HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1902-2-6, Page 7T1113 B1DLES CAPTURED;
ii0111 OE TllEl SHUT
7cirs. Soffel Shotherself in the
Breast.
'� Tb. shotg•w' which Jack Biddle hart
BOA I way etinea from the hotel tat which
1 the party hod eaten dlnuer.
�ID�LcS
'the circumstance that the detec-
NEtives, tives, while pursuing the Biddies were
f +B toot tat form tethes along the way
U { that the+ Irarty they were chasing
' had posted some time before, eddy et
Inst the fugitives coming toward:
them le explained by the fact that
the BM.kllets
Mrs. Sufi -el Will Likely
Recover. -
ED. BIDDLE'S LOVE LETTER
1 ties ler Their IC.erve Itetveltd-
Jerk Illddlee titatemerl-'f be)
*f(...1 Themselves --Mrs, ituCal'•
ether Kuew or 11rr I•.hatuaUhie.
L'utkr. Pa., Jun. 31. -The Biddle
•.,:hers, who cerap4bb trout the Al -
,my County. Jail in Pittsburg
relay morning, and Mrr. Kate
ri;l, buffet, wife of W..rden
r tittle!, were capture.l thieea-
eon nate 1'ruerpeet,_ about nine
went of here, after a bloody
L. be Detectives Charles Me -
John !coach site Albert 11.
Males is lying hl the Bullet\
y Jallela a Oleg cuu.l.t.ou.
Butler, leis brother, is in the
leers Zell, riddled watt luck-
, ills coedit' u out cyds:d:er•
1 serious. -
ere. tlutfel shot bread( It the
Met 1.1 toed a revolver to her
t.rcurt end drove the ballcle:ar
Gee book. but b.:r ettaditaua s
riticul. She Ie now at- the Wa-
ttmeter t:eliertl Hostel 1.
deaaut(tes ere • tau hared.
re were about 30 81.0t8 ex-
4ed 111 the fray. The cup nerr
. uWpiTwr ahem tree a lid aC . ' :t
.from-Yzer4uel.
O-ldulu 4ro.hers, who were an
r *.•utuloe of de.tlh for the war-
r of 'limits D. 1Cahmey, ew epee .
!rote the Allegheny County Jail 11.
t'-tteburg Teetertbty-awriotog, al-
. r etwa:.g their W.47 through tli'•
r- of their cell, throwing tree guerd
blow, ane *1luutteg down
• r. Mie. !toffee tire wife *•I
. ,r w .rein, had furhi.hel them the
• aot the revolters, and Lerma'
Itrd A*ei ..l !leek
to •retrace their way. They were
reeugulaul by the det°ctived lox.
Burde away, bit their horse was
Jaded, while the du:ectivue "horses
were treble It war bupv8iiible th
uecc.ixe by fleelug. and tee brother.,
deet ia.l to luuku al last mewl. The
eh.oting del nut begiu until the two
eleighr were lea feet apart.
The delta at ea toy that Juhn 1.i
Un. who reit next to Mrs. aol.
•tr.txt tee protect her with he
IN cuurwe the ufheere 1111 they L. s.
hid .0 bit the woman, but t re w'.,
little time to 1.k.. ri•W, lull tae :.
heron bee ime general. lend the
rec..giilz.vi the deice tlYNtl. r1* 1."e,
John L'l.aae'raid to -eight, they w uli
hate put ylre.:heel uut of the c
ter, ar thee' were ful.e uetteueee
taut to be taken alive, nue cxlx'0te,
to setae to .t finial when cotliruutt..
with 'weblble c.lpture. 1t war re-
p4rtLvt to -night that Mrs. Soffel Lutl
..hut at lit.: deteutler, lu fuel that
✓ he •'rtuod un like a mon,' but. the of
tic,•re soy that reeert 14 nut true
It watt .ally ellen the Lt ktter fell ant
of the ct, t. r lb it rho (mei a revel -
ver, tuid thou It war Into her owl:
Lreatit, ab huul:h more than eke 01
the bol:etc flre.i by the officers ore i11
her testy.
When 'the wounded Biddle boy..
Were brought Into the J.11 it wart
tliteght Fit. watt dying. 1111
.\.keel fur u Priest,
,18.1 i''uthtr Welsh wits euunweit 1.
iterate t.l1iug privately to the
elute E.1. ep.ho to the. 1.teolla08, • 1
11,1 14. beau nocurted of a great many
crfmtw," he steel. •'1 alntit *hat 1
C.Akl hate 0'"Wm
Ittoe 11rwhet,el,
the ot.tl,rtunities presented tie 111-
O 4110•14.
11r.1vem. L want to ray low that l•
.U.1 out kilt Detective Fitzgerald. our
.1..1 1 'boot Th m.i Kuhney, aur
war my t*r.t11• r (W,,I:c atwl in the al -
ear. Mr*. *4.41.4 uitlo.t as in gelling
out of the enunty--}rti---{tmf It tint
lite(* for her eve w'e'u14 h i t e met.
ear coop.. Irate tsar JWt8UCr8 t0.lny.
•she -gave top -everything for ate, :test 1
as Omni to back her. . ladle u.n
I(. it hie.,,
h fatter," he a the
prh•. eithes m,e and -fair me
my sir are t ,rgi%e4..
have Ibe i ctlir.•.1 1', yes an a
4•111 , 111 n,
t 11 have i, rn • I1* -.'rt alt l gentile
for the to *0.10 who In 1,.'• t us •-'.p.
.Aire merely did It out. e f were tool
Wy care. My mire, 1 eay. 011. but
1 with that vou:.I huppo4 1 tell yuu
Ie revenge that 1 wuu:d take woull
Ltr /tweet : Well, It le all over.
tit tale 1.. toiler..
