The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1927-08-26

as ne came through the door of the
execution chamber, he walked unas-
self. ''-- '''- 10000 -'-ii-
AS the guards began the hasty adj
JusCmehC OF straps to his head and
Oody he began a speech.
IN the broken English that charac-
Ceflzed his dramatic plea for "justice"
WHGn sentence was passed on him in
Dedham on April 9, he declared:
wish to tell you l am innocent
ana never connected with any crime,
put some time some sin. l thank you
Tor everything you have done for me.
l am innocent of all crime not only
Oh TINS one but all. l am an limo
cent man.
He FOrgives "SOme People"
linen just as the guards slipped the
straps and head cap in place, cutting
OH further speech, he shouted: 81
Wlsh TO forgive some people for what
they are now doing to me-"
Nanzettl also addressed a few last
words to the witnesses in the death
chamber. He protested his innocence
OF the murder for which he was exc
cuted.
A moment after the official wit
nesses entered the death chamber, Ma
delros was led in between two guards.
Inc youth, who had won five respites
because of his confession that the
gang with which he was connected
committed the South Braintree muir
ders, was stolid and expressionless.
Ills eyes wandered about the little
group of witnesses as he was strapped
TO the chair, but he said nothing.
Madelros came in at 12:O2:47. At
IZ:O3:37 the shock was applied. He
was pronounced dead at 12:O9:35.
SaccO Is Steady
linen came SaccO. Apart from the
prison pallor, the little shopworker. |
VINO had become an international fig
ure, showed no sign of his long hun
ger strike. He walked erect between
the guards, his eyes flashing brightly I
about the group in the death chamber
as ne came. He sat down in the
chair, and, as the guards began to
attach the straps he shouted in a
voice Unat rang strangely through the
little white room:
chy). ''ii'-
Almost without pause, he continued
this time in broken English:
:, Farewell, my wife and child, and
all my friends" ''''1
When the work of the guards was
almost complete, he looked about the
group of witnesses again and said.
Good evening, gentlemen" =
linen, just as the headstraps were
'elng applied, came Sacco's last re-
mark. 1t was:
Farewell, mother"
Vanzetti to the Chair
Hardly had Sacco's body been plac-
"a beside that of Madeiros behind a
creen at the rear of the chamber than
ne guards appeared again in the
doorway leading in from the dearb )
ellis. This time Vanzetti was placed s
n the chair. I
He showed no sign of nervousness I
r hesitation. AS he entered tbe
hamber at the rear and to the left
I the chair, he shook hands with
everal guards. Seated in the chair :
e Launched at once into a brief |
peech. v
linen the current was applied.
In the case of Madeiros the amper- 0
ge was from 9 to II and the voltage. n
rom 1,4OO to 1000. For Sacco the n
mperage was from II to Is and the e
oitage from 1900 to 1000. In Van e.
sttTs execution the amperage was
ON . to II and the voltage from a
400 to 1850. c.
1t was explained that the greater u
'ltage In the case of Sacco was made eet
scessary by the fact that he was an II
usually rugged and vital type. NJ
The men were dressed in blue-strip- sc
denim shirts, gray trousers. gray u
cks and black slippers. 1e
Inc left leg of their trousers had aN
en slit up to the knee to permit ap- n! m
lcatlon of the electrodes to the ID
ssh.
The bodies of the three men were pf
from the death chamber is
ortly after the execution and taken So
the North Grove street mortuary. re
1ere an autopsy was to be perform Tn
arrangements were made last pu
gnt by Gardiner Jackson, represent
9 the Sacco-Vanzetti defense com ia
ttee, to claim the bodies later on cl;
half of the relatives. W;
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