Williston graphic., 1916-10-26
ONE IN HOSPITAL
ONE BEHIND BARS.
ARD MAN SHOT By
NEIGHBOR WHO BELIEVED
HE HAD A GRIEVANCE
Shooting Near WillistOn This A. M
Seriously Wounded Victim Ex-
pected to Live

Sigurd Gellerstedt, married man.,
age SO, is at Wittenberg hospital daD-
gerously wounded by shot from q.
3S caliber revolver. Claus A. Lund--
quist, who did the shooting, is in the;
Williams county Jail.
Both men reside in the vicinity of
Arnegard. Gellerstedt is q maseG.
and has been employed on the con-
crete work of large barn being
erected on the farm of T. A..
Stenehjem a few miles north of the
city. Lundquist left Arnegard yes
terday and came to Williston on the
local. This morning he hired car
to take him to the Stenehjem farm
Arriving there about 100 p. nj. he.
held conversation with Gellerstedt
and then shot him. After being
wounded Gellerstedt grappled with
his assailant and wrested the gun
from him. Other workmen on the job
took Lundquist in charge while Dep
uty Sheriff Rutledge came to arrest
him.
Recovery Likely
The wounded man was hastened to
attention of DR.. Jones and DR.. StroaG,
The bullet passed through the right.
arm near the shoulder, entered the,
right side, apparently passed througb
the lung, and after ploughing through
the muscles of the back lodged
against the spine. The bullet was
removed by DR.. Strong in consid-
erably battered condition, indicating
that it had encountered bone in its;
passage. Both physicians agree that
the victim has good chance Of ~
covery and that the chief danger is
from possible infection and the wound,
in the lung. Mrs. Gellerstedt arriv-
ed from Arnegard this afternoon.
Parties at Arnegard state that
Lundquist made open threats against
Gellerstedt lust before starting for
Williston. 1t is said that when he
reached here last evening he was in
toxicated and at the time of the shoot
ing he was, according to witnesses,
very much under the influence of
drink. While being brought to the.
Jail he declared that if he had re-
tained possession of the revolver he
would have shot himself. When seen
in his cell this afternoon LundquiGk
was in stupor from which he was
aroused with difficulty and was unable
to tell an Ineligible story but spoke
vaguely of sore grievances.
Trouble Over Land Deal
Lundquist is a married man about.
fifty years of age and wears "peg'r
leg. 1t appears that he and his wife
have separated or at least have had
serious trouble. They had lived on a
Mckenzie county homestead for sev--
eral years, formerly residing in Bot.
tineau, where he worked at the.
mason's trade.
Gellerstedt recently purchased
piece land the title Of which was in
Mrs. Lundquist's name. When he
made payment Gellerstedt turned the
money over to Mrs. Lundquist which.
he was legally required to do. This
seems to be the ground of Lundquist's
grievance. Information was tele-
phoned from Arnegard yesterday. of
Lundquist's dangerous threats, to-
Stenehjem & Husebye's Williston
store and the warning was sent out
to Gellerstedt who made light Of it
and said he was not afraid.
Lundquist has retained John ].
Murphy with whom he was formerly
at Bottineau, as his coun-
sci. When at Bottineau the man now
in Jail is said to have been a pros
porous and Industrious mechanic and
a citizen in good standing. No date
was set today for hearing