The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-11-01

definite stay at the Indiana avenue
lodging house, they s4d convinced
them that she was not expecting to
mako hurried departure. They said
they expected to fasten the crime up
on Conway. and that was their pur-
pose in questioning Miss Ryall first
When he is questioned the detectives
expected him to contradict important
details In Miss Ryalrs story.
The Confession Comcs-
CHICAGO, Nov. 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 after five hours
grilling at the hands OF police officers
today. Charles Conway, whom she
said did the actual killing, will be In
terrogated by the police as soon as a
detailed statement Is made and signed
| by Miss Ryall.
| In her confession of the murder Of
Sophia Singer Baltimore heiress,
Miss Ryall said
Conway md had auarreled Vie
was very angry with me and 1 was
4 angry with him. hardly knew what
was doing when he suggested that he
rob Sophia and | Prs afraid mol 70 is,
/ as he told me
He diu noa intand To Viii tey 10
needed money for an operation on his
/ leg He was afraid to go to the conn-
1 ty hospital where he could get it done
/ free, because he was afraid they
would not be careful OF him
81 didn't see him stuff anything in
Sofia's mouth. II | had, would have
1 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 then tie her
80 she could not give any alarm while
we were going away"
/ Miss Ryall's denials became weaker
as the police piled her with ques
tions and finally she broke down and
i wept Just when the officers thought
she would make a. full confession, the
4 WoildLil tt+ohCd lcl a Sup VI SoiiSSt 1iiu
after drinking it, appeared to have re-
gained her composure and she be-
came defiant. After the scene with
William r. Warthen, In which the
man who said he intended to marry
Sophia Singer, accused her OF the
murder, she weakened again and in
another hysteiical weeping spell
4 threw both hands up and said:
II viii tell everything
4 During her confession Miss Ryall
insisted that she did not know that
4 Sophia Singer was dead or she would
not have gone away with Conway
THE clothes that we took with us
were gathered up by Conway" she
said Il was so frightened l didn't
/ realize what we were doing. We got
out of the house by the back door. 1t
was about II O'Clock. We reached the
interurban car safely and went to
; Hammond Ind.
: THE trouble that caused Conway TO
strike Sophia started when she asked
me to go out with her to meet a
!, man Conway heard her and said that
! was not the proper thing for either
of us to do He and Sophia were hav-
J ing some words when l went out of
the room. When l returned Sophia
was lying on the bed. Conway had
} struck her and then tied her"
The detectives said they We're in.
clined to doubt this part of the story
: They said that it was evident to them
, that Conway intended to use the door
/ knob for this purpose because he fixed
8 1t with its handkerchief wrapper and
leather handstrap on the day before
i the murder.
Warthen was brought into Captain
|. Halpin's office and informed thai
Miss Ryall had confessed.
5 Yes I've told everything" sait
Miss Ryail.
y I'm glad you have told the truthh,'
4 said Warthen. @Im glad You told how
e my poor Sophia was killed"
$ Miss Ryall extended her hand Il
d him Warthen took it in both OF his