Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-10-29
MURDER OF
YOUNG GIRL ENDS
ELOPEMENT
ROMANCE
Young Woman Who Ran Off
from Baltimore With Car
Conductor Found Slain in
Apartment House.
ROBBERY MOTIVE OF
COWARDLY ASSASSIN
ny Leased Wire to EvsBlsE Herald

TBy Leased Wire 60 1VsBlaE HeraId1
Chicago. oct. 27.--Thc romance ur
love and clopCment was wiped out hN
the grcWsOmcnCss of u brutal murder
here today when Miss Sophia q. sir
ger, an attractive Baltimore giIl, VAS
found slain. Several hundred dol
lars i'm money ana JcWclrN brought
10, IN her Maryland hum" tu grace her
Wedding tomorrow To- William II
Wurthvn, "A street ear conductor, was
missing and robbery has been uv-
,,ptrd as the motive tor tho crime.
Wurthrn discovered the girls body
when he returned home after mid
night To the suite occupied hN them
ana two vaudeville performers In dl
ruoming house at 3229 Indiana Avo.
nue.. Miss Singer had been bound
! and gagged and struck with terrific
| force with billy" made from an
7 non door knob wrapped IN a hand
/ Ecrchicf Her body Was embodied in
T e blanket
/ Th" vaudeville performers Charles
/ -. Conway. said to be- q nigh diver,
| ana his wife, who also is known as
! Beatrice lliali ana May Monte, are
/ Icing sought by the police ~ cunncc-
! tiun with the crime.
! IN, body uf Miss Singer was found
on the bed of the room uccuptcd by
them, The couple had been In tho
house during the evening hut no
trdc, of them has been found since
! the discovery of the body
According to Wurthcu. Miss singer
, was an acquaintance Ot AlI~. conway.
| vino Nds known To her as Miss Riall.
aud 1t was through the lHtt,r's inNi-
tatioa that he und his sWoutheart
went 10 room al the same house. The
tour moved into the rooms where
the murder was committed only yes
| l.u
only few blocks north ON the same
struct. Worthcn told thr police he
had paid the expenses OF the con &.
ways us well nh those of himself ana
Miss Singer, AT the rooming house
since Joining them.
Xurthen, who was held by the Do-
lice, declared that before leaving the
house last night, he handed his H.
anCcr SiH Ia the presence Of the Con
ways and then went downtown.
II was after midnight when he re-
turned tu the house ana found tho
hallway spnltcrod with blood. lie
, aroused the others In he house by
repeated pounding on the door lead
, ing To- the Conway room after lind-
, Ing that Miss Singer WAS not In her
apartment
IL A key wus finally furnished by
Miss JuliH Mccarthy, Keeper Of thu
, house and the door opened A crime
was apparent nnd further invcstlHn'
: tlun showed that the money lac hat
. given the woman was missing, AS wei
Us several articles of jcwclry.
\ trail ut blood led tu Kitchen
which the four had the use of, nnt
. there IA" table was found covered
i with hluud. as was the lluur. \ duO
knob with IN" piece uf iron attached
Tor u Knob ui the other end, lay oI
the Iluur wrapped In hundkcrChic
| 4 IA
leather shoe string attached 10 II II
loop fashion. Wurthcn said COnwA'
had once exhibited the Dludgcon L
Miss Singer Win the remark; '"rhi
!s what / knock 'em out with"
According 10 WOrthcn's story, h
met Miss Singer IN baltimore severn
ruunths ago while he was cmplUye
there by u street ear company. III
said her mother was In comfoTtnbI
circumstances when hc decided I
"a come Ia Chicago with the Idea Of Ia
?" eating here Miss Singer, he said, "a
n pressed u desire to accompany him.
- Hc-tOld the police that he had speT
"a most Of his life on a Maryland fnri
near Baltimore with his father, VIII
stil resides there, He II 20 year
old.
Worthrn was questioned for seN
n cral hours by the policemen who ~
SO dcuVorrd 10 substantlate the facts u
~ first related. The recital was IN
IN same ~ his first story. 'Rhe Dolit
y. searched Miss Singers trunk al
N looked through th" effects Of Wo
re- then Nothing to throw more light q
ut the murder was found. In the girl
trunk were some new carmen
ne which the fianc"c sad were tO ha'
been part ui her wedding costume.
M worthen threw himself on HIS bI
r. and SObbed when he was shown II
d. garments.
no "Sha did not want me tO leave h
nix alone last night" nc sObbed, but
IN had some matters t. be- looked aft
10 and | wanted to have them out OF Il
N way ~ nothing need Interrupt o
.st honeymoon, II only I had stayed
home.
IL can't go back to Baltimore no
This may XIII her mother and II sur
IS viii break my fathers henrt,
IN Fnew and admired Sophia, We we
going hack right after the wcddl
=, "wednesday. never can 20 ba
and face her mother or my faith
~ | NoW I'm nm OutcaHs,"