Show VANCE YET HOPES fOR fREEDOM Man on Trial for Murder of Wife Smiles as He welcomes Wel Wei- comes Children PHYSICIAN FAILS TO PROVE POISONING I States State's Witness Not ss Positive t tas I as as to Cause of Womans Woman's Womans Wo m mans man's ns n's Death neath 1 No sir I haven't lost last hope that 1 I will ultimately be acquitted declared Thomas Vance Vane 0 alleged wife murderer at noon today as he smilingly welcomed his three children w when en they cams came Into tnt the room whore their father is on trial i ifor for tor the murder of ot their mother As probable witnesses in the case they Iare i iare are forced farced to remain in the corridors corridors' with the other witnesses and it 1 is only during a recess or at the end of ot th the tho morning or afternoon session that they are permitted to see eo and talk to their father at erAnd er And I 1 dont don't see any reason why shy I should lose f faith in the outcome continued con con- tinned Vance who still maintains that he is tho the victim of his sister in a vindictive spirit And perhaps s he be has a Rood good deal of basis for his bib belief with the tho case caso of the tho prosecution H seemingly min ly tottering and crumbling about thu stron strong foundation built d during driving rin the tho first two days of the tho week Dr Dl William R R. R Calderwood who whop performed performed per per- form formed a the on Mrs Ire Ir V anee Vance's Vances es e's s remain re re- mains main u on the tho stand stand during during the morning mornin claimed that mer mercurial urial poison might have a fatal off effect ct oven after two wo weeks e even en after all aU tra traces of ot it had disappeared from the victim but h he Continued on page e 2 2 VANCE YET HOPES Continued from page pago o 1 would not testify such mch was tho the case caso in inthis inthis inthis this and ana that leaves the prosecutions prosecution's prose prose- cution's s 's poison polson story still a sis Ss States State's Caso Case Peters Out Tho The caso case of tho the state so far seems much like liko a book or play pla- that starts out stron strong only to dwindle towards an ending ending end end- ing ing- ng rampant with ith weakness Early in the prosecution Mrs frs Cl Clara rA a next door neighbor went wenton on the stand and told of how Mrs Vanco had rushed out on her back porch callin calling for help on November Xo r 26 and how she bad had attended tho the wife suffering suffering suffer suffer- I ing pain after the alleged poison poisoning n i iThen Then came Helen Abraham the tho aged Syrian woman oman who said eaid sho ho had hobbled hobbled hobbled hob hob- bled up to tho the back door of the tho Vanco Vance home with her peddlers peddler's pack on her herback herback back haek and saw Mrs Irs Vanco Vance prostrate on tho the floor pleading for help Following her hor came the year twelve old daughter dau of the tho prisoner Lena with her story ston pointing pointing- an m accusing 1 finger n er erat at the rather father ather Again Acain tho machinations of fate tate seem to lead Thomas Vance Yanc further towards the gallows s as his bis attorneys failed to shako the testimony of the en a avenging n sister sister sis sis- ms- ms ter of tho the dead wife who in in addition t to her Eltor story of cruelty and poi poisoning produced ed tho dying statement of the dead wife who said paid therein that she desired that her husband be given his just deserts even unto death Dr Kerr Korr Weakens The prosecution had reached a thrilling thrill thrill- in jug ing climax with seeming ease O and celer celer- ity Then camo the tho introduction of Dr Archibald A. A Kerr tho the physician of tho the Vance Vanco family as a witness yesterday afternoon He tie attended Mrs Irs Vance rance on November 27 when he be found her in in great distress aft after r the alleged ed poison poison- poison poison- in ing g Death was the result of or shock bock and the poisoning stoutly maintained Dr Kerr early in his examination On Tn ero examination ho he admitted he had not himself discovered disco the symptoms symptoms toms of poisoning in his patient but that it had bad first been brou brought ht to his attention by b the tho sister He Ho also said that the tho weakened condition condition con con- of the woman mi might ht