TY - SER
KW - Roman Catholics
KW - Pittsburgh Police
KW - legal profession
KW - jailbreaks
KW - Jack Biddle (1872-1902)
KW - Ed Biddle (1876-1902)
KW - Kate Soffel (1867-1909)
KW - jail wardens
KW - Protestants
AU - Edwin Stanton Porter
AB - 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.
C1 - <p>1901-2</p>
C3 - Allegheny River; Monongahela River; Ohio River; Allegheny County; Pittsburgh; Downtown; Allegheny County Jail (1886); Allegheny County Courthouse; Mt. Washington; Greenfield; Calvary Catholic Cemetery; Marshall-Shadeland; Western Penitentiary (1882); McKeesport; Ross Twp.; Perrysville; Butler County; Butler; Butler County Jail; Butler County Hospital; Erie County; Erie; Venango County; Cooperstown
C4 - Biographical; Detective; Thriller; Romance
CY - West Orange, NJ
LA - English
M3 - Screenplay
N2 - 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.
PB - Edison Studios
PP - West Orange, NJ
PY - 1902
RN - Edwin Porter (1870-1941), born in Connellsville, Fayette County, was a pioneer of the early American film industry and considered by many as the father of the story film. He directed of more than 250 films.
TI - Capture of the Biddle Boys
ER -