Show FANCE LiNCE 7 r HIS TOR 2 SHOWS SHO IBS GENERATIONS GE OF VIOLENT MEN v 1 q S t a Ji x I q r I Q Y t K Ih k Il lx J f I N iti qU n r c L t ill i e eL L n nIn I In the th square picture are seen Thomas Vance the wife he is accused of murdering and two of the children The oval shows Mrs George W Vance and her youngest child Heredity will play a large Jarge part in tho the trial of o Thomas Th Vance ti ance the blacksmith charged with tho murder of his wife wh was arraigned before beCore Judge Arm Armstrong Armstrong Armstrong strong yesterday and was given until April JO 16 J in which to anter enter his plea When Whon Vance Van was wall taken to the city and county building yesterday morning he had been in the county jail for more than four months awaiting awal trial He is alleged to have brutally beaten and kicked his wife a few Cew days da before last Thanksgiving day because she with a wifely desire to please gave him a n full cup of oC coffee not having heard him say that he lie wanted only half a cup Then as she lay la in her bed suffering poignant agony from her injuries Injuries injuries ries It is alleged that he put poison polson in ina Ina a glass gla of oC water which she afterwards hand handshe drank I Her injuries and the poison polson it itis itIs is claimed caused au sed her death after she had in intense suffering for tor two weeks Vance in appearing before the bar of ot justice to answer to a charge chane which if proven may mean his execution Is reap reaping ing what was sown by generations of ot violent vio violent vIolent lent ancestors The Vance family is from Mitchell county North Carolina For many years the men of the line have hae been noted for or quick tempers tempera and were feared by b their neighbors But apart from Crom this strange affliction of un nn uncontrollable uncontrollable controllable anger at Rt slight provocation the Vances were good men honest thrifty thrifty thrifty ty churchgoing men Strange stories have come to Salt I Lake ake ke concerning concern concerning concernIng ing the th deeds done by the Vances In years ears gone by while under the influence influence ence enee of oC the family curse rage These tales savor of f the legends told of oC ancient ba baronial baronial families of the Rhineland that were similarly afflicted Slave to His Temper Thomas Vance is described by bv those who ho know him well as typical of the early Vances tie Ill is said to be bl an honest in industrious Industrious Industrious man but an abject slave to his temper Back In North Carolina in Wautauga county count which adjoins Mitchell county is another family of considerable prom promInence promInence prominence in the state known as the Hart leys Jesse M 11 Hartley the present head of tha th family had two daughters dau and a ason ason ason son Each of ot those these thc e married Into the Vance family Mary A Hartley married Thomas Vance Her brother James AV Hartley now of Manassa Colo married Vances sister Amanda E Hartley sister sis sister sister ter of ot Mary and James married GeorgeW GeorgeV George W V Vance uncle of Thomas Vance George W V Vance brought his wife to Salt Lake where they the had their home at South Eighth West Vest street up to the time they were divorced a short time ago following the alleged murder of Mrs Irs Thomas Vance by her husband in No November November November vember Thomas Vance Vanee proved to be a wander wanderer er and took his wife and children into many man parts of tho the country countr When not angry he was a good husband It is said but his frequent bursts of temper dur during durIng durIng ing which he seemed almost ble made the unfortunate womans life liCe a burden On her deathbed In the bitter bitterness bitterness bitterness ness of her heart h art she could co ld not forgive her husband He must be punished she whispered almost at her last hour to her sister Mrs George W Vance Worried About the Children He must be punished repeated the sister yesterday yest afternoon when seen at her home It U has been be n said that la Iw could not control his temper but buthe he could Instead of fighting against his bursts of rage he grew worse and worse as years ears passed until my sister was worn to a shadow by the treatment she received It was not herself she thought sO o much of it was her children She could suffer his hI blows uncomplainingly but she feared Cear ll that he would attack tho the four little ones omS born to them th m She told me that once once in Iq a rage he declared that he was going to kill the children and then blow blowout out his brains When I had her taken to St Marks hospital when she was dying she worried ceaselessly about the children n fearing that some harm would befall them as she thought in the house with their father I did not at first under understand understand stand and did not tell her that I had caused his arrest arr st on the day site she was taken tak tal taken talen en to the tho hospital Her husband went with us to the hos hoa hospital ho pital fearing the story of wrong she had to tell When hen he was going away awa he e tried to kiss her bier but she turned her head away and his kiss fell upon her neck neel This told of ot the loathing she felt elt for Cor theman the theman theman man who had made her life Ufe a long agony but I feared to tell teU