Show SOBBING CHILDREN t TO THEIR FATHERS BRUTALITY BRUT Thomas Vance Bound Over for Trial on Charge of Wife Mur Murder der Doctors Say Death Was Due to Mercurial Poisoning Three children of ot Thomas Vance al alleged alleged alleged wife murderer took the stand in Justice of 01 the Peace Smiths court yesterday afternoon af to testify against their father ta her It was a strange spectacle cle lle The children avoiding the fixed stare of 01 the father tather old sold In detail detail detal alt all aUthe the Incidents In of ot the terrible scene when Vance beat and kicked his wife Vance striving to soften a naturally cruel face with an expression of love and tenderness gazed steadily at each of ot the children during the hearing of ot the testimony as us though to lure them into softening the tale of ot wrong they had to tell He seemed to know that these little children were the most dangerous witnesses against him and although gh repeatedly repulsed doggedly persisted in his efforts to win their sympathy When at the close of ot the hearing he was held without ball for trial on the charge of o murder In the first degree Deputy Sheriff Emery snapped the handcuffs again upon his wrists to take him back to the i county Jail Vance made a final effort to win some token of ot affection from the children They were standing on n the sixth floor of ot the Commercial block outside of Justice Smiths office waiting for the elevator when the deputy sheriff led ted the alleged wife murderer out into the corridor I Seeing that their father was going to take the elevator the children drew aside showing their fear and repugnance repugnance repugnance nance He stopped and extending his manacled hands spoke to Florence his daughter Child Strikes at Him Wont you kiss me he asked The little one did not answer but struck at him with her puny fists Lena and Edward turned their heads Vance passed them and entered the elevator descending with the deputy sheriff as his only companion The children ac accompanied accompanied accompanied companied by Mr and Mrs George GeorgeW W Vance did not leave the building Vance was gone From the question put to witnesses by Judge Maginnis counsel for Vance It was evident that the defense will endeavor to show that Mrs Vance had made threats to kill herself herselt and had committed suicide In support of ot this theory theor the defense will strive to show that the Injuries received by Mrs Mra Vance when her husband beat her did not produce death and that there is no evidence to support the theory that Vance administered poison polson to his wife Failing Falling in this it Is said that Vances lawyer will try to prove that the wife beater was insane It Is said that evi evidence evidence evidence dence In that line has already been collected col collected collected by the defense When the hearing was resumed yes yesterday yesterday yesterday morning Mrs Helen Abraham Abrahama a Syrian peddler completed her testimony testimony mony concerning her visit to the Vance house and seeing a man kick a woman who was lying upon the floor Lena Vance the daughter of ot the accused man was then placed upon the stand As the child recalled the awful scene she was asked to de describe describe describe scribe she burst Into tears But deeply moved though she was she tolda told fa clear and circumstantial story Childs Terrible Story They were at the table eating the midday lunch she said Father mother and the four children were ere there No quarrel had occurred to ex excite excite excite cite Vance to the tempest of wrath which followed The father asked for fora a cup of ot coffee The mother poured the cup full The father angrily exclaimed ex claimed d that she had given him more coffee than he had asked for The mother patiently and meekly replied that she had not heard him tell her not notto notto notto to fill the cup too full Then the father threw the cup It was broken against the wall The contents stained the gar garments garments garments ments of ot the frightened mother After this the father ran to the mother and land beat her with his fists She fled to the thedoor thedoor thedoor door calling for help Returning to the room she was knocked down and then kicked by the father The terrified chil children children children dren looked on until the scene became so terrible that they too cried out in their alarm After Arter the sobbing child had left the stand Florence Vance 7 years old was called As she was such a little girl Judge Maginnis objected to her testimony but when questioned she seemed to under understand understand understand stand clearly the responsibilities of a witness When hen Judge Smith announced that J he e would admit the childs testimony mony mon the lawyer adopted different tac tactics tactics tactics tics Did your aunt Mrs Amanda Vance tell teU you ou what to say here he asked Yes replied the Ingenuous child Judge Maginnis flashed a triumphant triumph art ant glance lance at the Judge What did she tell teU you to say sayTo sayTo sayTo To tell teU what I saw answered the little girl Then she told what she had seen It was the same story that Lena had told When It was all aU over and the enraged husband had satisfied his wrath the child said Mamma Iamma got up and sat in a chair chairIt It was what she had seen and was all ail she understood of the agony of ot the suffering mother Sister Admits Bitterness Mrs Amanda E Vance Yance was the next witness She was a sister of the dead woman and Is wife of ot george W Vance nephew of at the alleged wife murderer She said that t at on the day before Vance beat his wife Mrs Vance was In perfect health and took a de delight delight delight light In the hard work of ot caring for tor her family Then she told of the suf sut sufferings sufferings of ot the unfortunate wife follow fonow following following ing the beating and alleged aU ged poisoning While she was relating the dark de details details details tails of ot Mrs Vances unhappy un appy life Judge Maginnis asked Have you some feeling of bitterness in this case She was my sister wa wap the reply Who have such a feeling if placed In my position Tears gleamed In her eyes and her voice was choked with sorrow Edward Vance the boy followed He like his sister Lena sobbed as he told his story It was the same sam as the story told by the other children Two dying statements made by Mrs Vance were read One was written by her and delivered to her sister Mrs GeOrge Ge rge W Vance It was printed at atthe atthe atthe the time in The Herald The other was taken by J Parley White notary and Contained substantially facts but somewhat fuller details In this statement Mrs Vance declared that a VaI beat her he pc shouted i you Ill break your head with this you ou Ill kill you t ls time I intended to kill you some someway someway way ay Doctors Alleged Poisoning In the afternoon Dr A A Kerr who attended Mrs Vance was asked to ex explain explain explain plain the cause of ot her death He said that the woman died of ot injuries and poisoning Symptoms satisfied him that the poison polson Ivas was as of a mercurial na nature nat nature ture t re Tablets containing mercurial poisoning he said were found In Vances trunk and shown to him Dr W R Calderwood the county physician ph who was with Dr Kerr when the autopsy was performed stat stated stated stated ed that he did not think death was caused by the injuries Mrs Vance had received He believed that she had died of the effects of a poison polson and the condition of the body indicated that mercurial poison had been adminis administered administered administered Mrs Cora E and Mrs Clara were recalled to give g I fuller funer details of their stories of ot the day before Mrs stated that she was present when the poison tab tablets tablets tablets lets were found in Vances trunk She knew It Jt was Vances trunk because it contained the mans clothing The tab tablets tablets tablets lets were a dark cream color she said and were labeled poison polson After the witnesses for the prosecution prosecution prosecution tion were examined Judge Maginnis announced that he would rest r st the case Judge Smith at once held Vance V ce for trial stating that the evidence was sufficient to make it appear that a murder had been committed |