Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-21
AIM TO SUPPRESS
SACCO DATAD
Justice Officials Declared
Anxious to Disclose Mate
rial Gathered by U. S.
BY WILLIAM HARD.

DuDIlc TO-DAY Tor the ilfSL Tune III
exact situation of the Federal Coy
eminent regarding the material in tn
files of the Department of Justic
bearing upon the cases of SaCC0 am
NanZetti who in the absence OF
further renrievc are to he executed OF
the midnight between next Monda,
and next Tuesday.
This writer states with absolute as
surance that the Department OF JUS
tice is actuated by no desire TO sup
press this material. He has every
reason to believe that the depart
nent would convey the whole of this
material to GOV. Fuller Of Massachu
sets IL the governor should ask for 1t
He can go even farther and say
that many officials in the Departmen1
of Justice would be very muci
pleased and relieved if Coy. Fuller
should come forward with such a re
quest.
Concerned BY Criticisms.
Authorities here are in many IN
stances seriously concerned by the
criticisms leyeled in foreign countries
against the American Federal Govern
ment in the matter Of the Sacco.Nan'
,,,fti arrests. trials convictions and
approaching executions. The Depart
ment of Justice If the Federal Govern
Inent Is internationally held 10 nave
inspired the proceedings IN MaSSa-
chu>etts against these two aHeI
Italian anarchists and to be engaged
nov i'm coucealing numerous ascer-
famed facts which, If revealed. would
establish the innocence Of the con-
t1emned men and would save their
lives. The United States of America
thus has been put under an lnterna :
tional cloud which has caused much
anxiety not only in the Department OF
Justice but in the State Department
as well.
What particularly distresses officials
here is that this cloud seems 10 them
entirely unjust and unnecessary
This writer is able to say that to ms
personal knowledge there is material
in the files Of the Department OF
Justice which deserves and demands
the following assertions about it:
one. II throws whatever final light
IS possible upon that consciousness OF
guilt" which Judge Webster Thayer,
he trial Judge, believed he saw IN
Sacco and NanZetti and which he at
tributed to consciousness" of murder,
whereas their own lawyers attributed
it to consciousness" of anarchism.
Two. 1t tends totally TO eXonerate
the United States Government from
all charges Of having tried to use the
South Braintree murders as a means
Of "railroading" two obnoxious anar.
Chistic foreigners into eternity.
Interested in Alien Status.
It cannot be too emphatically stated
or too clearly understood that the
present interest of the Federal Gov
eminent in SacCo and Vanzetu Is
simply and only that they are self
u n thnrnFoYG
liable to deportation, If they should
ever by any chance be released from
prison by the Massachusetts author
tiles. they will be federally depOrted
Immediately. Being thus able to get
rid of them by deportation for anar.
chism. the Federal Government has
no interest whatsoever in getting rid
Of them by death for murder.
The Federal documentary evidence
ia the matter shows that the activities
of the Federal Government regarding
Eacco and Vanzetti have had in gen
eral the following course and char
ecter:
The Department Of Justice was
engaged in no pursuit whatsoever of
SacCo and EanZetti at the time when
they were arrested in Massachusetts
on May 5, 1920, on the charge of
having taken part in the South Brain
tree murders of the paymaster, Par
menter and of the guard, BeradeH. OF
the shoe factory Of Safer & Morrill,.
Thereafter, however, the depart
ment's attention was attracted TO
them in the course of an investiga-
ton of the famous bomb explosion
which took place on September 16,
1920, in Wall street. New York. The
Bureau of Investigation of the De-
partment of Justice formed the
theory that this explosion was the
work of a certain group of Italian
anarchists called the Galleani group.
Identified With Bomb Suspects.
An old record showed that Sacco
and VanZetti had been among the
subscribers to the periodical issued
by the Galleani group and called
Cronaca Sovversiva. Two suspected
members OF that group-SalSedo and
UIia--had already been arrested for
alleged completely in the bomb out
RACES which had taken place in
numerous American cities in the
preceding year. 1919.
Vanzetti, a few days before his
arrest for the South Braintree muir
ders. had visited New York to confer
with fellow anarchists there regard
ing Salsedos arrest and detention.
The Department Of Justice actually
Gid not know Of this visit; but both
Vanzetti and SaCco, when arrested
by state officers, were told merely
that they had been picked up as
suspicious characters" and We're at
once interrogated a. 10 their 'radi
calism." They both thereupOn gave
lying answers which lawyers for the
defense attribute to their conscious
ness Of VanZetti's visit to New York
and Of their general association with
radical circles.
With this start of the case against
Bacco and Eanzetti and with the subse
ouent formulation Of the murder
charge against them the Department
Of Justice had nothing to do.
Not Concerned With Murder.
The Department Of Justice was not
interested IN &accO and Nanzetti as
possible nlurdcrcrs of Parmenter anG
I}ernadeln. It was Interested IA them
as possible iNforWants on the Galiean
anarchistic group and on the Wal
Street bomb explosion.
To this end il caused an Italian
named Carboue 10 occupy a cell ueXI
10 Sacco's IN the jail in which Sacct
was confined. Carbouc was 10 gair
from SaccO what information he cou}t
regarding the GalIeani group and
bombs He gained none and was IN
a few days Withdrawn.
The Bureau Of Investigation Of the
Department If Justice nevertheless
hopefully $cmJ agents ia the Sacc0
NanzcttI trial 70 observe All anarchists
who might happen to attend. Such
anarchists turned out to- De few. an.
10 results of any Importance were II
thls manner secured.
Again hopefully however. the
Rureau Of Investigation Of The De