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Show GUN-MAN IN POLICE COURT The case of C B. Slater, a man who was arrested Saturday evening lor carrying concealed weapons. was heard in police court today and taken under advlBoment by the judge until tomorrow morning. A little quarrel between the porter of the Assemblv saloon on Twenty-fifth Twenty-fifth street and Mr. Slater, who Is a shoemaker and sheepshearer, may result re-sult in the latter receiving severe punishment pun-ishment for Indiscretion. Tho wrangle wran-gle took place Saturday afternoon Mr. Slater. and a friend named Bennett were In tho saloon and a bunch of bad words passed between tho portor and Slater, it is alleged. The porter, named Leonard -Davenport, states thai, he didn't do anything, but Slater declares de-clares that the porter picked up a big stove poker and threatened to fresco the walls with his brains On the other hand, the porter says Slaler threatened to shoot him dead, or words to that effect. At any rate, according to his testimony, Slater went out and went down the street, where he had cacheu the pack that he was going to take with him to Wasatch. Wa-satch. He got out a big automatic shooting Iron and then went back to the Assembly bar, flourishing it as he went in. Slater says ho went back to look for his partner and to sco if the porter really Intended to splattei any brains around the room Fortunately Fortu-nately the porter wasn't present when Slater got there. Frank Turner, who was In charge of the saloon, calmed Slater and the officors arrested the gun man later. The case was threshed thresh-ed out carefully, and tho court will render a decision in the matter tomorrow. |