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Show to have been received from) her husband. hus-band. The morning ses.-ion of the fifth day o; the trial moved rapidly, more so li'an any of the preceding sessions. Ihe first witness called was John Cul-b Cul-b y. a dni'-glst ot Ocden, who testl- j fied that he h.nl made ertain tests of tablet of bichloride of mercury ai tho request 01 the deiense, to llnd , i ut how long it would take a tablet j similar to that which Vanre Is at- j bged to have glveu bis wife, to dU- I solve in a glass of water. Mr Oil ' ley was iut through a long cross ex-1'iniii.i ex-1'iniii.i lon which failed to break hU direct testimony to any great extent. Willaid Hansen, former county at torney nnd assistant or tho district fitorney nt the first trial, was the second witness. Mr Hansen was asked ask-ed to Identify a bottle said to contain con-tain oil of savine He said that he believed that tho bottle whs the same j as that introduced at tho first trial. ai.d after smelling Its contents said ! that they seemed lo have the same odor. On cross examination be stated stat-ed that he did not know what oil i'f savine was. except as he hud been iniormed at the first trial of the case, and that the contents of the bottle Introduced by the state contained oil "f savine. Brother Tells Story. A. H. Vance, a brother of the defendant de-fendant and a member of the Ogden police force, stated on the witness stand that he had visited Mrs. Mar Vance while she was ill at SL Mark's hospital and that he had a talk with her in which he had sold: 'Mar. what is the matter with you? Has Tom beaten you up to put you In this condition?" and that Mrs. Vance replied: "Xo; he is not responsible for my condition." He testified that he had then asked Ler why she had had Tom arrested, .-ml that she had replied that she had not had him arrested, but that Aman-t'a. Aman-t'a. meaning Mrs. Amanda Vance Wnrd. had caused tho aireet . Mrs A I! Vance testified to a conversation con-versation with Mrs. Mary Vance In which the victim was alleged to have said that she would rather die than to have any more children. I!ICE WILL ROT MKE TJ STASH: SALT LAKE. Nov. 4. Thomas J Vance will not take the stand In his ( own defense at bis second trial for tho j alleged murder cf his wife, Mary. I Ills eldest daughter. Lena, one of j the principul witnesses for the stale at the lonaer rlal, will take the stand ; in behalf of her father. Florence Vance, a younger daughter, daugh-ter, a witness tor tbe state at the j preliminary hearing, will also testify in behalf of the accused man. I The di fensM was clearly outlined at the trial this morning. It will be an effort to impeach the testimony of j Important witnesses for the state and 'to try to provo to the satisfaction I of the jury that Mary Vauce did not j dio as tbe result of treatment alleged |