The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-16
CALLING DOWN
CURSES ALA
MET HIS DEATH
Murderer of Father Leo at
Denver Hanged in Colorado
State Prison.
BECAME FANATIC AS
MOOSE WAS ADJUSTED
Week NOT BROKEN AND HE EN-
nuRED THE AGONY OF SLOW
STANDARDIZATION.

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! Canon City, Colo, July l5.-Calling =
! 5ou-n the rnaledictions of the most \
SSeb mon the Roman priesthood. and \
sbouting in Italian Long live Italy. y
. Tang live the ProtestantsH Giuseppe =
Ala the murderer of Father Leo =
Hen fchs was carried to the death =
ran at $50 o'clock tonight and paid =
! the extreme penalty OF his crime. =
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Canon City. Colo. July 15.-Perhaps a
-,ore sensational and thrilling scene was
,,,er brheld by any OF the sixteen per-
80. present than the execution OF this
,,,rIded Italian murderer, whose cries
"a screams were only hushed by the
,s,omatic sprineing of the mechanism
vhleh forever silenced the tongue that
,,,es FOR vengeance against those whom
Ala had considered the destroyers Of his
home and happiness
Death Warrant Read.
Az o'clock this afternoon Warden
cAehorn OF the state penitentiary,
through his interpreter, Antonio Sasso.
a prison guard. read the death warrant
70 Ala. Contrary to expectations, the
prisoner exhibited no emotion. not even
n
Was finished said:
"All right; ] am ready TO die now.
AZ 6 o'clock supper was served TO the
prisoner, It being the regular meal served
10 the officers OF the prison. Before eat
lng he divided 1t into five portions. say
ing that one was for his wife. one for
himself and one for each of his three
children He then ate with apparent
eomposure and relish
Al. corro>., for His Crime
Az o'clock Guard Sasso came to him
with the information that within an hour
the execution would take place Ana
again assented and said he was ready at
cav time He further said he felt no
sorrow whatever for having killed Father
Leo He was certain that Father Leo
vas the man he had been searching Tor
icr many months and claimed that he
rcognized the priest as his torme ntor py
a scar on the side of his face. Ala SAID
n had worked for Father Leo in Por-
tTeal and was sure that he had killed
ths right man. Ala said he cid not De
Nsve there was God, for II SO he would
not have been permitted TO be IN his
present predicament. He said he found
no fault with the law. but that the priest
did wrong in breaking up his FAMILY
Rent the Air With Curses.
Al $50 o'clock everything being In
readiness. the warden's assistants ap-
preached Alias cell and led the con-
demned man to the execution mousse
where the black cap and the moose We're
adjusted by the deputy warden. During
this procedure Ala became frantic anu
rent the air with wells and curses against
the priesthood and shouting:
Long live Italy! Long live the Fro-
testantsr'
Aha was placed upon the trap. Chap
lain Blake OF the prison uttered snort
PRAYER. the dropping water or the auto
matte mechanism released the SredI
weight and at exactly $50 the Dody was
jerked into the air.
Unfortunately his neck was not broken.
owing to the slipping Of the rope, ana
he died OF strangulatiOn. After nineteen
minutes Alias body was cut down ana
he was pronounced dead.
Story of the Crime.
Giuseppe Alias crime, the murder of
Father Leo Helnrichs, OF the order OF
Franciscan monks. at the altar rail in
S. EliZabeth's church IN Denver, while
The priest was administering the sacra-
ment Of the Eucharist struck horror 10
The heart of every person in Denver, ana
awakened anxiety throughout the Cath
ole world lest IL should prove the begin
ing OF a general plan OF priest-murder.
Ala had been in Denver several weeks.
unemployed ana apparently pennilesS-
Early on the morning OF Sunday, teoru-
airy q. according to his story. he was
aroused from sleep by the ringing or the
chimes in St Ellzabeth's church. lie
a1ose. dressed himself hurriedly and
walked out TO the church, led by the nlu-
seal tones peallng forth a call TO worship:
But he went not with the thought OF
thanksgiving In mind. for he declared. ana
many times repeated after his arrest. that
the chimes recalled alleged wrongs exper.
fenced in his native Italy and attributed
by him TO the church.
Observed the Usual Rites.
Entering the church, Ala went through
the usual ceremony of blessing hlmSeiI
With holy water and then seated himseli
Where his view of the altar would be un.
instructed. There he followed the ritual
up 10 the point where communion is given
70 all who are prepared. Ala dpproachec
me altar and. kneeling. awaited the ar
rlval OF the priest officiating at the CONF
munion not knowing. Ala has said' or
caring who II should be.
A number OF other communicates hau
assumed the same posture. ana poSitlons
az NE communion rail were practlcaily
az taken. When Father Leo-beloVed py
az who knew him both in and OUTSIDE
me chuTCh-appeared with the consecrated
Na!erS all at the rail seemed impressed
WIN the Solemnitv and sacredness or the
service and inspired with thoughts OF
uoa' Ala. however, according TO MS own
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