"Yerhept 1 hove tut tow right.
but I trite) to .lo Wy duty to the
b4O of wy abetty. Teo world will
(in.l fault with mu new, bit 1 can -
out help 11. if 11118 had tot happen-
ed, an 1 1f the U d dor 1* -id been handfed
on Feb. 25 &*ad ''7, the world would
hate Jewett& mu ,fur permitting 111)
wife to Ilett them iu their last elir-
erilri,• hour«, and try to cheer them
en 1 erep,rs. their estate for the
ehanito that wee 00mltig to them.
(tut, u( course, new everyttllug is
diff• reit„eel I em eea8aro11.
"I lute 11•1 plane yet fur the fu-
ture. 1 may lake (*gale to my 01108.
ell work (prison work), bet that will
t.0 later. At present 1 must devote
•
my
also(*
err, w
working..
11Ler.•
spent the
l.e.n le.rnes
w1* mea and wanaan slopped at the
ewer of h,1.tie romeleaee, 011 the
PereysvUle Ave rood, four miler
from Pittsburg. -
'Ii(r N'.,un.0 st ea 10141p1 1r,
JOTIN
e to recuperation and In es-
te ' Irdliarl511ug toy sucoee-
l(l er he m:ay be, well the
.•r the Jill."
e Gl.l .lea, and Mrs. Sarffe!
y ye4ter.lay has not yet
At 11 ()cluck beet night
.tel the two men we foto the liar-
r.x.m. They urd.re,l 1 glasses
.4 Meer, and pall for •eine keeping
heir eye$ i8'( the few me In the bar-
room anti holding ono ha 1 on eh•.lr
overcoat prxket. U1.0.0 tory •hi«prrP
d
u
emelt ether, but the rkeeper
could nut hoar what they.ral. After
witting near thte eerie fur i
la.wr,- they. Joieol tee wum:ar
side, and vet three tra'tgeeol wea
alt the rend. The baric eper h. d
coli 1 tuth7og 117 tTie escape of lb
brutj,crw fropt tree JOT, but when he
saw th.'Ir photographs In the pipers
•o -.ley he lustantly recognise l them
picturew_ at the men whose visit
s described.
Tee. eefli ?Tfre t rr•i.•tl,u.8.
Tito zg .3 ilos worn boa la S:. Ther
tiles, 0,114 street t!urty ears ago.
1
f an'
Iy
. ' entage the wur.'.0 $ h .u.,a, erg I ec.1 i . 114 s�11 1. 1 i• eer, .le
,,TTs.Tit0 pit YR tloffet- crime' re, whf.:h.
aur DttWere.•
tlt►a al►•ul l0 to
'1:. ,,,e rc701'1"8ed ekteu us .Al- 1 tecntai, and dor 1 re Impres- •d nod
1, g .. alk! 10 on* elenfu .lel le•d to the ,trufrg 1 ei. 1 planned
e• 41x-•:» ..rt the pMtat rued luwar 1(. T� !----
u r.sl.lte at u(glst they 1/1 king up. be saw ee Terser
Iluass and Mlr. b err a -rerogrrized re me hoot tae.
�e".r
a the men who haft repertet the trial
Ir•hl •1 farmer llting near i'erres• fttr murder..
alefeeller Gull ttitt: a sleigh had tier ..'•„u t ac sour.
(. t 1 'nal w Pittsburg,
ttsbur
n wee ole
111 g.
K 1
er
w
Ir
in
nedsub;rrfuontly to Anlheretburg,
re 11e kept n Imhof' locally known
Ieli" Iter tonne years, and it eras
this :rtnt'•:•peere the boys were
ep,_'rite _falll'r 41113.1, and 110_
s wt. s [..ken 111 (leerrggu
•4441 1'•, their mettle. Ile ural to
it 1h•• 18' 14 .olely for the plea -
:e dcrite.1 from it, haul finally,
.y, Tie -blew Tion brains out.
•r the boys left Aut!Icrstbarg
elated :ermine the Courts), fin -
thug lu 1'F!ttesburg.
osed
me, to be a matter of a very short
hti
Mr$, Sof fel tells two differ'.ut deer -
les of the sibuollu1igg.� one to the effect
teat rhe abate Lerma elerlttg lha,
fight, nod the other to the effect
that idle was *hut Ley latwurd Bid-
dle. Thee pellet till out go througtl•
her outer gurwuut, which le licatur
that the slot weir fired by herself
ur tllddlu by putties their hand un-
der toe coat.
.1 11(1..+,..8 far the Irei.u0er.
A legal battle it ezpeuted wheu
the 1'(tteburg autloritit*s urea* lu-
day, and at 111s Jell, it it raid the
only' way the Otteburg o(fleure will
be Wile ho arouse the Dialler will be
by et writ of lfa1uur connate 'file
Butler authorities are determined
to fight egal*rt their bu.isg taken
tawny:
grerd.1'. 1 uwtutt 'ulelde.
From
F
t
••n
' u the rt it
tem.. t w this
r
Iorudlg, by Jack 11Wdle, in like cell.
it is e*Wout teat .h.• e..eaped cote
vices toed their acewuplice cud ar-
ranged to commit 4111(0(1 111 cure Cap-
ture
apture become Iwwuleut. Its addition.
Jack ether told how they a espet
Their mann=er of gettfug tett of JaU.
according to his statement, War 8A
beau already pt Bete&1d MoUantry. he
woe, fell over the balcony when he
Jerked louse trout the bold the pri-
mmer 110(1 on him. He ray8 Mrr.
duffel helped tlletu'tu escape, beet
mead nut uav rhe supplied the same.
The wowing of the bare of the celfe,
he bayn. Wan completed before Jan.
11, stud Hatt several times prevkt:lr
to the day un .hutch the eseupe war
[nude their • plane (allot through
souse little, detail.
.e1.., y ,.f I hair- 'Prevel..
After they Ord left the Jell There -
day Merni..g they went to a adios
neer a railroad In I'ittcburg. They
renritu .l there all of Thuretu). The
l.e.,pl• In the hou.w, J.1ck oil 1, wheel
the) read of the temape. from the
reeigulsed them, trot would
only but them rrm,(la after the lib-
dles gave them a "bunch" of menthe.
