On this day in 1927, Italian immigrant anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were executed by the U.S. government after they were dubiously convicted of murder, leading to international episodes of protest and violence.
Sacco, born in 1891, was a shoemaker and a night watchman, who migrated to the United States at the age of seventeen. Vanzetti was a fishmonger born on June 11th, 1888. Two men met at a strike in 1917.
After a deadly shoe store robbery in 1919, both Sacco and Vanzetti were arrested. When searched by police, both denied owning any guns, but were found to be holding loaded pistols. Sacco was found to have an Italian passport, anarchist literature, and a loaded .32 Colt Model 1903 automatic pistol. Vanzetti had four 12-gauge shotgun shells and a five-shot nickel-plated .38-caliber Harrington & Richardson revolver. Despite this, both Sacco and Vanzetti had solid alibis for where they were during the murder.
Anti-Italian and anti-anarchist sentiments played a significant role in their trial. Presiding Judge Thayer was an avowed enemy of anarchists. When giving his final statement in 1927, Vanzetti said "I am suffering because I am a radical and indeed I am a radical; I have suffered because I am an Italian and indeed I am an Italian...if you could execute me two times, and if I could be reborn two other times, I would live again to do what I have done already."
Sacco and Vanzetti's arrest, trial, conviction, and execution became an international incident that caused an outrage among people of all political persuasions, not just anarchists. Among their advocates were Harvard law professor and future Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter, who wrote that Judge Thayer's statement was "a farrago of misquotations, misrepresentations, suppressions, and mutilations",
Anarchist supporters of Sacco and Vanzetti orchestrated campaigns on their behalf, both peaceful and non-violent. Bombing campaigns were undertaken, targeting Judge Thayer, Wall Street, and the American Embassy in Buenos Aires.
Despite the advocacy on their behalf, the violence, and pleas for a re-trial, Sacco and Vanzetti's death sentences were not commuted. Vanzetti, in his final moments, shook hands with guards and thanked them for their kind treatment, read a statement proclaiming his innocence, and finally said, "I wish to forgive some people for what they are now doing to me." Sacco was next and walked quietly to the electric chair, then shouted "Farewell, mother."
On the 50th anniversary of the executions, Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis issued a proclamation that Sacco and Vanzetti had been unfairly tried and convicted and that "any disgrace should be forever removed from their names".
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Previous answer
3087
4567
3619
4739
Cross Number Puzzle 2
I got Dnd in a few so will continue on with some more cross number Puzzles.
Across
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Number with five different digits, none in common with 8 Across, which in turn consists of five different digits.
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Highest two-digit factor of 3 Down
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3 Down Reversed
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See 1 Across
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One-ninth the sum of 1 Across and 8 Across
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Product of three two-digit prime numbers, two of them factors of 6 Down
Down
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First digit equals sum of next two
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Year in second half of eighteenth century
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Difference between 1 Across and 8 Across
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Last digit is the product of first two digits
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Reverse is multiple of 3 Down, and a product of three two-digit primes
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Factor of 6 Down but not of 3 Down
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Same as 5 Across
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Smallest two-digit factor of 3 Down
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- Taken sibling to eye exam
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Doesn't sound like a lot but it what I did all day. Responsibilities are cool :big-cool:
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