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. Denver.-In, a muederous attack Sat
urdsy morning. either for the purpose
Of .makiuG thet taking of his own life
as dear as. possible or with the mis-
taken hope that freedom lay on the
other side Of the. open cell door. Gius-
eppe Ala. Awaiting sentence OF death
for the murder Of Father Leo Helm.
yich. nearly caused the death Of Guy
Sexton. who at the time OF the attack
had his back turned To the prisoner
engaged In ,sweeping out The cell.
n Deputy jail Warden Karpen with
Sexton went to the condemned cell at
% o'clock. where ALA was being con.
nned awaiting sentence TO death by
Judge Whitford. The visit to the cell
was for, the purpose of sweeping out.
No thought OF an attack was In the
mind ,of. either. the deputy warden or
Guy Sexton. n trusted prisoner held
for q minor o6ense. There was moth.
Ing In the appearance Of tho Italian
to Cause suspicion. and the work was
commenced. karpcn had stepped out
OF tho cell for = moment and Sexton
wns left alone with ALA. lie was In
dustriously swespinE with his back TO
the prisoner. when ALA Hncaked up he
hind him and with ihc razor blade In
throat. A cash was cut from tho point
Of The jaw downward and across the
neck. Sexton turned and ciu,chin. the
Italian around the body forced him
against the wall. AT the same time cry
inE out for help. knrpcn rushed To
tho cell and SccinE the blood flowing
from Sexton's wounds. grabbed ALA
and using all of his strength. threw
him upon tho hoor. lie then jumped
with both feet upon the left arm Of
ALA. but s'iii the Italian held To the
razor. Then tho warden and Sexton
cxcrfcd themselves 10 tho utmost In
trying to set possession Of III. sharp
blade. I, was over thirty seconds b.,
fore they were successful In their -f-
forts.
After III. rasor had b~~n taken away
from ALA he was thrown back In his
cell and aid was given to Sexton. II
vas a, tiTst thought that tho wound
vas a serious one. and the jail physi.
clan. Dr. John LOTUS. was 'ci-phon-d
for. but he could no, BE- found. Then
. messenger vas dispatched ,o Dr. VII.
liam n. Robertson. DIG Eleventh street.
Hc responded ai once aud dressed the
wound. IL vas founa NO, To be serious.
and Sexton was not removed from tho
laus tue Nuuuu was nov u"sp anu was
about two inches and . haif In length.
The man who had previously occu'
pied the cell where Aiia Was confined
~as vinecht Jachoia. held for short
time an witness asaias, Aiia. wh-n
the change ~as made Jarho,a was led
ou, os the cell and ALA taken In and
as tho tuo passed words In Italian
were EXCHANGED. hut no onc ,hrr- un'
dcsstand,nE tho language. no attention
~as paid to the short conversation.
Saturday morning Jacho'a ~as dis
tniss~d from Jail shortly before the
murdcfoas attack vas made. !, ia nov
thought possible by the sheriff AMI
Warden Durfcid that the few words
exchanged between tho s~o men gave
the secret Of tho hidden blade. II may
be that the weapon was l-f, there for
Ala for him 10 use upon himself and
not In an attempt 10 enin liberty. Even
though he had been fully armed he
could not have made his escape from
the jail a. thcre were many locked
doors between him and freedom.