Salt Lake Telegram | 1940-09-24 | Page 13 | Wife Testifies for Defendant in Murder Case

WIFE TESTIFIES FOR DEFENDANT IN MURDER CASE Gannuscio Admits Paternity of Child of Victim Testifying he he is the father of the youngest child of Mrs Rozena Jacobson Jacobson Jacobson Ja- Ja 29 for whose murder he isnow Is Isnow Isnow now on trial Tony Gannuscio 39 alias Napoli took the witness stand Tuesday in Third district court and told how he had been denied the privilege of seeing the child a boy now 3 years old Defense attorneys started evidence evidence evi evl- evi- evi dence presentation in the first degree degree degree de de- de- de gree murder trial before Judge M. M J. J Bronson and a jury of 12 men by calling the defendants defendant's wife Eva Workman Gannuscio and several several several sev sev- eral character witnesses The state concluded its main presentation of evidence with testimony testimony mony from John Robert Jacobson 11 son of the slain woman woman He described how the defendant came to the Jacobson home West First North street on May 13 walked to the yard where Mrs Jacobson was standing and ordered her into the house Ma Mamma Iamma in in a Was as Dead I ran to the neighbors neighbor's to call the police poUce and when I I. I returned mamma was dead on the kitchen floor John testified Police arrested Gannuscio near West Second North street He was bleeding profusely from what was described as a self-inflicted self head wound allegedly made with the same caliber revolver used to shoot Mrs Jacobson The defendant testified he occupied occupied occupied pied part of a duplex dwelling at West Third North street with Mrs Jacobson and her Mr four children children children chil chil- dren but he moved away because we were always quarreling After calling at the West Third North street address where Mrs Jacobson took u pa new residence to see his child Gannuscio said he was wrongfully accused of disturbing disturbing disturbing disturb disturb- ing the peace Wife Testifies Mrs Gannuscio testified she knew her husband and Mrs Jacobson Jacobson Jacobson Ja Ja- Ja- Ja had lived together and that she had consulted an attorney to obtain a divorce Character witnesses called by the Mitch Mitchell ell Thomas Naylor Henry DIetzer Dietzer Dietzer Diet- Diet zer Lel Leland nd R. R Smith and Sebastiano Sebastiano Sebastiano Sebas- Sebas Gannuscio Before resting the state called also as witnesses for the prosecution prosecution tion Mrs Marena of Farmington Farmington Farm- Farm ington inton who said Gannuscio had come to her home and borrowed the gun used in the shooting Mrs Beatrice Titus occupant of the theother theother theother other half of Mrs Jacobsons Jacobson's duplex duplex duplex du du- du- du plex residence Police Detective J. J J. J Ferrin who captured the defendant defendant defendant defend defend- ant L. L W. W Myers draftsman in inthe inthe inthe the city engineers' engineers office who made mace a sketch of the Jacobson residence Police Captain E. E A. A Hedman and Dr Clarence R. R Openshaw police surgeon