5. Carlos E. Goodridge (who after the trial was discovered to be a fugitive from justice in another state and to have given evidence under a false name) swore that, at the time of the shooting, he was in a poolroom in South Braintree, heard shots, stepped to the door, saw an automobile coming toward him, and when he got to the sidewalk a man in the automobile "poked a gun over towards him," whereupon he "went back into the poolroom." (R. 304.) About seven months later, he identified Sacco as that man for the first time and identified him again at the trial.
Four witnesses squarely contradicted Goodridge's belated identification.
A. Goodridge reported the affray to his employer, Andrew Manganaro, an hour afterward without revealing any identification. Manganaro further testified:—
Later at the time that Sacco and Vanzetti were arrested there was another talk between the witness and Goodridge. The witness read of the arrest in the newspapers and the same day went to the South Braintree store and told Mr. Goodridge that he should go and see if he could recognize these people that were arrested, whether they were the ones or not.
Q. What did he say? A. He said he could not do it because when he saw the gun he was so scared he run right in from where he was. He could not possibly remember the faces. I told him as a matter of justice, "if you think you do remember the faces do go over there and I will pay you just the same." (R. 647–8.)
Finally, Manganaro testified without contradiction that Goodridge's reputation for veracity was bad.
