New Britain herald., 1927-04-09

| tinped, and NOT have had TO work
, by the sw-dt OF my brow. | could
have had a position in business.
Not only have | not tried 10
steal or Kill in ali my life, but |
have refused myself to be a COM
/ modify. to sacrifice myself for u
| good position.
Il want TO say thaC ! am not or.
innocent have committed some
sins but no crime-but l have
struggled TO eliminate crime and the
exploitation and oppression OF men.
! il there is any reason YOU can doom
ms it is this reason and none else
At this point his voice broke and
he begged the courts pardon.
| Nanzetti then referred TO the
many people throughout the world
who had expressed sympathy for
| him and for Sacco. including The
! flower Of mankind in Europe
What. we have suffered iii the
last seven yeays.' he went on. no
. man can say. Yet YOU see us be
fore you not hushing, not changing
/ color, not ashamed"
Looking directly at Judge Thaycr,
| he said:
There could not be another judge
more projudiced than YOU, Vet
they refused us a new trial. w
know you know. You have bcpu
againgt Us from the beginning. You
| lncw we We're radicals, under dogs
You spoke Of your dcspiscment Of
us with your friends in the Univer-
sity Club in Worcester"
NanZctti assorted that he had
been given a longer term of i'm
| prisonment i'll the state prison. for
attempted robbery than had been
imposed on many men who had
confessed their guilt of armed rob
berry, He declared he was innocent
of the attempted robbery for which
( he had been sent to prison.
The one interruption to the order
" procedure came at the moment Of
sentence when both prisoners inter-
rGp'ed Judge Thayer.
SaCco had accepted his sentence
Standing with sct pale face.
Judge Jhaycr then began the legal
formula which would pronounce
like fate ON NIuzetti.
Nau2ctti jumped to his feet with
wait 4 minute please
Judge Thayer stopped and in
ruirei if counsel knew what the
prisoner intended. Counsel did not
and Judge Thayer said he thought
he should proceed with the sentence.
Half way through the brief pro-
nounccment, Sacco was on his feet
and said loudly enough TO be heard
above the Judge. The same words
were pronounced two years ago
No attention was paid to him.
Judge Th9yer finished. The men
were sentenced.
Nanzctus final pleas occupied
almost 40 minutes of the court
time. He spoke coolly yet with fer
vor and emphasis referring fire.
quently to notes which he had pre-
pared. IL used his arms and hands
almost constantly to emphasize his
points hut without violence. His
voice was strong, much stronger
than that which Judge Thayer
elderly and i'll, used a few minutes
later.
His conviction. said Nanzetti,
was due to the hysteria of hate
against slackers ana DIRECTORS 10
war.
i am positive you and katzmann
District attorney at the time Of the
original triad did all in your power
10 prejudice this passion OF the jury
against us,
THE jury was against us because
we were against war. katzmann
knew that We believed war wrong
and We believe even more now after
f,n years since the war that war
is wrong. ! am glad to be doomed if
] can look back at you all and
show that their promises to you
were a cheat, q fraud, a crime.
They promised you peace ana
prosperity. Whore are the morals
the war has given to the world and
where is security OF life? Where Is
rcspect for human life? There has
never been so much crime. so much
degeneration as there is now