Show SAYS WIFE TOOK HER OWN LIFE V nce Declares She Wished to Cause His Arrest on Mur Murder Murder Murder der Charge DEFENSE MAY BE INSANITY PHYSICIANS PHYSICIAN FLOUNDERING IN PROFESSIONAL ETHICS Thomas Vance the blacksmith charged with the murder o of his wife In ina a con conference conference ference with County Attorney Hanson de declared declared dared yesterday that Mrs Vance must have nave committed suicide He Me willingly submitted s to an examination lasting for nearly two hours going over the story lof of his life Ufe with considerable detail He lie denied that he be had beaten Mrs Irs Vance Van e or shad had given her poison He insisted that if evidences of poison poisonIng ison Ing were found at the post mortem ex examination exI I the deadly potion must have been b en taken by Mrs Vance with the de do deI germination I of ending her existence nce and ad causing his arrest for murder It was a strange theory an ac accused accused accused husband to make attributing a malignity to Mrs Vance which surpassed the fear Cear of death But this will not be the defense offered to save Vance It was said ald yesterday that his lawyers were already at work gathering J evidence to show that his mind has been b en unbalanced for a long time past and that he was frequently in a mental t condition in which he was unaccountable for or his acts His Hie strange bursts of rage will be used as proof of a diseased mind Bort Bert Vance an Ogden policeman who is a brother of the accused man was at atthe tho the county Jail yesterday He had a long conference with Vance This visit cheered the prisoner and put him in a more hope hopeful hopeful hopeful ful frame of mind Witnesses Are Examined At the county attorneys office all alt the witnesses against Vance have been exam examined med ined so that the strength of the thc case may maybe maybe maybe be determined the children of the doad dood woman have been questioned They The have made statements corroborating ing the story told by Mrs Vance just before be ore her death I County nty Attorney Hanson expects to re telve elve some time today tho the report of the who performed the autopsy upon the body bo y of the dead women He Ho Hen wilt silt n then draw up the complaint and I have Vance arraigned before Justice of the Peace POlIce Smith on a charge charle of mur murder murder I der tier derI I t have not been beci told of any disagree disagreement ment among the physicians who made the i post mortem examination said Mr Han lIan Hanson hanson son As a matter of fact I expect to hour hear from the doctors by It ItI I will be well velI for me to know their de det deI decision I t before proceeding with tho the case caseI I so 5 as a to have everything eve in hand before making the first step in the prosecution of Yanco but I do not consider the re report port Dort on the autopsy as a absolutely vital to the case ease Conflicting Statements Dr A A Kerr when asked if Dr had disagreed with him con concerning conI concerning I what had been discovered at the autopsy said saidi i Thore There has been no disagreement Dr Dri i Calderwood as county physician will make male the report on the cause of or death Ho lie has bas not conferred with me and I have no desire that he should do so I will wUl make no report concerning the au an I topsy unless called upon to do so It will then be time for an expression oC or my opinions When asked about the evidences of poi poisoning coning discovered at the autopsy Dr Kerr said We did not find bromide of mercury as that would be impossible without a chemical analysis But we did find evi el evidences elden dences den es of mercurial poisoning Those por portions portions dons of the body bearing traces of the poison polson were turned over to Dr raider Calder Calderwood alderwood wood I have no intention of interfering ing with his duties as county physician and have no desire to discuss dis Iss the thil ross as further unless required to do so Dr Calderwood on his part said last night that the Vance matter been left in the hands of Dr Ker Kerr KerI KerrI I 1 do not expect to make mak a report on the autopsy he said That Thit rh rests with Dr Kerr who signed the death certificate certificate certificate cate The cause of or death as reports report 3 j In Ia the t e usual form sent to the health depart mont meat Is poisoning and injuries |