The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-06-14
Miss Frances J. Devlin De-
clares She Saw Sacco
Leaning Out of And
Shooting from Automo-
bile During Double Muir
der and Robbery at So.
Braintree.

Dedham. Mass, June 14-All per
sons entering the court house wher,
Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Van
zetti are being tried for murder, were
subjected to close scrutiny to-day
Deputy sheriffs, uniformed police anc
plain clothes officers acting under in,
structions of Sheriff Cappen stood al
the entrances to sean all spectators
Some were subject to superficial search
for weapons.
The precautions were said to have
been prompted by incidents of yester-
day when after Mrs. Lola r. Andrews
of Quincy a state witness who was un-
der cross examination by the defense,
collapsed, the court room was closed,
guards were placed, and two men ex-
amined but later released. No formal
statements concerning these events
were made, but it was said to-day that
spectator left the court room almost
Immediately of Mrs. Andrews tainted,
and before the doors were sealed.
Mrs. Andrews resumed her testi-
mony under cross examination when
the trial opened this morning. She was
allowed to testify seated. The wit
ness was very pale. She had been on
the stand for two hours Saturday,
again all yesterday fsrnoon and until
she tainted yesterday afternoon.
On redirect examination, Mrs. An.
drews was questioned regarding a call
at her home by an Italian who talked
with her regarding the shooting of the
paymaster and his guard at South
Braintxee, which is charged against
Sacco and Nanzetti. Frequent obiec-
tions from defense counsel led Assist
ant District Attorney Williams to in
form the court of the prosecutions
claim that the witness had been badly
frightened by this call and by sub
sequent call of Fred H. Moore, counsel
for Sacco, few days later.
0ne-Eyed Italian Frightened Her.
Mrs. Andrews said that an Italian
with only one eve had talked to her
for three-quarters of an hour at her
home and thatfwhen he left she was in
a nervous condition. Mr.. Moore called
subsequently and took away with him,
the witness testified, her factory time
book by which she said she had told
him she fixed the date of the South
Braintree shooting as April 10.
Mr.. Williams asked Mr.. Moore to-
produce the book, but counsel replied
that IL was not in his possession. Mrs.
Andrews said that at the time she
gave il to Mr.. Moore at her home
stenographer and two other men were
with him.
Miss Frances 7. Deylin, a bookkeep-
cr testified that from the second-story
window she saw Sscco leaning out of.
and shooting from the automobile
which took the bandits from the scene
oe the crime. She said she was filing
in the Slater and Morrill, Offices when
she heard shots Looking out Of the
window she saw the car coming up
Pearl street with Sacco leaning from
IL and shooting back at the gate tend
or at the railroad crossing. When Miss
Devlin pointed out Saceo in the court
room to-day he laughed at her. She /
said she saw his face and body clearly |
in the car Al the time.
Under cross examination Miss Dew
lin admitted that in her lower court /
testimony she did not say positively |
that Sacco was the man she had seen
shooting She did not want 70 com
init herself at that time she said
In redirect examination she said she 4
never had any doubt that Sacco was
the man.
When she saw Sacco in the Brockton |
hil a month after the crime. Sacco was /,
asked 60 turn sideways TO her and /
take a pose - il he was shooting. 4
she said. At that time she identified /
him ss the man she saw in the auto
mobile.