her that I had caused his arrest because of oC her condition boy hov hovering ho ering cring as she was on the borderland of death But when I learned the cause of or her worry I 1 told her that Thomas Vance Van was in jail A sigh of oC intense Intene relief es escaped escaped escaped her She clasped her hands I 1 am glad I am glad she said Now No 1 I can rest in peace lie Ile cannot hurt the tho children chil children dren For my part I too am glad that he is in jail At the hospital he ht vowed that he h would kill any an person who caused his arrest He would keep his word If he is ever released I will feel continually in danger I 1 am afraid of him I wish to see him punished because he killed my 01 sister and because there is danger that he will kill me if he is ever given glen the chance Since the arrest of or Thomas Thomas Vance Mrs Irs George Vance Vanco has hils had some strange occurrences oc occurrences occurrences to frighten herOn her herOn herOn On March 14 it Don Evans a young man living Jiving near neal Seventh South and Eighth West Vest streets was returning home late at night with a young girl girt whom he had taken to an entertainment He saw a aman anJan man wearing a long black overcoat crouching upon the porch in front of the Vance house trying to peer through one of the windows After taking his com companion companion companion panion home young Evans returned to the Vance house to see what the strange night prowler was doing The unknown went from the window to the door and tried to open it Evans saw a mettle mettlesome mettlesome mettlesome some saddle horse tied to a tree before the house The horse was an unusually fine animal and seemed intended for foT usein use usein usein in a long and quick ride The prowler discovered that he was being watched left the Vance house mounted the horse and rode away Detectives have been employed to solve the mystery of this night visit The house houst has been watched but the night n ht rider has not returned Mrs Irs George W Vances divorce from her husband was one of the results of o othe the Vance murder I do n t wish to say anything about my former Cormer she said yesterday I still have the same love for him that I had In the beginning But I was afraid of oC him He has the Vanco Vance temper He lie Isan is isan Isan an upright man full of good qualities He lie does not drink or gamble he is In Industrious Industrious Industrious In a Trying Position He was a loving father except when his Ills temper seized him Then he was harsh to the boys For my m part I do not think you can make a good boy bo by beating him and It was anxiety concerning the children as much as for lor myself that caused me to seek a divorce t The Vance temper Is an awful thing In North Carolina where the family came came from Crom they the will 11 tell you oU that ter was not the first Mrs Irs Vance who suf suffered suffered Piteous stories are arc told of oC the wretchedness of women who became the wives of o Vances years C rs ago I have given District Attorney Loof Loofbourow Loofbourow Loofbourow a letter Jetter from my m brother James JamesW Jamesy W y Hartley Hartle in which he informed me that Mrs A B Vance wife of the Ogden Og Ogden Ogden den policeman had written to him and asked him to contribute money mone to save Thomas Vance from being hanged My Iy brother said I 1 will never give money to save sae the man who ho murdered my sis sister sis sister sister ter He should be punished My Iy brother is married to Thomas Vanes Vances sister All of oC us are in a u trying position But my m duty dut Is clear ellar to me J I must do for my sister what she would wo Jd have done donI for me mt ml if I had been In Her place arid add she had lived Jived My 1 husband and the members of or his family dill dUl not ap approve approve approve prove of or the steps I took to bring about the arrest of oC Thomas Vance ance Probable Lynching Averted Mrs Irs Vance of oC Ogden came to my 01 house and abused me for what I had done Oth OUI Others ers ears said that I should have allowed some neighbor to make complaint But I could see fee no reason why wh I 1 should have waited for a stranger or mere acquaintance to do that which it was my duty to do as a sister to the murdered wife In addition to that I probably saved Thomas Vance from Crom being lynched One of my relatives Informed me that he would havo have had Thomas Vance arrested if I had not But Buthe Buthe Buthe he would have been too late Had the officers not lot taken Thomas Vance from hIs hla house on the day da I swore to the complaint I am convinced would have dragged him out A lynching party part was being belog organized while he was being taken to Jail jal Mrs Thomas Vance left a family of four tour children i These Those were taken to Mrs Irs George Georgc Vances home This made nine children in the tIle house as Mrs Irs Vance has five little ones of f her own The burden of caring for s so many children was too great reat for the dead womans sister and Bishop Miller has h s found Cound homes for Mrs 1115 Thomas Vances little brood Each of the children is In the home of oC a substantial family and each will be adopted at atthe atthe atthe the close of o the Vance Vanoe murder trial If Thomas Vance is convicted If he lie is ac acquitted acquitted quitted he can an claim the children |