Show BlA BLACKBURN K UHN HR HELD TO FACE TRIAL ON I MURDER CHARGE Alleged Razor Slayer Has Preliminary Hearing at Bingham Claude Blackburn who is charged with slaying his his his' sweetheart Flora Nelson of Gunnison during a jealous rage WS vs returned to the Salt Lake count count- jail Thursday to await trial In the third district court Blackburn was held to answer to the district court on a charge of first degree murder subsequent to toa 3 a preliminary hearing before Justice of the Peace Ray flay H. H Kenner of Bingham Wednesday The hearing proved to be a tedious and drawn out affair and lasted until 6 p p. p m. m Chief Defense Counsel Samuel A A. King made an exhaustive cross cross- examination ot of every introduced introduced intro intro- by the state When County Attorney B. B elly rested late in the afternoon Attorney King Insisted that a few minor witnesses for the state who had not been called be put on the stand Blackburn sat silently through the seven hour hearing lie He lI listened intel Iy ly to some of tile the testimony but the majority or of tile tha witnesses got little attention from him Before the conclusion of the hearIng hear hear- Ing every detail leading up to the tragedy and the arrest or of Blackburn Blackburn Black Black- burn was covered The alleged slaying was staged iq the tle front seat or of an automobile parked in the Carr Fork garage garag-e in Bingham testimony presented by I Ithe the state revealed Ray flay MaIler Maher star witness for the state left Blackburn and Miss Nelson Nelson Nel- Nel son alone In the When hen henhe he rushed to the car after hearing the girl scream he found her slumped down In iii tile the front seat with her head vIrtually f severed evered Blackburn was sitting beside her with his throat t. t cut Blackburn according to his attorney attorney at- at torney claims tr th girl cut his throat and then slashed her own throat when he told her he was going away Among the witnesses called at atthe atthe the hearing were Mrs Evangeline Neilson owner or of the automobile in which the ngoc and Maher who was also a suitor for Miss Nelson County Attorney Kelly declared It was vas probable the murder trial will be held In Salt Lake early In September |