AN ABNORMAL TYPE.
SENSATIONAL GAOL ESCAPE.
Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright
NEW YORK, February 2. (Received February 3, at 9.10 a.m.)
Mrs Soffel, wife of a warder in Pittsburg Gaol, chloroformed her husband, armed two brothers named Edward and John Biddell, who were imprisoned for murder, and enabled them to escape in a sleigh, herself eloping with Edward Biddell. The sheriff overtook the party and shot the brothers (who refused to surrender) dead. Mrs Soffel then committed suicide.
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Evening Star, Issue 11672, 3 February 1902, Page 6
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76AN ABNORMAL TYPE. Evening Star, Issue 11672, 3 February 1902, Page 6
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