The Detroit times., 1908-12-04
'DANNA, YOU RE THE
MAN, CRIES WIFE
Of VICTIM
WOMAN DRAMATICALLY POINTS
TO ACCUSED AS MURDERER OF
HUSBAND - TELLS GRAPHIC
STORY OF CRIME.

A dramatic scene attended the ex-
animation of Salvatore Danna, alleged
slayer OF Manuel visconte. in Justice
Jeffries' court. Friday morning. when
the widow of the murdered man took
the stand as the prosecutions chief
witness. The recollection Of the cold
blooded crime, as she recounted 1t In
vivid detail. stirred the woman's emo
tons to their depths. and In her ang.
uish she would alternately beat her
breast. lift her hands appealing in an
attitude Of duplication and then give
way to- violent sobs, rocking to and fro
In her chair.
Repeatedly she called out In her ma
tive tongue. at the same time pointing
an accusing finger at the defendant.
who sat unmoved behind his attorney.
There is the man who killed my
husband. Danna. Danna. you are the
mani"
Visconte was shot down at his
home, No. 358 Clinton.st., on the night
of Oct. %, by one Of two men who
entered the home for the purpose OF
robbery. II Is alleged. Mrs. Visconte
was awakened by the presence Of the
men In the room and leaped out OF
bed, first calling to her husband. In
the struggle that followed Visconte
was MORALLY wounded and died the
following day In st. Mary's hispitaL
Only one man was seen to leave the
house, This man. the police believe.
Is still at large. Danna's back yard
adjoins that OF the former Visconte
abode, and II Is the theory Of the po-
lice that he slipped out through the
hack door of the visconte house and
into his own. unobserved.
The widow gave damaging testimony
against the defendant.
"Danna's wife and I had words that
day. the day before my husband was
killed." she said. "She said was
hungry, but I said 1t was lie. told
her was rich; that he have 1900
francs In the bank and 1000 francs
$4,000 In the house. Yes she said.
you are rich And told her my
husband earned II with his blood Then
she said to me, Anybody who has so
much money is sure to come to their
DEATH"
The witness grew intensely dramatic
as Sic ucbCTipCu TIC hBhl III ZIG pcC-
room. rising to her feet and acting
the scene she described.
II heard a noise and jumped out OF
bed" she declared. ut was very
dark. Then Danan caught me by the
throat, like this. and cried, Steal,
steal. or I kill you, too Then there
were three shots. My husband fall.
They nearly killed my cousin, too"
"You did not see the men who at
tackled your" asked Attorney T. j.
Navin on cross-examination.
mo, but I know 1t was Danna l
know his voice. He Is the man who
killed my husband"
The prosecution will contend that
Danna's alleged command to steal"
meant that the woman should produce
the money concealed in the bedroom.
The prosecution put on only one
other witness, County Physician Sta
p!eton, to testify as to the wounds,
no testimony. From the questions ask
ed on cross-examination OF the woman,
however. II Is apparent that the de-
Tense will attempt to show that some
enemy Of Visconte was the murderer,
and that the motive was revenge for
some grievance against him dating
from the time he was a police officer
in Italy. He served ten years In this
cajacity. the widow testified, leaving
the position to get married. She de
clared emphatically that he had no
enemies. Visconte never had any uGe
for Danna, the witness said.
"Danna was a loafer and my hus-
band wouldn't speak to him." she
added.
Danna was held to the recorders
court without bail.