The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-08-11
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Braintree. Mass, were robbed and
murdered.
May 5. 1920 sacco and vanzetti
arrested. charged with being two
of the group OF rnurderefs.
May II, 1920-Both men were
arraigned in the Quincy court, for
n1AlIy charged with the Braintree
murders. and reTnanded to Ded-
ham jail. At the same time the
shadow Of an old case. involving
the hold-up Of q payroll truck at
Bridgewater. Mass, in December
1919, fell across Vanzetti's fate.
Sentenced Tor Robbery
July s. 1920 Before Judge Web.
upon the Bridgewater robbery
charge and was sentenced to serve
from IL to Is years in the State
prison at Charlestown.
September 8, 1920 - Norfolk
county grand jury indicted Sacco
and Vanzetti for the murders at
South Braintree and they pleaded
not guilty.
May 81, 1921 Trial of the two
men was begun, with Fred III.
Moore. of California, leading the
defense attorneys.
June IL, 1921 After q stormy
trial both men were convicted and
sentenced by Judge Webster
Thayer to the electric chair.
October, 1923-William G..
Thompson. leader OF the Boston
bar, brought into the case as
chief counsel for the defense.
Appeals were taken to higher
courts.
Clears Saeeo- Van1etd
January 2, 1926 Constantine
Madeiros, under a murder sentence
in the Massachusetts, state prison,
asserted the Morelli gang in
Providence had committed the
South Braintrae murders and that
Sacco and Vanzetti were not
involved.
April ., 1s27-Deciining to grant
a new trial. Judge Webster
Thayer formally sentenced Sacco
and Vanzetti to die in the electric
chair during the week Of July 10.
April IL Counsel for the de-
Tense petitioned Governor Alvan
z. Fuller to intervene. Latter be-
gan q personal inquiry.
June 1--Governor Fuller named
an advisory committee composed
OF President "a. Lawrence Lowell
Of Harvard, President Stratton Of
the Massachusetts, Institute of
Technology, and former Judge
Robert Grant Of the Probate
Court to aid him In reaching !
final decision on the appeal.
Reprieve Granted
June 29-- Reprieve kraht4d IL
Sacco and Van2etti until August
10, until case could be reviewed
by advisory COMMITTEES.
July 17-sacco and vanzetti
went on hunger strike.
August S-Qovernor Fuller il.
sued his decision. declining to in
tervene and asserting that the,
condemned men had had ! fair
trial.
August 10 on eve OF their elec.
trOcution Governor Fuller grants
9 further rsprieve to the con.
demned men for d twelve.day
period 50 that u final appeal FOR
review could be made to the state
courts.
August 11-Five members 81
the state Supreme Court were Or
d6red to be ready to sit in Boston
Monday to consider the iefense's
BILL Of exceptions, providing Judge
George "A. SaFdeFsoE allows the
action on exceptions to ko to the
fun bench of tl(s Supreme Court.
Defense attorneys rushed the BILL,
after Sandefson had dismissed
their petition for writ of error.
Prejudice by Trial Judge Thayer
is charged In the writ. United
States District Judge Anderson
and Justice Oliver wendell
Holmes, Of the United States SUI
preme Court, have declared they
have no Jurisdiction to issue q
writ of habeas corpus for the con-
demned men. Sacco, on twenty
fifth day of fast, may cheat the
chair by starving to death.
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