The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-08-15
MRS. ooNRAD's CRAZE.

An Invalid Wife Takes the LIE Of Ter Hus-
band, a Prominent Professional Man,
While Quietly sleeping - Her side.
BALTIMORE, Aug. IL. /. Conrad, law
yer, prominent ia professional and social
life, was shot and killed last night By his
wife, near Glydon, IN Baltimore County.
Mrs. Conrad had been suffering from illness
for some time, accompanied bs evidences Of
insanity. Coursd vas native of New Or
leans, and scn OF Hon. William IT. Conrad,
Secretary o. Var during Fiilmore's Admin
istrstion. Conrad and wife, the latter con-
filmed invalid for years, came to Bloomfield,
where her mother Mrs. Mary c. Worthing.
Ton, and her brother, John Tolly Worthing-
ton, live. on Saturday to spend the summer.
Mis-. Conrad has for years suffered excess
irely fIom neuralgia OF the stomach.
which las produced nervousness and
Insomnia. WCrf hiugtOn brought Conrad's
nail 10 him from Baltimore last evening
sLc when he got home hrs. Conrad was al
most frantic with pain While Conrad was
Tes6irg his letter Worthing'on held his sis
ter in his arms. She frequently called her
husband to come 70 her aud said she could
not bear for him TO leave her. When tea
WIS announced Mrs. Conrad said she was so
nervous she could not sit down, and she
walked up and down the room. She took
little cream and then held her bowed face in
her hands, saying IL made her pain even
mora intenye. Mr. Con, I'D asked several
times how she felt. "Ob. my love she an
sWerFd, "my nerves are setting me wild"
Shortly after Mr. Conrad gave Der an inhala-
ton Of oxygen, recommended by Philadel-
deIphia d0clCrs This was given her for
five minutes. About 10 O'Clock be gath
cred mp the things he used for her
comfort during the night, aud started up
stails Carrying Il light. while his brOther-in-
law followed carrying Mrs. Conrad in his
arms. He then left the room and Mrs.
Worthington ard Conrad prepared the in
valid for bed. Between 10 and IL o'clock
Worthington went to the doo. OF the sick
chamber to get a lamp TO set in the hall
door. Conrad gave II TO him, and that was
the last time he saw Conrad alive. About
1890 Mrs. Conrad ran screaming into her
mothers room, which adj aims the one oc-
cupied by herself and husband. sac was
terribly excited and cried out, ''Oh, my God,
l have hurt Mr. Conrad" Mrs. Worthing-
ton, who is old and lntirm, got cut of bed
and, followed by her daughter. proceeded to
the other room. Here, to her horror. she
found her son-in-law dead, blood trickling
from a wound in his head back of the left
ear. and Remington revolver of
32-calibre on the bed. Death had
been instantaneous The relation between
Conrad and wife have always been Of the
most tender and friendly character. They
had been married fourteen years.
A special 10 the Day, from Reisterstown.
Nd, gives the following particulars of the
tragedy: At Bloomfield, Worthington
County, in Worthing Valley, two miles from
place. one of the most frlghtful tragedies
WAS enacted last night that ever shocked
community The invalid wife of Louis Law
renee Conrad, well-known Baltimore law
yer, shot her husband, sleeping by her side,
killing him instantly. The affair in all its
details is sad and shocking. Mrs. Conrad is
q cousin OF Samuel Hanson, who recently
killed Charles Ridgeiy In Howard County.
She is also q cousin of John FOLLY Johns aud
Richard Johns, brothers, who committed sui