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Show JAPANESE LAWYER SLAIN. Tragedy Follows Attempt to Alienate Affections of Slayer's Wife. Salt Lake City. Love, alleged false affection, Intrigue and jealousy were the elements which, according to the ipollce, culminated In the death Tuesday Tues-day night of C. Watanabe, 33 years old, Japanese lawyer and interpreter. YV'anatabe was shot four times and al- jnost instantly killed hy Tom Mitsuda, a follow countryman, in the latter's home. Mitsuda gave himself up to the police and is held In tho city jail on a charge of murder. The police made a thorough investigation investi-gation following the shooting and announced an-nounced that circumstances pointed strongly to justifiable homicide. Detectives De-tectives say they found evidence that lUitsuda shot not only in self-defense, but also to avenge alleged base motives mo-tives of Watanabe, which he is said to have displayed in attention to Mit-suda's Mit-suda's wife. |