Complex sentence: Tristan's wife is accidentally killed by a police officer working for the O'Banions, and in a fit of agonized grief, Tristan beats the officer nearly to death and has to serve thirty days in jail.
Split into simpler sentences: Tristan's wife is accidentally killed by a police officer working for the O'Banions. In a fit of agonized grief, Tristan beats the officer nearly to death and has to serve thirty days in jail.