Salt Lake Tribune | 1908-10-02 | Page 2 | Tablets Turned over to Vance's Counsel

TABLETS TURNED OYER TO VANCE'S COUNSEL Upon motion of District Attorney F. C. Loof borrow in Judgo Armstrong's .division of the Third district court, Thursday, three of tho bichloride of mercury tablots with which Thomas Vance, alleged wife-murderer. is charged with poisoning his wife, Mary Vance, held as evidence against him, wore released to the defendant's attorneys, attor-neys, W. L. MacGinnis of Ogdeu and. Trcd McGurrin of this city. Vance's trial is sot for October 15. Ho is charged with first-degroe murder on throo counts. Tho first alleges that ho boat and kicked his wifo on November Novem-ber 26 last year until death resulted on December 8. Tho second alleges that he poisoned her with bichloride of mor-cury mor-cury tablets, some of which wero afterwards after-wards found in his trunk, and tho third joins tho beating and tho poisoning as the causo of death. Tho poisoning is alleged to havo occurred oc-curred November 27, tho day after Vanco administered tho beating and kicking becauso Mrs. Vanco filled his coffee cup with a too generous hand, overflowing it. After Mrs. Vance's death an autopsy was held and the stomach was analyzed by Stato Chemist Chem-ist Herman Harms, but only slight traces of poison wero fonud. The trial promises to be- of absorbing absorb-ing interest. As the offense charged is unbailable, Vanco is being held in tho county jail awaiting trial.