The Daily Worker Newspaper, August 13, 1927, Page 2

TH E DAILY WORKER, NEW YORK, SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 1927 Seen DEFENSE ATTORNEY SMASHES REPORT Attractive Ofters! for NEW READERS of the Daily Worker These valuable premiums, worth $2.50 each, red FREE with every annual subscription to The DAILY WORKER or through Payment of only $1.50 with 20 Coupers clipned from the News- stand Edition on 20 different days. OF MAJOR GODDARD, “GUN EXPERT” - BOSTON, Aug. 12—Smashing completely the report of Major Calvin H. Goddard, “gun expert,” whose “evidence” has heen used by Governor Fuller, William Thompson, formerly chief sel for Sacco and Vanzetti, t reads as follows: June 3, 1927, a om New York, stated that he ne work of Major he had with him cer- ions explaining Major sthods which he desired I and asked me to con- to an independent examination vr Goddard of the so-called allet and the Fraher shell. rt in the conversation d to show this gentleman the aphs of the bullet and shell y Mr. Turner, a well known is city. He glaneed at graphs, pronounced them of as compared with the meth- Mr, Goddard and spoke in erms of contempt of Mr. Hamilton, the defense expert, who had made ful micrometer measurements of ngs of the bullet and shell.) Testify For Sacco. “The two defendants’ experts who had made the most careful investigs and were principally relied up- > Messrs. Hamilton and Tur- Prof. Gill of the Massachusetts of Technology also had affidavits for the defense, , 1928, and the other Oct. | 23, on, the first, Prof. Gill had said he “did not ‘pretend to have had the same experience or to possess the same skill in this line of work as Mr. Ham- ilton, with whose work I have been! familiar for fifteen years,’ and, ‘in|Mr. Goddard’s method or his conclu-| the park is the Giant Coaster. case of any discrepancy in thou-/ ndths of an inch his measurements | are more likely to be right than|at my office with the newspaper man| altitudes. mine,’ and, ‘I am absolutely convinced from my own measurements that the| so-called mortal bullet never. passed} through the Sacco gun.’ | “In addition to this Prof. Gill had| has issued a statement refuting tail the report of the major. opportunity to talk with you on the subject.’ “In the dard says: “‘T am very anxious to ‘get your advice as to what lines of study to follow in preparing myself for the work I contemplate. I feel you could save me much wasted effort,. and would, therefore, greatly appreciate your opinion.’ “In the letter of Nov. 20, Mr. God- dard says: letter of May 3, Mr. God- to ask you how you secure your meas- when you are study of arms and projectiles, I think you mentioned the name of a special} type of microscope with which I am} unfamiliar.’ Calls it Stunt. “In a letter to me of June 9, 1927, Mr. Hamilton says: ““Tf any one is to make before the | governor and his committee some ex- Park, Bast 17 periments or microscopic displays, then I should be present, or some one who can instantly detect any effort to pull a misleading stunt. These stunts can and are being done.’ “At my argument before the £0V-| Coney Island of the Bronx. Every! ernor I was. assured by him he had |not paid any attention to Mr. God-| at |dard’s report, and I was given a sim-| bathing. ilar assurance by the committee. therefore made no argument about) sions. “June 6, 1927, Mr. Goddard called to whom I have referred. Mr. Ehr-| mann was present and immediately afterward he and I made careful notes of what had been said, newspaper man began by sayi |Militia Man Mixes Into Vanzetti Frameup 'Sacco- Major Calvin H. Goddard, self. styled “expert” on bullets, who told} “In thinking over our conversation the governor’s commission that a bul-| of the other night I realized I failed let from Sacco’s gun killed the Brain- | murderous | urements in one-thousands of an inch/ faker’s claims are blasted by a state-| making microscopic! ment from Thompson, formerly of the tree paymaster. This defense counsel. Needle Trade Defense On Sunday, workers will August 28th, 50,000 gather at Starlight 7th St., Bronx, to enjoy the jolliest day of their lives. Young and old, big and small, will be there to participate in the’ greatest car- nival ever held by the radical move- ment in America. This park is the feature of the Island is to be found Starlight Park, including fine The Giant Coaster. One of the best known features of It | consists of miniature railtoad tracks | running on steep grades to the high It is not necessary to de- seribe the: wonderful thrills to be ex- perienced, as the coaster descends the steep grades. There are num- The|erous other thrilling features which|ror and for writs of habeas corpus in he will be controlled on that day by the Joint Defense and Relief Commit- FORCIBLY FEEDING (Continued