The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-11-02
MRS. CONWAY
C0NFESSES
Admits Part in the Killing of
Miss Singer
THE DIVER SLEW HEIRESS
Actress Ryall Charges Husband With
Murder-Door Knob Was Weapon
Girl Then Bound to Fore
stall Possible Alarm.
THE DIVER SLEW HEIRESS

Chicago, Nov. 2.-Confession TO O
knowledge of the murder of Miss Sophia
G.. Singer the Baltimore heiress, who
eloped to Chicago with William IL. War
then and was killed the day before she
was to have been married, was reported
| to the police to have been obtained yester.
/ day from Mrs. Lillian Beatrice Conway,
who, with Charles n. Conway, the circus
clown and high diver, was brought here
from Lima, o.. earlier in the day.
"She has admitted knowledge of the
murder. said the police official, who an
nounced the alleged confession, but
says she had little to do with it,
"She says that Conway knocked the
Singer girl down with an improvised
, billy made of door knob in handker-
chief and with a shoe lace as a handle,
with the intention of robbing her.
1--WE thought she had more money
than she did," continued thd officials
account of the womans story Charlie
did it. All | did was TO throw the
blanket over her when we left. | didn't
think she was dead"
Conway killed her. He struck her
on the head with the door knob and then
tied her up so she could not give the
alarm"
Beatrice Ryall, vaudeville actress,
made this statement regarding the muir
der of Miss Sophia Singer, the Balti-
more heiress, after a five hours grlling
at the hands OF police officers yesterday.
Charles Conway, who, she said, did the
actual killing, will be Intercepted by
the police as soon as a detailed state
ment is made and signed by Miss kyall.
In her confession Miss Ryall said:
Conway and | had quarreled. He
was very angry at me, and ! was angry
at him. hardly knew what | was
doing when he suggested that we rob
Sophia and | was afraid not to do as
he told me
"He did not intend TO kill her He
needed money for an operation On his
leg. He was afraid to 60 to the county
hospital where he could get it done free
because he was afraid they would not
be careful with him.
81 didn't see him stuff anything in
Sophia's mouth. If had / would have
stopped him. / don't know whether
he thought OF robbing her before that
night or not. but | do know he only
intended to stun her and tIfen tie her
so she could not give any alarm while
we were going away"
The Rayall woman's statement came
after a sensational scene in the office OF
Capt Halpin, the head of the detective |
department.
William Warthen. who had eloped with |
Miss Singer and said he had intended to |
marry her, added his tears to the dra-
matte action in the detectives office.
you know that did not kill Sophia.
You did it. You beat her, and you are
the one who killed herr" screamed the
Ryall girl at Warthen preceding her con-
fcsson.
The young mans face turned crimson
IS he glared at the woman, who was
brought back here from Lima, o., with
Charles Conway as murder suspect.
you lie!" shouted Warthen. you
lilhd her!"
Il didn't" snapped Miss Ryall. you
know you beat her
We'll" sobbcd Warthen, chat has
nothing to do with this case
Charles Conway. the "woodenf footed
lown." and Beatrice Ryall, "the queen
II burlesque," arrived here in the GUS
ody of four detectives yesterday and
we're taken to the office of Capt. Halpin
# the city detectives The vaudeville {
,air at first stuck to their story told in d
lima, O., where they were arrested on
Thursday, that they had nothing to do
With the murder of Sophia Singer. /: