The decade we often refer to as the 1920’s was a time of great change in the United States. …..
This became the first time in American History that more people lived in cities than on farms. In fact, cities such as New York and Chicago became the center of the new, modern society. One of the most notable aspects of the twenties was Prohibition, the ban of alcohol by the 18th Amendment. Along with prohibition came gangs and an increase in crime. Arguably the most well-known crime of the era took place in a town outside of Boston. On April 15th, 1920 in Braintree, Massachusetts, a shoe manufacturer’s paymaster, Frederick Parmenter, and his guard, Alessandro Berardelli, were walking to the Slater and Mill shoe factory with $15,776 in cash for payroll. As they walked toward the factory, two men began shooting at them. Berardelli dropped his money box at the first shot, but Parmenter held on until he was shot a second time. The suspects grabbed the money boxes and fired a single shot into …show more content…
However, the questions that they were asked were never directly related to the robbery and murder, so they did not even know that was what they were being accused of. The prosecutors had no evidence to convict the men, except for the fact that Sacco did not have an alibi for the day of the robbery and murder. Vanzetti was first tried for the Bridgewater crime, and because the American jury believed fellow Americans more than Italian immigrants, he was found guilty. This made the prosecution for both Sacco and Vanzetti for the robbery and murder easier. The witness’s stories were full of doubt and changed many times as the trial went on. The prosecutor also kept changing what he thought happened based on how the trial was going at that time. The trial ended up going exactly how the prosecution wanted, and delivered two guilty verdicts of robbery and murder in the first degree on July 14th,
This became the first time in American History that more people lived in cities than on farms. In fact, cities such as New York and Chicago became the center of the new, modern society. One of the most notable aspects of the twenties was Prohibition, the ban of alcohol by the 18th Amendment. Along with prohibition came gangs and an increase in crime. Arguably the most well-known crime of the era took place in a town outside of Boston. On April 15th, 1920 in Braintree, Massachusetts, a shoe manufacturer’s paymaster, Frederick Parmenter, and his guard, Alessandro Berardelli, were walking to the Slater and Mill shoe factory with $15,776 in cash for payroll. As they walked toward the factory, two men began shooting at them. Berardelli dropped his money box at the first shot, but Parmenter held on until he was shot a second time. The suspects grabbed the money boxes and fired a single shot into …show more content…
However, the questions that they were asked were never directly related to the robbery and murder, so they did not even know that was what they were being accused of. The prosecutors had no evidence to convict the men, except for the fact that Sacco did not have an alibi for the day of the robbery and murder. Vanzetti was first tried for the Bridgewater crime, and because the American jury believed fellow Americans more than Italian immigrants, he was found guilty. This made the prosecution for both Sacco and Vanzetti for the robbery and murder easier. The witness’s stories were full of doubt and changed many times as the trial went on. The prosecutor also kept changing what he thought happened based on how the trial was going at that time. The trial ended up going exactly how the prosecution wanted, and delivered two guilty verdicts of robbery and murder in the first degree on July 14th,