from Page One) “ Saeco lifted a frail hand above his blanket as he lay on his cot in state’s prison today and waved away guards) who came to offer him breakfast. Downstairs in waréen William |Hendry’s office various methods of forcible feeéing were discussed. The | warden consulted with Dr. Joseph I. Mclaughlin, the prison physician. Dr. McLaughlin found’ Vanzetti sleeping this forenoon and did not disturb him, Sacco was able to get jup from his cot to talk with the phy- siclan. | “T advised him to eat,” said Dr. /McLaughlin, “but he said he never would: eat again until he was freed.” Dr. McLaughlin admitted that for- cible feeding of the starving worker would be done if it becomes neces- sary. He said that Sacco was in al very weak condition but would not be forcibly fed today. cE Will Continue Hunger Strike. Vanzetti was obliged to support Saceo last evening when the pair went to the barber shop for an inter- view with Attorney M. A. Musmanno, of Pittsburgh, a defense lawyer. On the walk from the death cells to the Cherry Hill section of the prison, Sacco walked beside Vanzetti but stumbled when going up the steps at the end of the walk. Saceo was on a self-imposed fast for thirty-one days in Dedham jail.| The present hunger strike was begun| in protest against the secret method used by Governor Alvan T. Fuller in conducting the review of the cele-| brated case. | | | TO EMPLOY BARBAROUS METHOD IN @both,state and federal courts. sister of Bartolomeo Vanzetti, the FRAMED WORKER All motions have been denied. Exceptions to Thayer’s rulings go. to, the full bench of the state supreme court, called fora special sitting on Tues- day. At the same time the full bench which will consist 62 Judges Henry K. Braley, Edward P. Pierce, James B. Carroll ahd William Cushing Wait _-will hear exceptions allowed by Su- preme Court Judge George A. San- derson to his denial of a writ of error. All court moves are based on the pre- judice of Thayer. The ‘session next , Tuesday will make it the third time that the su- preme court has been called on to pass on the questions of exceptions to denials of motions looking to a new trial. Each time the supreme court full bench has sustained Judge Thay- er in his death sentence’ on the framed -up workers. Robert G. Elliott, the official exe- cutioner at Sing Sing, and the man who had been scheduied to throw on the switch in the death house for the murder of Sacco and Véanzetti at state’s prison, Charlestown, *in thes early morning of August 11th, had been advised by the warden of the Massachusetts state prison to remain in Boston until after the execution, or until the execution is postponed indefinitely, it was learned here to- day from authoritative sources, Elliott’s home is at 132-10 Ninety- fourth avenue, Richmond Hill, New York, | Strike While the. lron’s - Hot Masses of workers have been drawn into the maelstrom of the class struggle by the dramatic, force of the Sacco and Vanzetti case. * * * PARIS, Aug. 12.—Luigi Vanzetti, Meanwhile, defense Jawyers Across |Iia:jan worker under sentence of The story is on the | the city were engaged in an intensive|death in the Massachusetts state li sa75 | study of law books in preparation for) prison, today booked second class Ips of millions the drive for a new Sacco and Van- |zetti trial before the full bench of the state supreme court on Tuesday. | Push Legal Defense. | Defense motions have been made | for a new trial, for a stay and re- | vocation of sentence, for a writ of er- passage on the liner Aquitania, which sails tomorrow, “I am going to Boston as soon as I reach America,” she ‘said. “I am certain my trip will end in triumph. 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Inclosed herewith you will find dollars for a months’ subscription $1.50 or with my 20 NEWS- STAND COUPONS Please send me Offer No, .....- my own observation of the skill and character of Messrs. Hamilton and Turner, I felt there might be some reason other than what appeared on} the surface of the contemptuous tone} lin which the newspaper man referred | to both of them, and therefore I told }him I would not, at least until fur- ther advised, cooperate in any exper- | notify me that Mr. Ranney was to attend, and that a stenographer was to be present. “He admitted, in answer to my question, that at the first interview |he had expressed the opinion to me that Hamilton was a‘ crook. He con-| firmed the correctness of my original symphony orchestra. * » . The following named are requested to call at oncer at the office of the Joint Defense Committee, 41 Union Square, Room 714, without fail. Cut out this notice and bring it with’ I Beck, 624 Hopkinson Ave., Brooklyn; Sol Miller, 986 Fox St. |iment by Major Goddard, but that, on| statement to him about my attitude | Bronx; Sam Morowitz, 