The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-08-09

ever changed their mode of living
after the robbery. Their record.
were clean. They had been steady
industrious workers. Sacco had
family and home; he was skilled
shoe-cutter, praised by his employer
even though he was known as having
radical ideas.
''Vanzetti was known as sober anc
steady. Numerous witnesses, III
Guiding the whole police force Of
Plymouth, We're ready to come for
ward at the time of the trial, to tes-
tify to Vanzetti's integrity. My rec
objection is that these witnesses were
not put on the stand because of
trade between the prosecution and
the defense; the prosecution agreed
that, if the defense would dispense
with the character witnesses, it, the
prosecution, would refrain from
bringing in evidence to show that
Vanzetti was already serving a term
in prison for an earlier holdup. Pre-
sumably however, the whole jury knew
about the latter fact anyhow; it had
been frequently stated in the news
papers read in Norfolk county.
Strange Testimony.
Frank Burke, proprietor of a
glass-blowing exhibition, testified
that he was within a few feet of the
escaping bandit car, facing it; that
one of the bandits leaning out fired
shot at him and that he was GER
tain this bandit was not sacco and
not Vanzetti.
"Gov. Fuller says: 4 see no evei-
dence of prejudice in his Judge
Thayer's) conduct of the trial That
he had an opinion as to the guilt or
innocence of the accused after the
evidence is natural and inevitable
If Thayer had no prejudice why did
he, at the very opening of the trial,
begin admonishing the talesmen
about loyalty to flag and government,
and lauding the boys who died upon
the battlefields of France?' And
why did he continue those speeches
day after day?
Il heard Judge Thayer openly
utter threat against the defense
This l dealt with in detail in an affi-
davit filed with Gov. Fuller early in
May. In that statement l told of a
scene in a private dining room in the
Dedham Inn, where the judge and the
reporters at, on the fourth morning
of the trial. Thayer had been made
indignant by a statement given out
by the Italian consul saying that the
Italian authorities had complete
confidence that the trial will be con-
Quoted solely as criminal proceed
ing, without reference to the political
or social beliefs of any one involved
Thayer Hostile to Defense.
"The reporters were asking ques-
tions. One concerned Fred II.
Moore, chief defense counsel Men
ton of his name aroused the Judges
hostility. This was on the day
when a special venire of IT'S extra
talesmen had been gathered in, and
all morning the defense had strenu-
ously opposed the use of any of these
talesmen as jurors, on the ground
that they had been summoned not
from the highways and byways as re-
quired by law, but from special
places, such as a Masonic meeting.
Referring to Moore's objections
to special venire, Judge Thayer
asked; And what do you suppose
that fellow wanted me to ask those
veniremen? Are you member Of
a labor union? Are you opposed to
union labor? Are you q member Of
a secret society,"
"Thayer made a gesture of anger,
snd went on, saying to the news
papermen: Did you ever see a case
in which SO many leaflets and circu-
lars have been spread broadcast say
ing that people couldn't get a fair
trial in the State of Massachusetts 2
GAS he turned to leave the room
he shook his fist and said to the
newspapermen: You wait till I give
my charge to the jury, I'll show
'em!'
Gov. Fuller says: The charge of
The judge was satisfactory to coun-
sci for the accused and no exceptions
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