Its popularity also led to it being illegally copied, released under others"" names, and pirated (including one stolen by Edison""s film technicians and distributed hroughout the US).After the flogging, the owner of the stolen ring declared:Let all thieves beware! Four and twenty lashes for he stealing of this jewel.Miraculously, Riggs freed himself by strangling Endo with a lethal scissors-leg grip choke-hold, and was able to rescue both Murtaugh and Rianne from a nearby room - as Joshua and McAllister fled and escaped."When locked up for the night with the other humans, Leo picked the lock with a stolen knife and escaped from the cage, and also freed the others.