The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1912-11-07
Established 1891.
TELLS STORY OF MURDER.
Conway Killed Sophia G. Singer,
Charges His Wife.

OliCdSO, ANON. 1-au VI uCdl VI
more than "a hours of questioning
broke down the self-possession of Be-
atrice Ryall Conway and hysterical
admissions made by the woman here
to-day are said by the police to clear
up the mysterious killing here Mon
day night of Sophia G. Singer, the
Baltimore, Md, heiress.
Since Mrs. Conway and her hus-
band were turned over to the Chi
cago police yesterday in Lima, Ohio,
the detectives concentrated their ef-
forts on the woman, putting Con-
way through an ordeal of isolation,
silence and uncertainty. This after
noon, after number of outburts Of
weeping and hysteria, Mrs. Conway,
begging for something to eat and a
few hours rest, consented to make a
statement to the police. 1t was taken
down by stenographer in the pres
ence of officers.
Woman's Story Of killing.
The statement made public by the
police as the formal confession of
Mrs. Conway is, in part, as follows:
Sophia invited US to come to Chi
cago. We took suite of three rooms
for light housekeeping. My husband
and 1 occupied one of the bed rooms
and Miss Singer and William R. Wor-
then, her fance, occupied the other.
1--WE were out of money and So
phia knew this before we went to Chi
cago. On the night of the killing we
had dinner together and Worthen
went out. Sophia went out to post
letter and came back after while
with her shoes wet. She took them
off and was in her stocking feet about
to change them. We had quarreled
a little about the expenses which So
phia was paying. We were destitute
and Sophia threatened to take Wor-
then and leave us stranded.
Sophia said We weren't doing
anything to get money. She said
she had met a rich old man and want
ed me to go out with her to meet
him and another man. Con- was
furious at this. He said I did not
have to make money that way. l
was washing dishes at the sink. 1
heard a fall. 1 went into the bed
room and Sophia was lying there. MY
husband said to me, Hurry, let's get
our things and get out before she
gets conscious We did not know
she was dead. Con- never meant
to kill her"
Conway to be Quizzed.
The confession says the pair then
fed from the city with s4S, which
they took from Miss Singers effects,
and suits of clothes belonging to
Worthen, Miss Singers fiance. They
went to Hammond, Ind, in street
car and then from place to place un-
til they reached Lima, Ohio.
While the alleged confession was
being wrung from the woman, Con-
way covered in a cell, hearing the
screams and pleadings of his wife,
but he did not know what was going
on, and was denied the privilege OF
speaking to anyone. The police ex-
pect him to break down soon and
make a statement. The assertion by
the woman that she is married to
Conway will be verified, as, if she is
his wife, she cannot testify against
him. Miss Singer was killed by be-
ing beaten with a mace.
Worthen Hysterical with Joy.
William R. Worthen, fiance of the
Singer girl, who has been held by the
police pending solution of the mys-
terry. though they accepted his story
of innocence, became hysterical with
Joy when the news was taken to
him.
THANK God they have confessed
he shouted. "Now I am cleared and
nv wife and her mother will be COM
forted with the knowledge that had
no hand in the brutal murder. l can
20 back to Baltimore now with clean
hands. I know they did it. 1 told
Mrs. Conway. so when I saw her this
morning. Now Conway might as