The Washington times., 1923-03-08
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sacco, Alleged Red, Sees No
Justice IN U. s., and Hopes
to Evade Chair by Death.
By JOHN L. SPIvAK.
international News Service.

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DEDHAM, Mass, March 8.-On
a little cot in q cell in the Nor
folk county Jail here lies q waxen
face. It is the remnant Of Nicolai
Sacco, whose conviction for a
South Braintree murder resulted
in international complications
from riots, bomb throwing and
attacks upon American embassies
Eby protesting European radicals.
Sacco, who has been in Jail for
thirty-four months pending legal
action in his case, now courts
death from starvation rather than
undergo further imprisonment.
Has Resolved to Die.
Today he entered the twenty.first
day Of his hunger strike, resolved
either to die or to gain his freedom.
His friends and comrades, after
waging q three-year fight for his
liberty, which extended to every
quarter OF the globe, plead with
him not to die, but Sacco is OBJ
durate.
The jailer makes no effort to
feed him except to place food be.
fore him three times a day. He
is not yet sufficiently weak to be
fed forcibly.
Sacco, after long months of brood.
ing. became convinced that Justice
is not for the poor" and has chosen
this method to protest against the
slow grindings Of the mills of the
law, he today informed Interna-
tional News Service in an exclusive
interview.
Was AvOwed Radical.
Sacco, a little man of thirty-one.
was a shoemaker by trade and an
avowed radical. He maintains that
1t was his radicalism that brought
the specter of the electric chair to
him and not what he terms the
"unsolved murder"
1t was odd to walk into the spot
less Jail with Mrs. Rose Sacco, a
pretty woman before her husband
was imprisoned, but worn and bag.
gard now from months Of ceaseless
fighting for her husbands freedom.
Once In the silence Of the Jail and
near cell fourteen Of the east wing,
she said pathetically:
please. Do not be afraid. I
will not cry. He is brave, and I
love him."
The door opened and a CHASTITY
face turned to see who had entered.
On spotless cot in the spotless
cell lay the waxen face. A dark
black beard covered the chin and
gave the face that doomed appear
ances associated with those whom
the hand OF death has already
touched. Only his eyes showed,
glittering with a light Of indomit-
able courage. A wistful hunger ap.
peared in the clear eyes as he sat
up slowly and kissed his wife.
Three blankets lay on him: for
the body no longer gave warmth.
mick, he will die" said Mrs.
sacco softly, turning her face away.
Her chin quivered.
Convicted of Murder.
And my baby, and my son.
Dante-ah, death is hard only for
those who are left behind"
Thank you." Sacco said, ''for
not bringing the children. 1t would
be too hard"
For thirty-four long months I
have been here" he said slowly,
"Do you know what that means?
These iron bars, the white walls.
the silence and my thoughts that
come to me in the long hours of
the night?
at was convicted of murder, 7
whose whole life was devoted to
love of my fellow man.
"They say I killed a man for
money. When I was arrested I
had 81 500 saved up in a bank. If
Vansetti and did commit the
crime. would we, twenty-one daRs
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