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Show CONTOS' SLAYER IN COURT APPEARS LESS NERVOUS V f ' . r Interpreter Is Sworn in, by Clerk of Court Witnesses Who Heard Him Say He Would Kill Contos Vacos Hopeful of a Penitentiary Sentence. The preliminary examination of Nicholas Vacos. charged with the murder mur-der of John Contos, was commenced this morning in the chambers of the county commlBbloners at the court house. This wan doue to avoid the cruth of spectators, especially the horde of Greeks who wish to attend, and hear all that is said. v' The prisoner waa-brought into tho :oom and set throughout the proced-. proced-. iuga of the morning session, apparently apparent-ly uumoved and little realizing the gravity of tho situation In which he fiada himself. His appearance was little altered and he waa less nervous than when arraigned at the police station sta-tion two days ago. U) has slept and eaten wull during his confinement in the day, testified as to the wound I which they found and the probable! course taken by the bullet after It entered en-tered the body. Undertaker Laikin also testified along the same lines. A. Carolos, a Greek friend of Conies, Con-ies, testified that he was present at a conversation in which Vacos threatened threat-ened Contos in the ecnt the latter closed out hls store for the debt which he owed upon it. saying. "If John Contos didn't give him back his store, he would fix him." Tom Trakos, a Greek candy man, was on the stand when an adjournment, adjourn-ment, was taken until afternoon. ;R. Browu, employed by a local transfer trans-fer company, was the tirst witness examined ex-amined at Ihn aftomnnn'o o,.,o II r.nd has entirely recovered from the hardships endured during the two days and nights In which ho was hunted hunt-ed In the outhkiils of the city like a beast of prey. Vacos has III lie to say .ind apparently clings to the Idea that he will be sentenced to a term in the penitentiary' which may be materially reduced by good behavior upon his part. ' J. P. Pitchers was sworn In as court interpreter and a. number of witnesses were examined during the. morning tension. Gus Christian was the firti. lie js a Greek and was well acquainted acquaint-ed with both Vacos and the man mur-di-rc-d. Christian ts'lfied that he was in McCormack's law office at a time wbn Vacos was also there and that Vacos, in dlsensflng tho I rouble he-tween he-tween himnelf and John Contos and ihe poselbility of Ihe kittor eloslp tut his randy and fruit r.lor" on lower Twen'y-fifth Htreet.. slated (hat, if Contos Con-tos persisted Ij his threats to close him out of business, he would kill hint. Dr. H. B. Forbes, who attended the murdered man a few minute? after ihe fatal r;l,oi was II red. and Dv.rL V. Pidcock, who examined the body later j told of having gone Into Down s coffee house the night of the murder. When he came out of the place, he heard someone yelling for the police next door (tho Contos bakery). He rushed Into the bakery and asked what was the matter. The man pointed to John Contos lying on the floor Nbehind the counter, and the wilness went around to the wounded man and assisted In straightening him out from his "doubled-up" position. Witness was handed a i5-calibrc shell by the clerk, which was supposed to have contained the bullet fired at Contos, and which lie kept until he turned It over to De-tcetive-Pender the following morning. . Tom Trakos was the next witneas and stated that he was In the stoie when Ihe murder was committed and described, as heretofore brought out at the inquest, how Vacos stood at tho countor near the front door, gun In hand, after firing the shot into Contos, and warned the other occupants of'the' Klorr not to follow or Interfere with hliu on penalty of death. The testimony -t all the witnesses brought out little that was new In connection con-nection wilh the shooting. |