Sentence:  Among the witnesses <WSD>were</WSD> Ed J. Lee , director of McCormick Place ; Jerome Leavitt , a partner in the Union Liquor company , 3247 S. Kedzie av. , Dominic Senese , a teamster union slugger who is a buddy of Stein and a cousin of Tony Accardo , onetime gang chief ; and Frank W. Pesce , operator of a Glimco dominated deodorant firm , the Best Sanitation and Supply company , 1215 Blue Island av. . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  form or compose