ITALIANS TO DIE

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 119, 10 August 1927, Page 1

ITALIANS TO DIE

Machine-Guns May Be Mounted at the Prison of Execution

PUBLIC TENSION NOT LESSENED rE execution of the Italians, Sacco and Vanzetti, whose fate is arousing- high feeling in the United States, South America and Europe, takes place no'< to-day but tomorrow, according to the latest messages. Demonstrations are still taking place, and the prison where the execution will take place may be guarded by machine-guns. Judge Thayer has again refused to alter the sentence of death.

jy Cable. — Press Association. —Copyright Reed. 9-20 a.m. NEW YORK, Tues. Another desperate effort to save Sacco and Vanzetti failed at Boston, when Judge Thayer, who presided at the original trial, denied a motion for the revocation and stay of the sentence, after giving the matter consideration overnight. The defendants’ only recourse is to apply to Governor Fuller and the Federal Court, neither of which is likely to stay the execution. Meanwhile, in Washington, the State Department officials have taken extraordinary .precautions against possible bombings. Six entrances to the departmental buildings are barred, leaving only two open, and these are under heavy guard. A special guard is also stationed at the diplomats’ private entrance. Thousands of New York police concentrated on 30 protest meetings, which were scheduled to assemble for the purpose of joining In a monster gathering later In the day.—A. and N.Z. GUARDING THE PRISON TALK OF MACHINE-GUNS Reed. 9.20 a m. NEW YORK, Tues. Sacco and Vanzetti were denied a stay of execution in the Superior Court at Denham, Massachusetts. It is claimed that thousands of workers are out on a sympathetic strike. One hundred and forty-five thousand workers are out on a sympathetic strike. Forty-five policemen are posted in Unipn Square, and smaller detachments are throughout tie city, to preserve order.

Four thousand clothing workers are out on strike in Rochester, New York. At Boston, a riot squad of detectives raided a cap-maker’s headquarters on the eve of a strike, and it is understood that the police are considering the placing of machine-guns on the walls of the prison in Charlestown, the Boston suburb where the execution takes place on Thursday. Many arrests are being made throughout the country, as the result of the disturbances.—A. and N.Z.Sun. A PRACTICAL JOKE? EXPLOSION AT ALDWYCH Reed. 9.5 a.m. LONDON, Monday. A home-made bomb exploded at the Aldwych tube station. There were no casualties. Porters rushed downstairs to the men’s cloakroom, and found that the damage was trivial, being limited to a slight crack in one wall. Tube officials are inclined to believe that it is the work of a practical joker. A tin containing an explosive mixture was left in the cloakroom. When it exploded there was only a slight report and very little smoke.— A. and N.Z.-Sun. MANY ARRESTS LOS ANGELES POLICE BUSY NEW YORK, Monday. Another bomb outrage is reported to have been perpetrated at Utica, resulting in 12 persons being injured. tA machine, believed to be a bomb, was discovered at Lynn, Massachusetts, in a bank. At Los Angeles the police have begun to arrest all persons known to be Redicals. They are being charged with violating the criminal law governing syndicalism. The Sacco-Vanzetti Committee at Chicago, which is affiliated with the trades unions there, has issued a statement referring to the recent explosions and various demonstrations. The statement says: “The attempt to create an impression that a reign of terror exists is simply an effort to produce the same kind of hysteria which resulted from the original conviction of the two men. “After seven years of peaceful but energetic agitation on a large scale throughout the world, it is a violent stretch of the imagination to ask the people now to believe the supporters of Sacco and Vanzetti would resort to such stupid and useless means of protesting.”—A. and N.Z.