Show TO SHOW SHOWCASE CASE OF S SUICIDE Counsel for Thomas Vance Tries To Break Testimony of Mrs Ward WAS A DAY OF ARGUMENT Motion of or lo tu l chule Trans Transcript t or l Mi 1 1 N I Under That anco with her own hand ham the tho that In tn tier hII death will bo he tho chief t th defense In III the Vance aneo trial judging from to the thc states wit hy h attorneys of or the accused ac While the greater area tel part of the Ilig session was w l consumed in ill ar 11 argument the hearing was not without interest In in tho matter of It evidence ad adduced upon the opening t the of or Mrs Amanda IS I Ward ll commenced Mrs was formerly the tho of W Vance ann a L nephew ot or Thomas Vance the tho prisoner at hal bar Alary Mury Vance will of oC Thomas Vance and whom ho h Is ac accused eU of oC was wal hor yesterday afternoon Mrs Ward told tol tolof of the lending up 1111 to t the death of or her hm sister sl lel She Sho was HIi not at tho coffee IH oC or Nov 26 when Vance ance was accused accuse I of knock knocking ing In his wife down and kicking her Slit She saxy sa 1 her 1101 on the follow followIng Ing day and was by lW Mrs 1111 a upon the tho abdomen nb which h l lus us told was by hr a kick given hy I Thomas Vance to lo his hi wife 1 fe Later Lalm I in thu tho day Airs Ward again saw lIW her 1 I sister Istel and an this Ihl time limo tho latter was very Ill wan wa vomiting blood At the tho hospital hO several days later when wh n Airs Ward ml had been heen told by h Ur VI KelT Mm 11 would not live hc silt s le hud drawn III a n us liS dictated by bythe h the sick Hid who when It If was rood 1011 tn to her hel asked Airs Ward to sign It Il for fo her us MIH Vance WILH too III lo 10 hold hohl a pen She h f some of mercury tab lah tablets lahlet lets let l In tho till ot or tho trunk belonging lo her h I br Thomas Vance THY TO Bm K TESTIMONY An n attempt was made by l lg lilt Ala AlaR R it ills of counsel for defense this Ing to break the force of jf Aim Mm Wards tt t mon In I to lo iut tIn Lin on Mrs Ward arll said that had been buor told days Ila utter Airs Vance e went to thi that she he heIr Airs Ir Vance had boon leri by hy her husband Directing hecth the th witness at attention to 10 preliminary lIY hearing Judge Ills Airs Ward If she sher lil tl r t old 1 y r Korr Airs II I Vance from hor homo libs hoS hoSpItal pItal that her hel sister Had d U l thai she Iho might have hwa so 50 testified t Is It not a fact further queried Air 1111 that in n your our house hou e eI I and In the tho presence nce of your then I husband George W V your sis Ils sister broken health hulth I tel ter complained of ur her hel attributing thc to frequent and that she sho would taku her hel own life No o such conversation cOllver atlon Mrs Ward On redirect examination Airs Jn stated to Attorney Villard Han pun con that her sister had sometimes I nn of her hr sorrowful life because of family difficulties and hud had re that she sho would be bettor olE off I dead in ln answel to questions Airs rs al l that she sho had no bitter feelings against t Thomas Vance but later ad al admitted that her sentiments sc towards him not of or the tho most pleasant character She Sho disclaimed against hav having Im ing told the Yance children how to testify father athel and ex explained that sho had gone gono to ton and Hunter last Sunday and the thc Vance children to this city It and to her hel home ami said that Mho had hn 1 done so 0 at the solicitation of District Attorney Loofburrow She was accompanied by hj ll DECISION An Al interruption to h the tho taking of tes testimony occurred when the state ac at to introduce ns as evidence e 1 transcript of the tho testimony given Iven at al atthe althe the preliminary hearing by b Airs Cori CO I Thu latter is no longer a resident of ot the state Tho rho prosecution lution called d Hyrum H mill and Deputy Sheriff Andrew Andle Smith Jr JI to tho land aland to prove that Airs Irs had re 10 removed moved to lo Oregon In March of this year ear earI Tho defense objected to the Introduction I tion lIm of the transcript and Urn till jury was waa excused from the courtroom while ar nr arguments were wele made Judge M contended that the transcript was not properly certified to by tho reporter that the deposition was not signed by bythe byI the tho witness and that the transcript I was not filed within the tho proscribed 10 days objections were taken up by Air 11 Hanson and the tho court COUl his decision until 2 this after afternoon noon YESTERDAYS PROCEEDING G GYC Yesterday YC afternoon Lena Vance tho 12 of Thomas Thoma and Alary Vance was on In tho witness stand placed there by h the state to testify against her hel father athel She he told of the thc 1 that occurred between her hol par parents on Nov X 26 Her father com complained that th lt his cup had been h en filled too full of coffet and said further 1 I tIll tell you ou not to till fill my cup Clip up UI with coffee Mrs Vance replied that she had not so understood him Vance Arance salil alil You had better beitel say you heard me mo but Alls anc would not make mako the admission The Tho coffee wat wa then theu thrown at Mrs Vance and au the cup struck shuck the wall picked up UI a chair and his said Dont strike me mo with that Ho lIo then said ald you ou I 1 will lUll kill you ou struck her with his fist knocking her hel against the tho stove Tho children screamed creamed and the thc mother ran 1111 out orthe door and sonie sone ono to lO cull call for Cor th j police pollee She reentered tho house hous when Vance grabbed her bel threw her to 10 the floor and an kicked her Airs Vance lay on o 1 short time and then arose JOSD arid ut In a chair Vance Vanco finished his meal smoked and thon wont went away aWa with no words passing be between between tween husban und wife In tho after afternoon afternoon noon Airs van Vance c went ent up town return returning returnIng ing at ut S Vance came homo about ili Next morning Airs Vanco l n o prepared d breakfast bri kf st after sent t r and ind U down on the tit bed Besl e the tho couch she shu placed a 2 glass h ss of or Vinco came homo I ilbo l noon and d where lero Ms hl He H went to room where slie was w ii leaned il In from r m casing a n nm l moment m Cl t away h r Vance t began hean and the children sum the aunt und and neighbors Such Will was tho substance of the tho story told to III by Lena Vance She Sho wan wall cross examined mined for 01 an hour and held to tf the tho story stor first told tol Shoo She told how her mother U el had been jeen III on one occasion for fOI six months explained where medi medicine cine Willi kept In Jn tho house and Ind ald Hald her h r father had used the chloride of oC when his hand was WIlS In Injured Injured Tho ho girl had novel never heard her hel suicide though she nd that sho hall had so O testified at nt the tho preliminary hearIng and her h I aunt Amanda Yard had scolded her for say saying sa saIn ing In so Her aunt sho said hall had spun over OeL tho evidence with her several times hor mother was kicked in the tha hack back not in the tha abdomen Sho ad admitted admitted that her mother had a violent temper and had used u ed language during tho coneo conco episode which the tho daughter did not car caru to repeat Slit Sill denied however that her father hll romoli I with Mrs Its Vance for using tho language In the tho childrens presence enre I |