The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-03-10
He LIVED
IN CHAINS
REMARKABLE LIFE pENANCE or
MURDERED DENVER PRIEST
DISCOVERED AFTER DEATH.

HoinriChs, who was murdered by Gu
scope AIio, an Italian anarchist, while
giving communion in st. Elizabeths
Church here on Sunday last. was
marked man from the time he arrived
iu town last August or even before The
priest was stationed previously in
Patterson. n. j., and 81 is believed that
he may have incurred the enmity OF
the anarchists there and that plot
was laid to Kill him, perhaps prior TO
his leaving Patterson, but that the ma
chinery of the reds failed to get into
working order until Alto carried out
orders.
Through the efforts of Chief Delaney
it is believed that at least thirty an
archists in various parts of the country
will be placed under arrest within a
few days In speaking of the school
Of anarchists. of which movements the
Denver police have gained knowledge,
chief Delaney said:
we have traced Alto and his band
from stone quarries in southern Italy
to America, and have located most Of
the towns where they are living. The
men are all stone workers and were
driven out Of Italy two years ago.
Forty went together to Barcelona,
Spain Here, too, they worked as
stonecutters, all the while teaching the
diabolic doctrines Of anarchy. They
were discovered i'm Spain and were
driven to Buenos Ayres. They re-
naming there as long as they could
and then decided to come to the United
States They settled, all of them, in
Patterson, N. j., and after a few days
spread over the country.
I'VE have located four who were de,
tailed to work in Colorado. Alto is
one and the other three will probably
be placed under arrest today. We have
definite information where there are
others in Wyoming and several in
Barry, VT"
Meantime Alto who is kept in jail at
Colorado Springs in order to prevent
any attempt at lynching, denies that
he belongs to any anarchstic body that
wished to murder the priest, or that
there was any plot at the bottom Of the
shooting.
81 did the killing on my own account
and because 1 thought it would ease
my mind" he declared, 81 received no
orders to kill the priest. ! did it be-
cause | hate priests Of all kinds"
The body Of Father Leo was removed
this morning from the monastery to
the church, where it will lie in state
upon the sanctuary until after the pub
lie funeral services tomorrow. Father
Eusebius sang the solemn high mass OF
requiem, assisted by two other parish
priests, at a private service this morn
ing. Later the doors of the church
were thrown open to the public and
during the day a constant procession
looked upon the face Of the martyred
priest.
That Father Leo lived a life Of severe
austerity is evidenced by a discovery
made in preparing the body for burial
Next to the skin Father Lea had wrap
ped bands Of linked steel chains and
to each link was a hook sharpened to
a needles point, attached in such
fashion that each movement of the
priest caused the hooks to pierce his
flesh and to remind him Of the life anc
death of Him in whose steps he strug-
gled to follow. Father Leo never
spoke to his fellow clergy Of his mode
of penance, and no one in the monas-
terry surmised it. His body and upper
arms were calloused entirely, showing
that when the pain became deadeneo
because of the toughened skin he had
taken the network of claws and ad'
justed them so that the pain might
come again with renewed force.
A woman who witnessed the tragedy
told a prominent Catholic priest yes
terday that two weeks ago, during an
early mass she saw two evil appearing
men, one of whom she believes was
the assassin, standing at the aisle OF
St. Elizabeth's church, They were
conyersing in a low voice, but she saw
one Of the men point to two priests
who were in the sanctuary.
The priests, one of whom was Faith
er Leo, were separated several feet
and the man who did the pointing di'
rected his finger toward Father Lea
and remarked in a low tone. THAT
is the man" The woman thought II
strange that the two men should hole
a conversation in the church, and this
together with their rufiian-like ap
pearance, made a deep impression up
on her. When she saw the ASSASSIN
running down the aisle Sunday sh,
declared she Immediately recognized
him as the man to whom Father Lee
had been pointed out.
The police are working out the con
spiracy theory and hunting for twt