Pottawattamie County IA Archives News.....Believe he was shot by Robbers March 9, 1921
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Council Bluffs Nonpariel March 9, 1921
STORY TOLD BY SAM CHRISTENSEN, WOUNDED IN HOME, CONFIRMS THIS.
HE RECALLS TWO MEN
During period of Consciousness He Recalls Two Men Telling Him to Hold Up Hands 
and remembers Fight,
James "Crip" Jensen, 40, 1430 Avenue G, who was arrested Tuesday night and 
held in connection with the shooting of Sam Christensen at his home, 927 
Avenue I, was released from police court next morning on furnishing bonds 
anounting to $1,000.
Christensen, who was in a serious condition in Mercy hospital, was able to 
talk for a few minutes Wednesday morning, when he said that two masked men 
were on the porch at his home when he opened the door in answer to a knock. 
Both men were masked and one told Christensen to hold up his hands. Instead of 
complying the injured man says he grabbed for his assailant's gun and received 
a point blank charge in the chest. The men ran away, according to Christensen, 
who says he followed them for a few yards, but growing weak from pain and loss 
of blood, he was forced to give up the chase and return to his house, where he 
immediately called police.
Jensen was arreseted following information furnished police by the wounded man 
who was semi-conscious at the time and unable to give a clear accoutn of what 
had happened. It appears the two men had quarreled over some pigeons a few 
days ago and this probably led Christensen to place suspicion on the other 
man. 
Jensen is well known in his neighborhood and reported to be of excellent 
character, never having been known to be absent from his work at th erailroads 
or wandering the streets at night. He told police that he spent the evening of 
the shooting in the company of his divorced wife with whom he expects to 
effect a reconciliation. Jensen says he can produce a perfect alibit as to his 
movements.
Police are working on the theory that the shooting is the result of a holdup 
during which the bandits got scared after meeting with resistance from their 
intended victim. Christensen had more than $90 in his pockets when he arrived 
at Mercy hospital. He is 60 years old and is reputed to be worth a 
considerable fortune in money and property.
Christensen was reported by hospital authorities Wednesday afternoon to be in 
a serious condition. Fears are entertained for his life. He has one step 
daughter and a divorced wife living in Council Bluffs.


Additional Comments:
"Sam" Christensen was actually Soren Christensen who was born in Hornum 
Aalborg Denmark in 1863. He worked for the Chicago and North Western Railroad 
as a car cleaner. 

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