Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-22
Fight for Life
Returns to
Bay State.
RESPITE ASKED
TO SCAN FILES
Order for Probe of
Justice Records
Is Sought.
BY the Associated Press.

BOSlON August ZZ.-AllcHipts
to save Sacco and Nanzetti early this
afternoon apparently were almost
wholly back to Gov. Fuller and
Massachusetts, State Courts.
Four United States Supreme Court
Justices-Holmes, Brandeis, Taft and
Stone-had refused to intervene
Counsel for the two men then went
before Gov. Fuller for a stay to
allow them further time to seek
Supreme justices. and also seeking to
have Fuller order examination OF
Federal Department of Justice rec
ords for possible new evidence.
Michael A. Musmanno of Sacco-
Vanzetti defense counsel announced
today that Chief Justice Taft had
sent him a telegram in which he
announced his refusal to receive a
petition for a stay of execution be-
cause the matter was outside his
jurisdiction.
Text Is Withheld.
Musmanno withheld the text of the
Chief Justices telegram, but added
that Mr.. Taft had advised him to go
before one of the three Supreme Court
justices now in this district, if he
wished action on such a petition. The
defense attorney had already appealed
in vain to Justices Holmes and
Brandeis.
A dispatch from Stonington. Me-,
said stay of execution was refused
today by Justice Harlan T. Stone at
his Summer home at Isle au Haul.
Justice Stone was visited at the little
island. s miles out to sea, by Arthur
d. Hill. chief counsel for Sacco and
Vanzetti
Attorney Hill made the trip to the
island by boat after reaching Stoning-
ton on a steamer from Rockla nd
where he completed early this morn
ing q 200.mile motor drive from Bos.
ton. He took his automobile across
the western entrance to Penobscot
Bay from Rockland on the steamer
so as to have it available for return
TO Boston.
Stone Issues Statement.
At the conclusion of the conference,
at which only Justice Stone, Attorney
Hill and three associates of the latter
were present, Justice Stone gave out
the following memoranda
Application considered and denied
without prejudice to applica ton to any
other justice. concur in the view ex.
pressed by Justice Holmes as to the
merits of the application and action
of counsel in presenting it,"
Attorney Musmanno said that he
expected to receive, some time during
l.~, sc;@ tie To-
Walter p. Hall of the Superior Court
on petition for a stay laid before him
last week.
He had said earlier in the day
that, as he understood it, Chief Justice
Taft could not act on a petition while
he was in Canada, but he had hoped
to persuade him TO come to some point
within the United States, in which
case he was prepared to take an air
plane trip to see him.
Elias Field of defense counsel said
that Chief Justice Hall had placed the
petition for a stay in the hands OF
Judge Sisk of the Superior Court, who
was with Chief Justice Hall at con
ference with defense attorneys last
week. Field later held a conference
with Judge Sisk at the courthouse
and when he emerged said that nc
Governor at Statehouse.
Gov. Fuller came from his Summer
home at Rye Beach, y. H., this fore
noon, reaching the statehouse at lO:4(
am.
Some time before his arrival a visit
was paid TO the executive offices al
the statehouse by Waldo L. Cook. edi
tor of the Springfield Republican
John F. Moors, a Boston attorney
and Rev. Edwin S. Drown Of the Epis
coDal Theological School. Cambridge
They told the governors secretary
Herman A. Macdonald, that they hat
come to lay before the governor a pc
tition for communication of the sentence
of Sacco-VanZetti to life Imprisonment
or a stay of execution. They arranged
to return later.
Sacco,VanZetti pickets shortly be
fore noon appeared again in front OF
the StatehOuSe. There were Is OF
them when they started walking III
and down the Beacon street sidewalk
A force of so policemen was being
held in reserve under the statehoust
archway.
The picket line grew rapidly anG
after the pickets had ignored warning:
to leave the vicinity, 81 arrests were
made.
Spend Quiet Sunday.
Sacco and VanZetti went 10 bed il
their cells in the death house las
night with the knowledge that toda,
may be their last day of life. SAGE,
has renewed hope that his life ma,
be saved; VanZetti is silent and rest
less, according to Michael A. Mus
manno, defense attorney, who visite
the men in their cells yesterday.
The two men, who, with Celestin
Maderios. are scheduled to be electro
cuted some time after midnight t.
night, spent what may be their las
Sunday on earth quietly. They re
ceived, in addition to Musmanno'
visit, two visits from Mrs. Rose SAGE
and Miss Luigia Nanzetti, Sacco
wife and Vanzettis sister spent a
hour in the death house on thei
morning visit and about the sam
length of time in the afternoon.
The condemned men were serve
with a roast chicken dinner and a
ate heartily. managing as well as the
could with the spoons that are tn
only eating utensils provided then
The food. prepared especially In tn
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