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Detective at atthe the Inquest in Bu Butler l Pa BUTLER Pa J F Feb b. b 3 The The jail doors were closed yesterday and no noone noone noone one but the tha doctors who attended the Biddle autopsy and nd the Coroners Coroner's s jury got in in Even ven the reporters were excluded d from from the Inquest which was held in the jail The Th verdict of the jury is that Ed Biddle Biddle came to his death b by a re revolver revolver re- re volver shot fired from a revolver by hi self hin self ad th t Jack Biddle met his death from a a gunshot wound inflicted by the officers in discharge of their lawful duty The testimony testimony- taken ken at the Inquest was v and some parts of it quite sensational The te testimony given by Deputy SherM h J Rainey R iney Hoon re reflected reflected reflected re- re severely severelY severely-oa oa N McGovern Govern one of the Pittsburg detectives Describing the approach of of th the posses after the convicts had been be n shot and had fallen from the sleigh s Deputy Hoon said McGovern Mca verp al'- al' and alwa J i wa walked led up to them They were ere lying on their faces I walked up first and McGovern swore at me f for r it He I hit t sack Jack ck on the backof back pack of the h had ad with the butt end of his Winchester Winchester w Q He was on 1 his face face Then I turned over d over on his his' backI back I w was the first t tb touch tuch either of the themen themen themen men and h he hew going ng to tb sho toot si-toot t th them th r again He stepped b bh back k and shot Jack again after he was on the ground I turned Ed over oye and he said For Tor Gods God's sake saIe sake d dont don't n shoot again let again let me medie ne die Mr l Holliday y turned Jack Jck over and he coax coaxed d hm hin not to lo abuse him to let him die Th The slugs that entered the arms and ang side of Jack Biddle were from th the shot fired by by McGovern after he he was lying face downward on the snoW at close range Yes I Ihm am sure sure of that I was within a ii f few v fe feet t. t Do you think the the striking of Jack Jackon on the head had anything to do with the hastening of his death I I 1 could not ay tY y He could still speak 1 Did he strike with considerable force 1 him hima hard biff He hit him a good with the butt of the gun An autopsy held heid on the Biddies s this morning bore out ut the stat statements ments that the Biddies intended to kill themselves themselves themselves them them- selves rather than be taken alive It disclosed that Jack Jak suffered from nine rune wounds but excepting the one that penetrated the kidney none of them would have hav been fatal Eds Ed's t terrible sufferings were caused by a bullet wo wound nd that struck him Inthe in inthe inthe the left breast This his wound was made by Edward Ednard himself The powder marks are Rire visible on the skin Death neath was as caused by by h hemorrhages and the theman theman theman man suffered Untold agony to the last breath Another Anther wound found on his body ody was on yn th the ame same side but it did no damage Doth Both bullets found In Ed Edere were ere 32 caliber 32 and ad in the opinion of the doctors who held the autopsy there is no doubt that he killed himself After the autopsy the bodies of the Biddies were taken In charge by a lo local local lo- lo cal undertaker Arrangements are being being being be be- ing made to take the bodies to Pittsburg Pittsburg Pittsburg Pitts- Pitts burg tomorrow Since the officers concerned in the fight and capture of the Biddies have had time to cool off a a- little there appears appears ap- ap pears to be a disposition to be fair toward each other in the manner of the distribution of the prize-money prize and an agreement to divide the equally among the four officers here the driver J J. 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Snyder and the three Pittsburg detect detectives es has been p practically practically ti- ti cally consented to The pastors of nearly all of or the churches in Butler today referred to the sensational capture of Mrs and the Biddies Rev Father Walsh rector of StPaul St St. Pauls Paul's s Roman Catholic church who ministered to the Biddies in their dying dying dying dy dy- dy- dy ing hours spoke touchingly of them to the members of his congregation He touched briefly on their statements given out and said it was tOT for every person erson to decide for themselves them as to the Innocence or guilt of the men When seen at M his lis res residence dence this a afternoon afternoon after after- ter- ter noon Father Walsh said eaid B Besides the statements given out by the Biddle boys to the new newspapers spa pens and officers both Ed and Jack Biddle made confessions to me Eds Ed's was made on Friday night there was no noone noone noone one present but myself and Jack lying in the next cell Jack did not confess until yesterday esterday Their confessions were full and complete in every particular particular tIc pat ular and they will never be revealed While ministering to them almost brought to every hour after they toey were jail jaH they often otten would talk to me of how they were wrongly accused of crimes They denied positively that they killed Grocer In Mount Washington and Ed told me in the most emphatic terms that he did not shoot Detective Patrick Fitzgerald The poor boys died like dogs literally literally literally liter liter- ally riddled with bullets and some one should be held responsible for inhuman inhuman inhuman man actions In shooting them when entirely helpless unarmed and unable to make the slightest defense |