melton oyefc0at Mrs Soffel also had |
1n the clothes In which she LETT her |
home Var0ugh Eds coat there Is one |
bullet hole but through the dark veil |
YET vest he wore are two holes made /
ny tho bullets that lodged near his |
heart. Jacks coat and vest are liter |
lly rddiod There are four holes in |
tn side Of the coat and ten In the /
right sleeve. The latter appear 90 have |
been made by small bullets Jacks |
pistol was a cheap 32-caiiber AFFAIR
Three OF the six chambers OF the gun '
m TIN NTn n