They rcm.1109) at the hotline unlit
Thuri.*ly night, Icatlag it au 81.011
:IM it grew ,!ark; Jnek 8nyr he want -
4d to elite there, ein•1 that "Gd" war
uta* willing to stay,- but that "(be
wom'.b *Ler nervone ane atrial they
would be °Inapt."
"1 wouldn't let 'en1 get (*lune." Pnht
,f:u•k•. "1(11.1 ar soon na it grew .!ark
wo went down the street and took a
torch. e1 car. We role to the enol of
th.• :et: : from there walked until
WC re.iehee the farm where we stole
the here... If it h 01 no4 Ise n for tlu•
ivum tar we woukl not have been
o naght, for we could ea•il'y have got-
ten another horse, rine by this time
been tuire there IO) where away."
eley•t 1.e' thr 1*. not
"It to u lead pipe cinch that we
would have escaped. but we could not
other. and Julia mea taken to 118
uwu ec►l,
$uarr, 4 l5. c.. ly.
• Jack b dents rufferiug was Iu-
teNtw. Seurtly atter U o'u!uek 11
• c Itotweetcut
low u
A t 5 u'a lei k I
de -
Arleen teal tor the last lour of 1111
11(41 1141 W1t8 lab n reWIK(el1N:our 81810.
114 bet words were utterul elelle11)
Utfuru 3 dduck, wheu le /Inked Lr.
Byers for a alrink of water. The
ltev, Father lea1.h, who nor been
`b(Ud.Iter erbtent to the attending
phyrk lour that the (1143 u[ the crew.
teal way ebb•og away. Oplatee lead
to be adruruaeteral to quiet hint,
and it requiral'tiuth phyelcutur and
the Jae ntten.tauttr to boll him tau
her tot in the cell,
In alterelattou upuu the Uktdlos al-
u1s„ t every lour, war not proseutt
when death came. lite last Hatt war
made at 5 u'clk:k, ane 110 did not re-
lent tau it after Jules
had The
holy office of the Boman Catholic
t'hurch was administered to both
Julio had Fit. Uitktle. ,
When Dr. J. E. Byers ealh•d tat the
Jell ,at 1. o'elne% yeet.•rllny t • I aril
rid to the oondltlon of the Diddles.
Jack was perfectly con,t•loue, *i-
ntone!' In great pale. 11 • made the
fulIQWlog Itatemrllt to Dr. Itycrs,
who sato It out to -night :
,leek I154d1r''4 141 ,. trace at.
"When the three 1)f 118 lett the
Jail In Pittsburg last Thursday morn -
leg It. was agr.w'e upon between tie
that If we found we were to bean'.
'noel tee would kill onrmelveu We
111 as we lute planned 1 shot my-
self, and eo, di 1 Ed. as the two but -
tete la lila mouth showed. Mrr. Sof-
fel ahot h:reelf. Shu war nut shot
Sof-
Le)!
wither lit IaL'._._. __.__
Yesterday morning lira. 140ffel'e
step -mother, etre. Dietrich. and her
step -brother, Julius, called to see
her. - Thr8e Were the only rela-
neart she ham seen since she left
11 ,r home to go with th • 1(111110.4
)ire. 1N'•trlvh remained at the iron.
petalonly a few minutes After n
h: 14 eon f're•n.•c. the reepmotl•4rleft
Mrs. Sof/ •1 War ww•pleg Although
els•, partly realizes her grate Wes•
tate she to•trinevilly ,tsk..) all ,ea •
for the l'littl's••, They ani h rekll.
ren seemed to be her only thought
Like A 4 Ircu• 11..'.
e Butler hue leite 0 reg'.l:ar Inhabl-
tante. bet the populatlon was al -
11101 t doubled yestt•r.hty. It War
like a circus day In a c,intry town.
For hoer4 a crowd numbering *we-
evil thoneand people r Ined Mena
the Jail, 1ret t � 1 wP+a+ not until the
morning early that the large crowd.
begat' to Lowe, attraeted principally
by morbid cueleity and nnthep ating
rt cenoli between the lkitIer County
offInit and the Pittsburg detec-
t [lyes on 80000nt of n dispete ns to
the $5,(000 reward offered. Thonwtiles
fie '
.1
(
fY
Jr ,.
Illiit
s,
the etfleerr, weer thus yet ter '3("1 are the cause of .he litter
.r truck. .n8 that (5.04 been engendered age•
-.toy wort war Lclephutte•1 to us. Toru rr• ata! the publx s1•ntiln.':
-hu:g lett a sleigh teata(Mng against us. .fro you terry 1 Tau tar)
• wen nod e w01113n, the litter not Y Yoh aro loo ho•artlu,ts." At
(neon, and peeee.i alkxlg the Idle point Ed. Biddle showed edger
1 tower., Prospect. Detect *e., .J cr lup.,e, ant made ra feeble ((fort
eaten, invert Nwln.linrt, nue 0 'Igunl to Father Wal -h. Then Ire
ries Mc(Joveru weru prdere 1 .u. 5.11,0 ••*.•r on 1113 hoe rtnrl steeled
e Pittsburg to Butler. litre they A•ked If 1e• wanted any word taken
(; •. n teleplr,n.! 40emeage ray int1 ' ;:.4 br .1 her. Ir• .Houk 'his heal aur1
diet the party td fugitives hadtwee he. er m:•:•1 ''Y'."
at U.Alirecrtown, 1. 544.08 froth Lulu r. Mrm. 8 41 1 e 81088(41 that she ila,t
The •1.'tecthes tisk et two -horse eidel the Itltidl•x to rsc:llso till • meet
,-1.Iglialettu*t ley Jollies etuyJer, uta h.• hind given them the r,voh rn ate)
seined out on the road. Tuwar•1 the ants trial* 11111!• ( they cut Heir 14 1,1-
•••wc trtle Ylke aa(1 at a farm ,ruse •tut of tie lr Cel14, h.rause sea.. w•r,r
learned that the sleight r. •n- prrmMled tient' they were Innocent
erg the men auct unman had ,g the murder tier whic!I they were
• eel. They got the sarue inforul,a- 11, be hanged.
