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Box 65

 Container

Contains 3 Results:

[Charlestown State Prison; Charlestown, Mass.], August 23, 1927

 Item — Box: 65, Folder: 1, Item: b
Call Number: MS 2030, Series 9, Sub-Series 2

[Charlestown State Prison; Charlestown, Mass.], August 22, 1927

 Item — Box: 65, Folder: 1, Item: a
Call Number: MS 2030, Series 9, Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Police guard prision during murder's last hours. Boston...ready for any emergency, State and Boston Police, well armed, were stationed at all points around the jail ready for any outburst from sympathizers of the condemned murders, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, during their last few hours. Gas masks and tear bombs are among the equipment. Above photo shows police guarding the entrance to Charlestown State Prison. (A.B.H.P. & F.M.) W-8/22/27

Dates: August 22, 1927