875 Tinton \the other hand, I would put no ob-! |stacle in his way. “I added that although Mr. Ehr-/| mann and I did not believe-either the Fraher shell or the mortal bullet pro-| duced by the government as exhibits} jat the trial were fired through Sac-} |co’s pistol, we had, for some time,| |been in doubt as to the genuineness | |of those exhibits. Made No Objection. “T heard nothing more about Major| Goddard until about noon Friday,| June 38, when Prof. Gill telephoned! me he and Major Goddard were going | out to Dedham at 2 o'clock to ex-| periment with the bullet and shell. | He did not tell me Mr. Ranney and} a stenographer were to be present or| \that Major Goddard previously had} been in conference with Mr Ranney. | I accordingly made no objection to the proposed’ experiment. | “About half an hour later I was in-| {formed of these facts by the Boston} Herald. Having a court engagement, | I could not go myself, but succeeded, | |with great difficulty, in getting in| {touch with Mr. Ehrmann, who was| able to reach Dedham in time to wit-| ness the experiment. There were present also Mr, Buxton and Mr.| Carens of the Boston Herald. “Mr. Ehrmann reported to me he and Mr, Buxton and Mr. Carens were not impressed by the bullet test; but that the similarity between the file marks on the so-called Fraher shell | and on shells first fired through Sac- co’s pistol were somewhat striking. As the same similarity already had| appeared on enlarged photographs | mai py Mr. Turner, which were ful-| ly d ed at the hearing before| | Judge Thayer, I was not disturbed by | the result of the experiment, although |I was disturbed by the circumstances junder which it was made. Pe Ehrmann also reported that ' Prof. Gill, whose remarks were taken down by a stenographer, after wit- nessing the experiments, expressed doubt as: to the correctness of his former view. This led to an ex- change of letters between Prof. Gill for present purposes to refer further. Not Untrustworthy. “I then called the matter to the at- tention of Messrs. Turner and Ham- lilton, both of whom assured me they |were familiar with Prof. Goddard’s | methods, which were untrustworthy lexcept when checked by careful mi- |crometer measurements, such as had ‘been made by Messrs. Turner and | Hamilton in the case. ' sent the originals of three letters written by Mr. Goddard to Mr, Ham- ilton under date of Oct. 28, Nov. 5 and Nov. 20, 1924. In the letter of Oct. 28 Mr. Goddard says: “‘T am seriously considering the de- votion of my entire time to work of this character within the next year or two and would greatly appreciate an ys | Mr. ‘Hamilton | toward the proposed’ experiment, as above stated. To Get Publicity, “Mr. Goddard then said that before making his experiment he had seen | “ve. “Bronx: M. Reishowsky, 889 East 176th St., Bronx; Sarah Taub, 1/4-East Third St., New York City; Louis Weiss and Lipkin. at Bridgeport, Conn., certain photo-| Jail Heads of Boston graphs taken by a government ex-| pert, and had formed from them a} preliminary opinion adverse to Sacco. He said that while he could not be! sure, he might have communicated! this adverse opinion to Mr. Ranney | before Mr. Ranney consented to per- mit the experiment. He said he had) not been paid anything ‘by anybody | for interesting himself in the case) or for making the experiment. | “He added his only motive was to elucidate the truth, and also to get such advertising personally for him- self and his methods as he could get by connecting himself with the case. | He repeated this. statement several times. I asked him whether, in 1924, | when he sought Hamilton’s assis-| tance in preparing himself to be an expert, he doubted Hamilton’s moral integrity, and he said he did not_at that time, but that his doubts had arisen subsequently. “I then called his attention. to the opinion of Prof. Gill and Mr. Turner, based upon an experience ‘of many years, that Hamilton was a man of entire integrity, whose unpopularity vith certain persons arose largely | from his extreme ability and from his success in cases of this charac- ter as against other less qualified experts, and I added that in the| course of my connection with Mr.