Show I DRAMATIC SCENE AT VANCE VICE TRIAL TIL i Young Daughter of Accused Murderer Tries to Shield Her Father CHANGES HER TESTIMONY 0 u Ordeal of Witness mud far fr Twe Two Hours and Then Breaks Down L Lena na Vance ance the eldest daughter of Thomas Vance ance waa u the t figure yester yesterday day afternoon in ID tn the moot dramatic feature of o the trial in I which th the e al at alleged i c Is fighting figh g the t e tune uuie for tor his life Ufe For two hours hoWS the Use girl with mil 1 it h bravery underwent the un on the stand first Arit admitting ad for or the sake of her fathers life luV lit that II her former testimony te given H et th Ih rrt trial triai was untrue and then thenn ender n the in ordeal deal of t down do n and giving way to the d f tears as she aile she had ben been drawn draw a into answers detri detrimental detrimental mental t to her torr father 1 Ldla t once ance nee now no about out 15 years old was U at the lint first nt trial of Thomas Vance un ul i th in charge harp of murdering his ate wife Airy In Vance one ease of the states moet moat witnesses and the mony m nr of lIf the tho girl was waa largely responsible ble for the conviction of the alleged alle ed In 1909 1901 an affidavit by the girl na was U equally t an to large arge arger i responsible r T tr fr r the new n trial granted grant rl ed J A am i kte e Cald elan by It Defence e ethE A At the l the state did not call tall ill gill but the defense def n her bee ui ay a IH its it nut mot Important WL ne to break down tl testimony te of Amanda Vain e Ward Aard the states loading Ing wit Wito nem 8 At the test first i si trial Lena Vance Vant tea te fled that on November 21 2 1 07 she aha 4 had heard her bl lather the accused man many manay ay y to her ber mother with an aD imprecation Lion tion Ml Ill kill M you U and that she lIbe he had seen sn Ian hiss then thell strike her ber mother Ier with his hia clenched nt rbt t knocking her to te the l and the thi kicking her hr Yesterday i t the witness stand the theirl sirl irl under miler d 11 d examination by the counsel for tor ti t defense teren stated that her here e gi en n at the tha th torpor former tona trial rial had been tI um untrue i ue and had bad k been en given untruthfully because she had laad been threatened I Lr Amanda omanda Vance VaDee Ward that It If she di nt tell it that way 1 she ahe could uld BO go to pail jail too tooD tooD tooD D me I nisi rs Treat Lena I l na la al also o i t lied dd M yesterday that she ahe hall had ever oer ha h a d 1 I her hI father threaten threat n to ill her moth r or 1 that she had ever F seen n him tik her mother on ur ih th tho ion of or the days day Inci lad Incident it dent i un n November 26 6 all ahe recalled was that when her father had ome eoM home for lunch and finding that his hia i toffee offee cup had been Ailed au to w Ing Inc he h had beeline angry and that he be 4 had pushed P UM tIM mother ur to the tit floor doer Under direct examination the tha girl also abo stated that on em the day daF of DC Neven Novem h e 1 he day 7 when Mr lay sick lea in iD bed and d when wh the n of bi hi chloride of ot mercury Is la alleged to have been administered to her by Thomas Vance the noon hour had bad not entered the room in which Mrs Vance lay She Sha was waa aJ positive In the statement that the nearest he had been to Mrs Vance then and this being the tho time when the poison polson Is lj alleged to have been placed In the glass of oC water was waa the doorway leading le from tram tho the kitchen kUhen Into the bedroom Girl Breaks s Down It was waa under the on OD this point that the tha girl broke broko down under the strain For an hour and a ahalt half halt ahe she had occupied the tho witness stand under a fire lire of ot questioning shifting l her gaze from the questioning attorney to the th carpeted floor door and oc casto ally casting a glance towards her father who sat her with al almost almost most meat lined fixed eyes liar Her answers had been given in low voice sometimes al almost almost almost most Inaudible to the Jury and her nervousness had Increased under the prom examination When Assistant District Attorney Leatherwood began his tion on em the point of ot Vances presence in ID the tha home at the noon hour of ot No November November vember 