A FRANKFURTER ARTICLE in "The Atlantic Monthly" for March
1927 was expanded into a book published the same month under
the title, The Case of Sacco and Vanzetti, a Critical Analysis for
Lawyers and Laymen.

There are significant differences between the article and the
book. For example, in the magazine article there is no mention at
all of two important items, Berardelli's gun and Sacco's cap. In
the book, Berardelli's gun and Sacco's cap are mentioned but
only as items of evidence too insignificant for notice.

Two sentences in the articles are given to the Bridgewater case.
They occur in a footnote which dismisses it as only a part of the
South Braintree affair and fails to mention that Vanzetti did not
take the stand at Plymouth. This footnote was expanded in the
book to contain an inaccurate and incomplete account of the
Bridgewater trial, which has been discussed in the first chapters
of the present book.

In the consideration of the article and the book, serious ques-
tions have arisen.

In March 1927 the motion for a new trial based on the Madeiros,
confession, the alleged conspiracy between the Department of
Justice and the Massachusetts authorities, and the alleged sup-
pression of evidence had been taken to the Massachusetts Su-
preme Judicial Court and was awaiting decision. Under those
circumstances and at that time it was a breach of journalistic

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