Sacco was a shoe maker and Vanzetti was a fishmonger in Italy. They both departed from Italy to the United States at a young age. In 1920, Sacco and Vanzetti were both convicted of murdering a guard and paymaster during an armed robbery of the Slater and Morrill Shoe Company. Authorities failed to conduct evidence linking them to the robbery and the murder of the postmaster. All appeals were denied by Judge Thayer. By Sacco and Vanzetti being Italian and anarchism, it had ruined their chance of a fair trial. The US government became very suspicious of Sacco and Vanzetti because they were Italian anarchist like Galleani who supported violence.
According to the textbook, these two men were a threat to the Americans; but to the Italian’s, they