Show VANCE ON TRIAL fOR FORT MURDER T- T In n Clear Tones Declares He HeIs HeIs Is Not Guilty of Hill Kill Hilling ing lug Wife HEALTH IS WEAKENED BY YEAR IN PRISON I Displays Emotion motion in Telling Tellof Tell Tell- ing of Failure of Children Children Chil Chil- dren to Visit Him I 4 Im Im I'm innocent of tho the charges that they have made against inc me They cant can't provo prove them Its It's the prejudice that my dead wife's sister has against mo me that lias has brought mo me where bere I am I am con con- f that when tho the Jurors hoar hear my case they will surely sot me at liberty liberty- This is la tho the view which Thomas Vance alleged wife murderer took of at his bis case which went to trial before Judge George G. G Armstrong in the district court this morning Ho sat calmly smoking a a. cigar at his counsels counsel 8 table during a recess recess recess re re- cess suddenly taken to await the coming i j of ot a 3 who had failed to put in inan au an appearance at the proper time He shows none of ot tho the signs of a man rom who is on trial for murder and that murder the tI killing of his wife In the tho indictment Vance is is char charged with murder in the tho first de degree reo on three counts Th ThI first count tolls tells how bow he assaulted as as- his wife on November 26 1007 1907 L striking her with hi his hia fist and arid then kicking kick- kick kicking jn ing her pr producing ducin a mortal contusion from which she sho is said t to have o died on onD ET December D S. S n 1 Tho mo second cond count that uia on u oJ o o- J vember 27 21 1907 1007 he be mixed an unknown poison with some omo water which he knew hi his hi wife wile was about to drink nod and that as asa I a 3 result she became mortally sick The Tho third count enumerates s the circumstances cir cir cir- recited in in the first two i First Pirat Legal Battle When court opened Attorney W. W L. L Maginnis for Vanco made a motion to quash the inform information tion against his Ins client cHent clienton on the ground round that the evidence produced produced pro pro- I before Magistrate a istrate Dana T. T Smith wa was not sufficient to warrant the prisoner prisoner pris pris- oner onor bei being bound over o and a charge chargo boring be bo ring iD ing made mado against him Judge Judco Armstrong Armstron after Attorney Maginnis bad had admitted that some evidence evi en dence lence had bad been introduced denied the motion notion and an e exception was taken Jud Judge c Armstrong Armstron then ordered the prisoner to stand up and the charges against a him wore read and he ho wa was a again ain Ls asked ed to o plead u guilty or U not not guilty Not guilty 11 exclaimed Vance In Ju a clear voice as lIS the court looked up after th the he reading of ea each h count i In b standing up Vance calmly folded his lis lands hands behind his bis back but as the charges of murder came camo one after another another an an- other for three con consecutive times he be calmly put them in his pocket Later be ae sat down with u is si sigh h of relief They arrested mo mc on November 29 20 29 slow now now almost a 3 year ago aro on a a. charge chare of ofu assant u and battery said Vance today Ever since that time ime I have been in jaiL aiL aiL Jail Life Is HardI Hard I have bave been locked up in solitary confinement all ull that time being able to get et very Vcr little exercise exorcise When Wien I was arrested ar- ar rested rede 1 I was a U stron strong man roan Now ow I am amo o weak that I T can hardly stand up It Its 1 Is s a great reat relief relic to be able ablo at last to face lata ray my a accusers Yes Yc I have four children said the theman theman theman man and be he showed the first emotion since he had entered tho courtroom Only one of them my year twelve I Daughter iau has visited d mo inc in prison since L was vas arrested That was last Au August I think The Tho children arc ire all nU staying with relatives ver over at Riverton Ri I r I think they have e kept them away b because ca they are arc afraid that I would tell them something which would be in in my favor or in in case cae they should bould be produced as witnesses in the trl trial When George C. C Lambert N president Continued on page 9 VANCE Continued from page pae 1 1 and manager of the Lambert Lumbert Paper company com coin pan pany the mi missing s n man put in an appearance the examination of prospective pros pros' prospective jurors be began an From the beginning it became evident that it i would prove pro a difficult problem to o secure SEcure a jur jury on account of ot tho the wide notor notoriety et given the tho case at the of Vances Vance's fi en and the avidity with wh which ch tho the public road everything that