The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-01

,rrsRTEG. Pa, Jan 31.-Edward
j Rd6Ie IS dying in the jail at But
/ lsr sohn Biddle is riddlad with
,..,s5ot and in a precarious condi-
~, and Mrs Peter K. Sonel is lying
~. bosnita, with a self-inhicted bull
-. rornd in the breast. This is the
Of the sensational escape of the
+. brothers from the Allegheny
D'- - iaU aided by Mrs. Soffel, wife
.E. isu warden, on Thursday morn
DE- close NJ the Biddle tragedy came
"a, o'clock this afternoon on
covered road two miles east OF
80 Butler county, near Mount
...,ut The exact place was at Nc
80. harm where two double team
.,bs filled with eight officers, three
Them Pittsburg detectives-John
.b Albert swinehart and Charles
- met the two Biddles in 4
..,~ee sleigh. stolen At PerryTilie,
once opened fire on them
~ BiddIcs returned the fire after
s-ning out Of the sleigh
~ Soffel was shot through the
,,st I'd ard Biddle was shot in the
IN arm. I'm the breast and in one leg'
III, Biddle was riddled with buckshot
n the breast and head
Tbe Pittshurg officers were met at
r-tIer this afternoon by Deputy Sher-
I'd Rainev and Hoon and Officers
rink Holiday and Aaron Thompson.
.ba latter under command of Chief OF
Police Robert Ray Of Butler.
Ohcers on Their Tracks.
Tho officers were certain that they
-.s-s an the right trail. and that 1t was
,,lv a question Of time when they
,,,rl5 overtake the escaping con-
5srnnrd nurderers and their guilty
companion. IA.
Tho Riddles aud Mrs. Soffel ate din
mon. at I !. Stephens, at Mount CHEST
rut 6ye miles east of Butler. They
had made detouT Of the town OF But
Ter and after going several miles east.
Turned north and then went west Inc.
Pittsburg officers, only a rev mics
IN Inc rear took the wrong road for
about eight miles, out'when they found
their mistake they made up lost TINE
by foning and telegraphing ahead for
fresh horses
They reached Mount Chestnut rot
hss than half an hour after the Bid
dies and Mrs. Soffel At this point
William Watson, storekeeper. had
fresh horses waiting for them, and the
cbase for life began anew.
The TWO sleighs carrying the eight
officers met the Biddles ana Mrs. Sot-
feb az MCClure's barn, two miles from
Mount Prospect The Biddles. having
learned that they were almost over
taken and taking what they considered
the only chance they had. drove east
ward and met their doom.
All Shot to Kill.
The Pittsburg and other officers were
armed with Winchester rifles and re
Uvers of large Calibre. They shot TO
hll and their aim was perfect. The
Bidles tried to kill to the last Of their
strip. but not one of the eight Of
fears has a wound as a result of the
battle
When the detectives got within about
shy Yards of the fugitives they opened
f-e The Biddles promptly answered
With shotgun and revolvers. Mrs. SOf-
ial. too. stood up an the sleigh with a
rvolyer i'm each hand and blazed away
az her pUrsUers. When Ed Biddle fell
and when she saw that she was about
10 be captured she fired bullet into
her breast. An examination of her
wound shows that she viii recover, as
the bullet was detected by her corset
and the wound is compare lively slight.
td Biddie got a bullet i'm the breast.
winch penetrated his right lung. and
"lU probably end his life before morn
ing. John Biddle may recover. rs his
wounds though numerous. failed to
I.tte "a vital spot. The escape Of the
u'''S is miraculous. The Bii5les
l'lt demonstrated on several occa-
S'.S mat they are good marksmen.
5uu why they should have failed to-
Jay 20 bring down their men is a mys-
aller tn" Biddjes fell to the snow
~. .'.eu ground the officers picked up
S VIZ apparently Hfeless bodies of Mrs.
~ ana the Biddles and took them
an I'D Butler where they also took
S'oleh sleigh. patched up the har-
49, ana WomOut horse that the rio
nv. '.Iaoe use of in their flight
,.. .usTe IS absolutely no doubt that the
,L.'I5 WIFE of the warden furnished
T' ,s I'Uiderers with the tools to make
,5s -.. 1S' ape. Warden SofeI contem-
5 5.l eslguing. as he feels keenly the
bf,s eNs ms wife has brought upon
5 any,, 10 leaving him and her four chill