The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-11-03
VANCE TRIAL At
CRUCIAL STAGE


SALT LAKE, Nov. 2.-Thc Vance
murder trial has reached what Is con-
sidered crucial stage In testimony
taking in that the state Is now at
tempting TO prove that Mary Vance
came to her death by mercurial pois'
oning. Attorneys for the defense are
concentrating their efforts in an at
tempt TO refute the testimony OF wit
neSses for the state and TO show that
the woman died as result OF taking
oil OF soyine or some other drug with
an object
DR.. A. A Kerr. the physician called
in TO attend Mrs Vance on Nov.27
testified that In his opinion her death
was due to mercurial poisoning. DR.
Kerr said that he was informed over
the telephone on Nov. 2 that Mrs
Vance was seriously Ill and that he
sent down some medicine to relieve
the distressing condition reported. In
the evening he went down TO the
Vance home, he said. and found her
vomiting, and complaining OF severe
pains. He said that she continued 10
get worse and that he sent the am
bulance for her on the following day
and she was taken to St Marks hos
| pita1. The witness testified that she
| complained about the condition Of her
| mouth at the hospital and that there
| she had a number of hemorrhage;
| from the mouth and gums and also
complained Of pains. On examination
at the hospital he said that he found
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inner part of the right thigh, He gave
| 1t as his professional opinion that she
came to her death from mercurla
| poisoning and that 1t was also evident
| that she had received bodily injuries
Associated with the sounsel for the
defense as expert authority is DR.. AL
| bert Hansen. and IL is evident that
| medical authorities have been examin
ed at length with the view to dis
covering symptoms for mercurial poi
| soning dlffenent to those described by
| DR.. Kerr. On cross~eXamination, A
j. Weber started to read from well
known medical authority on poisoning
asking the witness IL ho did not con
cede the symptoms as given to be
| right.
Court Interpoees.
you can't do that interposed
Judge T. d. Lewis IF the court per
mltted that, 1t would not be sly
months until books would be printed
especially, some for the prosecution
and some for the defense" The
| court ruled that the attorney might
frome his answers from the book. but
that he could not read the subject
| matter to the jury.
! According 10 this authority the most
| prominent OF the symptoms Of mer
! cnrlal poisoning were construction oil
the throat, foamlng at the mouth and
| bloody frothing, great thirst and vom
iting. Dr Kerr SAID that he had not
| noticed the first symptoms on Mrs
| Vance.
The witness was on the stand at
1910 o'clock, when court adjourned
| until o'clock.
The foTmost Of the mornings ses.
| sion was taken uD in reading into the
| record the testimony of Mrs. Cora A
Rehpennig. a neighbor of the Vances
at the time OF the alleged assault The
Transcript Of the testimony taken for
| the former trial was reported by the
morning papers as being a missing ex
| hibit, that 1t had mysteriously disap.
peared, but its disappearance was
| easily traced to tho clerks office
| where It was found.
Transcript Read.
Mrs Rehpennig left the state short
| ly after the preliminary examination
| and 1t was necessary to use this
transcript at the first trial.
The transcript of the testimony
shows that Mrs. Rehpennig lived at
| S69 south Seventh West street, which
! is next door north OF the Vance home
on Sept 26 and q, the dates OF the
| alleged assault and poisoning On
the 26th, Mrs. Rehpennig says, she
| heard some trouble between the Van
ces over cup OF coffee, and that the
following quarrel she heard an awful
| thud and the children scream.
She further testified that Mrs
| Vance came to the back door and call.
| ed to Mrs. Wunderlich; "Wn you
please phone for an officer he is try,
Ing to Kill me" Mrs Wunderlich, de.
clares the witness said; who is try.
ing to kin you?"
Tom Vance, the brute call my
husband" replied Mrs. Vance.
The witness afflrms that after
Vance went to work she went into the
Vance home and there found Mrs
Vance sobblng and crying, with coffee
spilled all over her clothes She said
that she then notofied the doctor.
On the 2Sth she says Mrs Vance
was taken TO the hospital She says
that she noticed the sick woman 3
mouth was black, and that she was
in terrible agony. She further testi-
fled that Mrs Vance vomlted blood
on the night of the 27th.