New Britain herald., 1927-08-23

| lnto us lungs With every breath the l difficult air of doubt, with the eyes
 of Europe turned westward upon
 Massachusetts and upon the whole united States in distress and har-
 rowing doubt-are you still so sure? For indeed, your spirit, however
 strong, is but the frail spirit of a
 manA Have you no need in this
 hour of a spirit greater than your
 own?
 Think back. Think back a long
 time. Which way would he have
 turned. this Jesus of your faith = ! Oh, not the way in which your feet are set
 You promised me, and I believed you truly. that you would think of
 what l said. l exact of you this promise now. Be for a moment | alone with yourself. Look inward
 upon yourself for a moment" Miss Millay's letter was written only a short time before the execu- ton. She concluded it with these | words:
 There is need in Massachusetts |. too late for you to be that man." Boston, Aug. 23 (UP)-Two mem
 bers of the defense committee called at the northern mortuary today and formally claimed the bodies of Sacco and Fanzetti.
 Gardner Jackson and Aldino Felt- cani, the claimants were understood
 to be acting in behalf Of Mrs. Rose
 sacco and Miss Luigia Vanzetti. Later Richard c. Kirby, East Boston undertaken, called at the
 morgue and claimed Madeiros' body, which, it was said, would be sent to the New Bedford home of his family.
 Medical Examiner George B. Ma grath arrived at the porgue during the morning and began the autop- sies as required by law. The last day of life for Sacco and Fanzetti began with defense counsel in Boston, Washington and at Isle De Haut, Me-, fighting desperately for stay of execution. All moves but one failed In Washington the supreme court clerk docketed the petition for a writ of certiorari, which now, however, will serve no purpose.
 Justice Stone at his summer home in Maine refused Arthur D. Hills plea for stay of execution. Chief Justice Taft summering at Point Au Pic, Canada, wired to Michel A. Musmanno. also of de- fense counsel, that he would not come to the border to consider the case.
 Unsuccessful in federal courts. the attorneys returned to the state courts, appealing to Superior Judge James Sisk for a stay. He denied the petition for lack of jurisdiction.
 President A. Lawrence Lowell was appealed to as chairman of Cover nor Fuller's advisory committee. Defense attorneys asked him to take advantage of the offer of Acting At torney General Farnum to open the department of justice files at Wash ington to see if department agents had been in collision with Massa- N'ANSN'''' atNtiibi itS ct tllt tllllt Ol lIlt Sacco-Nanzetti trial. Lowell made no reply.
 Failing in the state courts the attorneys again returned to the fed eral courts, appealing to Federal Judge James A. Lowell for a writ of habeas corpus. After considering the application he denied it.
 And even then they did not give up. It was almost dark when Jus tice Lowell announced his decision, but another appeal, to Justice Holmes at is Beverly farms home, A writ Of habeas corpus was asked but refused.
 Only the governor stood between the condemned anarchists and the electric chair. All day long he had received delegations who pleaded for mercy. and last night those closest to the condemned, Mrs. Sacco and Miss Nanzetti, pleaded with Gover- nor Fuller.
 But the governor codld not be swayed.