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...publicity and utterly impervious to the ethical standards one has the right to expect of a man presiding in a capital case." Governor Alvan Tufts Fuller studied the Sacco-Vanzetti petition, said his mind was not made up on what procedure to follow. He received from Chicago a lurid deaththreat. It read: "Hon. Alvin: "If you will execute Sacco and Vanzetti, we are going to murder you, all of your family and turn your home into ashes; the same we do with your judge and Chief Justice as they got our note last week. "Our airplanes had a wonderfull success...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RADICALS: Thayer Flayed | 5/16/1927 | See Source »

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