The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-11-29
VANCE CONVICTED Of WIFE MURDER.
REEkED WITH GUILT. SAYS HANCHETT
In StoIid Silence Prisoner Re-
ceives Verdict Which Con-
dennis Him to Death.
Dramatic Scene Elaeted When
Foreman o. Jury Faces Kins-
woman of Murderer.

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After discussion lasting an hour and
twenty minutes. large portion of
which was consumed by the reading of
the instructions of the court. the de-
mand for further instructions from the
court and the writing of the decree. the
jury in the Vance murder case rem
dered q verdict of guilty of murder in.
the first degree, without a recoInnenia-
ton for mercy.
From the time the jury left the room
until they rendered the verdict which
will either subject him to the hang
mans moose or the aim of the rifles
pointed through the slotted door leading
into the yard of the states penitentiary.
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preston of his face. He received the
verdict with absolute equaninity and
gave no sign OF realizing that he had
been condemned to a shameful death.
During the wait he stated. Il believe
that they will return a verdict of not
guilty, but whatever. verdict the jurS-
brings in, will meet my fate like a