Thayer to Receive Petition for New Sacco Trial Today
Boston prospects brighten and darken as Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti face imminent execution. Judge Webster Thayer again centers the drama, with habeas corpus and stay petitions advancing in Suffolk and Norfolk counties. Governor Fuller’s decision on a stay looms amid last-ditch legal maneuvers by Arthur D. Hill and defense counsel to win a new trial.
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Boston
Associated Presse
Commonwealth
Nicola Bacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Tlng
Alvan T. Pullet
Wednesdley
Tuatice
George A. Sanderson
State Supreme Court
Sufcounty
Deense
Webster Thayer
Superior Court
Thayer
Norfolk County
Bedham
Obituary notices from Stratford area deaths Aug 1927
Obituaries list multiple Stratford area deaths with funeral details. John Chase aged 81 of 1204 North a venue Stratford Conn died Aug 6 1997 funeral Aug 8 in Bridgeport. Numerous entries include Mary Conlen widow of John Conlen funeral Aug 9, Helen Fairchild funeral Aug 8 Stratford, Arthur Hawkins 98, Frederick H Helbig Jr 73, Julius F Lilling 72, Mary Marsh 468, Catherine McHugh Aug 20, Anna Moran Aug 10, Carl Louis Schluntz 22, and a note of thanks from the family of James Rully.
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St. Charles’ Church
St. Michael's
Fairchild
Stratford
Conn
Helen Parrott
George W. Fairchild
Main Street
Tuesaday
Union Cemetery
Bawkins
Arthur Hawkins
Howard Court
Maplewood
Howard Avenues
Howard Avenues, At 2:30 P. m. Interment St Park Cemetery
Melbic
Frederick H. Helbig, Jr
California Avenue
Charles L. Dennis
Fairfield Avenue
Lakeview
Julius F. Lilling
Wayne
Prienda
August G. Maker
Stratford Avenue
Middle Village
L. I. Marsh
Mary
Eugene Marsh
Shelton Street
Park
Catherine McHugh
Avenues
St. Augustine's Church
Moran
Tuckahoe
Anna D. Moran
Baker
Dgeport
Lakeview Cemetery
Schluntz
Spring- Beli
Mass
Carl Louis Schluntz
Bethany Church
Nichols Avenue
Sacco and Vanzetti case moves on to court review
The Boston area reels as Judge Thayer’s resignation question surfaces while the governor’s clemency decision looms. Warden Hendry and Attorney General Reading plan court appearances as hearings on new trial requests unfold. The state releases a 18 page committee report affirming the trial and noting Thayer’s indiscretions. Prisoners Sacco and Vanzetti continue hunger strikes. law enforcement tightens security across major public buildings and facilities.
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Superior Court
Thayer
Dedham
Oguinquit
Maine
William Hendry
State
Supreme Court
Fuller
Puller
Rye Beach
N. H
Sacco
Vanzetti
Hendry
Arthur K
Braintree
Booth Braintree
Vangetti
Frederrick A. Parmenter
Alexander Berlardell
Berardelli
Florida
South Africans Seek Sacco Vanzetti Pardon Via Coolidge
A South African Trade Union delegation met the American consul in Johannesburg and urged a message to President Coolidge for a retrial of Sacco and Vanzetti. The consul reportedly sent telegrams and protests were planned against the forthcoming execution amid claims of new evidence.
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London
Associated Press
South African Trade Union Congress
Johannesburg
Coolidge
Sacco
Vanzetti
Reuter
Canzetti
Rand Trade Unionieta
America
Sweden
Stockholm
Figures and Facts in Sacco Vanzetti Case
More than 100 talesmen rejected at first, deputy sheriffs pressed citizens for jury service. Seven years four months ten days passed between murder and execution. 377,421 letters and over 2,000,000 petitions sought clemency for Sacco and Vanzetti. $330,000 raised by defense. August 1 treasury had $2,000 left. Governor Fuller’s probe interviewed over 200 witnesses and spent $6,661.
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Srist
Nves
Fuller
Sacco Defense Committee
Pelt
Treasury
Puller
One Drowns and Six Saved in Lake Crash
A car crash on a river in New Haven county left one man dead and six rescued. Southbury youths pulled the deceased from the water, while others freed two women from the submerged vehicle. The unidentified man wore blue serge trousers, 5 feet 8 inches tall, about 190 pounds, and may be Polish. Coroner to hold inquest in Waterbury.
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Southbury
Peter Szabo
White Street
Danbury
George Kolescar
Teylor Street
Edward McGrath
Daniel Murphy
Vincent Shannon
Kolescar
Seabo
Tolstoi
Mitchell Waelleff
West 114Th Street
New York
Eugene Ushakoff
Count
Countess Dimitri Alexandra Proushenko
Count Tolstoi
L. F. Smith
Tolstoj
Stephen Palmer
Ridgefield
John FP. Monzani
Waterbury
New Haven
Monzant
Vasilieff
Beabo
Ridgefield Beac
W. H. Weasa
State Highway Department
Stanley Dance Hell
Szabo
Samuel Green
Fuller Praised for Sacco Vanzetti Decision in Yarmouth
At Lyceum hall Yarmouth citizens adopted a mass meeting resolution praising Governor Alvan Fuller for his unanimous approval of the Sacco Vanzetti appeal decision. The gathering, held August 6, lauded his courage and wisdom in handling the case.
