Scope and Contents Holograph letter written to Biddle's "Wife and Boy" 26 May 1871 probably from St. Helena, California. Biddle described the capture and interrogation of two thieves by the names of "Sullivan" and "Sinclair."These two men were taken from a jail by a "Vigilance committee" of fifteen men with Biddle as a member. Sullivan confessed and showed them where he hid his share of the money. Sinclair long claimed his innocence even when he was pulled up several times by a rope around his...