Show I D WN ALIA MET MH HIS DEATH DUTH Murderer of Father Leo at Denver Hanged in Colorado State Prison BECAME FANATIC AS NOOSE WAS ADJUSTED NECK NOT BROKEN AND HE EN ENDURED ENDURED DURED THE TH E AGONY OF SLOW STRANGULATION i anon City It Colo July IS Calling I down tho maledictions of the most I upon t the e Roman priesthood and i bOutin In Italian Long live Uve Italy Il Lon e tho Protestants I Alia 1 c murderer of at Father Leo 4 Jle was carried to the death deathtrap 4 7 ny trap at St S tonight and paid the penalty of ot his crime t M t M M Canon City It Colo July 15 Perhaps a gore sensational and thrilling scene was wasi i r by any of at the sixteen per Mj ws present than tho execution of oC this Italian murderer whose erica cries j creams were only hushed by the st springing of oC the mechanism cb forever silenced the tongue that cried pirt for fer vengeance en against a those whom 11 bad considered the destroyers of oC his borne wille and happiness Death Warrant Read U 1 t o clock this afternoon Warden of ot the state penitentiary through his Interpreter Antonio Sasso A prison guara guaro read rea tho death warrant to Alia Contrary to expectations the prisoner exhibited no emotion not even monn a muscle and when the reading nu lias finished said All right I am ready rendy to dl now At 5 S supper was served to tho prisoner It being the regular meal served to the officers of oC the prison Before eat Ise In he divided It into the five portions say sayIng sa log Ing that one was for tor his wife one for and one for each of ot his three children He then ate with apparent composure and relish No Sorrow for His Crime At Ati 7 Guard Sasso came to him with the information that within an hour the execution would take place Alia Kiln It I assented and said he was ready at attar tar time Ho He further said he felt no whatever for tor having killed Father He was certain that Father Leo I nu the man he had been searching for tor for far many months and claimed that he hem m the tho priest as his hie tormentor by byi i icar on the side of his hi face tace Alia said b lad worked for tor Father Leo in and was sure that he aa a killed tt 28 right man Alia said he did Id not be there was Willi a God for If Ir so he would t have been permitted to be In his present predicament He said he found but that the priest so o fault with the law did wrong TOng In breaking up his family Rent the Air With Curses At everything being In readiness r ad nes the wardens assistants ap approached hed Alias cell and led the con condemned condemned man to the execution house where re the black cap eap and the noose wore adjusted by the deputy warden this procedure Alia became frantic and anil andr rent r nt the all air with yells ells and curses against till the priesthood and shouting Long Ion live Italy Ita Long Lon live the Pro tt Ails Alia was placed upon the trap Chap Chaplain ChaplaIn lain Blake of the prison uttered a short of the auto automatic ra er the dropping water ater matte matic mechanism released the great creat weight and at exactly 8 the body was Jerked j Into the air Unfortunately tel his neck was not broken owing lW to the slipping of oC the rope and h died of oC strangulation After nineteen minutes Allas body b dy was cut down and he be was pronounced dead Story of the Crime Alias lIas crime the murder of oC Leo Loo Heinrich of oC the order of monks at the tho altar rail in inEt Et 1St Elizabeths church In Denver while the priest was administering the sacra sacrament ment of oC the Eucharist struck horror to the th heart of every person in Denver and nake wakened ned anxiety throughout hout the Cath Catholic Cat olic world lest It should prove proe the laK In of or a general plan of oC I Aha Alia had been in Denver several weeks unemployed apparently penniless on tho morning of or Sunday Sunda afT nr 3 3 according to his story star he was aroused n fm m sleep by b the ringing of ot tho m 1 St Elizabeths church He lie lieal al I e ss d himself hurriedly and walked out to tho church led by b the mu muil mural ral il tones tonIS pealing forth a call to worship But ut he be went not with the thought of In mind for ho declared and many man times time repented repeated after his arrest that the chime recalled alleged wrongs exper m In hill hia native Italy Ital and attributed oy y him to the church hurch Observed the Usual Rites E rn the church Alia went through U n I of oC blessing himself win hoK hh water w er and