The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-11-01
TESTIMONY GIVEN
At VANCE HEARING
Taking Of Evidence at Second
Trial of Alleged Wife Muir
derer Under Way.
WITNESSES ARE CALLED
Facts Bid Fair to Be Practically the
Same as Presented at the
Former Trial
WITNESSES ARE CALLED

After the forenoon of yesterday had
bsen spent iu the formal reading of the
complain. charging Thomas Vance with
murder in the first degree, and the ar
slmeat ri legal technicalties, the re-
f+IIins of tine incidents of the death of
Nr- Marx Vance on December 5, 1907,
Was begun yesterday afternoon.
Tra IriaL the second one for Vance
..r rHr charge of wife murder bids fair
III be- but "a repetition of the first, with
81 new developments The witnesses
will a- those called ln the trial of
tHree wears ago, which resulted in
Naucr's conviction and brought the i'm
posiuou of the death penalty
The defense iu IT'S legal battle fought
Gur Yesterday forenoon. felt that IL had
gained ground ina having two counts
uf Ile complaint set aside The Orlgl-
nan complaint against Vance charged
him with murder under three separate
counts. First. that of having caused
die death OF his wife, Mary Vance, by
beating and kicking her second. by
having caused her death by means OF
poisoning the third, combining the two
causes Under the ruling OF the court
Iue state viii carry on lts prosecution
under the third count IN which Vance
Is accused Of numbering his wife by
both kicking and beating her and ad-
ministerlns poison
Outlines Case.
Ia his opening statement Assistant
District Attorney Il. q. LeatherwOod
outlined 60 the jury what the state viii
attempt 90 prove IN its charge against
Vance The Incidents of Nance's all
legged cruel treatment of his wife on
November 20. 1907, tHe alleged poison
ing on the following day. the wife's re-
muTaI Uu The hospital and her death. to-
Eetler with the names of witnesses who
would testify We're given by Ar. Lea
JherWo1d but the opening statement
showed thar the state would rely upon
the same showing made at the first
trial and In which conviction was OBJ
tanned
THE first witness called was County
Surveyor j. b. Swenson, who certified
q drawing and plat he had made show
ing the situation or the former Vance
home al N6I South Seventh West street
and ITS relation 10 IGN boring houses
AIRS Clara Wunderlick. a next door
nr--hhDr 90 The Vance home, and who
was one Of the principal witnesses az
Tie former trial, was the second witness
called Yesterday ana was on the stand
lulII i-r adjournment of court
NIS. vs. uuderllck repeated her for
uer story but both the state and the
defense felt that something new had
trru brought out. advantageous to both
Heard Cries.
The witness told of how, on Novem-
Der 20. 1909. she had heard screams
z nd cries ana going out OF her home
hal heard Mrs Vance calling 10 her
To- set policeman, that her husband
was beating and killing her. Then the
following day she had gone into the
Vance home and found Mrs. Vance sick
and i'm commissions
This latter testimony brought out q
point considered as highly important by.
tHe defense as supporting its theory
tHat Mrs. Vance came 10 her death
l"uEA ler own acts Judge A. j.
N-e"ei. chief counsel FOR Vance, under