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(Sunday), would be in force to bar prosecution. The first batch of warrants were issued November 13 on complaint of Postmaster Mallon. who had $8,110.44 on deposit when the institution closed its doors, November 21, 1894. The bank first closed in June, 1893, to the height of the panic. In May following It reopened by permission of the comptroller of currency. Mr. Mallon claims he deposited $2,100 November 30 and $700 the day the bank closed. The balance was previously deposited. The government is suing Mr. Mallon to make good the $8,110.44 he had on deposit. On Wednesday the five defendants were arrested on a similar charge on complaint of T. E. Bramel, acting for the Farmers' and Traders' bank. of Pullman, which bank is now in voluntary liquidation. The complaint alleged that Mr. Bramel the day before the Citizens' bank closed. deposited $850, the property of the Pullman bank. On Thursday the trustees of the bank brought a civil suit for this amount against defendants. On Friday the five ex-bank officials appeared before the municipal court for a preliminary hearing. Here the two cases were dismissed, information having been filed direct in the superior court. The five were taken by the sheriff on a bench warrant to the superior court, where Judge Prather released them on $3,900 bonds each, to appear tomorrow (Monday) for arraignment. The prosecuting attorney states that he regrets having to file the information, as he did, but that as owing to the absence of important witnesses, the preliminary hearing could not begin until after the statute of limitations began to run he deemed it wise to have the information filed to save any question.