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Case study - Italian anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were arrested near Boston in 1920 and charged with the murder of a shoe factory paymaster and the guard of the factory.
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Michael Hennessy 4/6/03 Case Report AP US History II Italian anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were arrested near Boston in 1920 and charged with the murder of a shoe factory paymaster and the guard of the factory. Frederick Parmenter and the guard were carrying $16,000 in payroll money for the South Braintree shoe factory on April 15, 1920. They were attacked, robbed, and shot. The two killers escaped in a getaway car. A similar crime was committed in the nearby town of Bridgewater four months earlier. Bridgewater police chief arrested Sacco and Vanzetti, who were two poor Italian immigrants, and anarchists. Vanzetti was indicted for the Bridgewater robbery attempt. Frederick Katzmann, the district attorney who had interrogated the two men, prosecuted him. Vanzetti wouldn't testify at his trial. The prosecution's case was based on eyewitness testimony. The descriptions of the witnesses were a rough match of Vanzetti. Despite an alibi backed up by...
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