The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1883-08-15
KILLED BY HIS INSANE WIFE.
Traeic Death Of 4 Former Attorney
nf NeW Orleans

-
S1onred tie well-known Baltimore law
ver. Who had been suffering intense
/ sse.v rose at midnight, and while I
asnr;shinv 4 pistol around in her hand I
- waanon was discharged, shooting her
! husband Who was sleeping BY her slde, I
through the head, killing him instantly.
| The a1fair and its details arc sad ana
| sba-,ting. The lady who did the shoot
mo i ! ea,,isin Of Charles Edward han
so5 Who recently killed Charles Ridge
i III Howard county. She IS also the
consin Of John Tolly Johns and hlch,
ard Johns. brothers, who commlttel
s,,iride All were suffering from lnsahl
/ ~ at the time Of the tragedles'
Ar Canrad and his wife, VINO mas
i been = confirmed invalid for years, went
| * Montmorency where her mother, MS
Mary q. Worthington, and ner DTolheI
Jno. Tolly WorthingtOn, hive, on Sa1uI
i dav 70 spand the summer. Inc TRIP Mas
/ made a the recommendation Oh pL
1 PncLlar of Baltimore. Mrs. Conrad has
/ foryears suffered;exeessiyely from nsulat s'l.i
gia of the stomach, which has prouueeu
i nervousness and insomnia ,r ~.
i Mr. Worthington brought MI Ion.
rad's mail TO him from Baltimore iAs'
evening. and when he got home MIS-
Conrad was
ALMOST FRANTIC WITH PAIN
while Mr.. Conrad was reading. his
la,ters Mr.. Worthington held his sister
!, ~ arms. She frequently called her
b,,sbond Ia come to her, and SAID she
nanld not bear to have him leave her;
wien S1,ls, res was announced Mrs. Conrad
w " H. 80 S,as 81 nervous that she could
i -. - - anTvn. and she waikcd UP anu
! - a.. room. She took little cream
T a0S then held her bowed face. IN her
bands bon saving it made her PAIN even
MI Az Conrad asked her several tunes
A fol+ "Oh. my love" she
/ ny" a5 tsmv nerves are setting me
/ 1,;Id shortly after that MIR. Conrad
> go ber an inhalation of oxygen, which
: sad been recommended by Philadelpnla
. 5octors This was given her LOT hVe
3 ;,,,,tas About 10 O'clock he gathered
mn the things he used for her comfort
Jppr;,,e. the night and started upstairs,
carrvi1g n light, while his brother,ln-
Is low foIl9wed. CARRYING Mrs. Conrad IN ms
e .n,s He then left the room, ana Ars'
" Wortb;ngton and Mr.. Conrad pro
,e coded to prepare the invalid Tor pea
h Tb;s tooI< some time, as she had 10 ut
r- r,,hbad with oil and mustard plaster'
a baJ 10 he applied. At last this was com
,e- nietad and Mr.. Conrad came DOW
he s+a;rs 10 Mr.. Worthington and asked 10
m. . olass of water. He drank 1t ana 700
he come water up to his room. 1,,.t
ey between 10 and.11 o'clock MI 9rll
". ;rcton went to the sick chamber ana gt
all 7aUon 10 set in the hall door, NJ
ce- Conrad gave it to him, and TINS was u -
ed lost lime he ever saw his brother-ii-ia
~. Give About 1920 o'clock Mrs; Cohra
err ran screaming into her mother [ool
IAN which adioins the one occupied by herse
mr. and her husband, and in the south er
as of the building. She was terribly eA'
up ted, and cried out:
ma con Ny GOD, l HAVE HURT MR. co
tea RAD"
or urs Warrington, who is old ana !
IRE Arm cot ont of bed and, followed
ith her daughter, proceeded to the oth
nts rnon, Here to her horror, she ioui
ors her - son-in-law dead, the blood trcklil
ller from, a wound in his head, back Oh U
OK. loft ear and Remington revolver,
oil oo.coI;hre on the bed. Death had De-
I'M instantaneous. ,,ol.o
for John Tolly Warrington was awake
ned "a ~, the screams of his motht
md Ne;tber had heard the pistol shot;
sed ror toward the death chamber ana ~
ges his his sister talking about it. lie sal
ara "TVban W saw nv sister she was terrlb
70 a1c;teJ NV God she said. My &c
Tnllv is he (meaning her huspan
hnrt% I ran into the room and PICK
:. NJ M one ~ Of his hands, which hung oV
son the III side, and felt his pulse. 1t was !,
1me Saoting I Meantime my sister had fall
lon- ~ +be he'd, She tried to go to her NJ
dis hand bnt was too weak to walk. G
asst r;ad her into another room and put
cu- to he'd with her little son. She a
ein said: My God, l
AYE ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HIM
one 7 had the pistol in my hand, and it W.
thin On II = "a not known where Mrs. Com
'ints cot the nistol. She said that she
Tiger 3 nistol some time ago, but 1t Is
very known whether this is the one.
tiers Mrs Conrad has often said she wan
,ally - Jie. that to live in this misery
tain worse than death. The relations,
m tween herself and husband have b
t his very tender. u.o,,,
itors Dr. Dickson made a post-mortem
f the or,;,,at;on and pronounced death to n
ewes baen instantaneous. He testified to
, dis ;ng called hastily to the house early,
nunk morning and finding Mr.. Conrad dt
way The bullet had entered the central
,yern tion of the BRAIN He had an lnterV
, the with Mrs. Conrad, who said frankly
nged distinctly that the pistol went oil w
Is' al he was flourishing it with the inten
The Of killing herself She was, perte
,oeks rational at the time. From the att'
,gs of inc circumstances he was satlshea
axe MT. Conrad's death was accidental
mar Jobn Tolly Worthington gave
ected statement which appears above
grass had known Mrs. Conrad to sleep
ermit the nistol under her-head. The dom'
wear relations of Mrs. and Mr.. Conrad
to be Of the happiest character.
d hid RI. Stanfeld, Jacob CHEST and j
with ma Tracey testified to the atfectlo
=. and relations between Mr.. and Mrs; Cor
would Mrs. Worthington, the aged me
,rs be- of Mrs. Conrad, was brought ,tottf
me in and sobbing into the rooms. In or
there, tones she told how she was
to the AWAKENED BY HER DAUGHTE
nraNel SCREAMS,
in the
who told her she had killed her nus
She said that Mrs. Conrad irequ
Altar. told her she could not bear the IN
mains. and must get relief som'
society She told the witness that she was
eloped ishing the pistol, thinking she
! news shoot herself, when it went OIL.
E city mind Is most rational. am SAT
ranged the shooting was accidental
,dward L. Cipriani, nephew of Mrs. &c
s Miss was the last witness. The jury ren
/ elect, verdict that the shooting was ac
ey is tai. .u
of the Mrs. Conrad had maze q wlh'
ung la ALI her property to her husband;
Q Aibu- Worthington says he fears that I
ers is a fair will cause the death of Mrs. I
+ of an and her mother.
IN the THE CONRAD FAMILY.
months Mr.. Conrad was the son of Hon
Every II. Conrad, of Louisiana, who wen
inc the Winchester, Va, to the Pelican
and at where he became distinguished b
Keist- son of his great legal knowledge q
,rds had ents. He was a United States )
ut there and Secretary of War under Fl
prou1in. He was sent by Louisiana to the
mediate 0omerv Provisional Congress II