The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-11-27
Body Brought From Ore
gon to Hickory.
FATHER FROM SICILY
Victor Dana. Son Of 4 North Carolina
W0man Commits Murder and
Suicidc-HiS grandfather Il
Judgc-Son Of Il College
Professor.

The body Of Victor Dana. vino last
week took his life after killing Il
white nan who Yves manager Of d liv-
erv business in salem, Oregon, was
brought from there 10 Hickory for
burial this week, Hickory having been
D'Ana's early childhood home and
for several years the home Of his
parents, Scyerio Dana and Mrs. May
Murrill Dana.
Victor Dana was about y years of
age. was-a graduate Of the Kentucky
State College, and at the time of his
death. and for a year OF two prior
thereto, held q Very responsible posi-
ton with q splendid salary a. civil
engineer for a railroad, with head
quarters at Salem, ore. 1t IS said
that he vac engaged to be married
to a very popular young lady If a
family Of much prominence and some
wealth in Portland, Oregon, IL was
very handsome and brilliant and was
popular with nose who knew MIN.
But the rather copious and frequent
Indulgence in strong drink had begun
to tell its tale.
one night last week he went to a
livery establishment and expressed
his purpose to remain there Owe
night. The livery man objected and
finally had him arrested by a police
man and placed in the ~calaboose.
Dana. it appears, had u friend il
the police justice Of the city, to whom
he Immediately applied for liberation.
The justice issued an order for his
release and upon being delivered from
prison he went straightWay to the
livery establishment and shot and kill
ed the manager on first sight. He
then telephoned to a friend up town
and told him what he had done and
that he was going to kill himself inn
mediately. His friend started to re
monstrate but Dana hung up the re-
ceiVer and cut off his friends chance
to say anything further. The friend
Immediately and hurriedly started out
to find Dana, but when found near
the city limits he was dead having
hot himself.
The young mans father, Severio
Dana, came to America from Sicily
at the age Of II years. He was the
son Of a judge in rank corresponding
to our supreme court Justices. The
young man was a musician. He mar
ried Miss May Murrill, Of Hickory,
where they lived for some time AT
forwards they lived in W~inston-Salem
and later moved to Lexington, Ky.
While living in Lexington they
separated and obtained divorce, the
man taking both children, Victor and
Hugh, into custody. Later the lady
married a Mr.. Thompson and it is
said she now lives in Washington
City. Sevcrio Dana is professor OF
music in Il college in Oklahoma.
Many Will remember the suit in
court several years ago between the
divorced couple in regard to the
custody of their children, the woman
having Kidnapped one Of the boys
from school in Hickory INT taken
him in a carriage to Newton to take
the train for the north.
It is said that the D'Anas were a
very prominent family in Sicily and
it is thought that the record made
by the young mans parents, in his
estimation bringing the family name
into reproach, bore upon his mind tc
the extent that he was thus led tc
recklessncss and the grave of a
suicide.