have ha been cen due to the e c vomiting rather than tho ill treatment sho she had bad received at al' tho the hands of her husband The direct direct direct di di- cause of the wife's wife 6 death therefore therefore there there- fore still remains an cn enigma a as far as tho the jury is concerned Mrs Ward Again Mrs Mn Amanda E. E Ward tho the sister of the dead clead wife wa was recalled to the stand when the proceedings 6 began for th the tho day da- being questioned b by County Attorney Attorney Attorney ney Willard Hanson as to Mrs f Vance Vanco's s 's condition tho afternoon of November ember 27 7 last year tho the day on which sho she is supposed to have taken tho the poison No No she sho did not seem to be troubled with a sensation as of the crawling of tho the skin said the witness The skin of her ber face face- was so eo s swollen that it did not look natural although h it was not blue Tho The state then introduced ed tho the sweater and waist worn by tho the dead woman as ag mute muto evidence of the tho trouble between the tho husband and aud wife on November er 26 The They bore boro stains said to bo ho caused by bythe bythe bythe the coffee which Vance Vanco is alleged to have thrown at his wife Mrs s. s Ward said that sho had taken the clothing from the V Vance Vanco homo home and turned it over o to District Attorney Fred C. C Loofbourow I. I I I took the tho waist off from her hor when I dressed her hor to be taken to tho hospital hos hos- pital said tho the witness Dr Kerr never nc gave e mo rue the tablets tablets tab tab- lets back a again ain said Mrs Irs Ward Vard in answer to questions put to her by At At- W. W L. L Maginnis MaJ on exam exam- ti IL Smiles at Joke Joko Is 4 Is there thoro any ono one else vou you want to ban hang jang in in this case besides Mr Vance 7 asked Mr Maginnis as to th whether or not Mrs Vance had secured d the tho tablets to stop the tho birth of a child No No sir there thero isn isn't t an any p one else ellie J 6 said d Mrs Ward with mth a smile sirilo as if appreciating appreciating ap ap- ap- ap tho grim im joke joko Mrs Ward Vard said that Mrs A. A B. B Vance Tance wife wife- of tho tim brother of tho the prisoner prisoner prisoner pris pris- oner who lives li in O Ogden had told tho dead wife that tho tablets would prevent pre pre pre- vent child bearin bearing I I told my sister not to use them said aid the witness and she promised zhe mo me that hat she eho ho would not net r I 14 Why didn't you tell me mo yesterday that these pills piUs were procured for sue suea such sucha a purpose f asked Mr Mi Maginnis Because I didn't know what to say In court she abe said I 4 I would like to have o said it Tho The prosecution by further questioning question question- in lag ing tried to go o further into the matter but aut Attorney Maginnis Ia objected on the tho grounds that it was mostly hearsay evi i deuce dance and Jud Judge e Armstrong Armstron sustained ined the objection Mrs Clara was then recalled re ro- ro- ro called and questioned along tho the same samo line lino tellin telling of the tho color of the vomiting vomit vomit- ing lug and the discoloring discoloring- of Mrs Vances Vance's gowns owns She identified the tho odors of several drugs which go 0 to make up tho the tablets as in ha having been prevalent in the room where Mrs Irs Vance was on tho afternoon of November 27 at her home homo Tho The dru drugs s had since been Deen secured cured and after after af af- af- af ter being boin introduced as evidence were sampled by the attorneys and tho jury These tablets are aro not tho the ones once found by liy Mrs Ward in Mr Vances Vance's trunk Tells of Autopsy County Count Physician William Tt R. Calderwood Calder- Calder Calderwood Calderwood wood was wag then called and testified to having havin performed tho autopsy on tho the dead wife December 8 S last There were ere two bruise marks mark on th the body of Mrs Irs Vanco Vance ho said There were ulcerations on tho the gums in her mouth and also under her ton tongue c. c Armed with a bi big book which he ho laid down on tho the arm of the witness chair Dr then went into a mi- mi auto description of the condition of the tho dead wife's s 's body u using ing scientific terms which kept tho the jury jUr- guessing and bad had tho the