Jul 27, 2007 11:27 pm US/Central
Widow Talks About Husband's Murder At Hands Of Mob
By CBS 2's John "Bulldog" Drummond
CHICAGO (CBS) ―
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Danny Seifert was gunned down at the age of 29.
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Joey "The Clown" Lombardo
CBS
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Danny Seifert was 29 years old when he was slain at his Bensenville plastics company 34 years ago.
His widow, who testified at the Family Secrets mob trial, spoke only to CBS 2's John "Bulldog" Drummond about his murder before he could testify against the mob.
Evidence indicates defendant Joey "The Clown" Lombardo was a hidden partner in the firm and frequently dropped in. Seifert, who confided that he would testify against Lombardo and others in a fraud trial, was murdered as his wife Emma and 4-year-old son looked on in horror.
Emma Seifert had been married to her husband for six years that September morning when her nightmare unfolded.
Friday she shared her ordeal with CBS 2, although she remained reluctant to have her face shown on camera.
"Two men with masks and gloves and guns came through the factory door into the office, they asked I don't remember where my husband was or where that S.O.B. is," Emma Seifert said.
"I felt that one of the two men was Mr. Lombardo," she said.
When asked why, she responded, "By the way he was built. By the way he moved. He was very agile, he had a boxer's build and I was familiar enough with him."
Seifert said prior to the shooting Lombardo and another man cruised ominously past the Seifert residence.
"That was Mr. Lombardo," Seifert said. "I saw him in the driver's seat. And there was another person in the car I couldn't identify."
Wounded, Danny Seifert fled for his life, leaving his wife and son behind.
"One of them came back and pushed me down. The other was struggling with my husband," Seifert said. "He took Joseph and I to the bathroom, put a gun to my head and said 'be quiet.'"
She said she did not mention those details to the authorities back in 1974 out of fear for her children's safety.
"That if anything would happen to me I was afraid they didn't have anyone to raise them," she said.
Lombardo's attorney Rick Halprin says his client has a solid alibi and was not at the Bensenville factory when the murder occurred.
The Family Secrets trial will resume Monday at the Dirksen Federal Building.
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