Italian murderer Guiseppe Alia hanged at state prison
Guiseppe Alia, condemned for the murder of Father Leo Heinrichs, was executed at 8:30 P M in the state penitentiary death chamber. Witnesses included Warden Cleghorn and Chaplain Blake as the crowd witnessed a dramatic, heavily ritualized end in Canon City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben W. Rea
Canon City
T. L. A. Shaffer
Salida
O. F. Parker
T. W. Baird
Denver
Edward F. Dean
W. T. Stewart
Pueblo
B. B. Brown
Burt F. Davis
John H. Cox
Italia
Italy
Alla
Cleghorn
Antonio Sasso
Alia
Sheriff Esser in pursuit of horse thief near Parkdale
Sheriff Esser and assistant John Murray chased a horse thief from Parkdale to Copper Gulch after four horses were seized and brought to Bourquin ranch awaiting owner identification. The suspect, who cut a wire fence above Soda Point, fled with horses and hid among rocks, eluding capture despite night watch on the Parkdale bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheriff Esser
Parkdale
John Murray
Esser
Bourquin
Webster Park
Soda Point
Eight Mile Park
J. &. Miller
Weseer
Beeer
Copper Gulch
Mr. Esser
Mr. Murray
Murray
City Council Probes Water Pipe Route Through Royal Gorge
Canon City council members debate right of way for the Royal Gorge pipeline amid Denver & Rio Grande Railway assurances. Alderman Reeves questions agreements while officials say no controversy exists and contractors pause work to allow rail surveys, with 85 workers affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Gorge
Reeves
Reeve
Canon City
Alderman Reeves
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad Company
Okey
Alderman Okey
Waterworks work halted for 30 days near Royal Gorge
Canon City Colorado July 20 1908 contractors Lumsden Gordon cease work between intake basin and station No 182 for thirty days or until further notice to allow Denver Rio Grande to double track its railroad through part of the Royal Gorge. Eighty six workers laid off as city delays threaten gravity water system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C. Ridgeway
Seely
Reeves
Messrs. Lumsden & Gordon
Ery
Moamday
Canon City
Colo
Messrs. Lumsden
John Foley
Smith & Fox
Flannigan
Arkansas River
O'Brien
Royal Gorge
Gorge
Mr. O'Brien
Ridgeway
Denver & Rio Grande Railway Company
Daily Record
Kealey's Gardens
Contract Awarded for Pueblo to Canon City Railroad
At a Pueblo board meeting the Kansas-Colorado Power and Railroad company awarded a contract to A B Hulst of Northern Electrical for roadbed ties and rails for the Pueblo to Canon City line with a branch to Turkey Creek quarries. Work to begin within 30 days and trains expected by January 1 1910.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peeblo
Canon City
Kansas-Colorado Power and Railroad Company
Pueblo
A. B. Hulst
Northern Electrical Company
Madison
Wisconsin
Kansas-Colorado Power & Railroad Company
Cleveland
Turkey Creek
Turkey
Atwater
The
Daily Record
Hulit
J. H. McCorkle
Alva Adams
Pueblo and
Colorado
Kansas
Arkansas Valley
Tragic Horse Kick Slays Rockvale Man in Sunday Incident
Coroner probes the death of Joseph Gabrick a 33 year old Austria native in Rockvale after a horse kicked him in the chest as he led it to the stable. He died minutes later. survived by a wife two children and a planned move to Routt County. His wife and children may move to St. Louis with her parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Gabrick
Rockvale
C. H. Whitmore
Austria
Colorado
Gabrick
Dimmer
William
Routt County
St. Louis
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Eres Guiseppe Alia
Leo
Guiseppe
Leo Heinrichs
St. Elizabeths
Sasso
Asia
Father Leo
Portugal
Allen Jameson
Blake
City Council
Serveys
P. O'Brien
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