@book{87, keywords = {Roman Catholics, Pittsburgh Police, legal profession, jailbreaks, Jack Biddle (1872-1902), Ed Biddle (1876-1902), Kate Soffel (1867-1909), jail wardens, Protestants}, author = {Edwin Stanton Porter}, title = {Capture of the Biddle Boys}, abstract = {This silent film short portrays the saga of Ed and Jack Biddle, who overpowered victims with chloroform before robbing them. The Biddles were convicted and sentenced to hang before the warden’s wife, Kate Soffel, helped them escape from the Allegheny County Jail.}, year = {1902}, publisher = {Edison Studios}, address = {West Orange, NJ}, language = {English}, }