Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1927-08-07
BOMBINGS CAUSE
HEAV YGUARD TO
BE MAINTAINED
Judge Who Presided
AT Trial Will
Hear Motion

BOSTON. Mass, Aug. ZAP
Judge Webster 1hayer, who presided
at the .Saceo-Vanzetti trial in 1921,
will lit in the Norfolk superior court
at Dedham Monday afternoon to hear
any motions that may be presented in
connection with the case, Chief Jus
ticc Walter Herley Hall Of the Massa-
chussetts superior court, let the fact
be known tonight.
The chief justice communicated by
telephone with Judge Thayer, who d.
spending a vacation To OEunguit.
Maine, after he had received a visit
thi safternoOn from the Sacco-N an
zetti counsel.
Attorneys Confer
Arthur b. Hill, Boston attorney
who was retained last Thursday TO
act for the defense in the famous
case, went TO Fitzburgh today with
Elias Field, who has figured in ef-
forts TO bring about new trial tor
Sacco and Nanzetti. Their confer
ence with Chief Justice Hall lasted
an hour and half
Nh Hill requested the chief justice
20 hear the defense motion for q new
trial but he was told that this was a
matter for Judge Thayer, who had
pres ided at the trial Chief Justice
Hall then communicated wit NUDGE
Thayer and learned that the latter
mould come to Dedham.
Ii was not made clear whaG the ma
ture of the defense motion would be.
the chief justice remarking that
Judge Thayer would hear any motion
that might be presented in the Sacco-
Nanzetti case. The judge will be in
court at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon.
Report Released
Another development in the case
came today when the 10000 word re-
port of the advisory commission
which Governor Fuller appointed %
make an independent investigation Of
the case was released for publication
~ tomorrow morning papers. IN his
decision refusing clemency the gov
ernor said that the committee had
unanimously reached the conclu siOns
which were given out.
The report says that the committee
says that Sacco and Nanzetti were
guilty Of the murders beyond a rea-
sonable doubt"
The report summarizes the COM
mittee's conclusions as to the trial
by saying:
The committee have seen no evil.
dence sufficient to make them be-
lieve that the trial was unfair. On
the contrary. they are Of opinion that
the judge endeavored and enGeavored
successfully, 20 secure for the de-
PENDANTS a fair trial; that the dist
rict attorney was not In any way
way guilty Of unprofessional be
navioT, that he conducted the prose
cution vigorously but not improper
ly; and that the jury. an impartial
"a nd u rrfa
were instructed. well and truly try
and true deliveraEcc make"
Charge Prejudice
The committee was composed OF
President A. Lawrence Lowell of
Harvard University, President sam
uel W. Stratton Of the Massachus-
setts Institute OF Technology and
Robert Grant, former Judge Of the
probate court
he motion for a new trial II based
on three grounds. The first is an az
legation Of prejudice on the part OF
Judge Thayer. The second is a nre-
sentation of which IN described w
new evidence t. the effect that holes
IN a cap Identified at the trial as bay-
ing belonged I'd Sacco were made NV
Draintree. chief NJ police. while W.
was searching for Identification
marks. The third is an assertion OF
additional new evidence bearing On
an allegation that " firearms expprt
who testified for the state that the
eullet which killed Alexander Bera-
deli. one of the victims OF the mur-
ar for which the two men were con
Vlcted, was consistent with having
been fired from Saceo's pistol. had
said later that he had positive opin-
4Nu that this huifgf xvaE w.s Fta
from Sacco's pistol.