SACCO HUNGER-STRIKING

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 122, 13 August 1927, Page 9

SACCO HUNGER-STRIKING

CONDEMNED ITALIANS FINAL COURT APPEAL By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright NEW YORK, Thursday. The tension throughout the United States has considerably decreased, following the postponement of the execution of the two Italians, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, who were condemned to death for the murder committed in April, 1920. A development to-day was a report from Boston that as a result of a hunger strike, which has extended for 25 days, there is doubt whether Sacco will live until the expiration of the respite. Sacco collapsed when he tried to walk unaided, but he refused to end the fast. Mrs. Rosina Sacco almost collapsed on seeing his condition. The governor of the prison, Mr. Hendry, is determined not to allow the prisoner to starve himself to death. Mr. Hendry plans, in cooperation with the prison physician, to feed Sacco forcibly. Vanzetti took liquid nourishment and he is reported to be in better spirits. The lives of the condemned men will now depend on the ability of their counsel to convince the Full Court that Judge Thayer, who presided at the trial, exhibited prejudice during the trial.—A. and N.Z. BOMB IN THEATRE HEAVY DESTRUCTION By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright NEW YORK, Thursday. The explosion of a bomb, evidently timed to explode at the hour originally fixed for the execution of Sacco and Vanzetti, smashed the roof of the State Theatre at Sacramento. A fire followed and the building was destroyed. The loss is estimated at £IOO,OOO. — A. and N.Z.