•at a grist twill further tau. .\1
+1"- Che1t841 .- this.) le,arneol thylt rget_!lt 1•: !lei 1C11'S STt(K1. .
sleigh bad Sono through. Here
resolved a teleoplrv1.e message To night le li eta.. Renee tel
t the party had take,' dinette at more lei .detail of what followed when
...tai all were hitching up to do the Biddle Mope fell out of their
rt. The deteeti.o' burette' on, nue (utter. .As the 13.1 II •w fell mit or
re pitied by a sleigh containing n the 11.Igh. the horsy, deshe,l at Me
or or Butler cativo', 'gtiI"4lg Govern. 11e shot nt the atimnl.It
the Clete of Pollee of lfetiete. ,uruul Into the field, an 1 l/eteetiie
ay trete een tryout Chesttlut .ewlnrhnrt elect it. Mrs *ofiel woe
peel the detectives waw :forging net el tow back of the
ry lei a little rise In the\ L &weren't Roach call sl „tat that Mrs
toward [item. lot(el wnv 8110t. The hnrme ran In
u.J 1to.lclt Rut their Win- n ei+'et • In the field, net Mrs eref' l
no l Swinehart.lrew frie out near the road. The horse
tern recognized the wa8,earlg it by ly. paty Sheriff Itain-
sleighs were 100 .7 libon. Mr. Wtffel was cirri•d to
t tho 8111110 1110- the road eine plaited In the Batter
W that they County Mr'm hl:lgll. - She wn.
bleeateg ofueely. [Icon sni.l that
ire Ir 1.11ro for her. She thanked
u
1, 111
item
ll.. if
.. rn l 1'r
their qua
reed, cowl
Met:otere a
cheater* re
II. revolter. M..
J;( ('dor when th
:.area apart, nae
rut al tem fugitives
re cornered., and
Prepariiirrer
The det:eotiveae sprung
• Ith and aalw.l on the
...rrf•tIbr. Fit. Bidet() roma
s••nl,
end taking careful nn.
1 -fete -Whir With 1011- atnrtgan
Cat McUovera, last the lead meet,
harm:eenly on the road. Medich
nn•I !tench feral at the more W
N1t. together, while Mre aortel r.tt
'l r••fr gill. -jack-Biddle frirg to
nn iryriglht poeitlon and -fired Inert,
ailette at the detectives, Inst Swine -
Wirt et*ntiying h;mwP:t, Rai atn.ing.
lre,i n Wallet from het revolver 111 it
trio hsT :acre arm. Mrflnv4'rn rneh•
01 forward and literally Bitot the
two men out of the el lgh. Fel. Btd-
ele slnmhkd mit on the road, nal
Jack, who had been trying to pre- rr, en the to
t'rt the woman, by Intereoe'nC his her ror1et• nn
holy between her nai the rein 0f perettvely stlg
le:1lette fell tut top of Ids brother. tnl'ddlr-nftee and
Their weapvnvl toll nlengolele of them. term. two of them
Sheets 11cr.''If. John lil(ktle Inn
Mite. ,im. did not sh,.otherr
le
roar their v telt 1141. -Mitt of --tire first pM,t-
In14. of The detectives detietie tautly hit thel1eBu11er
in Ids
delft- poser. stnrt•d bar with the Bat
}meanonof tall attending :toffee
Titfa' woun e
nuffern1 n
Ivo of 12
"roe of
reel
ru
and the three prlsoner
great deal on the call
ndCo+ to Butler from the
battledeter �
blood[ from the wounr
when (bits ,Mepatoh was s
A Finking feet. He Tref
1• h -fore morning. The 1 tt I t
rt iii lleetel tent'tratnrt his
w
tun
n n.1
ably
In lam
lung.
An ern
xb0we the
h
1r
1tislei g, Jan. •t illi
Wtftet (0- Ight : "Tldnk
,[ren. net future will 1
I W'uid rat Per hale dial t
I*4u thio. T•, hlnk teat 3 Wtfr, the
t pe'raiu hum 1 would ab,pect,
sh.11*1J net so.'
144101 4
rut odd, a
411(1.
rids of
t hove
brill y
•
ys Warden
1 my chU-
blighte4.
au conte
1(
151 ye:
1 year
The fr
she collie
mind. For s
Leto girls, 1.: and
1 two hays. 10 ubal
re. Sobel believe
been In her right
. are she has Leen
t one year ago
r u nitarlmu. She
Imp .ted, hu: the
1 • . Ir bellegee!
1.
..n in*aifd, it .1 ah
she W.'8 ,.,5t
came- hetet - tame
Ions and -painful
haat. weakened 'r
flutter, 1'n., Feb.
ails w.•rnii.e; it 1.13,7 f .•'t
,4utlgr, FAN and aryl .1.10
Alm fe ate - .41.4, . it.4 -Wer
:n the Mottle with the Pitts
Butler Is.!l:r Met evening, ht
t•hengeri stiles midnight, except 1
ruse of Et. Bt•k11', whn ham ge
r etlernbly weaker, all It lm 13(11 \,1
hat bis-aleatlulr 11,111,11/...only�znat 7T
coedit' ei
er from
Ile tend
g anal
n,t
the
ten
MRB . is' T 1: 40
/1
11 would begot Course, darling, saf-
er for you to stay tat home until 1
cooled ouauu and gut yuu. Of course 1
would bo rlrking ally (readout stud life
rlg.du to du 4111, Out 1 would risk more
thin that for you, if possible.
11 would be mush eerier fur us to
get away If you etayed at home, on
actes1111 of the wur.l•u, you know.
