Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-25
SLA YER OF
PRIEST GLAD
HE KILLED
ITALIAN GL0RlES IN DEED OF
VIOLENCE
Prisoner Says He Started Out with
Intention of Numbering Four.
Had Long Hated
Church


BY Associated Press
DENVER, Colo, Feb. 24-St. Eliza
beth's Catholic church, desecrated by
the murder % Father Leo Sunday
morning. was rededicated with solemn
ceremony this afternoon. The service
was conducted by Rev. Percy A.
Philips, chancellor of the diocese, hav-
ing been authorized in telegram from
Bishop Matz, who is now in Los An
geles.
The blessing today will be followed
by remuneration services upon the re-
turn of the bishop to the city.
District Attorney George A. Stidger
is arranging for a speedy trial of the
man who killed Father Leo and who
is now confined in jail at Colorado
Springs under strong guard.
1t is likely that he will be brought
back to Denver the latter part of this
week or the first of next week and i'm
mediately arraigned on an information
of murder In the first degree. Yester-
day the murderer said his name was
Giuseppe Guarnaccio. and from papers
In his possession the officials were led
to believe that his name might have
been Anglo Gabrielle, but 1t is now be-
lieved his right name is Giuseppe Alto,
as declared by him In statement made
in Jail in Colorado Springs today.
Had No Accomplish
In a statement made through an in
terpreter, the murderer declared that
he alone was responsible for the crime
he had committed
II am glad ] did 1t, because it was in
accordance with my principles" he con-
tinued. Il am an anarchist, jealous
one, and have striven hard all of the
last fifteen years of my life to carry
out its precepts.
II was a shoemaker, apprenticed to
the trade as a youth. Working in the
shop beside me- used to listen TO the
advice of an old man who had worked
ON the bench the best part of his life
and who had given all those years, as
l have since been made to understand,
to fill the pockets of the rich.
81 had been inclined to anarchy, but
/ never understood it's teachings thor
oughly. The old man made me under
stand, and in a short time | was at
tending the meetings in our little town.
From that time OH / never worked at
my trade again and have done only
enough work to maintain myself and
at the same time interest others in the
teachings of anarchy.
"Only the fact that / was arrested
when / murdered the priest prevented
the murder of three more of his class
In Denver. / had never seen Father
Leo before.
81 went straight to the church. had
murder in my heart, because had been
meditating ON the evils of the church
and of the great influence that is
welded over the poorer classes by
these miserable priests.
81 went inside and bided my time. l
had the revolver in my pocket and took
advantage of the first opportunity.
When it arrived, l executed my plans.
~ frDf hot
What do I care what happensY MY
work is finished. Let the law take its
course"
Hated Church
It appeared from statements made by
the murderer In answer to questions
that when living in Italy he was ex-
PEELED from the church in consequence
of his anarchistic teachings, and his
wife then left him. Her desertion, II
seems, further enraged him against the
church and priests, and when he heard
tho church bells ringing yesterday
morning he determined to go out and
kill one priest at least, and more If he
could accomplish his murderous design.
The murderer said today that Gut
seppe Alto was his right name and that
he was born in the city of Avalon, 81
oily, August 10, 1857.
He said he went to Buenos Ayres IN
1905, the revolver Win winch ne hHleu
Father Leo was purchased there. lie
arrived in New York city May %, 1907.
and left for Kansas City the following
August. After working forty-three
DAYS as a section hand at Ellis, Kas.,
he came to Denver November last.
Since then he had worked but little.
Woman Heard Plot
1t developed tonight that 9. woman,
a. member of St Elizabeths church,
who was present in the church yester-
day when Father Leo Heinrichs was
shot by Giuseppe Guarnaccio, the self
confessed anarchist. today told one of
the priests of the church that week
or so ago she saw two Italians together
in front of the church and that one
of them was pointing toward Father
Leo, who was standing nearby talking
to a parishioner. She is certain that
one of them was Guarnaccio and that
he was the man who apparently was
interested in ascertaining the identity
of Father Leo.
On the strength of this statement the
police tonight again took into custody
Mike Brunetti. the room mate and
companion of Guarnaccio, who was ar
rested Yesterday but later released. He