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Yarmouth
Mess
Associated Press
Alvan T. Fuller
Sacco-Vanzetti
Lyceum Hall
Fuller
Vanzetti Meeting Protests Violence in Milwaukee
About 27,000 Milwaukee men and women gathered in the courthouse square to oppose violence in the case of Sacco and Vanzetti. Local speakers urged workers to refrain from acts that could prejudice the doomed men's appeal and passed a resolution condemning violence.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Associated Press
Wicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Police Break Up Sacco Vanzetti Meeting in Boston
Boston August 7 Police dispersed several Sacco Vanzetti protest meetings on Boston Common under permits. Arrests were made as mounted and plainclothes officers broke up crowds estimated at 6000 to 10000 without violence. Speakers Giovannitti Cantor and others faced arrests for permit suspensions and disturbances. Authorities cited public safety powers to end the gatherings.
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Boston
Associated Press
Boston Common
Alfred Baker Lewis
Socialist Party of Massachusetts
Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee
Arturo M. Giovannitti
Sacco- Vangetti
Michael H. Crowley
Giovannitt
Sacco and Vanzetti Backers Held in New Haven Rally
Authorities hold six New Haven supporters including a schoolgirl and a housewife over a city ordinance on handbill permits. The defense committee plans noon strikes and two demonstrations at the central and Columbus greens while denouncing Governor Fuller and urging immediate clemency for Sacco and Vanzetti in a fervent public telegram signed by Angelo Crisafi.
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Ia Schlossberg
Anns Schwartz
New Haven
Thea
Defense Committee
New York
Central Green
Columbus Green
Score Fuller
Sacey-Vanzett Defense Committee
Sacco
Vanzetti
Fuller
Alvan
T. Fuller
State House
Boston
Mass
Conn
Bacco
Vanzetil
Vangetti
Berty
Angelo Crisafi
Bay State Officers Capture Alcohol Near Powder Point Bridge
Plymouth Massachusetts August 7 state police seized about 2000 gallons of Belgian alcohol from a motorboat that had just landed near the Powder Point bridge in Duxbury. The boat sped off as arrests were made.
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Plymouth
Maza
Associated Press
Powder Point Bridge
Duxbury
Sacco Vanzetti Reactions Stir Across Cities
Outstanding developments report protests breaking up on Boston Common after a police raid. Two men arrested in New York Subway bombing. anti Catholic paper, Baltimore mayor home bombing, and Philadelphia church bombing noted. Police seize permits for mass meetings and readings terminals guarded nationwide. Two late legal actions could push Sacco Vanzetti case to the Supreme Court.
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Boston
New York
Washington
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Reading
Sacca-Vanzetti
United States Supreme Court
Sacco Vanzetti demonstrations extend from London to Paris
Paris and London banners and crowds protest the Massachusetts cases. In Paris five thousand march to Bois de Vincennes with red flags and banners urging justice while police restricts inside the capital. London demonstrators parade from Trafalgar Square to the American Embassy, seeking protest resolutions to be sent to President Coolidge and Governor Fuller.
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Paris
Associated Press
Paria
Bois de Vincennes
Sacco-Vanzebti
Massachusetts
Signorina Lugia Vangetti
Senatern
Baia de Vincennes
Amerida
Signorino Vani Wetti
Sacco
France
Vanzetti
London
Trafalgar Square
Grosvenor Gardens
A. B. Houghton
Coolidge
Hyde Park
the Park
Spankment
Thames
Vangetti
Vanzett
Tom Mann
China
Vannett
Fuller
Labor Party
Trade Union Council
Sacco and Vanzetti protests widen across nations
Demonstrations and marches in London and other cities condemn capital punishment and demand clemency. In Chicago police guard federal buildings as radical leaders are watched. Rail and oil workers in Argentina join actions and plan stoppages ahead of the Massachusetts executions.
Bodies of Stratford youths arrive for funerals
The bodies of Carl Louis Schlantz and Knowlton Sherwood Coddington, both Stratford residents, were reported to arrive today. Schluntz will be buried in Stratford after services at Bethany church with a Masonic ceremony. Coddington’s burial is planned in Thomaston, Connecticut. Surviving relatives and town mourners attended the accident.
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Stratford
Thomaston
Schluntz
Home Town
Carl Louis Schluntz
Main Street
Knowlton Sherwood Coddington
Hillside Avenue
Longmeadow
Mass
Springfield
Coddington
Conn
Schlantz
Bethany Church
Roxbury
Christian
Bridgeport
Victor
Axel
Frederick
Arthur W. Coddington
Muriel
Strateford
Schlunts
Egyptian Swimmer Fails in Channel Crossing
Egyptian swimmer Ishak Helmy and companion Luscombe attempted the English Channel from Cape Gris Nez but were forced back by rough seas. Helmy quit after five and a half hours in the water while Luscombe pressed on three hours longer before ending the bid.
