Evening journal., 1900-09-24
COURT TAKES UP
CONRAD CASE.
MurderOuS Assault Is Charged
by the State
! CONRAD DEFENDED HIMSELF
George Leyrer, the Dead Man, COnr a
Says Threatened TO Knock
Out His Brains
CONRAD DEFENDED HIMSELF

On the charge OF assault, with intent
10 commit murder, Albert Conrad was
put on trial in General Sessions Court
this morning. The case. which now is
in progress, marks the beginning Of the
last week Of the court before which il
is being tried. There is but one more
case for trial. and disposition Of it Will
be made before Wednesday
In the indictment against Conrad, |
George Leyrer is named as the mar
upon whom the assault was committed.
To the jury Peter l.. Cooper. deputy
attorney general, said Conrad and
IseyreI, on June OF the present year,
were employees OF the Bavarian Brew
| ing Company. A quarrel arose be-
tween the men, during which Conrad
stabbed Leyrer. he dying several days
later, but not as a result of the wound,
but of meningitis, superinduced by de-
lirium tremens.
Sylvester Townsend represented Con-
rad. Before going into trial Mr..
! Townsend challenged Joseph Knox
and James Hart, who had been drawn
as jurors in the case. and Jacob G.
McClary and Henry Russell succeeded
them.
HEARING THE TESTIMONY.
Then the examination Of witnesses
was begun. Jacob Staggers was called
first. He knew nothing of the trouble
between the men, but about O'Clock
; on the day.in question he saw Conrad
chasing Leyrer, the former with a
knife in his hand, and the latter a bung
, hook, an instrument used in drawing
e bungs from barrels. Witness did not
I see Conrad infiict the wound upon
Ieyrer. but few minutes afterward:
r he did see Leyrer in a fainting condi'
e tion from a stab wound in the back.
d He is coroner's physician Of this coun
e He is cOroners physician of this coun
o ty and was visiting physician to thi
b Delaware Hospital en- June g. Thi
3, doctor was calledto attend Leyrer Their
e on that day. He found him to be SUI
? fering with a wound on the left shOul
j der. three inches deep, and penetratln
9 to the lung 1t was such a wound a
y could have been made with a knif'
e There was similar wound in tn
i grcin and an injury on the left han,
-Four days later Leyrer died. tn
post-mortem examination revealed IN
n cause as meningitis. superinduced b
y delirium trements At the time {
Deyrers death the wound was in
IN healthy condition.
. Jacob Seamans cOrrObOrated the test
mony OF Jacob Staggers concerning tn
d. chase between Conrad and Leyre.
\ Witness saw Leyrer strike Conrad wit
p the bung hook
8 Alexander Tyo, also told OF 'seein
n Conrad chasing Leyrer. but did not Sc
II the assault committed.
j.. The examination Of John Kerns cal
ne more light on the trouble between Lel
r rer and Conrad than that Of any 9th,
y witness. He testified to seeing Leyr,
IN chase Conrad out Of the workhous
"a Iseyrer had the bung hook in his ham
nj but Conrad had nothing AS though
of protect himself from Leyrer. Conra
10 picked IL in fronot praoinaoin thaoi
10 picked up a keg and held it in front
his face. Over it. Leyrer attempted I
-r strike Conrad. A few seconds afte
ne wards Conrad lowered the keg. an
in Leyrer entered the building. follcwe
by Conrad, who was unarmed. Lat,
the witness saw Conrad chase Leyr,
from tn ewash room with a knife
his hand. Witness saw no weapon
ne Leyrer's possession.
n John SPAIN, Dennis Kelleher an
ce Maurice Finn were the closing wi
w nesses for the state.
en CONRAD TELLS OF ASSAULT.
Mr.. Townsend opened the defenss
calling Conrad to the stand The pri
cner told the story Of the assault
ac an intelligent and straightfOrwa1
ID. manner. He said he came hsre fro
sy Philadelphia eleven days previous
I'd the day of his trouble with Leyre
10 and On the morning Of the assault ha
Iafl rfrff rr4lsf
it, because the witness had let wat.
flow over a tank. AS Conrad was n
Al. spCnsible for the overflow CT the waite
~ he made no reply 10 I-eyror's objeciicl
- able remarks until Leyrer threateng
|, to put ont his light" with a bur
"a hook. Thsn the witness replied,
don't know what is biting you" lie.
rer then struck at the witness VIII
q bung hook. The trouble uuieted fer
I'D minute, then resumed by LeyrcT. wi
ch chased the witness from the rccT
el Conrad went to the cooper shop. pr
he cured a knife and punch, with whiC
to continue his work, he said. and r
turned to the wash room, where
met Leyrer. who remarked, well.
s. might as well finish you now" This
lis it was that Conrad stabbed Leyrsr, bl
.sr in defense of his own life, he said.
At this juncture continued examini
ton of the witnesses was postpone
until 2.30 o'clock.
H. Time for filing commissioners r
r. turn in the divorce case OF Joseph Y
% DOlan VS. Mary Ann Dolan was exteni
~ ed until Wednesday,
Andrew C. Gray was appointed con
missioner to take testimony in the d
vorce case Of Mabelle L. Caulk v
Fletcher Caulk
iy William +. Kurtz was appoints
e. commissioner 10 take testimony in Il
q divorce case of Mary c. Collins v
William y. Collins.
PRITCHARD WILL CASE DECISIOi
The court i'm banc was opened
ID noon to allow Justice Spruance to al
Z. nounce the opinion of the court in n
h. will case OF John Doe on tbs demise
Tchn Pritchard VS.. Richard Roe, casu.
cjector, and Henry Henderson. tenaI
in possession; Anthony Higgins an
n- Albert Constable for thS plaintiff, an
I'M J. Harvey Whiteman and Charles
gs Evans for the defendant