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When Mrs. Soffel fell from the sleigh she dropped a long letter written by Ed Biddle to her, which showed that she fell in love with the desperado in November, 1901, and on December 2 she began preparations to liberate him. It was she who purchased the saws and weapons and smuggled them in to the prisoners.
In 1984, the movie Mrs. Soffel was released by MGM and starred Diane Keaton as Kate Soffel, Mel Gibson as Ed Biddle, and Matthew Modine as Jack Biddle, and the production took place in the old Allegheny County Jail for three days, and then elsewhere in Wisconsin and Toronto. The movie was one of the movies that shows then-interior scenes of the ...
Jul 28, 2015 · Mrs. Soffel and the Biddle Boys. It was a tale that reached legendary status well within its own time. With each newspaper edition, readers devoured reports that revealed the escape, capture, and ultimate death of the two most notorious criminals in Pittsburgh lore.
Mrs. Soffel is a 1984 American drama film directed by Gillian Armstrong, starring Diane Keaton and Mel Gibson and based on the story of condemned brothers Jack and Ed Biddle, who escaped prison with the aid of Kate Soffel, the warden's wife.
Jan 30, 2020 · ”Mrs. Soffel,” based on a true story, tells the tale of Catherine Soffel, mother of four and wife of the warden of the Allegheny County, Penn., jail, who, in 1902, after falling in love...
Feb 6, 2017 · Newspapers reported that Mrs. Soffel was shot just above the heart — a serious wound, but one that did not kill her. In her short remaining years, she served time in Western Pennsylvania...
In the 1984 film Mrs. Soffel, Diane Keaton takes on the role of Kate Soffel, a prison warden’s wife who finds herself captivated by a death row convict named Ed Biddle, portrayed by Mel Gibson. The unlikely love story unfolds as Kate becomes convinced of Ed’s innocence and decides to help him and his brother Jack escape from their confinement.
