The Warden’s Wife

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Aug 8, 201831:10News & Politics

EPISODE 6: THE WARDEN’S WIFE Kate Soffel was the wife of Allegheny County Jail warden Peter Soffel. In 1902, she helped two of her husband’s inmates to escape. She spent two years in prison for her crime, and the r...

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