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Show CHRISTENSEN TRIAL OPENED Former Principal of Uintah; School Begins Fight for His Life Before a courtroom almost filled j with spectators, the trial of Marlow J. Chrlstensen, former principal of the Uintah Bi hool. opened this morning ln: the district court before Judge James N Kimball Chrlstensen i.s charged with murder in the first degree for the alleged shooting of Lloyd By bee 18 years of age, at I'lntah on the night of March1 22 last He surrendered voluntarily to the sheriff. It was indicated dur-i Ing the opening hours of ihe trial that much time will be consumed in' the selection of a Jury and It is doubtful if evidence taking will be-' rln before noon tomorrow at the earliest. EX MIK KMRI .MKN In ihe examination of the prospective prospec-tive jurors by Judge Kimball this morning It was apparent that most of: the men called had formed an opinion opin-ion in the case from what they had heard or read in the newspapers. The first three jurors questioned declared they had formed an opinion, but said they would act impartially after hear-, Ing the evidence. At the county jail he explained that Chrlstensen had met young Bybee on the road and that the youth advanced toward him in a threatening manner and he feared an attack as a reautti of trouhlc which had occurred there at period before Chrlstensen said he ordered B, bee to halt, but he continued con-tinued toward him and he fired a shot from a revolver Into his body. I Bybee died two days later at the Dee hospital. The bullet pierced his llvir and lung and pneumonia set In ATTACKED PREVIOl SLY The shooting was said to have been a culmination of trouble in the neighborhood neigh-borhood between the Bybee boys and Christensen over school matters. Chrlstensen told tire officers he wasj attacked a few night previous to the shooting by bovs. led by the brother of Lloyd Bybee The shooting Is said to h:iv Caused an intense feeling in Uintah, the town being divided Into factions as a result re-sult of the shooting. A few nights ago a man from Uintah came to the sheriff's office and aiked for protection He explained that he was one of the signers of Chrlsten-sen's Chrlsten-sen's bond nnd that rocks were thrown at his home and his family subji cted to insults from youths of the neighbor-! hood George Halverson and Eugene E. Pratt are representing chrlstensen at the trial District Attorney Joseph E3 Evans la d mi ol( tlon l'lanr' IPE IN l RI him I .Mr- "n. I-'- n n ''- In 1 h c jgan(1 room this m or nine when thr case . ,11. , M,.n I'mi -n r. sclents re wmbi. attending the hc.-.nng. Und. Th' i ir.o i .-,1 to the y() 1 1 , r . r 1 1 1 1 1 - .,. .'Iii rles R M Theodore Qorie. William stllftlnu'' - ii I ,uif. Pol. -i t Ship. ''. Mlii th-' I. i h.nlw i. r. I r. .1 1 lin.l. ' TUie is , in. w J V.'o! finger Ch;. rei, Fowler John A ' I irk m l ChJ " Aldous. I ' . no - S r.v.,1 |