Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-04-10

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is the same words you pronounced
| seven years ago. You condemn two
innocent men,
| With the imposing of the death
| sentence there remained possible two
courses by which the condemned men
might continue their fight for life. One
| Is an application to the United States
| Supreme Court on writ of certiorari,
! the other an appeal to Gov. Fuller
| to exercise executive clemency. The
| latter course will be taken immediate
| ly by the supporters of the men, their
| counsel, William G. Thompson and
| Herbert G. Ehrmann, announced
| tonight.
Has Open Mind.
In the absence of a statement from
| the governor. who was not at his
| home In Boston today, 1t was re-
called he previously had stated that
the evidence in the case had not been
submitted to him and that conse-
queutly he had not formed any opin
ion.
Although special precautions had
been taken to guard against violence
or disorder in connection with the sen.
fencing of the two men, there were
no demonstrations either while the
prisoners were being escorted to the
courthouse and to the Norfolk County
Jail, or during the proceedings in the
courtroom
The proceedings took less than an
hour. After Judge Thayer had opened
court at 1905, District Attorney Win
field M. Wilbar Immediately moved for
sentence. The clerk of the court then
asked Saco if he had anything to say
why sentence of death should not be
passed upon your"
Accuses Court of Cruelty.
Eyes, SIR" Sacco replied. rising be-
side Vanzetti in the prisoners cage.
explaining that Vanzetti would speak
longer, he went on:
II never knew, never heard, even
read in history anything so cruel as
this court. After seven years prose
cutting they still consider us guilty
And these gentle people here are ar
rayed with us in this country today.
He paused and then went on to out
line his radical principles; setting the
oppressed class and the rich class"
opposite each other.
Tyranny Is Charged.
1--WE fraternize the people with the
books, with the literature" he went
on. you prosecute the people, tyr
annie over them and kill them. We
try the education Of people always.
You try to put path between us
and some other nationality that hates
each other. That is why I am here
today on this bench, for having been
the oppressed class. Well, you are
the oppreSsor.
''You know it, Judge Thayer-you
know all my life, you know why /
have been here--and after seven
years that you have been prosecuting
me and my poor wife and you still
today sentence us to DEATH"
Vanzetti he referred to as the man
kind to all the children" the man
whom, he said, Judge Thayer twice
had sentenced, although, he told the
Judge, you know he Is innocent"
"As said before" he concluded.
Judge Thayer knows all my life and
he knows that / am never guilty.
never-not yesterday nor today nor
forever" So
Protests His Innocence.
AS he sat down. the clerk addressed
the same question to Vanzetti.
What / say is that am innocent,
not only Of the Braintree crime (the
murder for which he was sentenced
today, but also of the Bridgewater
crime (the attempted robbery charge
on which he has been serving a sen.
tence). That am not only innocent
OF these two crimes, but in all my
life I never stole and ! have never
killed and 4 have never spilled blood"
He said tat he had struggled al cf