was published about it i. i Had Talked of ot Case Cas H. H Boreman who ho i is iu in the liquor business busi ness neM nt at East Fourth South street said that he bo had t talked about the case with wih a 3 relative of the man on trial trial Ho He was not given an opportunity to tell tel what the tho discussion had bad been about being belag be be- ing lag immediately excused Im 1 m a 3 newspaper man myself sid said Mr I. I Lan Lambert bert when it came his turn to tobo tobo bo ho examined c and and I know that the reports reports re re- re port ports appearing in the tho daily press are not always reliable Mr Ir Lambert was conn connected wih with the Deseret News After further questioning Mr Lambert Lam Lambert bert was accepted for tho the time being Many an of the called caled are business business busi busi- ness men who plead the fact that their duties dutes call cal them else elsewhere here This ex cx- excuse cuse cuso is given en slight notice by tho the court Attorney Maginnis ginnis leading by counsel for r the tho defense in in examining iD the tho jurors I admitted fo that there might mch have o b bc been cn n disagreements and trouble between the SOC man on trial and nd tho the wife whom ho bo bois hois hois is alleged to have havo murdered and hc he further continued on the supposition that be he might have ha bruised her on some occasions Claim Clai Natural Causes Ho He le gave cave the impression however cr that an any rough treatment she sho might have 0 received received re re- re did id not cause her ber death The defense will wi deny en entirely that thai Vance Yance ever or e poisoned his bis wife fe claiming that her ber death was brought broucht about b by natural nat nut ural causes Their greatest efforts will wi be bo turned ture towards impeaching tho c evidence of Amanda E. E Wae Ward the sister of t the be dear dean ear wife of Mr r. r Vance Vanc who it will wi be claimed concocted a story that put Vance in jail jai in in the first place She Sho will wi bo ho tho the star witness for tho the state Since Sinco the tho alleged e murder this woman has bas been CD before tho the public eye eyo to a great extent on account of nor her own matrimonial 1 troubles She is is now suin suing h her r husband Albert Ward whom she sho married maried July 10 last for a separation in in the district court court Was a Mrs ItIra Mr Vance Vanc Too At the tho time timE that Vance was wal are arrested she sho was the wife Wilo of George W. W Vance a nephew of the man on trial trill Shortly after the tho death of her sister she sho started suit for divorce against her ber husband anI and secured a separation on March 28 S. S Her r second marriage o then followed soon 11 after She mura was not in n court today torby but butis butis butis is expected to be present D next Monday Monlay when it i is thou thought ht that tho taking o 01 of i c evidence will wi begin According to Mrs Wards Ward's s 's attorney b her r husband deserted Ler her a couple of weeks after afler their marriage It I is isaim claimed aim r that eb ebe bo i is almost de destitute with wih five children on her hands bands Tansin ranging in age ago from 1 to 14 1 years Tho The trial of Vance Yanco came up today toda from a continuance ordered on October r I 10 in II when District t Attorney Fred C C. Loofbourow represented to to the court that Lena Yan Vance the tho twelve old daughter o of the prisoner was wa ill i with wib th the tho mumps It I is now said that she has recovered reco erd entirely entirely and will wi bo be ready to go co on tho the stand when called It I is expected that tho two tt other daughters and anti a son eon of if Vance ance will wi also aho bo ho among the fourteen or more witnesses to hoP bo ho P produced by the state The defense will have e about a dozen witnesses Count County Ato Attorney ney Willard Hanson a al although although al- al 1 though not in 1 tb the courtroom this morning will appear later to aid Dis Die District Dietrict Attorney Loofbourow in conducting conduct conduct- ing inc tb the case Assisting Attorney Maginnis Ma- Ma f ginnis on the defense nM are his son aon Abbott Maginnis and John F F. Tobin Pa Passed od for Cause Causa Th The Th following up to noon had been temporarily passed for causo cause by br t the b defense l Geor George e Buckle Buck binder South Eleventh Elc East str street et Paul Hammer Jr theatrical publish publish- er en 75 Main Mam street George Gorso I C. C Lam Lambert president t and manager er of the tha Lambert Paper compa com corn pa 45 East North Temple Templo street William Irvine watchman CS 65 Center street John Jom restaurant business South Fifth East t street H. H B. B son Clan Jr accountant 11 South First We West t street |