Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-03-13
TRIAL BEGINS
DR.. Vance's Preliminary Ex-
animation is on.
GIRL GIVES TESTIMONY
Reporters Admitted to the Hearing
This ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Charged
With Assault With Intent to Commit
Rape Has Hearing.

With Assault With Intent to Commit
Rape Has a, Hearing.
[From Wednesdays Daily.l
The trial of DR.. Mark E. Vance,
charged with attempted rape upon
the person of ~14-year-old Estelle Min
tonye of Eddyville, in his Office in
that city last summer, began in JUS
tice Campbell's court this morning.
The excitement which appeared so
rife at the former hearing of DR..
Vance, when he was charged with a
crime against Inez Fields, was not
nearly so great, and there were but
few people in the court room when
the trial began this morning. The
state has produced another witness
against DR.. Vance, in addition to the
five already announced, this one being
1~0-year-old Grace Chosen of Eddyville,
whom, it is alleged. makes the same
allegations against the defendant as
the former ones. County Attorney
Emery is prosecuting today, being as
sisted by Attorney B. w. Scott of this
city and Attorney w. R. Nelson of
Eddyville. The defense is represented
by Captain w. H. C. Jaques and w. H.
McElroy. The complaining witness.
Estelle Mintonye, was the first wit
ness this morning, and she had just
finished her direct testimony when
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in the former cas- the reporters, as
well a all the spectators were eX-
cluded from the on motion of the
defense this morning.
The First Witness.
Estelle Mintonye. the complaining
witness was the first witness examin-
ed. She said she was fourteen years
of age and lived at Eddyville. Her
further testimony follows:
Il was in Eddyville last summer
and am acquainted with DR.. Mark
Vance. Twas at his Office the first
time in cherry time last summer. 1t
was about the first of August. No one
was with me. l was there three
times. The second time was about a
week after the first and the third time
dDoul liS III lGbStH u lille alICl.
No one was with me either time. The
first time l was there l had a tooth
pulled. | was there just that long.
The second time | was there about a
half hour, about the same time as the
first. The last time | went in about
/ o'clock and left between 3 and 4
O'Clock. The first time | was there Mrs.
McCraig came in. The second time
someone vas there, | don't remember
who it was. Was there most of the
time. The third time no one was
there when | went in. The doctor was
not there. 1t was five or ten minutes
before he anne in. Was no other
place about there. l live three or four
blocks away. | went home direct.
The third time | was there someone
came in and borrowed something and
went right back out. | was there
about half an hour before whoever it
was came in. In about fifteen minutes
the same person came back and went
right out. | was in the chair when
he came in the first time. | was still
there the second time. Vance had
been filling my tooth during this time.
No nerve had to be killed in my tooth.
He was working on front upper tooth.
After that party left the second time
the doctor kept working on my tooth.
He told me if | closed my eyes the in
strument would not bother me so
much. | knew all that was being
done at this time. l did not know
what he did all The time when my
eyes were closed. When l opened my
eyes the doctor was on the right side
of me about ten or eleven inches
away. The defendant then turned
around and went to wash his hands,
and said, Wait a minutes. l want to
put some medicine in your tooth
(Here follows what happened that is
complained of and told by the wit
ness.)
He had on no coat. but had on a
white jacket. When l opened my eyes
he had onehand down at his side, l did
not see the other hand. l did not see
him do anything. He just turned
around and went to wash his hands.
did not see the doctor put his hands
any place. When | opened my eyes
was scared and got out of the chail
and got my hat. He put some medi
cine on cotton and put it on my tooth
He said nothing. l gave him the mon
ey and he Went DOWN TO get 1t clanS
ed while | waited in the waiting room
Then | went home. l was not sici
when l went home but l was drowsy
went out to the hammock. ant
went to sleep. told Alta Mil
Ter about it in the fall. l told my
mother about it as soon as | got home
My father was not at home at this
time. This happened the first of the
week and my father came home the
last of the week. | told him when he
came home. Nothing else happened
at DR.. Vance's office other than what
have told you. The doctor often call
ed me little pet m while working
on me. He never kissed me and new
er tried to while | was there.
Direct Examination Closed.
This closed the direct examination
of the witness and just as Captain ia
ques began the cross examination
court adjourned until 1870 o'clock this
afternoon.
Reporters Allowed in Room.
When the case was again called this
J afternoon a Courier reporter was pres