Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-02-29
AID NOT ALONE
IN PLOT TO KILL
Sly Other italians Have Been Ar
rested in Various Parts of
The Country.
LETTERS ALSO MADE PUBLIC.
..,jJod Note 10 Son of Murderer
reveals Plans and Action by Po-
lice Quickly Followed Discovery.

nonvor colo, Feb. 2S.--Chief of Pc.
,,.o Michael Delaney said this after.
nam that letter written by Giusepp,
,i,o 70 his son was found in the cell
occupiad by him while in jail at Colo.
,,do springs, contained proof that men
&, six cities In tie United States were
connected with him in the killing OF
Father Leo.
Almost at the moment he made his
statement came news that six arrests
had been made In eastern cities of men
suspected of being accomplices of the
murder,
SIX OTHERS ARRESTED.
Vanni was arrested in New York
today. charged with being the chief of
the society: while in Pittsburg Orestus
sodi. Tomasso Calabrest, Orestos Ma
Laval and Malio Tolmei We're locked up
for being Implicated as members OF the
sooiety The police of New York and
putsburg say they have evidence
which connects these men with the
killing of Father Leo.
Arrests have been made in four 9TH
er cities, but because the police OF these
cities are shadowlng other men no in
formation is given out as to who the
arrested men are.
Chief Delaney said today that he
was not sdre whether Alto was merely
q tool OF the anti-clerlcal society, to
which he said all these men belong, or
whether he was the ringbeader.
LETTER REVEALED PLOT.
The letter addressed to Altos son in
Sicily was found concealed in the
blankets on the cot in which Alto slept
while in jail at Colorado Springs Its
contents, translated. 1t Is asserted, in
dcate that Father Leo was the victim
Of a plot hatched outside of Denver,
and that Alto came here TO commit the
murder, which was to be the signal for
others. Until all the arrests have been
made which he contemplates. Chief
Delaney said he would not give out the
particulars of the case.
"Thc interests OF the police depart
ment' he said. absolutely require
that the letter be not made public at
this time. All | can say at this time is
that men In six cities have now become
involved in this affair, am now
corresponding with the police depart
ments in these six cities / will further
say that consider Alio one of the
smartest criminals in the world today"
WILL PLEAD INSANITY.
That insanity win be the only plea
offered IN defense of Alio was the posi-
tive statement of Baron G. Tosti,
Italian consul. who, In company with
ex-Consul Cortc and Atty. Widdlcombe,
visited the prisoner In the jail today.
Baron Tosti, who is n physician, sur
geon and recognized authority on dis
eases of the brain and nerves. said aft
CT the interview with the prisoner that
II was his firm opinion that the man
was insane, but just what form of in
sanity to plead is still an open ques-
ton The consul intends to consult with
well known alienists regarding Altos
condition.
Il found the man very much dis
tressed, he said, land he wanted me
10 write to his wife and two children,
who live in Pachino. Sicily, and tell
them Of his crime and predcament. I
did not find him greatly excited and
do not believe he fully realizes the en-
ormity of his crime or the possible
punishment.
LOW DOWN IN THE SCALE.
His is a very low order of intalli-
gence and it takes mighty little of the
hardships of life to unsettle the mind
Of such a man. The man has surely
suffered greatly. / do not believe he
went there 10 kill any particular per-
son.
He called on my predecessor, Gen.