then seated himself re ma M vIew W of the altar would be un ed There he followed the ritual p to t the point where given w aj ho are prepared Alia approached d dil vie t il altar and kneeling awaited the ar PW 2 of or tha th priest officiating at the com Hot knowing Alia has said or orho ho It should be ber r iier of other communicants hall had RS mJ ho iJo same posture re and positions a ILl f rail were practically hIn When Father Leo beloved by byi i wi j w him both in and outside the rh rr appeared with the consecrated af rs i nt It the rail seemed impressed with h and amI sacredness of oC tho Ie I ee p and Inspired with thoughts of ot ofA G A u IiI however according to his own Continued on Page 2 Jf DOWN CURSES I If i AUA MET HIS DEATH I i I f oJ l Continued Paga P g 1 1 I could barely restrain a sIre d to at st th u throat t ot the t e priest despite the e place th Ute the pe sacred character C arater of th the a in ss Fatal Shot Fired th tiDe p the priest pIa J iise O U the tongue of 0 each N successive u e communicant th t w f fr r w r A Ba of the tIK mass dedari sr I i ithe the Ite tha administered If Is tl I Savior nor himself l J ia person pe Alta was now 0 the next aut in Ha Father Fat Ix placing the ater raTer upon uon the or the t stranger st all of 0 the mu evus d doln Jn oln AlUs heart t began bc Take e eat th thIs Is ray body but kt horror s sT 1 T cf c t prayer p Mod had spat th I blessed bI tn Ca re tr trIB m bit h mouth m u Almost ly with t tills this tIec a at t rang NIt mat and 4 Father FaUle Leo Lee sari tar to the t floor A t f frt a revolver rt by Al lis a penetrated t th thirl irl ll body arar tile the T Priest Expired Immediately Imm di t ly Father FaCer Wul R W V Mk th thi die I i i fd frost m the th Use c to e to la r Leo Leot t last Ian sam at Father Le m i mo e later IU r in th le anas a or r is 1 Immediately Imm ly after a the t Alts uc a cars rsc darted Inward the ais s sot f for ot or th eh aad l for the t hair 1 T a rea reao I o a r cis head fc ma way aT to tea tc feet f et Cw ft h tripped aad aM felL P ce san Da who was aia cg the wr lp s s Ute gw fro frees AKas bli band awl aId Cr 3 d him te the t C aa 1 d f Cert to protect him frees the worshipper Saved by Franciscans Outside OIt e th t sQ his bis charge c cC C were surrounded s d by several aJ hH per who were to tear AEa d aa Id i brothers appeared a ca ce ceI I steps tep and pleaded detI with The enraged enra peo people P pIe to leave lea the of or the awful atul murder to God The presence of the th for tor the life destroyer of a beloved brother had bad af affect r teet The single policeman wg WILe permit permitted ted t to take Alia away WU in a buggy abug has til v driven to police headquarter l hours houN later latr Alia Alla wan wa spirited out of town In an automobile and taken to Colorado Coloro o Springs for tor safekeeping J Plea of Insanity The trial was brief but every eel opportunity of o defense d te e was I Insanity In was offered as a I plEa pica to he noose The be alienists in Denver Dener testified that hat Alia AUa wa tun f and he be wan 1 1 sentenced s ten to be hanged A petition raIn from citizens in Alias native town in pleading for his life declaring that he wa 1 undoubtedly Insane e was forward forwarded ed id to 10 the Italian counsel here bat for or orsome some reason unexplained was never pre presented to the governor Many believe that I the mur r of or Leo was part of o oan an anarchistic plot against the Catholic CathoU clergy but paWns nothing has ha recently trans transpired leading Dr tp substantiate U view few Previous to coming to Denver Dener Father Leo ind at it Paterson Paten X J at is the headquarters of or the Franciscan monks monk in this country and it has hu been thought P that tha he Incurred the enmity of or orme me one or perhaps a group of or ana there personal p In its Us nature and mJ applying only to him His great reLt popular popularity ity It and goodness of or heart went to disprove this theory and no evidence eiden to support It Jt has com to light Whether or not Alia AUa brooded over fancied fanci wrongs rona until his mind became diseased ed it Is ad admitted admitted that for years he had bad entertained a hatred ter the priesthood and on this I Sunday morning when the chimes sounded I from the church he had apparently lost all aU power of ot control for tor good tOOd but tha I coming of ot evil remained The result was murder which has no parallel In history 1 |