The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-25
They Have a Line on Organiza
tiOn of Anarchists.
ALL STONE CUTTERS.
We're Driven Out Of Italy Two
Years Ago.
Expect to Make 80 Arrests in
Short Time.

Denver, Feb. 26.1Through the efrorts
OF Chief Delaney 1t Is believed that at
least 30 anarchists In various parts OF
the country will be placed under ar
rest within few days. In speaking Of
the school OF anarchists, whose move
ments the Denver police have gained
knowledge OF. Chief Delaney said:
We have traced Alio 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 stone cutters.
all the while teaching the doctrines of
anarchy. They were discovered in Spain
and Were driven to Buenos Ayres. Thew
remained there as long as they could
and then decided to come to the United
States. They settled, all of them in
Paterson, and after a few days spread
over the country
We have located the four who were
detailed to work in Colorado. Alio is
one and the other three will probably
oe placed under arrest today. We have
oennte information where there are
others in Wyoming and several in
Barre, VT
Meantime Alio. who is kept in tail at
Colorado Springs, in order to prevent
any attempt at lynching, vehemently
ue1les tnat ne belongs to any anarchist
nody that wishes to murder priests. or
that there was any plot at the bottom
of the shooting
did the killing on my own account
and because 1 thought it would ease
my mind" he declares. Il received no
orders to kill the priest 1 did it because
hate priests of all kinds"
The body of the murdered nriest
was removed this morning from the
monastery to the church, where il will
| lie in state upon the sanctuary until
after the public funeral services to-
morrow. In accordance with the rules
or the franciscan order, Father Leo's
ass ocfates held a private ceremony in
the church at O'Clock today. Father
Eusebius sang solemn high mass of
requiem, assisted by two other parish
priests. The church has been draped
| IN deep mourning. At 10 O'Clock the
doors of the church were thrown open
to admit the. public and during the
through the church to look upon the
face of the martyred priest
That Father Leo lived a life of Sc
we're austerfty is evidenced by a discov-
pared the body for burial. Next to the
| skin of Father Leo wrapped about
/ his waist and upper arms were heavy
bands of linked steel chains and on
! each link was attached a hook, every
/ one sharpened to a needles point in
such a fashion that each move the
priest made caused the hooks to pierce
his flesh and to remind him of the
| life and death of Him in whose steps
| he struggled to follow. Father Leo
| never spoke of his mode of penance
even to his fellow clergy. Father
| Eusebius said that no one in the mon
| astery surmised that the priest was
| undergoing such unusual and severe
pensnce. His body and upper arms
| We're calloused. showing that when the
| pain became deadened because of the
| tough hened skin he had taken the net
work Of claws and adjusted them so
| that the pains might come again with
renewed force.