The Irish standard., 1908-02-29

man made confession, if his words.
muttered in his foreign lingo, can be
called such. Throughout the whole
statement he boasted of his crime and
reveled in his bloody deed. 1t was i'm
possible to understand him without an
interpreter and Patrolman Bossi was
called in to act.
My work is finished. Let the law
take its course. Would l commit sui
eide to escape the punishment? Ha! ha!
Did you ever hear of true anarchist
doing such a thing? Let the law-the
damnable law which is running the
world and all the people in it take it's
course and put me to death. My name
will go down in history, and it will be
held in reverence the country over"
This is the way the murderer, Ga
briele began his remarks, and all
through rang the laughter and glee
which characterizes men Of like ilk
when they have dipped their hands in
blood. Fanatic in his heart, he fairly
walloWed in the blood he had shed.
II am glad did it because it is in
list, jealous one, and have striven
accordance with my principles and
part of my teachings. am an anarch-
hard all the last fifteen years of my life
to carry out its precepts. am 56 years
old and was converted to anarchistic
doctrines when was 35.
Scored Priests Generally.
Before that 1 was a shoemaker, and
while working in a shop when was
young I used to listen to an old man,
who had spent the greater part OF his
life on the bench. and who had given
all those years to fill the pockets of
the rich. The old man was an an
archist and made me understand, and
in short time was attending meet
ings. Then I quit work at my trade.
would work no more for the greedy
rich.
These priests are all alike. They do
nothing for the poor and only help the
wealthy. They should all be dead. I
mover saw the man I killed until this
morning, but If had not been arrested
when I was there would have been
three more dead priests in Denver.
II had planned to kill four of them.
I had nothing against this particular
man. but they are all alike-a hypocrit-
ical outfit who take the bread from
the mouths of the poor while they roll
In luxury.
When loft my room at 1900 Fif-
teenth street this morning / had mrr-
der in my heart. I would do something
for the cause-something that would
make me great. I was determined to
kill and I would have killed four had
not the 1lellhounds of the day caught
me.
II went into the church and waited,
Then came my opportunity 1 knew
that when the priest would come 10
that part where he says This Is my
body his eyes would be uplifted. That
is tho way they do.
Then I shot and he fell dead,
oh, 1t was a good shot, a fine Job.
II perfect piece of work. have done a
great thing, but would have done a
greater thing il had not been
caught"
Gabrielle, If he has confederates, has
absolutely refused to implicate others
in tho murder. TO all questions along
this line he gives but one answer:
Let them finish the work that I
failed to accomplish. will not inter-
fere with the work of my brothers"
Gabrielle is native OF Sicily. "a little
man. short but sturdily built. He is
slightly bald, with a fierce little black
mustache. and his chin and cheeks COW
cred with a weeks growth of beard.
In appearance he is typical anarchist.
Tho head is out Of all proportion to
the body. while the broad shoulders. in
"bAso Va l1JO LlAIl j oIn61l stature, tell or
great strength. The fight he put up on
the church steps. when he was in fear
of his life from the angry churchgoers,
testified to the fact that hs is a power
full man.
Exonerated his Roommate. .-.
Gabrielle had lived in a room at 1900
Fifteenth street with a man named
Mike Burnett, and that the murder
had been carefully planned is proven
by little pile Of lead filings scraped
into one corner Of the room. These
filings are from bullets similar to the
one which killed Father Leo. Several
of the leaden messengers of death were
found in the room. all sharpened to a
needle point, and the gun was loaded
with these. When the revolver was
examined at police headquarters It was
found all the cartridges had been sim
ilarly treated.