attorneys stunned to silence They occasionally recovered sufficiently fo to ask aska a question or make mako an objection There Thero was nothing abnor abnormal n l in inthe the condition of the remains except the hemorrhage e condition of tho sto stomach tho the intestines tho the kidneys s and the tho brain ho concluded and ana after bein being questioned further by District Attorney Loofbourow V as to tho the amount of mercurial na rial poison necessary to produce fatal results re re- re- re suits tho the witness was turned over to Attorney Maginnis Iannis Dr Calderwood proved pro a rood good witness S. S so far as tho the giving giving of medical information tion was concerned but as ns for shedding any real roal light on the tragedy c. c v. v ho he left loft it darker than over when he left the stand It is is usual for a fatal doso of mercurial mer mer- merI I curial canal poi poison eon to cause canse death th in from two tn-o to four da days yet it is not unusual for foJ the tho patient to linger er for two weeks he in in answer to Attorney Maginnis' Maginnis a questions question Attorn Attorney Maginnis evidently intends to show that tuat if it tho wit wife had bad taken any mercurial poison she sho would fould have havo died much sooner than she did Dr Kerr testified that seven seen grains of the th poison had been found in the tablets in the tho possession possession pos pos- session of the tho husband ono one quarter of a agrain agrain grain of ot which would prove fatal Nothing definite could bo be secured I from the tho witness as to whether the tho bruises found on her hor body could have havo had bad any effect on her recovery cry in caso case I sho she had haa taken the tho poison ana and ho bo was permitted to leave tho the stand Chemist on Stand Herman Harms state chemist was then called and gave ave a scientific e discussion discussion discus discus- sion sion of poison their classifications qualities qualities qualities and effects Tho The state had bad finished its direct examination ex ex- by 12 o'clock clock 0 and Attorney Maginnis asked for an adjournment Until until un Un- til 2 3 0 o'clock clock this afternoon when he would take up tho cross Harms' Harms testimony will Trill bo be relative to what be he found upon testing tho the tablets found in tho the prisoners prisoner's trunk trun by bv his sis sis- sis sis- law in and turned over o to Dr Kerr Attorney Maginnis says says that ho will claim in putting up his o that if Mrs Vance Tance was the victim of any poison poison poi poi- son it was self administered The question question ques ques- tion of why she sho took it ho bo says ho will leave to the tho jury and also tho question of whether it caused her death So far the case caso has hns brought out the fact that she might have taken the drug to prevent pre childbirth while tho fact that she desired to die dio on several occasions occasions occasions occa occa- is emphasized by tho defense Children Are Happy Tho The three Vance Yanc children seemed happier happier happier hap hap- pier than usual today as they thoy camo came into tho the courtroom at noon in in the caro of Mrs A. A B. B Vance Vanco their aunt from Og- Og Os Ogden den deu whoso whose husband is also attending tho the proceedings Somehow she sho had gotten wind of ot the the- H hanging question which A Attorney Maginnis so 60 stron strongly ly pors persists sh in in and which ho be had again acain a un asked Mrs Ward during durin tho the morning mornin proceedings Yes she said that she hc wanted to han hang the tho whole family all tho Vances in fact said Mr Ir Maginnis a jokingly to Mrs Vance Why I cx exclaimed Mrs Vance Yanco startled beyond belief bellei and then shaking her head she sho added just like her That's just what sho she would do though But i if LI sho ho says as a's a thin thing like that Ill I'll snake make her prove provo it Ill I'll make snake her hor prove it P Tho jurors in tho the case caso were guests of if f Manager George D. D per P-per of ot tho the Salt Lake Lako theater at tho evening p performance perform perform- ance of Tho The Isle Islo of ot Spice last ni night bt There Thoro was some somo talk blk today of having havinga a session of the tho trial tomorrow Thanksgiving Thanksgiving Thanks Thanks- giving yin day |