A Desperate Chance
| Title | A Desperate Chance |
| Year of Publication | 1902 |
| Publication Type | Playscript |
| Language | English |
| Authors | Kremer, Theodore |
| Keywords | Ed Biddle (1876-1902); Jack Biddle (1872-1902); jail wardens; jailbreaks; Kate Soffel (1867-1909); legal profession; Pittsburgh Police; Protestants; Roman Catholics |
| Abstract | A four-act, Broadway stage play portraying 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. |
| Notes | Opened at the Grand Opera House in New York, New York on December 22, 1902. |
| Author Biography | Theodore Kremer (1873-1923) was a German-born playwright of the Broadway stage. |
| Time | 1901-2 |
| Published | unpublished |
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