Conrad is easily the most controversial man in Schirf history. 
After Jacob's death, Conrad was initially the executor. However upon Conrad's death, Peter became the executor of Jacob's will. Peter was a businessman, and was accustom to standard business practices. Neither Jacob or his son Conrad had ever kept very good books. Because of how complicated and intermeshed Conrad and Jacob's business interactions had become, the case concerning Jacob's estate was family shattering. There was testimony in court that Conrad's estate could have been indebted as much as $13,000 to Jacob's estate. However by the end of the court cases Conrad's it was resolved and Conrad's estate had enough to leave it's heirs something. 
The entire process of resolving Conrad's estate was even more complicated than Jacob's. There was a lot of bitterness between Conrad's second wife, Katherine,  and his son Frank. His opinion of her is very clear in testimony given. Her sons were cared for by the estate. Every transaction that Frank made in the resolution was carefully scrutinized. There was a lot of suspicion surrounding Kate Wassam even prior to the court cases involving the estate. Whispers that she had been involved in her husband's death abounded throughout the town. The children of the town, grew to old men, and had no problem recounting the rumors. Only one of Katherine Wassam Schirf's  children lived to adulthood, but he had no children of his own.