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Deadly jail escape duel near Mount Chestnut
Pittsburg and Butler officers rout the Biddle fugitives at McClure's barn near Mount Chestnut after a two-horse sleigh chase from Perrysville. Ed Biddle and Mrs. Soffel wounded. Ed may die soon, while Mrs. Soffel survives after bullet removal from the breast. Police plan habeas corpus battles as a legal fight looms over the jail escape case.
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Barnard
Jall
Joh
Catt
Ditton
Peter SK. Soffel
Hospersch
Allegheny
Soffel
Tor
Prospect
Butler County
Mount Chestnut
McClure
Pittsburg
John Roach
Albert Swinehart
Charles McGovern
Perrysville
Tuly