The sun., 1902-02-01

| WOulu nave put oOUtl OUT OF the CUT
ter. as they were fully determined not to
be taken alive and expected to shoot TO q
finish when confronted with probable capt
| ure.
None Of the detectives was hurt. The
shotgun which Jack Biddle had was stolen
from the hotel at which the party had eaten
| dinner.
Detective Roach says that as the Bidoles
fell out OF the sleigh their horse dashed at
McCovern, who shot 1t. The detectives
Biddles and Mrs Sofrel. They had no means
OF attending to the wounds, and the three
prisoners suffered great deal on the cold
drive OF twelve miles to Butler from the
scene OF the battle.
Ed Biddle will probably die before morn
ing.
WOMAN PREVENTED THEIR ESCAPE.
| When the wounded Biddle boys were
brought into the jail 1t was thought Ed
was dying. He asked for n priest and
Father Welsh was summoned. Before
talking privately to the priest, Ed spoke
| TO the detectives.
| Il have been accused OF great many
serious crimes" he said. Il admit that
could have committed many; the oppor-
tunities for them presented themselves.
tective Fitzgerald, nor did shoot Thomas
Kahney. nor was my brother implicated
in the affair. Mrs. Soffel aided us in get
ting out Of the county jail. Had IL not
| Dttn lot npT We NOuiu nave Uldut Out
escape to-day. She gave up everything
for US and I was bound to back her. 1
| did not shoot her.
-Oh, Father, he exclaimed to the priest,
bless me and tell me that my sins are
Although I have been pictured to you
| as a desperate man." Biddlo continued,
| Il still have some heart and gratitude for
the woman who helped us to escape. She
merely did II out OF good feeling for us.
II ls.l hnr 60 IL II tNlA harI | a
| guiltless Of the crime for which i was a bout
| to be executed and she was impressed
and yielded to my suggestion. planned 1t
all.
and recognized some Of them as the men
who had reported the trial for murder.
@You blackguards," he said. you are
the cause Of the bitter feeling that has been
engendered against us. You created the
public sentiment against us. Are you
sorry? You are not. You are too heart
| less"
| Al this point Ed Biddle showed signs Of
| collapse and made feeble effort TO signal
20 Father Walsh. Then he rolled over on
any word taken to his brother, he shook
his head. and feebly said NO
MRS. soFFEL coNFEssRs.
Tonight Mrs Soffel confessed that she
had aided the Biddles to escape. She said
| she had given them the revolvers and saws
with which they cut their way out oil their
cells because she was persuaded that they
were innocent Of the murder for which
| they were to be hanged
Where the Biddles and Mrs. Sofel spent
| the day yesterday has not yet been learned.
At o clock last night two men and a woman
stopped at the door OF the Keating road
| house on the Perrysville avenue road,
four miles from Pittsburg.
The woman stayed outside and the two
men went Into the barroom. They ordered
Ill ~ I.sar nd
e ach keeping his eyes on the few men in
the barroom and holding one hand on his
overooat pocket Once they whispered to
each other, but the barkeeper could not
hear what they said.
After sitting near the stove for a half
hour they joined the woman outside and
all three trlidged wearily up the road. The
harkeeper had heard nothing Of the escape
OF the brothers from the jail. but when he
saw their photographer In she papers to
day he recognized them as pictures 81 the
men whose visit In described.
There Is nothing to indicate that Mrs.
Soffel lacked in love and ahsction tgyerd
her children. She was Apparently y>sSkty
fond of them. and did ali In her power
10 make them happy and contented. She
seemed to take pleasure In caring Tor them
and spent much Of her time in their COM
pany. Her family life had always been
happy. She and her husband never had
any trouble 80 far az is known. The warden
trusted her implicitly and took her advice
upon many personal matters, showing
that the best Of feeling existed between
them.
M'oARRY A WRITER or MELoDRAMAs
James q. McGarey the night clerk Of
the county jail who was injured by ths
Biddles during their escape. Il doing fairly
well at the Homeopathic Hospital. He
rested rather uneEsily during the night,
but the physicians have hopes for his re-
oovery. McGarey II known Ia New York
theatrical circles as a writer Of melOdramas.
Several Of his plays were produced. He
was on the stage for while
WARDEN soFFEL BEsI0ss
Peter S0fel resigned the wardenship of
the Jail THE afternoon. His farewell talk
. TO the repOrtsrs wac pathetic He broke
down completely once hut when he re-
coycred self -contro he said la one way,
/ ! would like to stay ber--if tlss whole
three are captured aud live. ] would liI.s
90 r.e them brought hack here snd planed
under my care ] say, oh, hut ! n ia that
could happen. ! isll you the revenge that
. would take a NOuld lso nNrsi
u j. agreed that hhsl'r only mistake
vac oscf -oonildenu in bic vile
AnsArkii We, Jan % Jessls Bodins
. And Jennie hss'befH, tho Miiwaukss glTls
who Srfv Nith tho biddles ln Pftsburs
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