The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-12-21

Slayer of Tony Bruno Is Brought Be-
fore Justice WerWie for
Preliminary Hearing.
WILSON TELLS STORY OF CRIME

LAWYERS for the Defense Give Out No Hint
of the Manner in Which the Case will
Be Conducted for the Prisoner - Rosie
Weisung Said to Be the Lover of Sam
Rosso, and Rosso Feared Violence on the
Night of the Killing.
Justice Werwie's court, usually so
quiet and uninteresting, had touch of
real life this morning when the pre-
i1ninary hearing of the case against
Charles Vite, the se1f-confessed slayer
of Tony Bruno, was called. Quite
crowd of interested spectators gather
cd to hear the evidence which would be
brought against the defendant and the
defense Of the Italian. The attorneys
for the defense, however, gave no idea
in what manner the defense would be
conducted more than to show by the
cross-exan1ination that it was their in
tention to prove the facts as set out in
the voluntary confession of Vite as
formerly given i'll this paper. The
examination was considerably de1aye
on account of the fact that some of the
witnesses were late i'll arriving.
Dr.. T. E. Andre was the first witness
called by the state. He was called for
the purpose of telling of the cause of
the death OF Bruno, and his testimony
was of little interest otherwise than to
show that Bruno's death had been
caused by a pistol shot.
The second witness called was
Charles Wilson, The night watchman
at the tannery. Mr.. Wilson is the
strongest witness which the defense
will call as he was the only eyewitness
OF the shooting. MIR. Wilson was on
the stand the remainder of the morn
ing and good part of the afternoon.
He told the entire story of the crime.
He said that he had seen two men
We 1deTing around the tannery but that
lie did not know who they were. He
called during his rounds at the engine
room and there he found Sam Rosso
and Rosie Weisung Vite. Rosie and
Rosso were sitting OH the railing
aDort The room and were making love
70 each other.
of the fact that VIII and Rosie had
been married as the girl had always
told him that Rosso was her fellow.
Wilson stated that the girl had been
20 see Rosso on several occasions prev
ious TO the shooting and that she al
ways came in the evening. When he
returned to the engine room again,
L. 1O!,D OF
Rosso he seemed TO feel that trouble
was brewing and that he said some OF
the Italians were going to do him up"
Wilson then gave orders to the engin-
Ger that if the Italians came around to
turn the Steam on. Wilson then went
10 the office and srepccling that fight
would happen during the evening he
armed himself io1 the defence OF the
man at work Ill the tGnncry. When he
came OFT again he saw the men stand
ing i'll front OF the Giles store. One
of the men whom he thought was
Bruno called to linn. Some time later
he saw the shots and on going up saw
the man walk away to the east. While
the witness was being cross-examined
a recess was taken for dinner.
This afternoon the cro6s-eXarnin-
alton OF Wilson by the defendants
lawyers was completed, and Police
Officer John B. Zievers was sworn by
the State. Officer Zievcrs told of the
finding of the body of Bruno, and the
circumstances which lead up to the
trouble. His story was i'll main the
same as the story told by Waterman
Wilson.
Later.-Vite was bound over to await
the action of the Circuit Court. He
was re-committed to Jail without bail.