The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-26
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Three exhibits in the case of rbo..
Vance, being tried before District h.
Lewis for the second time for alle,
wife murder, are missing. The eybi
were the state g and consisted OF a +
of bottle of ergot, part Of a H.
of pennyroyal and portion Of M
Of oil of tansY. The exhibits we,.i
troduced in the first trial OF Va.
but had little or no direct coupe,i
with the case and are not consdn
important TO the state.
The exhibits disappeared from
locker in vault adjoining the III.
next TO Judge Armstrong; court =
William II. Folland, the stenoprauI
who took the testimony at Vance 4 h,
trial, had charge of the exhibits. "
With q part of bottle of savine
two bichlerlde of mercury tablet
box from which Vance was ain,
to have taken other similar tablets n
which he poisoned his wife, Mr.. FoIlI-
placed the exhibits now missing
put the box III his locker and lotj|
the locker. The key stuck in The h
and Mr., Folland could not get il (
without breaking the lock So be h
remain, after seeing that the locker b
was secured.
Disappeared Recently.
The exhibits must have disappea.
recently for Mr.. Folland says That
saw them in the pasteboard box IN d
locker not further back than eight
ten days ago Assistant District At,
ney z. o. Leatherwood told him N
day. at which time the second triaI
Vance started, that the state would 4
ready for the exhibits in day pr
and Mr.. Folland went to the lotu
Immediately to collect the exhibits. u
surprise was deep when he found u
three of the exhibits were gone. 4
important and essential exhibits, lcI
ever, had not been molested.
The missing exhibits played small =
in the first trial and for this reason .
Of little moment in the second hear
In the original trial counsel for the 4
fense cast the insinuation that pozsl1
Mrs. Fance's death resulted from
tempts at a criminal operation in 8kr
oil of tansy, pennyroyal and ergot Il
quently are employed, and the state
offset this insinuation. procured n
drug stores the exhibits and prese1l1
them to women witnesses who had /
tended Mrs. Vance III and leading
to her fatal illness TO see if they eo1
identify the oil of tansy, penryr1
or ergot as similar to any of the du'
that had been around the Vance boz
stead prior to and at the time OF 4
woman's death. Similar exhibih,
necessary in the second trial, easily n
be procured.
With the regular panel exhausted
ter only three Jurors had been hn19
selected by both the state and the
tense, Vance's second trial came "a
sudden halt Tuesday noon until
o o'clock this morning to procure mQ
talesmen from which it is hoped 70 eo'
plete the Jury by Wednesday nigbs
not later than Thursday noon.
Special Venire Issues.
A special venire Of thirtyeHve pam
returuable at 10 O'Clock this morni9
was issued by District Judge Lewis
fore whom the second trial of the
legged uxoricide is being conducted. I
This venire is as follows: Lewis
Higley, Charles A. Herman. Georga
Anderson, Andrew Eccles, Milan
Pratt. William Murdoch. Robert u. =
derson. j. A. Parry. William EdgTon
Warren H. Lyon. Charles Evans Ja.' ~.
+. Gates, John E. Duncan, Nelis 4r ~
son, Rodney T. Badger, Samuel l: IT ~
ton. John P. Mahan, c: Frank nis
William J. Bennett. William GnnV
Robert Palmer, Oscar K. Lewis, JONI
Gordon, Clifford Aston. John a, Ala' y
son. Samuel Brinton, Jesse Goodl.e,ipo'' ,p''
II. w. Bennett, George Amott, ,,s.iI;, AiIa'
o. Miller, Ernest f. Ridges, VIII
P. Affleck. Frank o. Miller. Parley 2
wards and Joseph a. Jennings. J.
Twenty.six members OF the reEu
panel were examined to get the W. nv
jurors acceptable to both SIDES, ,S,,:,;;s
others, James c. Atkinson and VII
NJ. Eagan, were passed for Gauss ,is ,i
vet may be removed. FRANK . -
James N, Adams, Henry FoIlan9, nsvI
7. Cannon, Will Rees and haI.J an
Lawrence were excused TOT cauoo
the state exercised two OF lis P0II "a =,
tory challenges to get rid OF ~ yi q
Gordon and Philip Finlgan' "nns "a
defense excused Orson Brown Cd . Y
emptory challenge. ..-s 1,
Most of the prospective ]uIpon ]pd "a
cused had formed opinions On 'Ds
Its of the cnse. va,sa
Mrs. Amanda Vance Ward, Vsad, v;,
sister-in-law. who was higniy. y.,a ff
mental in his conviction at .ns rae
trial, was an interested spectator ,sss
day. She will be one OF the Pc
main witnesses again. ,:.s .ooI
w l.. Maginnis of Ogden el's, I'D /,
sci for Vance, is in poor hesitn ~ Issv
been advised by his friends no1 ~ the d
home, but he has disregnrdeu cjieu
vice, so keen is his interest IN a,0
Throat trouble is his afhlct.Un' m
spent most of Tuesday moIninhb hbis
couch, occasionally speaking " w
sociates in a whisper.