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London
Associated Preas
Ishak Helmy
Luscombe
English Channel
Cape Gris
Nez
Helmy
Crash on Baugatuck and Franklin streets injures no one
Westport August 7 A collision at Baugatuck and Franklin streets involved cars driven by John Dessez and William Wescott Black. Damages under 15 dollars, no injuries, no arrests. Dessez lacked a license and was under instruction. Black drove a car owned by Alfred C. Love of Yonkers. Officer Harvey Allen investigated. Dessez swerved to avoid a car stopped ahead. Additionally Peter Piazza faces Fairfield Town Court for insufficient lights. Benjamin Warren and Gustave Blackman to appear in Easton Court August 10 for reckless driving and road-rule violation respectively.
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Westport
John Dessez
Elizabeth Dessez
Compo Street
William Wescott Black
Alse
Baugatuck
Franklin Streets
Desser
Black
Alfre C. Love
Yonkers
Harvey Allen
Peter Piazza
East 60Th Street
New York City
Fairfield Town Court
Fairfield
James Kinnegan
Benjamin Warren
Bronx Park Avenue
New York
Easton Court
Salvatore Petrinag
Warren
Easton
Gustave N. Blackman
Poplar Street
Bridgeport
William Tripp
Hobo King Enters Fight To Save Sacco And Vanzetti
Philadelphia August 7 J Eads How known as the King of the Hoboes joined the unemployed in supporting Sacco and Vanzetti. A resolution calling for a stay of execution and defense of their cause was adopted urging telegraph to President Coolidge and Massachusetts Governor Fuller.
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Philadelphia
Associated Press
J. Eads How
Bacco and Vanzetth
Hobo
Emmanuel Presbyterian Church
Protested Callahans and Murphies Shown in New Britain
In New Britain on August 7 a special daytime showing of Callahans and Murphies went peacefully after Catholic clergy and Irish laymen requested the screening. They later announced they would make no further objections to its presentation.
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New Britain
Associated Press
Ancient
Order of Hibernians
Two Held in Raid on Schoolhouse Gambling
Police raided a rear Wheeler School craps game yesterday morning and captured two men, Andrew Schopze age twenty five and Louis Schiavani age twenty, both of Highland Avenue. Several other players fled the scene.
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Wheeler School
Andrew Schopze
Louis Schiavani
Highland Avenue
Elm City Fireman Held in Theft Case
New Haven August 7 Associated Press Hugh J Riley 31 of the New Haven Fire department was arrested on a technical charge of idleness pending investigation of the theft of provisions from a warehouse. Robert E MacBride 26 was arrested in connection with the same investigation.
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New Haven
Associated Press
Hugh J. Riley
Doctor Day Chosen to Study Church Unity Ritual
Rev Dr William Horace Nay of the United church, at the World Conference on Path and Order in Lisanne Switzerland, is appointed to a committee to consider the churchs common confession of faith. The panel will crystallize suggestions and draft recommendations for later examination by the conference. Dr Day and Mrs Day went to Europe last month for the conference and to visit historic cities. They plan to return in September.
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William Horace Nay
Pilor
The
United Church
Lisanne
Switzerland
Day
R. M. Houghton
New Haven
Waterbury HoldUp Suspects Released In Southington
Four Waterbury men arrested by Southington police after three hold ups late last night and this morning were released after victims declared the quartet did not commit the robberies. William Meehan aged 19 Joseph Carroll 20 Charles Keegan 21 and Alfred Kan ym 33 faced suspicion charges.
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Waterbury
Aboreted Press
Southington
William Meehan
Alder Street
Joseph Carroll
Bellond Hill Street
Charles Keegan
South Leonard Street
Alfred Kanym
Elisabeth Street
Four Men Hold Up Man In Car in City Precinct
Ame rose Crawley of 47 Hilhouse avenue reported to the Fourth precinct that he was held up and robbed of 45 in cash by four unknown young men who drove up in a light touring car just before 1 am. He could not provide descriptions as the youths struck him, then took his money.
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Manning
Cturb
Amerose Crawley
Hilhouse Avenue
Fourth Precinct
Coah
Crawley
Detectives in Crowd at Newfield Park Game
Six plain clothes detectives watched spectators at Newfield Park yesterday afternoon for gamblers but no arrests occurred during the baseball game.
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Newfield Park
Bridgeport Firm Seeks Young Manager Applicants
One of the oldest New England companies, a titling arfirm in Bridgeport, Connecticut, seeks men aged 25 to 40 for a managerial role. Experience in the lite trmulatire field preferred but not required. shy applicants need not apply. Provide details about education and work history to No. 109100 this week.
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New England
Arfina
Bridgeport
Connecticut
Sant
Tangy Oman
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