William H. Roose, Indiana's Birthplace: A History of Harrison County, Indiana (New Albany, IN: Tribune Company Printers, 1911), p. 62-63. The closing act of the white cap drama (at Harrison County) was enacted in Conrad's Hollow in Boone Township on the night of Saturday, August 5, 1893. Samuel and William Conrad lived in a little log cabin here with their mother and sister. A few months prior to that date, their father, Edward Conrad had been found in a dying condition a short distance from his home. The two boys were accused of having murdered him, and they were arrested and tried at Corydon, but the evidence being insufficient, the trial resulted in a prompt acquittal. George K. Gwartney (sic) who is still practicing law in Corydon, was their attorney, and he received from them two shotguns in payment of his fee. Upon receiving an intimation that they would probably be whitecapped, Mr. Gwartney returned the guns to his clients. The Conrads returned to their home and when a few days later their dog was mysteriously poisoned, they realized that they would soon receive a call from the white caps. Secreting themselves behind an old fence, they patiently awaited the coming of the regulators and prepared to welcome them in an unexpected manner. After several nights of waiting and watching, the regulators quietly appeared and entered the cabin from the rear. After thoroughly searching the house, they appeared on the front porch when the two vigilant brothers promptly opened fired with shotguns charged with double loads of buckshot. Five men fell mortally wounded and the others fled. It was not until eight o'clock the next morning that the bodies were found. In the meantime, the Conrads fled to Kentucky where they now live. The men killed were Edward Huston, Lewis Wiseman, Willis May, John Timberlake and Alfred N. Howe. While all of the dead men were prominent citizens of the vicinity, the Conrads were never arrested. This was the last act of the (whitecap) organization that made Harrison County notorious as "The Whitecap County."