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Transcript of The Trial of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti.
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The Trial of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti
The South Braintree Murders
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Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Judge Webster Thayer
Key Figures
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At 3:00 P.M. on April 15,1920, a paymaster and his guard were carrying a factory payroll of $15,776 through the main street of South Braintree, Massachusetts, a small industrial town south of Boston.
Two gunmen fired on the guards and snatched up the cash boxes dropped by the mortally wounded pair and jumped into a waiting automobile.
The bandit gang, numbering four or five in all, sped away, eluding their pursuers. At first this brutal murder and robbery, not uncommon in post-World War I America, aroused only local interest.
The Crime
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Three weeks later, on the evening of May 5, 1920, two Italians, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, fell into a police trap that had been set for a suspect in the Braintree crime.
Although originally not under suspicion, both men were carrying guns at the time of their arrest and when questioned by the authorities they lied. As a result they were held and eventually indicted for the South Braintree crimes.
Vanzetti was also charged with an earlier holdup attempt that had taken place on December 24, 1919, in the nearby town of Bridgewater. These events were to mark the beginning of twentieth-century America's most notorious political trial.
The Arrests
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Evidence Given at the Sacco and Vanzetti Trial
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Type: Eyewitness IdentificationProsecution’s Evidence: Seven eyewitnesses placed Sacco in or near
Braintree around the time of crime.
A few other witnesses testified that Sacco resembled one of the bandits, but declined to make a positive identification.
Evidence - Sacco
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Type: Eyewitness IdentificationDefense Response: None of the seven eyewitnesses were
consistently certain of his or her identification.
Several told a defense investigator that they could not make an identification.
None of the witnesses identified Sacco until well after his arrest. The witnesses were not required to pick Sacco out a line-up.
Several of the closest witnesses to the crime were not able to identify Sacco.
Evidence – Sacco
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Type: Ballistics Evidence Prosecutors’ Evidence:
Ballistics expert Proctor testified that "Bullet 3" was consistent with being fired through [Sacco's] pistol." Expert Van Amburgh noted a scratch on Bullet 3 likely made by a defect in the rifling of Sacco's pistol.
Evidence - Sacco
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Type: Ballistics EvidenceDefense Response: Two defense experts testified that "Bullet 3"
could not have been fired from Sacco's Colt
One of the recovered bullets could not have been fired from Sacco's Colt automatic. It clearly was fired from someone's Colt.
Evidence - Sacco
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Type: Evidence Relating to CapProsecution’s Evidence: A cap with a hole in it picked up at the crime
scene resembled one owned by Sacco. The hole might have been produced by a nail
at Sacco's workplace on which he was in the habit of hanging his cap.
One witness testified that the cap resembled in color and style a cap owned by Sacco
Evidence - Sacco
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Type: Evidence Relating to CapDefense Response: Sacco denied ever owning the cap, or any cap
with earlaps. Sacco tried on the cap before the jury and
claimed that it did not fit (the prosecutor claimed that it did).
It is not known for sure that the cap found at the scene belonged to one of the murderers, or to one of the crowd who gathered soon after the crime.
Evidence - Sacco
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Type: Absence from WorkProsecutor’s Evidence: Sacco was absent from his job at the 3-K shoe
factory on the day of the crime. The consulate clerk in Boston, who Sacco
said he visited, could not remember him (although this is not surprising, since the clerk sees several hundred persons per day.)
Evidence - Sacco
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Type: Absence from WorkDefense Response: Sacco claimed to have been in Boston trying
to get a passport from the Italian consulate on the day of the crime.
After visiting the consulate, he said, he ate at Boni's Restaurant in Boston.
Seven witnesses testified that they saw Sacco at the restaurant
Evidence - Sacco
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Type: Actions and Falsehoods Suggesting Consciousness of Guilt
Prosecutor’s Evidence: After his arrest, Sacco told lies about his
recent whereabouts, and denied holding anarchist or radical beliefs.
His explanation for carrying a gun at the time of his arrest was implausible.
The prosecution suggested that these lies showed consciousness of guilt
Evidence - Sacco
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Type: Actions and Falsehoods Suggesting Consciousness of Guilt
Defense Response : Sacco testified that his lies during his initial
police interview were because he feared that if he told the truth about his radical beliefs or admitted knowing radical friends, he would likely be deported.
Evidence – Sacco
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Type: Eyewitness IdentificationProsecutor’s Evidence: Four witnesses placed Vanzetti near the
crime scene.
Evidence - Vanzetti
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Type: Eyewitness IdentificationDefense Response: No one claimed to have seen Vanzetti during the
actual shooting. A defense witness testifed that it would be hard to identify the man he had seen driving the car.
Another witness testified they saw no one, while a third witness said the driver was light-haired (Vanzetti is dark-haired).
Vanzetti testified that he was selling fish in Plymouth (25 miles from Braintree) at the time of the crime.
Six witnesses testify that they saw Vanzetti in Plymouth near the time of the crime
Evidence - Vanzetti
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Type: Evidence Concerning Vanzetti’s Gun
Prosecutor’s Evidence: The gun found on Vanzetti at the time of his
arrest resembled one that paymaster guard Berardelli was thought to be carrying at the time he was shot.
Vanzetti's gun had a repaired hammer, and there was evidence presented that Berardelli's revolver also had a repaired hammer.
At the time of his arrest, Vanzetti said he bought the gun at a store (but could not remember which one) and he lied about how much he paid for the gun and where the bullets came from.
Evidence - Vanzetti
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Type: Evidence Concerning Vanzetti’s GunDefense Response: Vanzetti testified that he bought the gun from
a friend (Falzini) a few months before his arrest.
He said he bought it because he received cash from his fish peddling business and was concerned about recent hold-ups.
Falzini testified that he sold the gun to Vanzetti.
Evidence - Vanzetti
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Type: Actions and Falsehoods Suggesting Consciousness of Guilt
Prosecutor’s Evidence: Vanzetti lied about his guns, the whereabouts
of his friends, and his reason for being in Bridgewater on May 5.
Vanzetti's explanation for being in Bridgewater at the time of his arrest was weak.
Vanzetti probably went to Bridgewater to get Boda's car (the Overland) to commit another robbery.
Evidence - Vanzetti
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Type: Actions and Falsehoods Suggesting Consciousness of Guilt
Defense Response: Vanzetti testified that he told some lies when
initially questioned because the country was in the grip of the Red Scare, and he feared for his own safety and that of his anarchist comrades.
Vanzetti stuck with his original story about why he was in Bridgewater: he testified that he had gone there to collect anarchist literature, but could not name the names or addresses of people or places he would be collecting the literature from.
Evidence - Vanzetti
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Pictorial Evidence
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South Braintree Crime Scene
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Map of Key Locations
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Scene of the CrimeSlater and Morrill Shoe Company
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Paymaster Frederick Parmenter
Guard Alessandro Berardelli
Victims
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Guns Found on Sacco and Vanzetti at Time of Arrest
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Four Bullets Taken from Berardelli’s Body
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Composite Photo of Shell Found at Crime Scene – Bullet #3
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Guilty…or Innocent?