111 cure ylxl eluuld out want 10 go,
g,. to the port -office at llomesteaal
about tiaras lett, and call for mall
under the name of Mer. Charles W.
lielerrnid. You will get, 8 letter
tclllug you how I au, and lu.v I um
to get )Litt. I wont you to suit your -
w elt 111 Ode emitter, my teen darling,
but I would ranter you woui.t gv
to -morrow, heat us 1 leave direotoe
t1',ttele.wu tuaperr close. and if you
✓ en they have paled tae ally part er:
the way leave Toronto ou the quiet
,and g, to Montreal. Lente letter 11.
Toronto office for me, rine au r001.
n8 you get 'settled I5, Montreal write
mu it leiter to the poet -office there,
all In edges, whore you are. Montreal
18 ;1[841*[ 250 utiles further north.
Beep lore until 1 roach you.
11.IrOlt' t1.mitet4..ey7
Alibot4th firs tiof(vt's lufatua1l,1,
war r1* great fur lel. Mettle, eh.
.retadily ruiu.oU to allow the bryt 1.
eee.tim• atutw. It lr shoot, lei the let-
ter /hilt tha el.1.lue latenaed to have
lee Jill 011 the night of Deo. 20. 0t,
that heca en Mee. $t.ffel became
alienate! ane requested 1:d. to watt a
.ow uayr before leaving. 1:•l. then be-
t.110e euritgal and threatened to
"to on Tnealay night. 'lhinkiug
that lire Set(.•l's a((eullun was
weekenlag, he threatened to kill al.
no. guerilla in lb' Jill. Mrs. Su:fei cuc-
ccude t 111 perruedlig F:•1. out to utak.
eke enema. Ed.. B1 idle h tot u perfect
code of eigu.ele with b.$ sweetheart.
)1re. settee rand they made Agnes to
r:.eh uth.•r filum Ian eel; and the Jell-
y ere oU,Ju1v cf the warden's h,•uhe
ll War from this window that ole
gate tilde the signal of escape. It
Wad earrw ig..I by them to leave the
j.1l1 on Oteiday tar Tuve ley. Un Nun -
day the buyer were searehal. Time
wee In the m ri enlr. In t4:. nfternnen
she gave *hoe the revolver.. lie
Wale.4Lnae o.ufldent of his power
u*er Mrr. /toffee
M111 ser Nu.•w' of Intel Will lou.
V. 1!. Dietrich, th • father of Mrs.
Segal. knew all nb ett kis daughter'.
hrtatkxs with l'1. Biddle. Dietrich
wile a gated 1(5 the county hill. 11
ail hest night : 1 dl..eavor.sl her
lalatuatio:e f. r the ilidel a soveral
mouth; ng.,, and 1 1: p• a tedly warned
ler to ream. her flotations from the
wltrden's hexon.. Abut two week.•
ago F:.l. B41(11•e asked me t take some
!i.e:ryJto kaJ mdultll-
trp and 1 nt,friw-r;tteu'al, atilt) 1
y 111o.1ught
euthh:g of 1t. 1 brought It home, nte1
on 111 • clay or Tuesday, when luau
was here I g(v0 It to her. 1 did not
lr:k at It, aril when my daughter
a -keit me 1.. tike axne looks barkt., Biddle .1 rel eyed, and t. i(1 her ti
win wanted to d•, rulylleng of *bat
lend, she must get her huMhe:ea to
111 ,
dolt.Iwdl not.
"Toe met Nin of my daughtedeau'ed
respite *8 Ise Zhu' Jill, and c- bsldrreble
:ilk lint f never thought elle would
de. whet she did. I tried De toll my
dnugh'er that oke was mnk'ng n seri-
term mistake, but etc never gave any
-ntistaetery r+•ptl to my engnlrlei.
" 1 slw'a.PM 11ke4 lily tw/t.-_ILtys..
eirx'c'.nlly Iii. Lid not think they
luta murdered Knhney. 1.114 not b;e-
)i.'ve that they' shot I)elretive Fitz-
g.•rpl1.. I never mid they shoaldttarlg,
and other (loan[* )1 lh'e teetem felt
!hn snm'e [vat•. 1 rlfl not 1112.,11 the
txrr •• hml h •.•rt Riven n fair triol. t
r r n let w•.'ll,. ner
er
Ice wcro placed la two °ultimo. The
•IterUf and the town authorities, as
lite election le comets 011, deckled
to offend no 0110 by rogueing %trete-
tore peerm,rr:on to *low tho bodies
118.1 fur roaeral !lours a mob weut
In aol out of the jail hallway, where
theca/doer eteuel rile by s.de. Frank
lielliday war [neuter of ceremonies.
He stood between the coffees and
ncnotonouely repeated:
"Ties 14 Jack and that is Ed."
Burger4 Smith, the chief officer
of the. town, took charge Of the num-
ereu9 children and r5W that they
got it arse! view of the dead mels.
"Step right along, plraxe, Iadtex
(*1141 gentlemen," the burgess kept
enying. "Mame don't block the way."
One women stopped too long to
salt Holed:or and he ordered her on.
The burgess took her p•trt, and bur-
geon urea master of ceremonies en-
g aged la wordy war. Then burgers
end Holliday gunrrellal Menet the
'hue for closing the exhibition and
'114. burgeon 141811ted that all shouts
hove an ..Jgortunity to see. Finally,
• he crowd war Antlsftaf and the
doors were locked.
QUEEfl fEMKt MISEfl.
Starved to Death in a Hovel
With Thousands on Her.
BANK BOOKS, MONEY AND DEEDS
Jyuw 1'ttrLk'eb. 8. -Alone, mist teed -
ea, wrapytrl 1n the rage that were
.ter uud. elolh.ug, ►x00450.1 and etar%-
eel to emaciation. yid Auu Metro teed
ueterd ay lei tale filthy equates1 of
auu 111,41, room 1n the liruust that
icor tour „inures rhe had called home.
fu the Cormier wuusu tinter took
alar to her wlrerutxe hovel this
.,uewed the meat septet 4:1(841 of pov-
erty wed .uuely -weary he &eel over
..01.u. W'uen% be had wows 114)4x1 the
rage front oil old Auu' 4u.ly he
.earned taut 414e war a
is.
