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Show CHILDREN SEE A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY Salt Lake, Jan. 9 In the presence of their three small children, Chris M Chrlstensen, a miner. uG years of age. shot to death his wife, Christina, 3:1 years of age, and Hred three shots into his own breast at the famil home, 274 West Seventh South street, at 1:45 o'clock last night. Chrlste.i-sen Chrlste.i-sen was reported still living at St. Mark's hospital at an early hour this morning, though his chances of recovery re-covery are regarded as very slight. Jealousy was the probablo cause of the tragedy. The twin sister of Mrs Cbristensen. Mrs Nina Crovoa, met a like fato at tho hands of her husband Ned Groves, eleven years ago next Decoration day Groves killed himself after shooting his wife In the Anderson rooming house, which formerly stood near the present site of the Newhouse building. Wife Sought Divorce. Shortly before the holidays. Mrs Chrlstensen Instituted proceedings for a divorce from Chrlstensen. Tro principal charge made by the wife was that her husband had caused her arrest and detention for four days in the county Jail, several weeks ago, on B statutory charge. When tho case came up for preliminary hearing before be-fore Justice H. S. Harper, Chrlstensen did not wish to push the charges against his wife, and she was permitted permit-ted to go upon the motion of counsel for the state. A letter addressed to the city and county officials was left by the slaer In explanation of his ac t. In It he I Is said to have i barged his wife with Infidelity, and to have given the name of a man believed by him to have been responsible for her fall The letter, which Is now in the hands or the police, is said to contain a com plaint that Mrs. Christensen had been led astraj through frequenting certain resorts It concluded with a request that it be not published Mrs. Christensen was in the act of putting supper on the table for her children when her husband entered the kitchen and began rinnc at h-r The first three shots missed, one of them flattening against the warming oven of the range. Chrlstensen then leaped closer to hi6 wife, and as she turned away in terror, sent a bullel through her back. It pierced her heart, killing her instantly. The jw-der jw-der burned her clothing The last shot In the revolver Christensen Chris-tensen fired into his own body |