Allegheny County Jail
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The Allegheny County Jail is the municipal jail of Allegheny County, located at 950 Second Avenue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The current facility, completed in 1995, replaced the old jail, which is
The current Allegheny County Jail. The jail was previously attached to the Allegheny County Courthouse, visible in the background of this image.
The old Allegheny County Jail
The new jail viewed from Mount Washington
The old jail's "bridge of sighs"
Jack and Ed Biddle
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Brothers John E. Biddle and Edward C. Biddle were condemned prisoners who escaped from the Allegheny County Jail in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania using tools and weapons supplied to them by Kate Soffel, th
Allegheny County Jail
…In 1892, anarchist Alexander Berkman was held here awaiting trial for the attempted murder of industrialist H. C. Frick. In 1902, condemned brothers Jack and Ed Biddle escaped from the jail with the aid of the warden's wife. The jail and courthouse were added to the List of City of Pittsburgh historic designations on…
Ed Biddle (left), and Jack Biddle, c. 1901
Capture of the Biddle Brothers, January 31, 1902, showing the sleigh in which they and Soffel had attempted to escape authorities.
The Pittsburgh Dispatch the day after Soffel's death