Be-
..,re tau teal n -r h0Y415 lie 014 1318, that
oat had utee wealthy,. 11e 4014! found
to tau 4.0411'0 .euruh/cash, gold, river.
rev:ot•d.. ul home detente 110.1 deeds
our rea, e.tute agttregat*ug 10 value
ueuray alfa, •
le tel tee 5 • rd.. of miserly hoard -
Ing, wuutt,vf drown from tact or flu -
4835. the a(ury- of Ann Nixon twdr'tew
tiuru Ilels.
Four years ago the old women-.
811e eets then rl1ty-011e year's uld-
.appeured at the 114815.0 tat John Bo-
WMieu1, at Nu. 4,111 i'ark avenue.
en Tremont. She war wrinkled and
crewed, tauituen, and, reeutlugly,
very J11oor, and lived In a $1 a week
rx,W. ,
"1'w out much of ao eater," said
old Ann, "and toe Ilene meal a day
Id a1* may o,d tower require."
lteguoarly al 11e ekiek rhe would
rutu•ra at about five o'clock, Initially,
wltu alb newortment of bundled rags
or cart -off clothing that suggested
a teeth' work at packing among 001111-
pt,.t 11e14)4 a11d geuural rcutunging.
1'151380' She yarn owe tae flour of her
route. Then elm went to bed and
.hart 5141111 us/ening brought the right
to another weal. Su fur ad her laud.
lead and nelg*burr knew, elle never
doted nor supped.
a.. die 1.14141-..r existed -four yours.
to vim grill.ws, trraule 1 b,liev.d w.'re wcretue. F'lmully tree c1.,ttstig
after they got their respite lire) u'u1,st,'1 W.rely of rage and wheedle
get n ►'tarot) .A Wald nod partly of fcw+alu
tr.411.1 Ile ir1r.1.mod tar 115101.1
1 erg sentence." gain). nu, hwutlual ubaut her emaei-
.11•e form and 11• W ll piece by twirls
' MreeeSuttrt_ llas_rllruneuntw. _ -
)tre. sotteI devcbped symplome of _tr45151. She haat tu111(ed °veil but -
'
yesterday afternmen niter "'he field h eche and &yea.
nal iitg coma wifely through an up- lieu•
failed w a mo to breuk[ust
eratian In the morning for the ex- y0+tt7duy tat tier u.wtl titer. Ktructa
traction of the bullet. as her dear dW out arouse 4or. Tllen
Thu death of Jnet Biddle cru. r,,.ln flouter. 1.1 forced the door Anil
caused t*y 1458, bullet t►oun.fs In his f'utai her, Iyulg dent tau Iter bred, of
caused b E:1rly fa the day the phy- e »'i'h'y. Dr. M.intgom.•ry came In
rk hilae tlouglst peritunitlm tens 1111• n 1•trttttmtn 14),8)311511 nlnbnianac, but
r o tri a a 413 fo
h r n u r h.
. bit amt
r uL
e + ItA r t J
1 •i ,nl di r n I as...
tat rk 1 +tK From Urs trebled 14.x1 the coroner
night Internal bemire -tinge wet In and 7
the man to e1 to death in a /Abort unwound yard... of rugs, cutting the
/ / , while, : trlogr to du ret. F'rt.m Lhrxo cover.
.ek't Last late.
ings eir.g.ped tett $10t) 111 belle of $10
:and $.0. Oa her person were found
As dung ad he w.ae table, Jack Bid- ale. lwulk boks 811001151 41erowUs Ur
ole Wan *cry 1,lkati)e 11(5.1 was at ate Dry lhk k S11Ipgr Brut of $.,48.
timer busenie. But um leen tar tlo and to the Bowery Savtugr Bunk of
/llafow of (teeth began to full upon $1,084.
11,1u 11111 he ate evened 11 he Iter. : Under the barrel way [.and a bank
rep.ntaat. •'1 know,' anal Ile, ...that Ixr k ,howing 410111.1(5 In 14o bunk
my Limo here 124 ,tort, and pateuu our 141(18(14 nm uoolnm to $941, and
4107 for use that 1 um et ;Uterirtmm another l r $1,0410 b1 (11" ltlerckcr
awl w11 deo ra eieseero believer In ;Aid, Streit Setting+ !tarok. Rec.rrtm of
all 1 imp.) 1 will (rive strength en- ether ..malli•r dep.elte indicated re
un a ough lei 1447 80 at the last. 1- know c..h enid•:l of Montt $4,040.
wetted 'hat 14 , 1 bucca taken p+wrt lei many' wrolsg Bran:king forth.•r In the b I and
+deeding to fru(* ( 1 k k,iugs, final I tial\'e /14e%er killevtrut)' amen, r:.g+ In thi, bzrm (*111 twrrrla,
rlxara of the 1teat 115:111 °as'! Wan never tlupllcatal with aha coroner found $100 In gold coin
Tire l:,rg-r tenet any caw who .11.1. 1 woke 1 could sec anal $:0 In 111vor. Then rite discovered
eerepx,sr•1 .4 scants) Mrr.. hn1:n••y. I would tell her the dei d. ter roil °Alter In vnrl us parte
deter(* here to almost tenths al.uut the kill,ng of lues hes- of. Brant L:urough. eetlmat,d to be
whirl:• renceivable. SI +. contain- beret. T1114 ate hart Wen pretty *worth $5O,0I00. Otte id '(11roe pro -
Ing vhnlo• families, same. n reentran-
t! glee, pro-
ton/Alt to nie, and the tend cannot 'beetle., Is un the north side of 179111
In witch were crowded see nn I` come too quick, an.l I don't care •trent, near Toted nvenuo. Thu
fear women. were trite(* Ip the
how." Fel. Blithe heel been croon- 'deed'• Were carefully tied and knotted
steiun8 the greater pert of the.hty. :theort with e:e,'', of string.
