The New York herald., 1921-11-22

ering funds to help the defence. is
we'll known i'm New England. Sacco
was arrested in Milford. Mass. in 1916
for making n speech at mass meeting
protesting against the Imprisonment OF
Tresca for the latter's part in the
Masaba range iron miners strike.
The close connection between the New
England and New York groups was
first shown by THE NEW YORK HERAIp
last October following the uprising of
Reds i'm the European capitals. When
the attack was made on Ambassador
Iderrcl< in Paris and the cry Save
Sacco and Nanzetti' was heard through
the capitals of Europe. THE NEW YORK
HERALD made known that tLis case had
been seized upon by the Internationale
as its new slogan to hold together its
melting forces.
Little doubt now exists in the minds
of the secret service men that Michael
Boda. in whose car the bandits are be-
lieved to have escaped after they had
shot down the paymaster of Slater <
Morrill, Shoe Company's factory in
April. 1920. made his way to Europe,
where he has carried on the propa-
ganda to save Sacco and NaaZetti The
defence disputes the claim of the State
that It WAS Bodas car, but no trace
has been found of him since the muir
der
The charge of the State prosecutors
now is that Feruccio Coacci, with whom
Boda lived took to Italy the $4,000
of which the paymaster was robbed
Coacci was deported by the Federal
Government. but the defence points out
that his ship did not reach Italy until
May 5, 1920. and his detention in port
could have been accomplished had the
authorities wished to stop him. In its
appeals for a new trial the defence
sets UP that the State made no attempt
TO prove that the bandit car escaped
TO the Coacci home on December "a,
although William T.. Kane, prosecutor.
declared in his opening address that
he would establish the charge.
How Disturbances started.
The promise was left with the jury
with no evidence to sustain it. the de-
fence states. The inference was based
on statement by John King. who said
he looked from a window in Bridge
water and saw the car passing. That
point is two miles from the Boda-
Coacci home by winding roads. Van
zetti denies that he was with Boda or
that he ever knew him.
If either Boda or Coacci is in Italy
1t is regarded as certain they prompted
Ella Musetti and Leon Mucci. members
of the Italian Chamber of Deputies. to
make their protest against the eXecu-
ton of Sacco and Vanzetti. That pro-
test first attra cted attention in Europe
to the Braintree case.
Mucci formerly was member of the
Boston Bar and in 1912 was the law
partner of George L. Roewer, and was
one of the counsel for Ettor. Giovan-
nitti and Caruso in the Salem labor
cases.
In the pamphlet. Are They
Doomed?' published by tho Workers
Defence Union of New York and
printed by the Call Printing Company
this appeal is made:
You must realize that something
more than moral support is needed for
Sacco and Vanzetti. Their lives are
at stake. The attack upon them is an
attack upon all workers who dare to
think. What has happened to Sacco
and Vanzetti may happen to any
worker. 1t happened to Mooney and
Billings. 1t may be your turn next"
This is the basis for an appeal for
funds and the widest publicity. There
is made the direct charge that Sacco
and Vanzetti were "railroaded" because
they were radicals. Says the pampsl let /:
ut is the cold dawn OF May 3. 1920,
an Italian printer named Andrea Sal
sedo. plunged from the fourteenth story
was crushed out on the pavement. He
had been held captive for two morths
without trial and had been beaten and