New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 5, 1927, Page 10

SACCO-VANZETTI PLEA WITH FULLER (Continued from Page 4.) Just before sentence. “We deem the faculty of com- passion to be one of the highest of the human attributes,” the petition went on, “but here we are asking not for mercy but for justice, and this is the reason why we have not used the printed form provided for petitions of this nature, It contains the word ‘pardon,’ which we are un- willing to use, although our counsel has assured us that it does not necessarily mean forgiveness or con- v the idea of a confession of But we wish the utmost pos- si clearness and precision on this point and are unwilling to risk being 1uisunderstood.” The radicals stated the personal appeal was being made “first and 1oremost on the ground of our inno- cene ¥ denied having had any connection with the crimes, declar- ing that their instincts “make us abhor and our principles condemn such a erime.” “We call y disputed facts 1he crime, after it we had come 1ot earncd our living l one of us large wages a substantial savings bank deposit; 1hat the other could easily have done the same e it not that be- in single ell-to-do recelving the fateful ittention to the un- t at the time of and ever since untry, we had with hard work 4 to make cumulate a 10 save; and that both of us could « had an independent position in regardless of our ‘We pray you to consider also that robbers make away with their hooty and do not linger abiout the seens of the erime in order to ad- public meetings in behalf of rsecuted radicals, which is « v what we were preparing to do at the time of our arrest; tha when the motive claimed for mur- der is robbery, some evidence is us- uully offered that the accused were found in possession of some of the v, or that their condi- fo had changed after the robbery. Not the least evidence of that sort was offered against us, and there is no such evidence.” The petitioners pointed to the fact that eye witnesses of the crime had 2 ¢ them as the rob- &reatly outnumbered those who did establish identifications. Attacks Gun Testimony The appeal attacked the govern- ment's claim that one of the con- demned men was found in posses- sion of the revolver of Alexander Berardelli, one of the victims, fol- Jowing the crime. It also criticised the prosecution’s contention that Berardelli was killed by a bullet from Sacco’s gun. In this connection, the petition quoted the sworn statement of a gun expert, made after the trial, as fol- lows: “At no time was T able to find any evidence whatever which tend- «d to convince me that the particu- lar model bullet found in Berardel- li's body, which came from a Colt automatic pistol, which I think was numbered 3 and had some other exhibit number, came from Sacco's pistol, and I so informed the district attorney and his assistant before the trial. xxx Although I repeatedly talked over with Captain Van Am- burgh (Boston gun expert) the scratch or scratches which he claim- «d tended to identify this bullct as one that must have gone through Sacco’s pistol, his statements con- cerning the identifying marks seem- ed to me entirely unconvincing.” After declaring that a cap found near the murder scene and alleged to have been that of Sacco had not been positively identfied as such, the appeal said: Consclousness of Guilt “The breakdown of all evidence left nothing against us but what the Jjudge called ‘consciousness of guilt,’ which he says is what con- vieted us.”" . The only guilt of which they were conscious, Sacco and Vanzetti said, was the guilt of being radicals in danger of arrest, detention, and tor- earnings | ! That they were not given a fllr[ trial was the second premise of the petition. Sacco and Vanzetti charged that the testimony of certain import- ant eye-witnesses had been sup- preased by the government at the trial because such testimony would have contradicted the case built up by the prosecution. “We do not intend to enter here a criticism of your the petition said. “We simply point ou* what it means to men of our hated class when brought before one ot your tribunals. Consider the na- ture of some of these discretionary acts. 1—“The refusal of the judge to check the district attorney's unfair cross-examination of both of us, | especially Sacco. 2 he refusal to interfere with the methods employed by the deputy | sheriffs to secure additional jurors. 3—"The refusal to separate the two cases so that Sacco might not be injured by assoclation with a man, who, before the same judge | and by methods equally reprehe ble, had been previously convicted | ot another crime of which he was | innocent. 