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Hynding, Chris


BORN IN: Denmark
DIED: 10/18/1917
AGED: 73
CAUSE OF DEATH: Gunshot,suicide
DEATH LOCATION: Redwood City

ADDRESS: 446 Heller St., RC
OCCUPATION: Hotelier

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OBITUARY ---------------

CHRIS HYNDING

Redwood City Democrat

October 18, 1917

Chris Hynding ends life with revolver.

With a gaping wound thru the right temple and an old army revolver lying beside him on the floor, Chris J. Hynding, former city trustee and one of the oldest and best known residents of Redwood City was found unconscious in the bedroom of his home on Main Street about 5:30 Sunday evening by his son-in-law W.J. Plump. The latter summoned Officer C. L. Collins and the wounded man was removed to the Redwood City hospital where he died the following morning at 6 o’clock. The body was taken in charge by Deputy Coroner W A. Crowell and removed to the parlors of the James Crowe Co where an inquest was held Monday morning by Coroner Brooke. The verdict of the jury was suicide.

It is believed that business worries coupled with sorrow over the loss of his daughter, Mrs. W.J. Plump, who died from gas poisoning about a year ago, were responsible for Hynding taking his own life.

Chris Hynding was one of the pioneers of San Mateo County. He settled in Redwood City many years ago and soon became one of the leading citizens of the city. He conducted the Redwood City House on Main Street for a number of years, which property he owned with other property here and in South San Francisco at the time of his death.

Hynding was a native of Denmark and was 73 years old. He is survived by two children, Andrew Hynding who is purchasing agent for the Western Meat Co. and Mrs. Nathan Graves of New York.

The funeral was held from the chapel of the James Crowe Co. on Webster Street yesterday morning. The interment was strictly private and was in Union Cemetery.

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