The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-10-29
GIRL MURDERED
By HIGH DIVER
tConsinued RON pass I'd

and hat lying q the bed They did
rot look fer her In the house until
the arrival OF Mrs Mccarthy.
A telegram from F. o. Singer, broth
er of the murdered wcman, asked
that the police held The body untn he
arrives here to take charge OF It
Police ofacials today sent descrip-
tfons Of the ievelry missing from Miss
Singers collection, and of Conway
and the Rydeli girl 10 every city in
the country. with the request that
carnivals and shows staging diving
exhibitions and booking agencies be
watched closely.
The murder of Miss Singer recalled
ian almost parallel case which happen
| ed in a Michigan avenue rooaing
house several years ago Florence
Rogers was found murdered. q
handkerchief stuffed in her mouth
and her body bound with ropes 50
tightly that they cut the flesh. A man
Ess arrested as the slayer but he vas
acquitted after legal battle that cost
his wealthy father q fortune.
Wartham today told the police that
be and Miss Singer intended TO be
married this afternoon He had given
her the SIS which was taken from her
by the murderer, and he said he vas
away from the house on business
when the murder occurred.
The elopement o. the couple to Chi
cago followed tEomonths courtship
and fear that the widowed mother
OF the girl Ms o. H Singer, would
object to the marriage OF her daugh-
/ ter to wartham, who is 3 street car
conductor They had planned to keep
their marriage secret for at least a
year, Wartham said.
Wartham paced neryously up and
down the cell in which he is being
held as a witness He appeared over
come with grief and whenever he
spoke the word Sophia" his voice
shook and his eyes filled
Sophia and l met while was
working as conductor In Baltimore,
he said. Because her mother ob1ec,-
ed to her going with me, we decided
to elope to Chicago. We were to be
married this afternoon and leave for
/ Baltimore Immediately afterward We
did not want to do anything to worry
Mrs. Singer who is getting old. so We
were not going to tell OF our mar
rage for year. The shock OF this
viii kin her, I'm afraid
Until yesterday morning Wartham
and the girl had lived at house sew
eral doors from that of Mrs. McCar-
thy. It was there they met Conway
and Miss Rydell, who were posing as
husband and wife. The four occupied
a suits of three rooms, Wartham said,
he and Conway occupying one bed
room and the two girls the other.
Yesterday morning the four moved In
to Mrs. Carthy's rooming house War
than described to the police BILLY"
! which he said fell out of Conway's DOC
ket on Monday evening while the two
girls and the men were together. 1t
was made of doorbell wrapped in a
handkerchief and tied with shoe
lace. The police found the BILLY"
hidden under stove Ia Conway,
room on second investigation of the
house today. 1t bore blood stains ana
it was believed to have been the
weapon used by the slayer to knock
Miss Singer senseless.
On Monday evening, according to
Wartham. he saw Conway drop the
billy and asked him what 1t was.
That's what We knock them out
with was Conway's reply. according
to Wartham. Conway also exhib,teu
a razor at this time. Wartham said,
and afterward Miss Singer told him
she was afraid to live in the house