4 he constant s ggestions to the jury of patriotic duty as con- trasted with our pacifism, cosmo- politanism, and refusal to be drafted | The contemptuous and tones of voice shown | 5 CH counsel, Mr. Moore. ted decisions of i stioi.s without the | of a stenographer (to which our counsel objected) so that the record would not show all that occurred.” “From the very beginning of the trial,” the -ectition charged, “the judge stirred up the political, social, religious and economic hatred of the jurors, and their fears of antago- { nism against us, but covered himself | admonitions to the jury from inml' to time to treat us fairly and {IHIPXITU.’IH_\' s0 that we were really { tried not for murder, but for bheing radicals, draft evaders and pacifists.” Sacco and Vanzetti frankly mitted having anarchistic views. “We are anarchists, believers in anarchy, which is neither a sect nor a party, but a philosophy that like all the philosophies aims to human progress and happiness,” asserted the pctition. elimination of every form of violence and the utmost freedom to each and all actuated by the elimination of every form of oppression and ex- manner by the Our sense and ideal of justice is [based on the principle of man's | selt respect and dignity; of the | equality of men in their funda- mental nature and in their rights and duties.” Criticism of the courts marked an- other section of the appeal. “Your institutions are said to be based upon open and even-handed justice. That claim cannot be made good 1t sccret communications are now permitted to take the place of public testimony. Nor can th prestige of your courts long surviv the loss of respect which will be th certain result of unredressed injus- tice.” The words with which Sacco and Vanzetti concluded their personal not getting the genuine by millions and prescribed tem of law,” | ad- | “Our goal is ultimate | ploitation of the man by the man. | DOES NOT AFFECT THE HEART NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1927. appeal were of the same dramatic |type as those spoken by Sydney Carton at the guillotine. | “We can die but once, and the| | pang of death will be but mo- mentary; but the facts which show | injustice cannot be obliterated. They ! will not be forgotten, and through | the long years to follow they will trouble the conscience of those whose intolerance has brought us to our death, and of generations of thelr descendants. A mistake of | justice is a tragedy. Deliberate in- | Justice is an infamy. “Governor Alvan T. Fuller, we have been in prison seven years, charged with a crime we did not commit, awaiting .he fate that every day came necarer and nearer. Per- haps you can imagine what this has | meant to us. And do you realize what this has meant to Sacco's wife and children, and to Vanzetti's father and mother and family at home in Italy? It is the thought not of our own approaching death, but of the suffering of those near anc dear to us in the seven years that have passed, and of the greater suffering to come, that is the cause of our bitter gricf. And yet we ask you mot for mercy, but for justice. We will not impose their sufferings or our own upon you. “You cannot justly consider their suffering or ours as a ground for your official action, except that that suffering may seem to you a reason for giving the most careful and un- prejudiced conslderation to the two grounds of our prayer—that we are innocent and that our trial was un- fair.” Trumbull Invited to | New York State Event | Albany, N. Y., May § (A—Invita- | tions to governors of 14 states whose troops participated in the defeat of | Burgoyne have been invited to join |New York state in celehrating the {150th anniversary of the battle on cptember 19, State Historian Alex- nder C. Flick announced yesterday. The invitations went to Governor Trumbull of Connecticut; Robinson {of Delaware; Hardman, of Georgia; Drewster, of Maine; Ritchie, of Maryland; Fuller, of Massachusetts; Spaulding, of New Hampshire; foore, of New Jersey; McLean of North Carolina; Fisher, of Pennsyl- | vania; Pothier, of Rhode Island; | Richards, of South Carolina; Weeks |of Vermont and Byrd of Virginia |“Migs” Title Contests At Two Schools Today The school games in the “Herald- | Junior Achievement” marble shoot- ing tournament which were sched- luled to be played at the Walnut Hill |school at 4 o'clock yesterday after- noon were postponed until 3 o'clock | this atternoon in order that the chil- dren would not have to return to the school yard from religious instruc- on. In addition to the games at he Walnut Hill school the regular |scheduled games are being played at {the Monroe school. The school mplonship of the Northend school {will be determined Friday afternoon in the school yard. SAY “BAYER ASPIRIN” and INSIST! 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The engineer was asked to pre- pare a map of Main street, from East Robbins avenue, north. A hearing will then be held and def- inite boundaries will be established. The regular meeting of the school committee was held last night in the Center school. It was voted to engage a part-time art supervisor. Miss Miner, who now has charge of that work in Berlin, will also take over Newington and devote two days a week, All teachers In the sachools In town have been engaged with the exception of two. Willlam M. Han drey will endeavor to fill their l places immediately. A mecting of the Garden club of [ Newington was held this afternoon {at the home of Mrs, Harold R. Rowe at the Junction. W. Everett Hine, who has been ill for several weeks, is improved and has rcturned to his office at the Travelers Insurance Co. New World Record for Altitude Set by Balloon Scott Field, Ill, May 6 (®—A new world's altitude balloons apparently was established yesterday by Captain Hawthorne C. 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