The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-01-13

NHNiNHSiy ASouFus out TITS pibn1
up of evidence In favor Of the con-
demned workers had no effect what
ever on the class courts n1anlpulat-
ed from behind the scenes by agents
of the department. Of Justice. AZ
Weyand, another former agent of
the department., stGtes In his affg-
davlt: shortly after the trial Of
Sacoo and Vanxettl wac concluded
said to Weiss (another asent)
that did not believe that they were
the right men, meaning the men who
shot the paymaster, and he replied
that that might be 90, but that they
were bad actors and WOULD GET
WHAT THEY DESERVED ANY
Way" The department Of Justice
was out TO get" them and the mere
fact Of Innocence could not be al
lowed to STAND In the wayI
THE case finally came up before
the Supreme Court OF Masssohu-
sets on January II, 1925. On May
IL Of the came year tho court re-
leoted the request for q new trial
and left II to the superior court to
sentence them
This new outrage stimulated sven
moro the movement here and
abroad In defense Of Saoeo and Van
zettI. New demonstrations lnvoIv-
Ing tens Of thousands Of workera
took place all over the world. In
America the international Labor De-
fense organized q gigantic defense
campaign and took tho initiative In
broadening and oentraIIxins the pro-
test movement In calling the eaeoo-
Vanzetti conferences, which were
organized In scores Of oltIes Of
America with hundreds of labor un-
iona. fraternal organizations, and
labor political organisations partIci-
patins.
TN the middle Of last year now evi-
= denoe eane Into the hands Of the
defense which eonelusIVeIy proved
tho entire Innocence Of the accused.
A fellow by name Of MadeIros, him.
eeif under conviction for murder,
made q sensational confession In
which he pointed out the real Grim
lnals and completely exonerated the
two radical workers. The eonfes-
sion was received under very ex-
traordInary circumstances One
evening Sacoo was handed a maya
zine and was told II was from Mad
eIros and that he should look In
side. In the magazine Sacco found
clip Of paper which read as fol-
lows:
n hereby confess to being In
the South BraIntree shoe COM
pany orIme and saeco and Van
zettI was not In said crime. (sian-
ed) celestino Madelros."
Madeiros also indicated that the
notorious MoreIlI gang Of Provl-
denee, r. l., were the real Instiga-
tors Of the South 6raIntree hold-up
and were themselves guilty OF hav-
ing committed the hoId-up and the
subsequent murder.
OF course q demand was Immedi-
ately made for q new trial. On
July rs, 1926 a date WIS set for a
hearing on q new motion for a re-
trial. And then American class
Justice played another grim Joke
upon the unfortunate workers who
were being sent to the grave. The
iuyJe before whom the arguments
for a new trial were to be made
was none other than the original
trial Judge, Judge Webster Thsyer,
the Judge whose hostile and obvl-
ously prejudlced conduct had been
commented upon by the capitalist
prossi
The result was, OF course, a fore
gone conclusion. Despite the new
evidence absolutely proving the in
nooence Of the two italian workers
and despite number OF police affi-
davlts to the same effect, Judge
Thayer on October "a, 1926 refused
to grant a new trial to Saceo and
vanxettl.
THE electric chair still throws Its
L menaolng shadow over Saceo
and vanzetti. Only the intensified
ton Of the protest movement on the
part Of the workers Of America and
Of the world can call a halt to this
seven year persecution Of two radI-
cal workers who are being fast rail-
roaded Into the grave. The fate Of
saceo and vanzctti lies In the hands
Of the workers Of Amerloal Only
tho power Of labor can snatch the
two Victims Of the department Of
Justices "red raid" activities from
the Jsws sf DEATH