The Cairo bulletin., 1908-07-16
Giuseppe Ala Slayer of Father Heinrchs Hang
ed in Colorado Last Night
DEED ASTOUNDED CATHOLIC
WORLD, AROUSED IRE OF ALL
CIVILIZATION
STORY OF The CR NE
Trial Was Speedy but Every
Chance Of Defense Was
Given Italian.

Canyon City, Colo July 15.--Ca,
ing down maledictions upon the Re
man priesthood and shouting In Ital
ian long live the protestants" Gui
seupne Ala, murderer of Father Helm
richs, was carried to the death tral
and exactly at $50 tonight paid tn,
extreme penalty of his crime.
Alias cries and screams were only
hushed by the automatic springing OF
the mechanism which forever silenced
the tongue that cried for vengeance
against those whom Ala had consid
cred the destroyers of his home anG
happiness, During the day he ex-
pressed readiness to die. said he felt
no sorrow whatever for having killed
Father Leo. He was certain Leo was
the priest he had been searching for.
for many months, and claimed
had recognized the priest by a scar
on the side of his face. Ala said he
had worked for Father Leo in Portu-
gal and was sure he had killed the
right man. Ala said he did not be,
lieve there was a God for If so he
would not have been permitted to be
In his present. predicament
Died of Strangulation.
At $50, everything being In readi
ness, he was led to the gallows. Dur
ing the preliminary procedure ALA be.
came frantic and shouted Long live
Il. III. 4rt
vac naced 'ine eon me The hr"f tfs, Chaplain
Blake uttered short prayer, the auto
matte mechaism released the welght
and the body was jerked into the ar.
Unfortunately Alias neck was not
broken owing to a slipping of the rope
and he died of strangulation After
nineteen minutes Alias body was cut
down and he was pronounced dead
Alias Crime.
Giuseppe Alias crime, the murderer
Of Father Leo Heinrichs, fthe orde.
of Franciscan Monks. at the alter rail-
in st. Elizabeth's church in DehVe'
while the priest was administererihe
the sacrament of the Eucharist strnc'
horror to the heart of every person il
Denver and awakened anxiety
throughout the Catholic world lest i
should prove the ebginning of a ger
eral plan of priest-murder'
Goes to the Church.
Ala had been In Denver severa
weeksfi unemployed and apparent
penniless. Early on the morning o
Sunday February %, according 10 III
story. he was aroused from sleep D
the ringing fthe chimes in st. FL
zaheth's church, He arose, dresse
himself hurriedly and walked out I
the church. led by the musical tone
healing forth call TO worship. b'
he went not with the thought
thanksgiving in mind, for he deciare
and many times repeated, after n
arrest that the chimes recalled ale
ed wrongs experienced in his natl'
italy. and attributed by him to IL
church.
Blessed Himself.
Entering the church, Ala we
through the usual ceremony OF bles
ing himself with holy water and tn
seated himself where his view of t
altar would be unobstructed. There
followed the ritual up to the poi
where communion is given to all W
are prepared. Ala approached I
altar and. kneeling. awaited the arr
al of the priest officiating at the co
munion. not knowing, Ala has said,
caring who it should be.
The Hideous Deed.
Along the line passed the prit
pIaeing upon the tongue of each
cessive communicate the consecra
wafer and repeating the lines oil
mass declaring the Eucharist thus
miuistered is the Savior hlmseil
person Ala was now the next in u
Father Leo. placing the wafer u
tho tongue of the stranger, all uh'
Meeting of the murderous design
Alias heart. began: Take, eat:
is my body" but stopped hor
stricken. The subject of the pra
had spat the blessed morsel from
mouth. Almost simultaneously
this desecration a shot rang out
Father Leo sank to the floor mort
wounded. A bullet from a revo
fred by Ala had penetrated
priest's body near the heart. Fa
Wulstan Workman, hearing the
rushed fro mthe adjoining sac
inst in time to administer to ia
Leo the last saceament Father
expiring a moment later in the
of his brother-priest. lmmedii
after firing the shot. Ala, wi
curse, darted toward the main