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but told the lawyers that he con
sIdered his case and that Of saccO
hopeless.
He added there was faint ray
OF hope that the United States
courts might give him and Gacco
justice.
1t was understood that the appll.
cation could not be filed without the
signature OF Saccp.
DR.. Joseph Mclaughlin. prison
physician, visited Sacco and Van.
zetti in their death cells today.
They thanked him for his kindness
to them and babe him farewell"
Both Abandon All Hope
Both men began what may be
their last day on earth by refusing
breakfast. It was Sacco's twenty.
fifth day Of fasting. Vanzetti had
been without food for more than 4
week. Water has been their only
nourishment.
They still protest their innocence
Of staying paymaster and his
guard In South Braintree in 1920,
asserting that they were convicted
because Of their radical views-that
they 90 TO the electric chair with
courage dying for q principle"
Sacco. his eyes fixed on the cell.
ing of his death cell. awaited the
arrival Of his wife for her last
visit.
He believes, prison officials said,
that he has seen his boy and girl
for the last time.
Both prison cllaplains. Rev.
Father Michael J. Murphy and Rev.
William Bradley whitney. waited
for q call from the prisoners.
One prison official stated that
Sacco was almost in Q coma--that
death might cheat the electric chair.
Warden William Hendry stated
that he was ready to carry out the
death sentence, that the electric
chair had been tested by the exccu-
toner. and that all electric wiring
had been gone over.
1t was understood that unless
there Ii a last.minute respite the
death march will begin q few min.
utes after midnight tonight
First to the chair viii 20 Celesti.
said, unconcerned az to his fate.
Sacco would be No. 2 IN the short
walk across the silent deathhouse.
and Vanzetti last.
Prison Under Heavy Guard
Meanwhile, the prison was under
heavy guard. with special bomb
squad Of picked men from the Bos-
ton police department to aid in
guarding the approaches to the
prison.
Machine guns were ready for set,
ting UP in the vicinity, and equip.
ment of the guards was rifles, pistols
and sawed-off shetguns. Flood
lights were set up in front OF the
prison for use tonight.
A motor truck penetrated the
dead line" thrown around the In.
stitution by police. IT was the
trolling kitchen" OF the Salvation
Army with coffee and sandwiches
for the weary guards.
No person was admitted within
the dead Line" without q special
police pass and all those without
a written pass from the warden
were barred from the prison.
Telegraph companies had set up
a miniature telegraph station in
the prison clubhouse. Wires went
to the outside world and over
these a few minutes after mid
night perhaps will go the news
Of the passing Of Sacco and Van.
zetti. shoe worker and fish
peddler. who have come into world
wide prominence.
80 Arralgned in Court
"A Gordon Of police surrounded
municipal court today when thirty.
nine Sacco and Vanzetti sympathiz.
ers appeared for arraignment for
violating the city lettering ordinance
in walking in q death March" In
front Of the State House.
Defendants ~ tWenty-eight m . n
and eleven women came in groups.
All persons were called on to show
credentials before receiving per-
mission to enter the court.
The first three persons arraigned
before Judge zotolli IN Municipal
Court, who were arrested yester-
day in connection with the Sacco-
Vanzetti demonstration near the
State House, were found guilty.
Their cases were continued until
Friday for disposition. Others
charged with saunterting and loiter-
ing win be arraigned later IN the
The three found guilty were: