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Show f iHAlO PLOT 1 PARTLYREVEALED JKirrcsts Made in Other Cities in $H Connection With Murder K of Father Leo. JrSYIDEXCE IN LETTER Wt WRITTEN BY ASSASSIN playing of Denver Priest 'Was I to Be Signal for Other Crimes of Like Nature. u r DENVER. Cole. Feb. 2$. Chief of Police Michael Delano- said this after-$voon after-$voon that a letter written by Giuseppe 'Alio to his sou was found in thowccll occupied bv him while in jail at Colorado Colo-rado Springs, and contained proof that Troon iu six cities in the United States v tvere connected with him in the killiug I of Father Leo. I Almost at the moment, hejuade his (statement came news that, six arrests .-Wviad been made in Eastern cities of men suspected of being accomplices of the murderer. ! r J. Yanni was arrested in New York J todav charged with being tho chief of f.fbo anti-church society, while in Pitts-& Pitts-& S-'burg, Orestos'Sodi. Tomasso Calabreso, i Orcstos Malavai and jNIalio Tolmci were ill j flocked up for being implicated as mcni-ii mcni-ii Jbcrs of the society. The police of Ncw fj fYork and Pittsburg say they have evi-idence evi-idence which connects "these men with l fctbo killing of Father Leo. fi ;f Other Arrests Ma-do. i y Airests li3re been made in four other 111 i. cities, but because the police of these $ cities are sh'aMowiug other men no in- ; tfi formation, is given, out as to who the l,i arrested meu are. Ji & Chief Dolanev said toda- that he was '-not sure whet her Alio was mcrc)3" a i'ii if tool of the anti-clerical society, to ib $ which, he said, all these men belong, Q s or whether he was the ringleader, lti : The letter addressed to Alio't? son S 'ie Sicily was found concealed in the m blankets on the cot on which Alio j slept while in jail at Colorado Springs. M i Its contents, translated, it is a&serted, 4b; Vindicate that Father Leo was the vic-ii vic-ii tim of a plot hatched outside of "Denver land that Alio came here to commit the fm 'i. murder, which was to be the signal for af V'others. Until all the arrests have been x r made which the officers contemplate, 1 Chief Del a n ey said he would not give If-out all the particulars of tho case. -i Letter Kept Secret. tii S "Tk interests of the police depart-S, depart-S, ment,,' he pajd. 'absolutely require S' mit the letter be not made public at 5 j$ f has time. All I can say at this time S lis that men in six cities have now be- 2 s come involved in this affair I am now jg corresponding with tho po.lico depart- nicnts in these six cities. I will fur- ther say that I consider Alio one of ;6j tlie smartest criminals in the world to- 1) That insanity will be the only plea-lb plea-lb oFered in the defense of Alio was the .3 yP05itive statement of Baron G. Tosii, t& iltalian consul, who. in companv with ail ex-Cousul C'orte and. Attorney Widdo-Vik Widdo-Vik icornbe. visited tho prisoner in jail to-'iriit to-'iriit 5da3 Baron Tosti, who is a physician, si!S) (surgeon and recognized nuthontj-on dis-f: dis-f: peases of the brain and nerves, said, af-' 4 yter the interview with the prisoner that elji git vrns his firm opinion that the man tic ias insane, but just what form of in-vi in-vi pnity to plead is still an open question. rj0 JTlie consul iiitends to consult with well-'J? well-'J? tKn(wn alienists regarding Alio Js condi- n Believes Murderer Insane. W I found tho man very much dis-Jk dis-Jk Mresscd.', he said, "and he wanted me iH 'iti.wri.te to s wife and two children, S 30 live in Paohino, Sicily, and tell u n-In 01 ,liB cril''e and predicamcut. I L -i, not fiml nim Rrcatly exciter! and 32 ?(' nt believe he fulh- realizes the t enormity of his crime or the possible punishment. fa "UiR is a very low order of intelli-iWcc. intelli-iWcc. and it takes mighty little of thu ihaTdships of life to unsettle the mind of 1 vUcU-,a man- Tllc n,ai1 us surely suf-?ftoretl suf-?ftoretl greatly, r do not believe, he went OJ Stu?f?rt0 1'n ay Particular person, iiflll I? i H? ca,lt'(1 on ny predecessor, Gcn-DllW1 Gcn-DllW1 Voric, when he first reached the December, and it might juHt f4?!s?c tave bec Corto who was killed ;!Jm Father Leo. The only thing was that WtheUme ' JnJ waH 0,1 Alio at 3IW m'o rr'soncrs rcal "amc 's Giusep- ffflklT'10 "la" 1101 'e to speak Ilf "0 murder, but did tell mo that he WA.?es not, remember having- killed any M.one and knows nothing of the gun and Kttrpc-ned bullet, with which the crime jaBjas committed. KaKLi il,a.", ir,t?rest nivself in his be-d'3m, be-d'3m, J Untr! , 1 fin'-1 ' a common mur-tBrSr" mur-tBrSr" T1-'1"- if T 1 lroP the Wflln' l l,h? ,n,lu is rraxy, surely no 5WtWWanti: um 10 Ko to the gallows iu ond,llon Alio Positively denies XkSr an nnaifjlnsL and seems not to n.Qngntaii(l the meaning of tho word. , ero. vi insists he never was in Pat-aJi'JKarw? Pat-aJi'JKarw? il J ' - Knows no one in that city, -SBfffl,. ,?,,,c? t0 no societies or organiza- K countrymen," QK n- ' DenIe8 "juB Priest. MwTdHii inferring with Uobort K. SMco ir? ?",b0' 0,lnK('1 apDointed bv the Smffitii fi0ndl,c.t .1,is, fense. has rc-ilitfR,bv rc-ilitfR,bv ,h-c. original stniement made 3KSl ! a. 1 ? i at Colorado Springs, as JMc "r "i-5U,hi8 othor confefcsioun. 2ilad ir k l1 thc priest, ho fell 4S' f . All 'Icclared last night. ? re n lra' T didn't 0 there y?BlS Mtl,,J sacrament. While T was tlc wi10 pn.est caniG alo,,i-r and put x1Sm&ni ? WCUL, 111 ,n-v ' niouth. .It is VSSu aUn fi ru,IoB of the Catholic church i-lbceS io A !,"Ht wit"t first having JP't fCp?iUf,C3sl,on' 1 ?Pat out. The fAl 'V" ' "P" ,H being a strange place -ab u,,'aid' ad I ran out." dP'W&ta Lh,!n po?r Physi'-nl condition. Tre on q5ie , ?v,,lent,y undergone j)riva-SQvBte j)riva-SQvBte S 8torv 01 liviK on i sin- If ?-2Bra. rt0,n 10 Ijc homo out by his |