The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-11-04
STATE RESTS CASE
IN VANCE HEARING
introduction of Testimony by
Prosecution Comes to a
Sudden Close.
DEFENSE Is SURPRISED
Attorney for Man Accused of Wife
Murder Outlines Course to
Be Followed.
DEFENSE is SURPRISED

Announcement by the states prose-
cutor that the state has completed IT'S
direct case. denied motion mat the
jury De peremptorily instructed go find
Lie defendant nol guilty and The case
dismissed. ana The beginning OF the I'M
LitAucLiOn OF testimony tEat is expected
10 save his life. were the steps taken
yesterday in the second Jr!al Of Thomas
ancc on the charge or wife murder.
The early completion OF the states
e4i~cl testimony apparently caught the
tdrIense by surprise, as several Of the
Witnesses used al the first trial ami
itnen considered material in the charge
AGAINST vance were eliminated. Lena
vance, daughter of the defendant.
and who &C the first trial was one OK
the most important witnesses. was DOR
called by THE state al the present trial..
Immediately following the announce
o. LealherWOod that the state rested,
Attorney A. ]. Weber made a motion
ttat the jury be Instructed 20 return a
lNtfulcl on nor guilty and that the
ienafscs De dismissed. I'm his argument
Aii- " ener CoutenGed THAT the stale
had IA lied % produce sufficient cvi-
fdence tsaL Mary Vance had died the
.resulr Of blows struck by the defend
.Uut or from the effects Of uaisou adj
mlnlstered by HIM. The motion was
'oNerruled and following the opening
statement Tor the defendant. in which
It was outlined what the defense would
attempt tu prove, witnesses We're PLACED
on the stand i'm the defendauts be-
half.
The state completed It's case with two
"a Illnesses Yesterday Herman Harms
state chemist, detailed the properties
and Characteristic effects Of various
fpoisons. including bi-chloride of mrr-
curry and oil OF savine.
ln his official capacity he testified Die
made Cd chemical analysis of portions
az the internal organs of the deceased
woman, just after deatE tie said DE
FOUND no trace OF mercurlal poisoning,
HrH
planned that The evidences OF such
poison would be- thrown of within ten
DAYS Tie state charges that the Tfr- I
curry tablets We're administered on No .
Aember IN 1907, and that death esulred I
December s.
=. Farley White. chief deputy sheriff I
was the iast witness called Dy tho F.
state, and Identified che statement Inc I
Uoduced as the statement made To- The 4
then assistant county attorney. Phil #
farnsWorth. by Mrs Mary Vance. fDst /.
before her death
In that statement the deceased lad /.
said thar on November 90. 1907. Thomas /
vance. her husband. becoming angry az /
Der. had first thrown cuufUi of coffee
an her and had then struck and kicked +
her. Next aaE, according to the divine I
statement. while she lay on the bed iu .
PENDANT drop tablet into glassful of D.
water and had later been given this b
glass of water to drink
Outlines Defense.
IN outlining the defense. Attorney =. I
a Masinnls said ttaE Witnesses would ]
be- introduced 20 show that the decedent ]
came 20 her death largely through her /
own acts. IL would be proved. counsel I
Adiu. that the defendant had not kicked ]
his vile. and that the bruise upon her
body, alleged by the stale Goo have been /
caused by Vance kicking her. was
rather scar or skin Flemish OF lOug
standing The defense would show
too, that the probability OF poisoning
was due 20 the use az oil OF savine, and ]
iill--i-A ioi eaA sven Lhat an eIIort
20 lhlpFach the testimony of Mrs.
amanda vance Ward, the states most
important witness would be made
Mrs Clara l.. Richards was used
mainly To break down the testimony
given 10y Mrs. Amanda Vance Ward
iesiltylng that the latter had told her /
after the death OF Mrs. Vance and the
81 rest OF 4r- aRce, they have not got b
he right man in jail" and that il was
Mary Vance OF Ogden who had given I
AIRS vance the medicine Annie Rich I
hrus. a stepdaughter OF Mrs. Richards
testified that she had overheard a part
'oI the conversation related by the pre-
yious witness.
George " Vance, a nephew of the .
defendant and the former husband I'D
mrs amanda Vance Ward, testified that I
on tsie occasion he had heard tie de-
Seugnt say Ihat she would rather he
dead tnan alive and that IF il WASN'T
FOR The children she would XIII herself"
Nr"fse vance was witness at rha
lusl trial but yesterday failed 20 re-
.
Nlous testimony Yesterday he was +
positive that Mary Vance had nevev
gold him that Tom, her husband. had
beaten her. but after a portion Of MS
1vfmer testimony had been read 10 him.
ne recalled that she had made tins
statement
Ars- Clara Wunderlich, who appeared
on the stand for the state. was recalled
70 dispute the testimony OF Mrs. Cora
iseppinig given al the preliminary hear
lLe. Inese TWO women We're neighbors
81 me ancr aud Mrs. heppinig cor
derlich as 10 Mrs. Vance on November
70, 1907, calling Tor help. and the DO
nee saying that her husband was kill
ing her. Mrs. Wunderlich Yesterday J
. afternoon said on the stand that Mrs
tteppinig had not been present at tha I
occurrence and was sure that all She ,
! new or u was what had been told her :
BY the witness
The defense has called nun,Arors
witnesses, and the theory will be 10 I J
show that Mrs Vance died as the re- !
suit OF her own efforts
A.