Semi-weekly herald., 1908-02-27
TELEGRAPH NEWS.

t0li4 EN- OANt Iths Abs-- ut ulkl-
grading going on at the Gold King
mine may result in assassination and
a reign of lawlessness in this camp.
Yesterday Manager W. 4. Kinney and
Henry NJ Soule. vice president. re.
ceiyed letters with the imprint OF the
skull and crossbones, with warning
that Mr.. Soule had better get out OF
the camp and for MI Kinney to let
mp In the prosecutions or they would
meet death. 1t was reported that
Sheriff Palmquist also received warn
ing but this is not the case. Neither
Mr., Kinney nor Mr.. Soule will be de
TERED from sending the band OF ore
thieves to the penitentiary
The trial OF the high-graders was
completed this afternoon OF thirty
four Italians and Montenegrons ar
rested Guido Connelio was held in
the sum of $500. Matt williams, a
Montsnegran, In tho sum OF $4,000.
eight others In the sum of $500 each,
with six fined S35 each. which. with
costs, amounted to about $50 each.
The men pleaded guilty to petit lar
ceny and paid their fines. The others
we're discharged.
Altogether about $50 pounds of gold
ore was recovered, valued at $40 per
pound. The ore was found by the
sheriff and his deputies In the bunks
and baggage of those arrested. Con
neio had 25 to 30 pounds Of rock
worth s. to s15 a pound stored in
handmade trunk.
CHICAGO. Feb. ga murder will
be committed in Chicago within
month similar to the Denver assassin
alton, where the Rev Father Leo
Heinrlchs was shot down while ad.
ministerlug holy communion in St
Elizabeth's Roman Catholic church"
asserted Chancellor Il. NJ, Dunno of
the Chicago arch diocese today Il
am positive that the anarchists, anti
clericals or whatever they call them
selves have prepared list of priests
and clergy to be Liled, and am Ger.
tain that some Chicago man has been
marked" he said. Il am the most
logical man for assassination. and al
though have thousands OF friends In
the Italian colony, | have also many
bitter enemies
Father Dunno said If he was not
chosen to he murdered, other can.
didates would be either Archbishop
Quigley. Very Rev. f. S. Angellucci
of the Church OF Assumption, or the
Rev Father Francis Gordon, OF the
C. X. Provincial Church OF Resurrec-
tionists. Detectives Bernacchi and
Longobardi reported TO Chancellor
Dunno at the cha1cellory office and
told him that they were instructed to
serve as his personal bodyguard.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Feb. 26.--"I
made a mistake in my man. killed
the wrong priest" This tells the
story OF confession made today to
Claude S. Bessie, Denver detective,
by Giuseppe Alio, slayer OF Father
Leo. In the same breath the muir
derer denied that the killing was the
outgrowth OF an anarchist plot denies
that he is an anarchist. denies that
he was ever In Paterson. n. j., Chi
cago. or Wakefield. Mass. and says
that the crime was due to his selec
tion by lot from an organization OF
from fourteen to eighteen Sicilians in
Argentina to kill a young priest who
had offended them. And Father Leo
was not the priest. The man Alio
sought, according TO Bossie's state
ment OF the confession. was an Italian
priest with a scar on the side Of his
head. received In street fight in
Avola, Sicily, ON Easter morning, 1896.
DENVER, Feb. 2G.-Neyer In the
history of Colorado has such fun
eral procession been seen as that fol-
lowing the body of the murdered
priest to the train this afternoon. The
streets were packed with people All
Catholic orders, all Catholic priests OF
the city, all officials and many lead