Main. Streets of Reeler. Tho sande • -A Plstee of the Uki110.4 arrived In -
uf women cam•• In nl.,g'1+ an, >nrm town 111, afternoon 1(1141 was admit- LIC
111
rind erntl wngeens erre preJae! • e1 lewd to lila Jai:, but Fel. was. unable VERY PUB
service. All fleeted to the Jail. to recognise her.
41114 torus tot t:1J pl,.n,ei elf cur -1 and
�'.
ct -
let that pour wuwau go by herself.
8114, al al. new could with tar, betray-
ed her, hueban'l, deeerte.l her lam-
ily', alt to help err out, uu.l wo wuuhl
Irate beau a great de.ai word° than
we are Bought to bo 0 we had
thrown her atuwa
NI•*..r 1h n a. .he' 4)Ill...4..
"When w•1* (*raw the uffieere com-
ing toward us eel tear rtrao ytrtrrdai
et erring we knew it 'was all up. tee del
out lieu a rto,t al 1.110 uukxr., but
ugr. od to ilia wur.ehes. f root ety-
eaL lei the mouth. "Fide' 'phut hluirell
o.er Uw heart, ;end the wuwuatruu4
11. r.,elr tn-ttre trreant. -We Mnew•w'e
heel no chalice to gut a*v.1y. awl we
abvu knew we would ewes; if lakeu
telt, a111 that is why we w•*ulc.l
l kill our.neltee."
t Ilea b.a:A die:overell that Jack
1 two ladled holes through his
luau h, ineteoal of one, 08 first
tient at. One of hie other wouu.ls
i., th ugh his nbtlomee, nal this
one m y crtttet lie death. Bull.etr
from t tar dud other wuun la about
the stun e b were taken out this
rnu r n l 11th.
111.1.. ed Nine 110:1,18.
t,
Inntlnn by pliy'l I.n•
Mrs. Soft"! w11 re. o*''
let wits defleetttd by
the worn 1 Is Leen
The women le
has four da''gle-
Imotet team'(*
reeover, his
us. lali'n'x to
woltnds, t 11„n`h num
)Ira, ROffeR then placed n revolver 1.18011 a ♦Ita1 spot.
et her own heart, deethargr•1 It. eat
erel•lrwed 1n the 'delth. Thr harm. '
ren away, h•rt wascanglithy the men W111iAN'e III'-•i.A1t 1
In the other elelgh ref prrenere. who
hid armee tsp tat the Inst moment In `ata Ile N'"'tld I.Ike to IIre@
time tier fire a volley- nt the ilid.ilre „1 the ThrP'
ih'at went weld. Pittebeirg, Jan. A,1. -Peter K.
The deteetivee npprnrrhed the e•I, venrken of the Allegheny Count
wo,ndnd men cautiously. Ranch x141 Jet!, mewled Itis position to -day,
R.I. Rid Ile reach into his cent porker. not the teel4nntion wan twerptel by
where 8 revolver team atterwerel, the Pr1Ann fbnrd. Sofia' was told to-
irrrna• n04 shot him ngnfn. Then 1)e- Motet that h'.. wlrr hied been cnp-
tertltP M.tliovern ran tits wtthtn five tnro1. "1 nm gln.l of It,' 1e. enld,
fent. amt fired hie WIm,hemter nl the "end 1 )Pp" 3)54' wl'1 be punlnhal for
1ar'.thars. The Riddle. yielded, anti her erten• In maitre the murderers
the deteetivn, hendmiffing them anti to meow," IinffPl sell: "fn
ah:,Pklin4 their legs, breeitht them Before r.wigning.
to !heeler, lks. $nfrel war made ns owl way 1 Aoi!d like to stay he'r'e
eonnfnrtabie en possible in the sIPIRh, -if the whole three' nee enptnrai
s nd woe tMw:Rht to the ho.pltal byre. I 'alive. i would hike to son thele
:toes of the detectives wee kl rt.brougbt blot here sad plaeed nsder
*Mee.
Artie
EDWARD DIDDLE.
o4 n few henrrw. IIIc temperature Is
1t*B, Tutt -r 140, reepirati«x41 22, noel
.hire le evidence nr nim cwt coetIno d
inter:al 1, m -erliegen.
fellow p,r1.o..itiM seta In ".tock"
w111 b^ tnk,•n to the h epilate where
en r•prratl ,n will be performed In the
entre of rating bis 14e. The 410ctnrw
hare nsrPrtnlnee that hill bladder
war rPfnherl try n iMilet, but hos wen -
n) cinditl.n senate to be good.
11•.. !ear.[ Will It••P,.'er.
N Ilkdfrl In rioting easy. Her only
Won WAS made by n hnliet which
prnrtr of the left breast within nn
inch od " hippie. it tens feat re
meenlihro revelers, anti a •/treed
nrnned the fth 8th ore the left ,•1•IP.
labeler; eerie the eh••eeler Ma•IP.
'here. 1 (ardor 4hle morning an
np.rstl•+n tens 'erfnrmed tend the
ballet removed. : r reenvery M be.
The Bidet..
o55 the same
they esenp.d.
