The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-02-24
ASSASSIN WAS KEEELNG
 AT RAIL TAXING COMMUNION
Congregation Became Panic Strick-
 en and Women Painted.
The Murderer sprans Into Aisle and Dashed to Door, but Was Cap fared--sass All Prfests Are Against working
 Man.

Denver, Colo, Feb. 33.-Father. Leo f7einrichs was shot and killed when adm.nistering the Sacrament at early mass in st. EIizabeth's Catholic Church. Eleventh and Curtis Streets, this city. at 6 o'clock this morning.
 KneeIing at the altar rail between two women, Alio Guarnaccio pressed the muzzle of revolver against the body of the priest. after receiving the cons secrated wafer, and shot the priest through the heart.
 Excia.ming. My cod. my God. Fa- ther Leo fell prone in front of the altar and died without uttering another word.
 with an fnarticulate scream. the as- Isassin sprane into the aisle and dashed Ao the door For c moment the hundred ur more people In the church were dazed, then became nic-stricken. Wo- men fafnted and many became hysteTt- cal Several men rushed to the aid of the priest and others started sn pur- suit of the murderer. Among the lat- ter was Patrolman Daniel Croniu. who overlook the fleeing Italian. on the steps. Guarnaccio attempted to shoot the policeman. but was foiled and over- powered only after desperate nBhs, Tn which several men came to fhe as@ distance of the officer. The murderer was hurriedly removed to the city jail as threats of summary justice were made by men in the crowd who quickly gathered in front Of the church. Chief of Police Delaney called out the reserve force of patrolmen. Deputy Coroner Hayes took charge of tho priests body. which was removed to the city paorgue
 A single hole in the white oognmun. ion robes of the priest showed that the bullet had gone straight to tue heGFE The bullets remaining in the revolver
 8znraeEeEsn sa11eaent.
 GuarnaceiO made the foilowins stats-
 @f just went over there beeause ? have gfudEe against all priests fin general They are all against the worlxingnan. I went to the commune ion rail because could get better shot. did not give d. whether he was a German priest or any other kind of q priest. They are ql in the same class.
 q left Italy three months &go; went first to Central America andethen came to the United States and to Denver. I am an anarchist. and am proud of 1t. I shot him, and my only regret is that
 
 of priests in the church. am shoe+' maker, but have not worked since coEil- ing to Denver"
 Father Leo was born in Koein, Ger many, Aug. 15, 1887. He came to Den- yer last September from Paterson, N. J. He was three years in Oregon. N. F. where he distinguished himself by re- building the church. monastery and other buildings that were destroyed by fire in 1902.
 Although no actual demonstration against the murderer of Father Leo has been made. there was much talk around town throughout the day of the justice of 1ynching him. Tn order to avoid an attack on the city jail, Guar more easily defended building. where he remained several hours.
 Small groups of men began to cons gregate near the county jail. and at- ter a consultation the authorities de- cided to take Guarnaccio out of town. Accordingly he was hustled into an automobile and fast run was made to Littleton, fourteen miles from Deu- yer. where a train was boarded for Colorado Springs.
 Feels No Rem0rse.
 An examination of letters taken, from Guarnaccio showed that the only definite address he appearded to have " Mass. GuarnaccIo told Chief of P~5 Delaney and several dectectives who questioned him that he started out this morning with the intention of killing four priests. Had he succeeded in eluding capture, he says, he would have gone from one church to another un- til his vows had been carried out Guarnaccio displayed no remorse for his crime. and reiterated his previous statement that he believed he was benehting the poor people by taking the life of the priest. He said that the church had kept the people poor while the priests lived on the fat of the land.
 Among the papers taken from the as- sassin vas Q list of assassinatIons from the murder of Czar Paul of Rus. sia fin 1S0i to the killing of the King of Portugal within the last month. X miniature Italian flag pasted at the head or the list, Guarnaccio declar- ed. had no significance whatever. No notes or comment of auy kind were inscribed or attached to the list. The prisoner was closely questioned con corning his residence at Paterson. X N. J.. hut nothing important was learn de. He declared that he knew noth- ing of Father Leo when the latter iIy. ed at Paterson, and in fact kad never seen er heard of him 5sTore today,
 Gusrnaccio admitted that he had Dcch AH OuANdkus Gt. LOUIS and other Eastern cities. but dIsclaimed any knowledge or connection with anareh- fists in any of these cities
 Murder Creates Sensation.
 Paterson, N. J., Feb. 23-The naur- der at Denver of Father Leo Hein- richs. or Father-L Leo. as he was best known here, created a sensation in this city, one large section of which is in the parish of St. Bonaventure and con nected with the church Is the monas. tery of that name. the father house in this country of the Franciscan or der of which Father Leo was a prom tnent member
 At VesperR in St. Bonaventures Church tonight the congregation wept throughout the service. At the mon- astery no public expression was made by the priests. Tn this city Father Leo w w6s widely known and by his par ishoneFs he was greatly loved. He