Sacco and VenzettiEssay Preview: Sacco and VenzettiReport this essaySacco & VanzettiInnocent or guilty?In the 1920s, everyones question was, are Sacco and Vanzetti murderers? But for todays world, everyones question is, who Sacco and Vanzetti?; and what do you mean innocent or guilty? What they do? Well, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo
Vanzetti were two Italian men that were accuse of the murder and robbery of Frederick Parmenter and Alessandro Berardelli in Braintree, Massachusetts.On Thursday, April 15, 1920, it was pay day for the Three-K shoe factory. Every Thursday, a 9:18 train from Boston comes in with about $30,000 in payroll money for the two shoe factories. Shelly Neal, the local American Express Company agent in Braintree, collected the payroll money and headed back to the office, she noticed a dark blue-touring car but couldnt see into the car to see who it was.
Frederick Parmenter just lefted the office with the payroll money (was a paymaster) and just was about to distribute money to the workers, well they intended to anyways. That was until shots ran out. First the guard (Alessandro) was shot, and then they took Alessandro Berardellis gun, which was .38 caliber revolver. Next, of course, was Parmenter, and then took the money and ran off to their blue touring car where they suddenly went off and disappeared.
Two days after the crime, a dark blue Buick was found in the woods in West Bridgewater, with its license plates gone. They determine that the car was involved in the Braintree murder.
On the day of the Braintree crime, they noticed an employee of the shoe factory was set for deportation to Italy. He had quit his job as well, and did not show up for his deportation and claimed he needed time since his wife was sick. When a police officer investigated they found that his wife was not ill in the first place. Also when agents suggested that Coacci leave some money behind for his wife and children; Coacci replied that they didnt need any. He had finally left on April 18.
In the investigation, they went through to see who could have been involved, and most likely was a “Italian”, since everyone believe the Italians were such bad people back then. (At the time, Italian anarchists ranked at the top of the governments list of dangerous enemies, and had been identified as suspects in several violent bombings and assassination attempts [even an attempted mass poisoning])
The questions busted lose on whether this man Coacci might have been involved in the murders. Bridgewater Police decided to return to Coaccis so called home to see what was what. When he arrived, a man named Mike Boda (landlord) greeted Stewart, and allowed him to look through the house and the rear shed. Boda explained that he kept his car, an Overland, in the shed, but that it was currently being repaired at the Elm Street Garage. Stewart also noticed tire imprints and were about right size for a Buick (too large for a Overland.)
Then three days later, Stewart had came back to look for Boda again, but only found that he had ran off and as well with all his house furnishings. Stewart stopped by the Elm Street Garage and discover Bodas Overland was still in the shop. So he told the garage owner that if anyone were to try to pick up the Overland, he should call the police immediately.
On May 5, a little after nine oclock, a man knocked on the door of Johnsons home. Ruth Johnson, Simons twenty-one-year-old wife, answered the door. The man said he was Mike Boda and that hed come to pick up his auto. Remembering Stewarts instructions, Ruth called the police. When Ruth left, she was caught in the headlight beam of a motorcycle parked outside the Johnson home. Ruth noticed two men, talking in what she thought was Italian (of course.) in the meantime, Johnson was trying to delay Boda. He told him that he would take him to the garage as soon as his wife returned with the milk she had gone to borrow from their neighbors. Boda seemed uneasy. Then, as Ruth Johnson walked back to her house, he suddenly took off, climbing into the sidecar of the motorcycle. Two other men, started walking away in the direction of the streetcar line–and at 9:40 those two men boarded the car from Bridgewater.
The cops who had entered the home found a small, vacant lot of what looked like a barn. Johnson was charged with first-degree robbery, for which he got to keep his gun.
Police were in Johnson’s driveway at the time of the incident.
Johnson refused to tell investigators who he had been, but says that he had been at the Johnson House for many years. He allegedly told police he had a gun and told them he didn’t have one on him when the burglary occurred. He said he also told authorities he was involved with two different gangs, including a gang called ‘The A-J-L.’ Johnson tried to help them break up their street fights, but they ended up breaking up too. Johnson was on administrative leave, although the house was cleared.
He is still on disciplinary leave when not in custody.
• In addition to his three counts for first-degree robbery, ia a charge of third-degree criminal mischief, all three of which stem from ia Johnson’s handling of a stolen firearm, the man was charged with six counts of criminal mischief and one count of aggravated assault. Johnson gave no description of the man who threw the weapon.
• In addition to his three counts for first-degree robbery, ia a charge of third-degree criminal mischief, all three of which stem from Johnson’s handling of a stolen firearm, the man was charged with six counts of criminal mischief and one count of aggravated assault. Johnson gives no description of the man who threw the weapon. Johnson gives no description of the man who threw the gun.
• In addition to his three counts for first-degree robbery, ia a charge of third-degree criminal mischief, all three of which stem from Johnson’s handling of a stolen firearm, the man was charged with six counts of criminal mischief and one count of aggravated assault. Johnson gives no description of the man who threw the gun.
Johnson says he was hit by a Honda CRV driven by a “screecher”—baggage, according to police—with a fork. According to police records, Johnson stopped the Honda shortly after 7:30 a.m. and then went into his garage, which he describes as “a dumpster” after the crash.
Police said that the Honda was stolen after the crash and that police found a couple handguns. (Johnson says he did not know how many were in the Honda, as no weapons were found, but a truck carrying the weapons got into the Honda, which is registered with the Florida Department of Motor Vehicles.)
That car remained the same after the theft, Johnson says, because the Honda had been sitting on the hood outside of the property when the incident taken place.
The police report mentions that in the garage in front of Johnson’s house were four loaded BB guns, with a large caliber at the top. They note that it appears that after using the BB gun on the Honda the man shot himself in the head.
• In addition to Johnson’s three counts for first-degree robbery, he gave no description of the man who threw the weapon. As noted supra at 6;i;ii, a third-degree criminal mischief charge is a separate charge based on the possession of an unauthorized firearm.
• In addition to Johnson’s three counts for first-degree robbery, Johnson gives no description of the man who threw the weapon.
• When Johnson told police he