Hurl, a light
/tiro. -had -an-
a ie 1t -ft her
Through E.1's t•
bullet hole, but th
Mol• 'Piet vent aro
I.y the bullets that
T1: ntifrt. J4 58 a eon
literally retailed There
he tine -stele 44 the vont
the right :•leeve. Th. 1a
in ht'W0 been marls by sen
.lark's pistol wee n cheap
affair. Titre of the lis rho
t toe gun hold empty cartel :
of men
Into , de
005.8, and children Amer
Shortly after midnight
-grin t nrrlt.. anti the cornet
Wee. 0 ftmea "4 from thnt time on
dal a 'clue when It wart esti
• 1,1x0 p^r+rale were
o the large oaken
County 7011.
they crowd was
.11k+. wen had
very kind of
•
A love letter front Ed Biddle to 1, ...lir. all 11111111CM .
hiN ;whine sweetheart, Mrs. Kett. (eeriest r .1.4in le Jonee heel an in -
Sorrel, found in the snow near the eat tieday into the deaths. of Ed -
bloody ettene of their entente, re 1 tine John 1a414110. The serdlete
voile the careful plot taw their Pe- tennomiced only niter a 11111011
cape front the Allegheny County usenty lied been atludtted te
Jail. The letter cleerly %how.. the rind a lengthy deliberatien
hazardoue attempte of the infete •1 11111111e0. wee heel behind
;tied women to seenre the moat* or were_ Out ermitt to be vermeil. ,HAIL KILLED A BANK CASHIER.
earrled the newt, to the eed4 of till' WoUnd in 111.4 nit t side which pene- Le -oily ill the presence of -1,01./0 per -
Or Milt le!'f1•11 for the twertiererm tend thp atti.suptial Mile C 4.4 the bre-
lothee th wore when
Jack lia. In fiddl•
o cermet s. eerie
siotkee which
t there is one
wet 110101 111..4"
re breged nen
er
belletee
hers to(
re) No,lvst.
Both of the Biddies were t
;Ivo thin morning, hot bete (dim
tel ever baring tulle! any one.
Butler, Pa., Feb. 2.-.1oho Betlie
died at 7.45. anti hee brother Ed. at
it 0'010.14 lamt night. The two
brother., Were practically' Mot to
peace in the fight Friday between
them and the Pittsburg detrethoe.
?Arm. Sorrel. the wife of the Ina
warden of Ow. Allegheny County .11111,
In Pittsberg, and the women who, In-
laterite/el with Edware Batelle, gave
the brothers the Paws foal revolver.'
with which they effected their era -
cepa, la In n very dangerolte
though It is believed oche will
therm naked to he &Irma! to Pee
eneh other, furl John erne mirth's' t.
rdiyg. eel!. '11,4. two brethren fleet pot
end Memel eleh other. while the ley
'The brother, said good -Wye to mob
Le
WI
te
the Ju
C1,18481 do
Keiper and Rowe Expiate
Their Crimes.
burilere. fled .1141 the welider f (11 tiers it kindled. vi.lenee aleartY K4.1per wood Moire fIrr
influence 1..1 BI.1.110 had Over 'tiro •
Mr.. Renee fell In 10ve With FA 111.1 -
the in November. It w.ve riot keig
e▪ re to her. About the tool). pert
o Decemlor he proposed a plan of
peeve to her. 14110 1•1111selltel1 1 ,“ nod:
We pee oar .
ehow101 tit et 141. kl111.1 haw.e1f, %tete worked null about the mines nt
in lee m eith sliewee el re lie had March 13th' last they InIted the
tittempteo to 44111 kW life. Halifax Netienal Beek, of Millet,
Deport ei arrest. -.•-•vm- tete rower rant wIttrilrhirfr revrt:
At the Ler •re request (tele) ter+ 11. mantled .1 Cashier Cherie/I W.
leernte nem. deperlh.lig the lithe Ryer, -tee eltsh• fat the viola. They
--etetetteethe +rem money In the ewer
Ihhe ene of them was fattening the
01 the tatch..1 lie laid hitt revolver
the ensitior'e desk.
Ryan wised the weapon, tote
relieve te struggle which ensued
the deeperniteee and the
hier wan Meet In the
nit /leveret hours later.
r were later captured
n leerre tif Verne anti turned over
re the nether' et.
WW1 MelltetleAl e. yearn in !whom.
1 4 tie they hid made all arrange-
ments te Ponape from the Jell. Then
spite. After that Biddle per-
meated Mere ilinftel to fly With litm
an I hire brother. The contents of
the letter 'Mow It vi 18 orlennity
',greed unit Men. Soffel wan to
leave the 'City for Toronto, female.
on the eve of the tiOyn' emeepe.
r totter, In part. le are follown.
1 51
tie, 11 et
, any hive
, You are F1
life. I will
, When 1 eta
di I net lov•e yo
od to love you
Ilfe. Whet wo
We were neereh
. on a 'tack of Bible
that we mold 110i ha
as dem yeeterday.
preview; little derlinge-I glienot
Cer W01 be ebb! to hkdd you
eye 011, Om). pet. don't think
e blew In mil on roil love
erret beer more to -they
before. Each minuet, to•
en like an hoer to nee
tar to me than my very
wn end tell you the
teal writing to you I
tter thin my own
t nay le tliln:
pretty Moo* to-
e wonil
fen feet high
Ma "tuff on
ai11.1 the) 0.1 Me Mots the hili, and the
fine thlne P 11V 11:11111e palled
a frivoller When he peeled the gun
el began to elieute 1 cone! not tell
who fired the floe, idiot. We rell
elitatki judge we were Lei feet from
Ole in. The) broth fell out of the tiled.
"hkeiot ern awl 1 walk441 up to
them. They were both lying on
their facets. 1 witted up fired and
Melievern ewore at me for It. hall
a revolver tn my breed nal had it
'muted. 1 walked etp to them and
he walked up awl hit Jack teethe
(reek of the bend with the butt levil
lee face Then I tioned Ed Met 011
lie bark. I Wan the find ho touch
it her of the mt•n tend he was going
let reboot them agree. fie wteppee
wive on the greeted I ternol
over and Ime toed 'For Oreden make.
don't Menet agin-let me die!"
'rho bodies of the Riddle brothers
were exhIbilteil to :ellen personae to.
thly. Their brother,. Henry, re-
engaged ea uadertaker sad the bod-
111
betty
er the
Rowe and K
811 81110.1 fee Doubt, *larder 18
...Imposed t have murdered two men
at wet t eon er, arrived f IN rill he mut
yeeterviny nfternoon, end WAR peak
C1114 Elliott es the man we etrel.
le leaked In J.111, tl1111 u111 renran here
e week. while the Crewe prepare,
De ease. He seems very unconeerned.