} by him in the presence of other ex- cite any suspicion of his integrity. Lack of Fairness. “T further added I never even had | heard any suggestion of dishonesty jmade against Mr. Turner, whose | photographs were an _ important | part of the defense évidence in this case, | “In answer to a direct inquiry by |me, Mr. Goddard said that if he knew |Sacco and Vanzetti were guilty it | would be a matter of indifference to j him whether they had had a fair | trial -or not. “Toward the end of the conversa- | |ference between the three straight lines placed for identification on the alleged mortal bullet and straight} | lines placed for identification on the | other five bullets, two from the body jof Parmenter and three from the body of Beradelli. Mr. Goddard stated that the edges \of the marking on No. III. were con- |siderably more ragged than the others, but said he could not explain the cause of this difference. He said he had no opinion as to the genuine- ness of the exhibits. Mr. Ehrmann explained to him some of the rea- sons for our doubts as to the genuine- |ness of the exhibits.” | “WM. G. THOMPSON. I confirm the statements in this Unions to Halt. Strike (Continued from Page One) and of the number of times they had visited New York recently. )They were told that they were under sus- picion in connection with the subway bomb blasts in New York. But in the next breath the detectives, joined by detective Kelly, from New York City, were putting questions as to their connections with the left wing. “The capmakers’ Union is affiliated with the American Federation of La- bor” Seligman told detective Kelly. Can’t Fool Kelly. “You can’t fool me,” replied Kelly. “T know all about the left wing and the right wing.” They were also questioned by superintendent of Police Crowley who insisted that they were the leaders of the general strike. They also got the credit for engineering the picketting at the State House.. “Never mind, I know,” was Crow- ley’s reply to the statement of Selig- ‘man that the Capmakers’ Union was a small organization, and that it would be impossible for this union alone to develop a city-wide strike movement. After being questioned they were returned to foul-smelling and ill-kept cells in the La Grande Street Police Station. Here they were pestered again by detectives who suggested that it would not go hard with them if they would tell all the truth. “Better come out with the truth,” was the suggestion made to them continually. Workers Strike Just the Same. While Miller and Seligman were thus being held incommunicado, the ’s law: nats ide hunt for them. 48 hours. their officials, however, The:Capmakers’ Unio} gle in Boston. capmakers. letter. } BUY THE DAILY WORKER HERBERT B. EHRMANN. + AT THE NEWSSTANDS ;| imothe Saeco-Vanzetti case Morris Caro, was con- Attorney Caro was told by the police that no bail could get them inside of ! Dduudpiaes In the evening, however, 1 myself, to which it is unneces-| +i... peference was made to the dif.| they were released. In spite of the imprisonment of the + Cap- makers, under the direction of Sam | Weisman and Joseph Korsum, walked out en masse in the Sacco-Vanzetti strike, held a mass meeting at their own headquarters and decided to go on the picket line at the State House. has been one of the leagers in the left wing strug- Two of their four protest meetings against the tactics used by the right wing in the needle trades have been broken -up by a socialist: alliance with the police. A local so¢ialist attorney has been es- pecially active in provoking the po- lice to attack meetings held by the (Continued from Page One) An indication of the feeling among the masses of Boston’s population to- ward this most recent development ras shown late this afternoon incidental to the departure of the huge bus loaded with the delegation sent here as “death marchers” by the | Sacco-Vanzetti Emergency Committee of New York. The auto bus left the headquarters of the Saceo-Vanzetti Defense Com- mittee in Hanover Street, going first to the offices of the Boston Globe, Here it was quickly surrounded by an approving throng, as reporters in- terviewed members of the delegation and photographers snapped pictures. The auto bus then toured thru the financial district stopping in front of the National Shawmut Bank, one of Boston’s largest financial institu- tions. Here the streets were again filled. The streets in Post Office Square were also blocked as the bus halted a few moments showing the huge signs on it’s sides and the pla- card on it’s back stating that this was “the Dreyfus case of American Labor.” The throng became so great in front of the Boston Globe that the police reserves were called out to} clear the streets and the bus ordered to “move on.” The tour of the bus thru the city proved even more spec- | tacular than the picketing before the State House. In Time For “Death March.” On it’s journey from New York to Boston, many traffic policemen along the route warned the pickets that they should hide their banners to avoid trouble. This they refused to do however, arriving in Boston with- out trouble before the Headquarters of the Workers (Communist) Party, in Causeway St. late in the even- ing, but in plenty of time for the “death march” if the ruling power in the state house had dared to go thru with it’s murder plans: Boston was still an armed city to- day as judge George A. Sanderson approved