Show SLAUGHTER W WAIVES NAIVES A I V E S PRELIMINARY HEARING PUEBLO Colo May Ia 21 It It took William B B. Slaughter pr ex-pr ex president of ot the Mercantile National bank exactly exact exact- I ly twenty seconds to waive naive preliminary preliminary na nary examination In Justice C. C J. J Harts Hart's court and receive notification that he would be bound over oer to the district court for tor trial on a n. charge of ot embezzling of ot the county funds In connection with the recent failure of or tho bank When hn Slaughter appeared In court he pres presented an extremely hl haggard sard countenance His This normally full cheeks were sunken and deep shadows shadows shad shad- owe were under his hlll eyes ees Ho He was carefully dressed however his hilt clothes being Immaculately pres pressed d dand and his shoes highly polished polished- Immediately upon the striking of ot the tho hour of ten his attorney Thomas Thomas' Dovine Devine emerged from one of the tho anterooms Into the tho th courtroom where I he ha had been heen In ln consultation with t the I banker Good morning Judge Judg-e Hart lIart he said Mr Slaughter desires to waive preliminary examination Where is Mr lr Slaughter asked Judge Hart Attorney Devine stepped to thedoor tho the door and called to hl his client The banker came forth hesitatingly pausing pausing paus paus- ing InS about three feet teet from the thres three I hol hold He lie said nothing You desire to waive asked Judge Hart Yes your our honor replied Attorney Devine De Very Ver well Ill send the transcript transcript transcript tran tran- script upstairs as soon as I 1 can make male It out You under understand tand that tho the bonds arc to bo ho continued 1 added Attorney Devine int Yes replied Judge Hart HarL I understand un- un that It was so eo made out In Inthe Inthe inthe the beginning Tho TIu bond I is all right said District District Dis Dis- Attorney John W. W Davidson Da who I was on hand to represent the state Is that all asked Attorney DeI Devine Devine De- De I vine That Is all all answered Judge Judie Hart Immediately the attorney and his client pa passed out into the corridor leaving tho the courthouse l b by the basement basement basement base base- ment entrance on Main 1 street According to District Attorney Davidson Davidson Da Da- Slaughters Slaughter's case cale will not come como for tor hearing during the May term of tho the district court There Then also Is a strong probability that no setting will willbe willbe be made In the June term and that it mo may be next fall before beCore the trial will occur |