The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-11-24
VANCE UNM0VE0
HEARS SHOCKING
TALE UNF0LOEO
Continued From Pace 1.

Continued From Page I.
Mrs. Vance had had a meal together
about IL O'Clock. Mrs. Vance at thai
time complained of a headache and was
nervous and trembling. Mr.. Ward and
Mrs. Wunderlich examined Mrs. Vance
and the witness described the bruise
alleged TO have been made by the kick
dealt Mrs. Vance by her husband. and
described it as about as large as her
hand and perfectly black and swollen.
She stated that she was again sum-
moned to the Vance house by Lena
Vance about 2:SO in the afternoon and
that she found Mrs. Vance vomiting
and screaming with pain. Mrs. Vance
asked her to give her some brandy.
which she did. and the sick Woman then
asked for d drink of water.
Noticed Glass of Water.
Mrs. Wunderlich noticed glass about
one Quarter full upon the top OF a sew
ing machine at the head of the bed oc-
cupied by Mrs. Vance and asked her if
il was fresh water. Mrs. Vance said.
WHY do YOU ash? ." Mrs. WunderIich.
according to her story, then emptied
out this glass and brought fresh water
to Mrs Vance. She stated that on the
following daV Mrs. Nance's gums be-
tinued to vomit blood. She was taken
TO the hospital at . O'Clock on Nov IS
Thanksgiving day
on cross-examination Mrs. Wunderlich
was asked: why did you neglect TO tell
that Mrs. Vance said He is killing me
at the preliminary hearing? She was
unable TO explain why she had omitted
this statement She denied that she was
preiudiced against the prisoner or that
She wished to see Vance punished. She
Il hn cd
to attend Mrs. Vance, did not come when
summoned. but sent medicine which was
administered by herself and Mrs. Amanda
Ward.
testified through an interpreter that she
saw Vance kick his wife in the stomach
as she was lying on the floor. The Abra-
hams woman fixed her own position
being upon the back porch Court then
adjourned until O'Clock and the cross
| examination of the Syrian woman was re-
sumed at that time. She denied that she
had held a conversation with Mrs.
| Amanda Ward during the recess, or that
she had stated she would testify that
Vance kicked his wife twice or that
correction had been made by Lena Vance
Lena Vance's Version.
Lena Vance. the 12-year-old daughter of
| the defendant then took the stand. She
testified that she now lived with A Mrs.
| Bodell at Hartman and that she had
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| story of the trouble between Vance and
| Mrs Vance is substantially as follows:
| Father came home about l2:25 on Nov.
! %. He was working at a junk shop We
| sat down to the table for dinner and
mother filled his coffee cup too full. He
1 said Didn't / tell you not to fill my cup
up with coffee?' Mother said, If you did
| didn't hear you He said You had bet
| ter say you heard me and she said she
would not. because she didn't hear him.
| He then threw the coffee at her face and
| the cup broke against the wall. Then he
picked up a chair and she said Don't
YOU strike me with that. and he put the
chair down. Then he said Curse you. I'll
| kill YOU and struck her on the left Shout
der with his fist and knocked her against
the stove All of US screamed and mother
ran to the door crying for the police.
Father tried to shut the door on her, but
she got in before he could fasten the
door He grabbed her by the throat and
shook her and threw her down and then
kicked her She cried oh, Tom you have
killed me- He kicked her from behind on
the thigh / saw Helen Abrahams through
the kitchen door. She was there. After
mother had lain on the floor for Few
seconds she got up and sat in a chair al
the table Father sat at the table and
ate his dinner. Then he smoked his pipe
and went back to work He said nothing
to mother or she to him. Mother dressed
herself and the baby and went up town
She came home at o'clock and got the
dinner and father game at $50. The next
morning mother got up ABOUT o-51 ana
made the fire and cooked breakfast.
Father left about 7:30. Mother sent me
over for my aunt. Mrs. Amanda Ward.
end she got to our house about lo:D-
After a while mother laid down on the
bed after she had got herself a glass of
water which she put on the machine ut
the head of the bed. Father came home
at noon and asked where mother was.
He went to the door of the room where
she laid and put his hand on the door
lamb and leaned in. could not see what
he was doing About an hour after father
left mother began TO vonit and sent me
after my aunt My aunt was not at home
so | went for Mrs. Wunderlich. | saw
the glass standing at the head of the bed.
but did not notice whether IL was full or
not. DR.. Kerr came that night
| Two of the other Vance children were
brought into the court room and identi-
fled bv Lena Vance as her brother Ed
win and her sister, Florence.
Child Cross-Examincd.
On cross-examination Lena was asked
h.aA CafA n, a