the exceptions taken by the counsel for Sacco and Vanzetti to his (judge Sanderson’s) dismissal of the petition for a writ of error. This means that the fight for the lives of Sacco and Vanzetti, in the courts, will be carried before the full bench of the Massachusetts State Supreme Court early next week. The ‘court has been summoned into extraordinary session for this pur- pose. All last night the city was practically under martial law without a state of civil having actually been declared. Plant Machine Guns. The State House where the gov- ernors council was in session, was surrounded by police fully armed with machine guns planted at strategic spots. The headquarters of the Workers (Communist) Party, the Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee, and the socialist party were closely watched all evening by police and de- tectives. The greatest army of state militiamen, police and constabulary however, was mobilized about the Charlestown prison. The deadline had been established fully half a mile from the prison, From one side it for the freedom of these two men. Now is the time to utilize the interest of the masses in this case. BEE Now is the time to follow up newsstands and report instantly - cases where the dealers fail to handle the paper. Now is the time thru a working class section where live the very poor. Permit to Prison. I had managed to secure a special permit from the superintendent of police for admission to the prison. While the governor’s council was still in session, the word went out that the newspaper reporters should pro- ceed to the prison. More than a hundred reporters from newspapers in many cities were on hand, with the reresentatives of all the news agen- cles, ready to spread the news of this diabolical murder of Sacco and Van- zetti sanctioned by capitalist law. Two members of the governor’s ex- ecutive council, one from Worcester, the home of judge Thayer, who dealt out the death sentence, and the other from Quincy, the heart of Norfolk County, where Sacco and Vanzetti were framed up tried and convicted, were demanding that the bloody electrocution program be carried out. According to the report in a local capitalist sheet, “it took much per- suasion to convince these two that a reprieve, would probably merely ex- tend the lives of the two men until midnight of August 22.” " to secure So the news was flashed over the new readers telephone from the State House to the prison. It was given to the news- papermen in the cryptic form of “Re- prieve until August 22.” By special telegraph wires iand long. distance telephone lines the news was flashed to the nation and cabled and wirelessed on the basis that the Daily Worker ~is the only paper, Bee yond feleohoned (9 pris to|| which gives the | : ie OR office in New : York. I left the prison going thru truth about this the working class section, instead of ease F back over the viaduct crossing the railroad yards, The, midnight was warm. In every doorway crouched hymen figures, childhood, youth, middle and old age. From windows faces peered. At frequent intarvals stood armed ‘police and militiamen, keeping everyone off the streets. I had to carry my “permit,” a white card continuously in sight or be re- peatedly halted, The News Spreads. “Are they dead, yet?” was the half whisper that came from these work- ers, huddled in fear, as they saw me} coming. I gave them the news. It spread rapidly down the street ahead of me. The neighborhood was swept with a great feeling of relief. The suspense was lifted. Instinctively, however, someone asked, “Do you think they will die August 22.” Even as I write, the late editions of the 1 ORORO! Forward now while the \ opportunity is here. Strike while the iron is hot. NEWSSTAND REPORT Newsdealer Boston newspapers come in with re- Address .. ports from far-off Moscow, as well as from multitudes of cities in many CHEE kop Mis share tidus mepeaee lands, giving working class views in these countries of this latest’ develop- ment in the Sacco and Vanzetti case. Pravda, the official organ of the Communist Party of the Soviet Failed to receive ..... copies of The DAILY WORKER on Union, says: “The mighty roar of August ...... protest from the Soviet Union, to- gether with the voice of the work- He wants ...... copies every ing masses the world over, forced , even the plutocratic American bour- || day. geoisie to hesitate and maneuver, The voiée of the proletarians was never more resolutely raised, with the re- sult that in the last minute, we see the executioners wavering in their purpose, despite their will to fulfill is approached over a long viaduct spanning a long network of railroad tracks. On the other side one passes their bloody intentions.” Editorially, the local capitalist press has, as yet, nothing to say.