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Show I AHA HANGED FOR MURDER OF PRIES! 'Slayer of Father Leo Helnrlchs of Denver Dies Cursing the Priesthood. Priest-hood. Canon City, Colo. Calling downtho maledictions of tho Most IIIrIi upon tho Roman priesthood, nnd shouting In Italian, "Lour llvo Italy! Long livo tho Protestants I" Olusoppo Alia, tho murdorcr of Father Leo HclnrlcliB, was carried to tho death trap exactly . at 8:30 o'clock Wednesday, and paid tho oxtremo penally for his crime. Alia again assented, nnd snld ho was ready to dlo at any tlmo. llo further said ho felt no sorrow whatcvor for having killed Father Leo. Ho was certain cer-tain that Father Leo was tho man ho had been searching for for mnny months nnd claimed that ho recognized tho priest as his tormentor by a scar on tho sldo of his face. Alia said ho had worked for Father Ico In Portugal, Portu-gal, and was sum that ho had killed tho right man. Alia said ho did not bcllcvo thcro was a God, for It so ho would not havo permitted him to bo In ltls present predicament. Ho said ho found no fault with tho law, but that tho priest did wrong In breaking up li 1b family. |