Hellraisers Journal – Monday November 14, 1921 Dedham, Massachusetts – Attorneys Argue for New Trial for Sacco and Vanzetti
From the Appeal to Reason of November 12, 1921:
Guard All Roads During New Trial
of Sacco-Vanzetti
BY EUGENE LYONS.
Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Nicola Sacco, Rosina Sacco
Boston, Nov. 4-The courthouse in Dedham, Mass., and all the roads leading to it are in a state of siege, with mounted state constabulary, riot squads, and the rest of the terror brigades patrolling the neighborhood, as counsel for Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, the two workingmen whose conviction on a far-fetched charge of murder has roused the proletariat of all nations, argue for a new trial before Judge Webster Thayer.
The hysterical precautions against dangers which do not exist except in the imaginations of alarmist newspaper editors have transformed the court so that it looks like a military camp prepared for battle, rather than a hall of justice. The presiding judge, although he has denied the fake stories of threats against his life, is heavily guarded. Among those who were searched for hidden weapons as they entered the room were many prominent New Englanders, among them John Codman, chairman of local Civil Liberties Union, Mrs. Elizabeth Glendower Evans and Mrs. William James, the widow of the great psychologist and philosopher.
It is in such an atmosphere that the appeal for a new trial was made by attorneys Fred H. Moore and J. J. McAnarney, on the ground that the evidence introduced against their clients did not warrant the verdict. They berated the court for its refusal to grant separate trials for the two defendants, the evidence against them being of a different nature. Mr. McAnarney asserted that the jury was undoubtedly influenced by the halo of terror thrown around the prisoners. Mr. Moore analyzed in detail the testimony against the men, showing how flimsy and untenable it is…..
Nov 12, 1921, Appeal to Reason-Attorneys Moore & McAnarney argue for new trial for Sacco & Vanzetti https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88916039/nov-12-1921-appeal-to/
Note: Unfortunately librarian saw fit to paste label across part of text. Dear Librarians, please stop doing this.
“Sacco-Vanzetti Case Records, 1920-1928. Defense Papers. Third Supplementary Motion for New Trial signed (?) by Sacco, Vanzetti, Thomas F. McAnarney, J.J. McAnarney, Fred H. Moore and William J. Callahan. (signatures all appear to be in the same handwriting), [July 22, 1922]. Box 9, Folder 1, Harvard Law School Library, Historical & Special Collections” https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:wp988v38s
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