Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-11-01
SYRIAN PEDLER
IDENTIFIES DE: Nj / VANCE
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Somewhat Dramatic Incident Of
This Mornings Session Of
Murder Trial.
SHE SAW HIM KICK HIS WIFE
While Tic Unfortunate Woman Lay
On tic Floor vnlnly Screaming
For the Police.

Emphasiaing her statements by the
impetuous gestures characteristic OF
her race. the testimony OF Helen Abra-
nam, Syrian pedler. given this
morning in the trial of Thomas Vance,
accused of numbering his wife, was
thrilllngly dramatic and apparently
made strong link in the states chain
OF evidence.
The answers OF the Syrian woman
to questions asked by Asst. Dist. Atty.
e, Q. Leatherwood We're made through
nm interpreter and we're given without 4
hesitancy. The most Intensely dra
matte incident of the morning session
was when she was asked to point out
the man whom she saw kick the
woman lying OH the floor of the house
on Seventh West street and with ac-
cusing finger she pointed to Thomas
Vance, saying: "This Is the man,
Mrs. Abraham. who Is about 60 years
OF age, said that she was engaged IN
peddlins needles, pins and like arti-
cles In the neighborhood of Seventh 1
West street. between Eighth and
Ninth South streets on Nov. 26, 1907 q
She said that while she was standing
at the rear of a house, tho home of
Mrs Clara Wunderich, she heard the
cry. Police! Police" A few minutes
later she went to the back door Of
the house next to the Wunderlich
home, (the Vance home). and there
through the open door she saw u
woman lying on the floor with
man standing beside her. The
witness said that the woman turned 1
her head toward her and cried out
Police! Police!H whcreupon the man
Kicked her and slammed the door shut.
T q v u T. u
THIS is THE MAN
Assistant District Attorney Leatlier-
wood then asked the witness to point
out the man that she saw Kick the /
PROSTATE woman. Thomas Vance, the
defendant. was sitting by the side OF +
his brother.4A. b, Vance. with his hand
covering part OF his face. The syrian
hesitated. scanning the faces of those
present in court. Mr. Ieatherwood
then requested the defendant to remove
| his hand from his face. T he wit tIpss
stepped from her sen land .WIii king oyer
TO where Vance sat pointed her, finger
at shiman said: .srhis IS the man.
stand VIXEN the court adjourned until
,2io'clock.S
MRS. WARDS STORY.
Mrs. Amanda Vance Ward was the
first witness examined at the morning
session. She testified to having gone
to the Vance home on the day that NIrs.
Vance is alleged to have been poisoned.
Nov. q, and finding her vomiting. She
said that Mrs. Nances lips were swollen
and that her gums were black. 70 her
requests that Vance send her to the
hospital. she said that lie turned a den.
ear and refused to do $50. On Tho fol-.
lowing day. however. the sick women, u.
was taken to ST, Mark 8 hospital. She ]
also testified to finding bl-chlorida Of
mercury tablets in yance's trunk.
Two witnesses We're examined Nom.
dny afternoon County Surveyor ]. B.. (
ySwensnn and Mrs. Clara Wunderllch.!
Mr.. Swenson certified to n ground plan
drawing Of the VANCE home at sci south 1
Ing houses.
ii Mrs. Wunderlich. living next door to &
the Vance home. said that on November
%. 1907. she heard cries and screamss
which seemed to como from tile Vance
home and that Mrs. Vance called to her
to get q policeman that her husband s,
WAS beating and killing her. On the
following day she testified to going into,
tho Vance home and find ing Mrs. Vance
sick and in commissions.
LINE or DEFENSE. Isl.
( on cross examination, a.. u Weber of
counsel for the defense, elected from
the witness that the odor of medicine
penetrating the room was that of oils
of snyine. and this testimony65will be-
used by the defense in confederation OF 81
its theory that the decedent was the 4.
victim OF her owniattempta ut n criminal
operation. 4!
A point. considered important by the
state, was brought out when Mrs. Nun
derlich testified that the glass of water
on the stand by Mrs. Yance.s bed and
from which she had drunk, still bubbledS
from the bottom when tho witness ems
tered the room, Tho states theory is s
that Vance placed bi-chloride of mcr-
curry tablets In the glass Of water and -
the effervescent bubblins from the
bottom Of the glass is presented by the
state to corroborHte tho theory. 81
A NEW DEVELOPMENTS 4f
One OF the new developments of tile
trial Monday was tho conversation.
which Mrs. Wunderlich testified to 3I,av-
Ing heard .,betwecn Vance and his wifnf
Just before she was taken to st. Mark IS III
According to the witness, she
heard Vance say In an angry tone: III I'll
you make any trouble for me, iI'il make
trouble for you" She said also that
this was getting to BIO a fine country
where men didn't have the same lights
as women. This latter conversation,
the witness said. took place on. tho 81
day of the alleged poisoning. K
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