Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-06-20 | Page 10 | Religious Zealot Who Was Crucified, Returns

RELIGIOUS ZEALOT WHO ! WAS CRUCIFIED, RETURNS MEXICO CITY. June 19. Dr. Jose tdi Gabirele, the Italian religious zea-j zea-j lot who was, crucified by the Indian I inhabitants of Tequizisllan, Oaxacu, llast Good Friday, nrrived recently in Mexico City, en route to his homo in Pachuca, apparently little the worse physically, but still harboring his beliefs. be-liefs. Di Gabrlcle appeared in Oaxaca early in Lent, proclaiming himself to be the Savior and so worked on the (superstitious and ignorant Indians that f'they crucified him, using railway spikes to nail him to a rude cross. He-.was taken down the next day and survived his ordeal, being viewed' by thousands on Easter. News of the crucifixion reached the jcapitol of the state, Tehuantepec and the governor ordered Di Gabrlele brought there. A great procession followed fol-lowed the cart in which he was transported. trans-ported. Later the mayor of Tequlzist-lan, Tequlzist-lan, who acted as the Roman centur-Jlon centur-Jlon and four other principal figures jin the crucifixion, were arrested.