The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-05-26
CITY INTELLIGENCE.
MURDERl

The Proprietor of a Beer saloon shot Yes
terday AfternOon-A Dispute About Rent
the Cause of the ShOOting-The Ante
Mortem Statement of the Dead Man.
The crack of a rife and the screams of
woman yesterday afternoon were heard to pro-
ceed from the lager beer saloon of John Conrad,
No. 2O26 North Seventh street. People gath
cred quickly, entered the saloon, and there
found lying on the floor Christian Schaeffer, the
proprietor of saloon next door. He was
covered with blood, and it was found that he
had been shot through the left breast by rifle
in the hands of Conrad. DIR. S. X. Morris, liv-
ing at No. 2029 Germantown road, was quickly
summoned and in the meantime the wounded
man was carried insensible into his dwelling.
The Doctor arrived shortly, and on inspection
pronounced the wound fatal. Every restorative
was applied, but Mr.. Schaeffer rapidly sank,
and at eleven o'clock he expired. The ball had
passed through the left lung, just grazing the
heart, up and out through the left shoulder
blade. 1t then broke through the window, and
buried itself in a sign-post on the sidewalk
The perpetrator of the deed, Conrad, was the
tenant of the dead man. For some time past
enmity has existed between him and his land
ord, arising outsof non payment of rent. Mr..
Schaeffer has on several occasions, been COM
PEELED to have recourse to the law for the re-
covery of his Just claim: but in every instance
his tenant obtained stay of execution by giving
security for the payment of the rent which
became due monthly.
Early in the present week Mr.. Schaeffer again
Constable James S. Wright affixed to the door of
the house occupied as a lager-beer saloon by
John Conrad notice that the furniture aud
goods of the tenant would be sold for debt Mrs.
Schaeffer, being engaged yesterday afternoon in
washing the pavement in front of her own resi-
dence observed that Conrad was not only re-
moving the bill thus affixed, but was cutting and
defacing, at the same time, the panel of the
door upon which il had been pasted.
To this fact she at once called the attention of
her husband, who came out upon the sidewalk
and demonstrated with his tenant.
Conrad is said to have replied, 'lf you will
come into the house will show you something
more"
Suspecting nothing worse than the exhibition
of some other portion of his property, and never
dreaming that it was his own person that was
menaced with danger and perhaps with death,
MIR. Schaetfer entered the house, when Mrs.
Conrad made her appearance armed with rifle,
and, it is stated, addressed her husband propos-
ing to shoot Mr.. Schaeffer.
He is represented as having replied to her,
mo, will shoot him." whereupon he took the
weapon from her hands, and deliberately shot
Mr.. Schaeffer. The deceased received the at
tentions alluded to above, and when, in the
latter part of the evening, he found his condi-
tion hopeless, he sent for Alderman Helms, before
whom he made the following statement
City OF Philadelphia, ss:-Before me, the sub
scriber, one OF the alderman IN and for the said
city, personally appeared Christian Schaefer who,
being duly sworn according to law, doth depose and
say that he resides at No 2024 N Seventh street;
tnat on tne afternoon OF May 20 loIl' John Conrad
who resides in house next above, commenced to
cut part Of the panel of his door, on which had been
pasted constables bill advertising the sale of his
(Conrad's) goods for arrears of rent due deponent
that deponent told him to desist, whereupon his
(Conrad's) wife went up stairs and procured gun,
which she handed to her husband; that the said
John Conrad took the gun from the hands OF his
wife and deliberately pointing 1t at deponent dis
charged it, thereby inlcting the injuries from which
deponent is now suffering; and that deponent
makes this statement in the full consciousness that
he is in dangerous condition, the result OF the in
V
HIS
CHRISTIAN SCHAEPFER.
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The age of the deceased was about forty-two
years, and his family consisted of a wife and
three children, the youngest being mere in
FAINT,