El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-14
SLAUGHTER GOES
To HIS TRIAL
Texas Cattleman and Colo
RADIO Banker Accused of
Larceny of Cattle.

Pueblo. Colo. June Nv. B.
Slaughter, Of Dallas. Texas. former
president of the closed Mercantile Ma
t5onal bank. of Pueblo. is on trial in
the district court here charged with
the larceny Of mortgaged livestock.
he was indicted by the county grand
jury shortly after the closing OF the
bank in April 1915.
The specific charge on which
Slaughter is TO be tried is alleged
larceny Of livestock on which the
Mercantile National bank held a mort
gage of $4,000. There are two in
formations against him. each OF two
counts. but all involving the alleged
driving. shipping away and sale OF the
cattle, the property Of A J. Monahan
and company. of which Slaughter was
head and only stockholder.
1t is charged that on July .. 1919,
Slaughter executed a note to the Mer-
camille National bank for which he
received 81, 600. giving 500 head OF
cattle as security. It Is further
claimed that OF Nov. 10. 1913, he sold
the cattle but never turned the money
into the bank. Of which he was presi-
dent: also it is alleged that he issued
another mortgage on the cattle and
that the money in this transaction
was never turned into the bank.
A charge Of embeZZlement OF bank
funds was dismissed for want Of jur-
isdiction by the court
Slaughter secured control OF the
Mercantile National bank IN 1911
Conev c Slaughter. son Of the ac-
cused banker. was appointed cashier
and. according TO the prosecution. eX-
ercised a wide latitude in the man
agement of the affairs Of the institu-
ton. News Of Coney's disappearance
followed rapidly upon his resignation
in April. 1915. and an examination OF
the banks condition resulted in the
institution being declared insolvent-
W. 3. Slaughter, called here from
Dallas in connection with the crisis,
was first arrested on complaint OF the
county treasurer. who charged him
with the embeZZlement OF 100000 OF
the county's funds Later he was in
dicted by the county grand jury on
the larceny and forgery charges and
gave bond in the sum OF $4,000
Conev c. Slaughter has never been
arrested.
VIM H. Atwell, former United States
district attorney at Dallas. is repre-
senting Slaughter in the trial
Ex-senator Joseph W Bailey. OF
Texas. is also representing defendant
The jury in the case was secured al
three o'clock yesterday afternoon after
the examination Of IS talesmen. The
taking Of testimony was Immediately
commenced.
Dr. A. J. Monahan. the chief witness
for the state, was examined Monahan
told Of the mortgages on the cattle and
OF their subsequent delivery TO the
stock yards in this city. He testified
that he was not interested In the own
ership Of the cattle other than he was
TO receive one-fOurth of the profits for
their care He admitted having signed
the mortgages at the request of Mr..
slaughter. but denied that he was
member of the firm Of A. Monahan and
company.
Admission OF the two mortgages and
notes was objected to by Joseph W
Bailey. chief counsel for the defence.
but the state scored the first victory
when judge Sheafer ruled that the evil
dence was in conformity with the al
legations Of the complaint.