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Show ' rfl ' Hiyer of Father Leo Heinrichs Hof Denver Dies Cursing H': the Priesthood. j BWpests no sorrow , or remorse for crime Hnsational and Thrilling Scene. Hit Scaffold Before the Trap Hf Is Sprung. : 1 HaNON CITY, Colo.. July Jo: Call-.' (Town the maledictions of the Most" Hh upon the qman priesthood, nud Biting in Italian, ' Long Jive Italy! Hg live the Protestants! 'y Giuseppe jB t, the murderer ot: leather Leo Ilcin- , was carried to the death trap ex-jjfly ex-jjfly at S:30 o'clock tonight, and paid t jfl extreme penally for his crime. erhaps a more sensational and J I lling scene was never beheld by any i the sixteen persons present than the , tuition of this. misguided Italiau inur-H6r, inur-H6r, whose cries and screams wore jBy hushed by the automatic springing I Htlic meclianisni which forever silenced ; j? tongue that cried for vengeance j Hin5t those whom Alia considered the Hlroyi)rs of his Lome and happiness. Wm: Heard Wan-ant Calmly. Kit 4 o'clock this afternoon Warden ghorn of the. state penitentiary, Bough his interpreter, Antonio Sasso, IBVrison guard, read the death warrant tiH&liu. Contrary to expectations, the Rftmer exhibitetf no emotion, not even HBkpk :i muscle, and when the read-Hfovas read-Hfovas rinished, said: KfAU right, 1 am ready lo die now." Hl'l (j o'clock supper was served to prisoner, it being the regular meal Hvcd to the officers of the prison. Be-Hji Be-Hji ealing he divided it into five por-Hls, por-Hls, saying that one was for his wife, for himself and one each for his Hse chilUi.cu. lie then ate with ap-Hpnt ap-Hpnt eomjjiMIre and relish. Mt 7 o "cloV'puard Sasso came to him Hi the inOjV.satiou that within one Kr the cxcyJVi would take place. jHlia again Lgtcd, and said ho was Ky to die tjt ipxy time. He further he felt ij0 pjorrow whatever for jling killed li'aSer Leo. Ifo was eer-jHf eer-jHf tlia; J;Mfcer"jLco was the man ho Swbcen searcnth for for many months HTv claimed Ihau he recognized the JHsi(ic of his face. Alia said he had Hked for Father Leo in Portugal, and jBf surot that ho had killed the rights Alia said he did 'not believe there a God, for if so he would uot have jKuttod him lo be in his present pre-' Htment. lie said he found no fault BPh" .the law. but that the priest did jjjnfng in "breaking up his family. Frantic on fho Scaffold. Ft. 8.25 o'clock, everything being in nKliness, the warden's assistants ap-Kiched ap-Kiched Alia's cell and led the con-Kued con-Kued man to the execution house, Hiru the black cap and noose wore ad-led ad-led by the deputy warden. During 1 SjK" procedure, Alia became frantic and SB; iho air with yells aud curves pnst the priesthood! shouting. "Long j) Italy! Long live the Protestauts! ' ' lliu was placed upon the trap. Chap-jn'Blako Chap-jn'Blako of the prison uttered a short yer, the dripping wafer of the auto-gflWic auto-gflWic meclianisni released the great feht, and at exactly S:."0 the body jerked into the air. jHfufortunaiely, his neck 'was not 9H(en, owing to the slipping of Iho 9H sud he died of strangulation. B3 -T nineteen miuules, Alia's body, was H dor-ii nnd ho was pronounced dead. |