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

|"N 'lhPtg cartridges. BOtn OF the i3ld
dles We're laxative this morning. buI
poth disolaimed ever having killed any
one,
THE IcAHNEY MURDER.
The Kehncy murder. they alege, waa
committed by Walter Dorman, assisted
by man who had that day come from
chicago, and the Seebers woman, who
put on mans suit This, Ed said, she
hd1 oflen done before when she had
assisted them IN their robberles He adj
mltted a great many inbbefies bur
stoutly maintained thac he had neyec
Killed any one.
WOUNDS or THE BrDDLEs.
Dr. Bricker Is IN constant attendance
at me cells Of the Biddles. lie says
thelr wounds viii not permit OF their
pelng removed, and feels certain that q
Journey to PlttsburR today would be
sure death to I'd Bidde Notwith-
standing this, however. II Is the inten-
tlon Of the Pittsptng authorities 10
have them moved 10 PittsburR at once
regardless OF consequences. Superln-
tendent OF Police Demmel has wired
here TO that effect and officers are now
on their way TO this place TO take back
The prisoners at any cost. Doctors
Greer and Pricker. who have been att
tending the TWO Biddes, made report
this morning that apparently confirms
Jack Biddles story that the flgitiyes ,
had tried TO kill themselves. They had
come to this conclusion after a COM
plete examinations and partial prob.
ing OF the wounds Of both men IA
Biddle, who Is generally supposed "a
be the worst injured, has severll
powder mark on his left breast, which
would 50 to show that he attempted
10 XIII himself. In Jacks mouth are
three bullet wounds, which would be
pfina f9cie evidence that he wanted
70 rid the world OF himself one Of
the bullets which evidently came from
q revolver, carried away portion OF
his tonsil which the doctors say could
only have happened by the holding OF
revolver to his own mouth. one
or his other wounds is through his abb
domen, aud II Is thought into his bows
els. and this may cause his death be-,
cause perltonltis usually results rom
wounds Of this kind.
about the stomach were taken out this
morning
MRS. soTFEL's BAD TURN
About 1870 o'clock this morning, Mrs
| sottel took n bad turn and her rond
ton y more serious. She asked a
nfr enll1gen and they VIII ptpbahly
"tii 7ie'fs ,i1tfNBsu Bsddie ~ funttf
soous and breathing heavily. HI
| death may occur az any moment John
Biddle has recovered from the opntes
! administered and talks IN a boastful
strain The physicians now say that
while he may live several days his I'LL
innate recovery Is deemed impossible
| There is great excitement in the town
ana the streets are crowded, large mum
| bers surrounding the hospital. A con
| nict between the Plttsburg and Butler
authorities over the possession of the
! prisoners and the right to the reward
| Is confidently expected. The Butler
authorities assert that they viii not
| give M the prisoners without writ
| Of habeas corpus.
| DIST Atty. John G.. Haymaker left for
Butler az l045 this morning over the
| Pittsburg a. Western railroad. lie
stated that he aid not think he would
have any difficulty IN Strengthening out
| the tangle at Butler In connection with
| the arrest of the Biddles and also said.
he was of the opinion that II it was an
all feasible the l}iddles would be re-
moved TO this city at the earliest pos
sible moment. Much depends, he stated.
on what condition the prisoners were IN
and that he could not say definitely as
| 60 what action he could take until he
| had investigated for himself,
| The declaration by Edward Blddle
! that he did not shoot Detective Fltz-
| gerald and was not implicated In tho
/ al ge
by the superintendent of police Demmel
and Kelly
RIDDLES STATEMENT ABSURD.
AS TO the Biddles declaration that
! neither of them was at the Kahney
house the night Of the murder. Detec-
| tive Kelly said:
"That is absurd. Fred Ohlinger pos
| lively identified them, as did several
others. The Seebers woman was ac-
counted for that night. The Biddles'
| statement IN this regard is absurd. as
a preponderance of evidence shows"
Former Warden Softel made the
| startling revelation that he had been
under the influence OF chloroform dur
| ing the night when the Biddles broke
! jail Mr. Soffel believes the anesthetic
was administered by his wife.
The Butler officers demand hair the
reward OF $1,000 and IN order to hold
! the prisoners. warrants were sworn out
! for the Blddles, charging them with fe-
lonious shooting in attempting to XIII
| Mrs Soffel.
Dist Atty Haymaker says the po-
sltlon taken by the Butler officials Is
wholly untenahle and steps viii be taxi
| en- at once TO compel them 20 relin-
I quish their claims. AS there Is nothing
to hold Mrs. Soffe ag a prisoner Mr..
Haymaker win prefer charges against
her OF felonlous assault and battery and
aiding and assisting q prisoner to es-
ape from a place OF confinement
CONFLICT or AUTHORITIES.
Shorty before noon q Wild rumor was
culsted on the streets that the Ale
eny county authorities we're coming
h enough armed men 20 take the
dies from the Butler jail by iorce,
few minutes q crowd Of 300 men
4 .4ected around the jail Mary on
them were armed and others went 10
seek arms aud public vengeance was
| threatened to any outsider who a.
| TEMPTED to interfere with the Butter
authorities There vas no foundation
for the report and the excitement soon
J died down.