The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-12
INQUEST HELD.
The Testimony in the Conway Muir
der Case.

Yesterday morning shortly before 8
O'CLOCK Coroner Lewis and II jury, COM.
posed OF NJ. j. .ici nellie, foreman; II. j.
Deycrle, Robert Ilopcroft, w. ID. Gray,
=. +. Read and X ID. McClintock, went
to the house ut l50 Third avenue N. W.,
anu viewed the remains of Emma Con-
way, which had been laid out on IL cot in
the room in which the unfortunate
woman mad died. This took but few
minutes, and the jury adjourned to meet
again III . O'Clock in the coroners office,
'he coroner III the meantime having an
autopsy made ty DR.. Gale and others.
At the afternoon session tho evidence
was heard i'll the case which was about
III substance as follows: Lewis Conway,
son OF Robert Conway, the murderer: Il
went i'll about o'clock and retired go.
ing TO sleep OH IL pallet in the corner
Ihey were perfectly quiet and went to
sleep. was awakened by both of them
falling off the bed and it seemed that my
father was choking her. She was gasp
ing Tor breath and raised up and asked
hlm what he WAS doing to Miss Emma
lie told me to shut my mouth and go to
sleep, rs 1t WAS none of my business.
saw he was awful mad and laid down
anu covered up my head | heard him
strike her head three Or four times against
tue iioor He then got up and said he
was going to get his razor and cut her
d--n throat. He left the room and re.
lurncd IN moment 1t then seemed rs
IL he was again choking her. | was
afraid to look out. She did not scream.
but heard her struggle us though irving
to eaten her breath lie got up and
turned up the light and began putting on
ms Sunday clothes. heard him say
when they fell out of the bed that he
would kill her. He told me 10 do the
best could and stay over the street with
II man named johnson. He also took his
wiie's silver knives and forks and spoons.
putting them in his pocket and then lcav-
ing. crawlca out ana called Miss En-
ma. she tried to speak but could not.
got the lamp and held it close. 1t was
then discovered that her throat was cut
then went down and gave the ularmn
Dr.. Gale was then called and testified AS
follows: assisted in the autopsy and
found that her throat had been cut with
Il sharp instrument, the cash being from
five to six inches in length. The cut ex-
tended through the windpipc and death
was caused by hcmmorhage and suiloca-
ton by her lungs filling with blood think
the cash was cut by one sharp blow. |
also found bruises aboUt the neck as if
made with the fingers in choking. She
could not have inflicted the wound her
self. also found bruised blood in the
bowels and found her system in IL disens-
ell condition which had nothing to DO
with her DEATH
Henry Lowry, neiShbor: II heard the
alarm and went into the house found
the woman lying on her face STRUGGLING
and strangling with blood called and
she reached out her hand and recognized
me but conld not speak. Conway was
jealous of his wife and know Of two at
temptS he had made to Kill her previous
IL this. One time he raised an axe to
brain her and the weapon caught on a
rope strung across the room She
screamed murder and the door was
broken in by ncighbors. She has left
him several times, but always went back
again. Garland Marablc told me that he
saw Conway run past him going in the
direction of the West End. | noticed the
handle and point broken of the razor.n
Stephen Hurt WAS called but he seemed
to know nothing concerning the affair of
Importance.
DIR. q. b. Nogel: Il was called bv some
one last night to go and see the woman
| found her throat cut. She had virtual
ly bled to death before | arrived. Two
attempts had evidently been made in the
cutting and the woman must have
Knocked the hands of her assailnnt away
the first time, as the cut had the appear.
ance of dragging and teafng. The sec
ond c"t was more direct and evidently did
the work. The wlndpire was practi-
cally severed.n
The jury after hearing the evidence re-
turned verdict that Emma Conway had
come to her death by reason of II wound
inflicted on the neck by II sharp instru
mcnt in the hands OF Robert Conway. her
husband.
Louis Conway, the principal witness, is
in custody of the authorities i'm order
that he may be held in case his father is;
apprchended and brought to Justice