Sacco and Vanzetti Executed in 1927...

TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Massachusetts, August 23, 1927.

* Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti executed in the electric chair for murder - 1st report - unique gift idea

This 16 page newspaper has a three line, three column headline on the front page: "WENT TO DEATH FEARLESSLY AND PROTESTING INNOCENCE TO LAST" with subheads that include: "Radicals' Case After Seven Years of Litigation Ends Dramatically at Prison in Just 24 Minutes" and more. Also two, one column photos of Sacco and Vanzetti. Other news of the day throughout. some margin wear with some small margin tears and chipping.

 

Historical Background: Nicola Sacco (real name: Fernando) (April 22, 1891August 23, 1927) and Bartolomeo Vanzetti (June 11, 1888August 23, 1927) were two Italian-born American anarchists, who were arrested, tried, and executed via electrocution in the Americanstate of Massachusetts. There is much controversy regarding their guilt, stirred in part by Upton Sinclair's 1928 novel Boston. Critics of the trial have accused the prosecution and trial judge of allowing anti-Italianism, anti-immigrant, and anti-anarchist sentiment to influence the jury's verdict.