The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-02-03

their cells at II o'clock Saturday. Ed was
I'm semi-s conscious state at the time.
placed highland -eH-A forehead and he
opened his eyes. Jack was perfectly
conscious and the jailer presented me 10
him and informed him ! was preacher
Jack weakly raised his left hand and
I sraspea H. He had no strength AND II
was plain To see that his life was fast
ebbine away Jack said: so you are
minister. / hope God may bless Nnu.
This Is a hard hard world TO live In. and
We have found IL So.
IL replied: Jack. Il is largely as you
make IT, How DO YOU feel?'
i am dying. he replied.
Yes. / see you have not long 10 live,
aud YOU had better make peace win
your Maker.
~ have already done SO, ne said, Il
am growing constantly weaker and
want 10 die. IN be much better on.
AT this point our conversation was
interrupted by the arrival of Rev. fr
Walsh and I withdrew TO allow him 20
ruisister to Jack Before | left the jail,
however | bade him goodbye and he
said This il the last time you'll ever
see me alive. | repeat hope God Will
bless you.'
Whether TO believe the Biddles guilty
or innocent of the crimes charged TO
them. cannot definitely decide. IN we
are to believe the words OF the District
Attorney OF Allegheny county. and wit
nesses they were certainly guilty. IL
we are 10 believe their last statements
they were Innocent
when the Biddles were brought here 10
jail on Friday night | was In the
sherlffs residence, and | must say the
actions OF Detective Charles McGoyern
were most scandalous. The action OF
Detectives Roach and Swinehart showed
they were coool and collected, and men
| entirely worthy OF the office they fll'
MRS soFFEL RESIGNED
The thought that IL the means was
| death. she had assisted her lover TO as
| cape the scOffold. seemed to soothe
/ Mrs. Sofel. When she awoke In tue
| morning she was calm and resigned. She
! remarked 10 the attendants IN the hospi-
! tai that she had accomplished her pur-
| nose and was ready 10 meet her fate.
There WE rtrrtE CfTuUEr III trrr rrrrrrtt-
| tion. The physicians decided not 20
| dress her wound sien. and she was
| greatly weakened when the dressing was
| cotnpIeted The physicians are now ap-
prehensive OF pneumonia, The symp-
toms were apparent yesterday, The eX-
! pos,lre of her cold ride from tho battle
| ground II now having It's effects.
| The physicians are making every effort
4 10 prevent this complication They say
/ il they are unSuccesStul the WpheH-
| soirited woman will die. She was
4 resigned during the day and had nothins
| 10 say After she awoke and saw the
snow falling she remarked about the
| dreariness of the scene. Then she went
"a sleep again. Little nourishment was
| administered 90 her.
At noon she drank some beef tea and
| ala not seem TO relish IL. Her thoughts
we're on her dead lover. I'd Btddie. whose
body lay in the jail prepared for MS
J grave.
I she shrieked when the nurses turned
her 10 dress the exit OF the bullet. The
onera ton occupied almost one hour and
durtns that time she suffered greatly
several times she mentioned her dead
l-~~pr's name. saying:
"Poor Ed he IL gone.
She asked the nurses when they IN
tended taking Ed Biddles remsins away
when she learned they would he con
viewed tc rittsburg today she closed he
eyes Several cl-rgmsu called at IN
hospital to see hor n was decided tina
her condition was too serious for then
,s converse with her 80 far no one hai
been admitted 10 see her excepting he
s,epmother. Mrs DIETRICH, end the OH
ciais of Allegheny county. She does no
| care 10 see anyone.