27 n the tho time when Vance had hadnot hadnot not BOt been out of the kitchen according to the direct testimony te of the girlish witness she ahe was forced to admit that In her preparation of ot the dinner her hep herback back baek had been turned towards the fa father father a athor ther thor for periods of or minutes and that it might have havo been lIeen possible po elble for him to have entered the bedroom where Mrs lira Vance lay for fur a few moments Seeming to realize the possible effect of her testimony te the tho daughter who first testified against her father and is ia isnow isnow now swearing In his behalf gave way in her breakdown her convulsive sobs echoing through the tho courtroom It was waa several minutes before she reco recovered recovered ered her composure and the court proceedings resumed 18 MaV 31 Be Do Impeached The brought out I the fact tact that shortly after the first trial of Vanes Vance Lena the daughter daughters had gone gOlle to Harriman Utah where she worked as a servant and it was waa from the ther there she he wrote the letter to her aister al er Florence saying that ahe she had testified at the instance of Aman Amanda da Vance Ward Confessing that she abe had testified falsely at the tha flat first fir t trial In several rethe respects re the girl Lena yesterday ye protest protested ed d that her former testimony tJ had been given rhen at the instigation and under the fear fr of or Amanda Vance Ward Under the by the state the inference was given that an effort will be made to ta impeach the testimony of the tb daughter given at this trial The state Mate placed emphasis is on the question que asked aked the witness as aa to whether or not she had said Id to Wil Willard Vil 11 lard IanI Hanson Hanlon O county attorney at the time of or the tha first trial of Vance rance that eke ake had seen n her father strike and kick her mother The girl denied this statement but the of the state Mate indicated that Mr Hanson might be called in to impeach her statements Before Rise Miss Vance left the stand I Judge Judee Le Lewis questioned her as to t whether she abe had been told or coached by anyone as aa to what she he should testify testify testify fy to during the tb trial This Thia the tho girl denied Brother Testifies Aside from the testimony of the daughter Lena the witnesses s Intro d by hy the defense yesterday were principally for tor the purpose of ot discrediting g and Impeaching the testimony of Mrs Amanda Vance Ward WardA A B Vance of Ogden a brother of the defendant testified that he had talked with Mary Vance Vanoe at St at Marks hospital while she was confined there and aDd had asked her if It Tom had mla mis mistreated treated her and why wh she ahe had him ar nr arrested arrested rested Her reply had been according to the witness that It was the sister Meter meaning me nC Amanda Vance Ward who had had him arrested i Lewis Lewill M 11 Cannon testified that short i Iv h alter atter Vance Vances first trial Mrs Aman Amanda la da Vance anee Ward had said Mid Ire Ive got gott t rm m Vance and ADd now DOW Ill IU get George 1 ance allce the latter bitter being her husband at it that time Mr Cannon Can Don declared that Mrs Wards reputation for truth and veracity was waa such that he would not nut believe any statement made by her under oath tho John Abbott also doubted the veracity ty 0 of Mrs Ward and testified that he had overheard Mrs Irs Ward say to toen Lena en Vance Vanee that If the latter swore in incourt Incourt court as a witness that Vance had only shoved the mother and wife Ite they will put you in Jail jell too Trial Mai Nearly Ended Frank Stanley was also called to testify as regarding the general tation given Mrs Ward as aa to truth and veracity Joseph H IL Taylor testified as aste asto asto to te the condition of the body of ot Mrs Vance when It was brought to tI the mortuary Willard Hanson testified as TO the proceedings leading to the first trial of Vance anoe and John Cullay Culley a druggist of ot Ogden was waa wassailed called to give expert testimony testimony mony on of poisons especially Mp Uy of ot mercury The Tho introduction of testimony Is ex expected expected expected to be concluded by tonight Whether the case ease will wID go to the Jury before Monday Monda or not is uncertain I 0 c |