I have an array :
e = np.array([[ 0, 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8],
[ 4, 5, 6, 7, 5, 3, 2, 5],
[ 8, 9, 10, 11, 4, 5, 3, 5]])
You can just use e[:, 1:5] to retrive what you want.
In [1]: import numpy as np
In [2]: e = np.array([[ 0, 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8],
...: [ 4, 5, 6, 7, 5, 3, 2, 5],
...: [ 8, 9, 10, 11, 4, 5, 3, 5]])
In [3]: e[:, 1:5]
Out[3]:
array([[ 1, 2, 3, 5],
[ 5, 6, 7, 5],
[ 9, 10, 11, 4]])
https://docs.scipy.org/doc/numpy/reference/arrays.indexing.html