The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1912-05-03
Near Murder.
John Hallquist Commits Very Serious
Assault on His NeighbOr, Eman-
uel Lundberg. Who Is in
Weak Condition.

Again the law will be called IN
to punish in one Of those un-
fortunate affairs where a man
has allowed his passion to become
master for the moment and stir
red him to an ever regrettable
action.
John Hallquist and Emauel
Lundberg are neighbOrs IN the
town Of Troy upon adjoining
farms and have been such for
seven or eight years. Three Of
Lundbergs sheep got away from
their own pasture and on to the
premises of Hallquist last Sun
day afternoon, and Lundberg
went over to get them back
home, and Hallquist came out
from his home to assist him. The
sheep were as dumb and foolish
as sheep commonly are and the
men became more or less excited d
in their endeavOrs to get the ami
mails through the fence, and Hall
quist charged Lundberg with
cruelty to the sheep, and while
the men were bandying angry
words Hallquist left Lundberg
and went some distance to the
barn and cot piece Of board or
stick from the hay rack, and re-
turning, it is said, struck Lund
berg on the head with it when
the latter was leaning over trying
to untangle from the fence the
rope with which the sheep had
been tied together The victim
of the blow dropped over, and it
is said Hallquist left him and
went to his home only a short
distance away, but latter went
back and finding Lundberg still
living there carried him to the
Lundberg home, also near by.
DR.. Church of Revillo was sum
moned, George Friday taking
him to the place in an auto. The
doctor saw that the injured man
was in a serious condition, being
unconscious and bleeding from
his ears and mouth He had him
taken to the hospital at Madison,
where he is being cared for.
; Though alive at last accounts. 1t
was not known whether he would
recover or not.
The sheriff went to the scene
and arrested Hallquist Monday
and brought him to Milbank and
a hearing was set for Wednesday
morning, when it was thought
that it would then be known
whether Lundberg would pos
sibly recover, but he has lain in
a comatose condition during this
time, and his condition was such
that it could not be ascertained
whether he was likely to recover
or not The hearing was ad
iourned to next Tuesday the 7th,
and the charge to which Hallqui>t
will have to answer will depend
upOn the outcome of Lundber9 $
injuries and it is possible that lie
may have to answer to the charge
of manslaughter.
Both men, the assaulter and
the assaulted, have large families
depending upon them, one of
them having nine children and
one of them eleven, all Of tender
years, and both families are like
ly to feel the stress of poverty
with their natural providers
taken from them. The affair is
most deplorable one.
George Friday, who went out
o>th9 scene of the tragedy, says
that the little twelve year old
daughter Of Hallquist and nine
year old son of Lundberg both
witnessed the assault from their
respective homes, and that the
girl stated to Mr.. Friday that
her father directed her to burn
the strip of board with which he
had struck Lundberg, but that
Il instead of doing so she hid it
away, and it has been placed
lin the hands of the sheriff for
aevldence. In conversation with
Mr. Friday the girl also stated
that Hallquist frequently abused
his children, but was not unkind
to his wife.