The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-29
POLICE SEEKING
 HIGH DIVER AS
 WOMAu'S SLAYER


 Chicago, Oct 2e-The police Of ev- cry city in this section of the country,
 today, are seeking Charles Conway, q
 professional high diver, as the slayer Of Sofia Singer, 29, who was murdered
 and robbed of $45 in money and $1,0e0
 worth of 5ewelry some time last night. The woman came here three weeks ago from Ca torsvflfe, a suburb of Ball. t1rnofe, Md.. where she was member of 8 wealthy family Her brother, F. o. Singer called the looai police on the long distance phone, today, to learn
 the details of the murder Blood spots
 in the hall of the rooming house at 322s Indiana avenue. where Miss Sing CT was living. led to the room ce Con
 way, who roorled on the same floor.
 The door was locked and when it was
 found, tied with ropes, towel stuffed
 in her mouth and rier skull fractured.
 The money which she wss known to
 have had. last evening, and her jew elry was gone. Conway had disap-
 peared and Miss Beatrice Ryde1l, an other roorner and friend of Conway, utatien as an athlete although he is somewhat 1andpered by wooden leg The police, today, are holding William WorthaIn4 of Baltimore another room CT f,l the house. aG a witness, although they were satisfied he had nothing to do with he murder. looming house where the Baltimore young woman WAS slain, returned home shortly after midnight. She l was met by Miss May Seipp, a trained nurse, one of the 1odgers, who fold her:
 I wish you'd come up.'
 The two women and Wartf1am went , up and knocked on Miss Singers door: The room was empty. They tapped tried the door and found it locked. Wartlfa n put his shoulder against the door and pushed 1t in.
 I Ca t- 1<skre- ard arm bound with a heavy cord. the bod.5 Of Miss Singer was found. The police accepted robbery as ths ] H.ost likely motive of the crime and started q searc4 for Conway. who was believed to have at least five hours start.
 rss,il Of all work about the house, Miss Singer came here about three weeks ago from Baltimore. It was under l.stcod that She came from a wealthy | firei+ and well hammered.
 stsoon aftet. she arffYed,F' said Turn. er. Warthafn came from Baltimore i and said he was her husband. They lived in the same room and everyone in the house supposed they were man Wartham told the. police he return 1 ed home shortly before midnight and 1 found the door to his and Miss Sing
 ssefpp and they obtained a duplicate l key On entering the room .the< round it in disorder and Miss Singers l cost and hat lying on the bed. They ] did not look for her in the house t1n- 1 tiI the arrival of Mrs McCartfy. War ti1a1.a, teday. told the police that ! married this afesrnooa. He had glv- en her the s45 which wa4s taken from her byr the. murderer and he said he l Ma,s aWay v,s from the house on business The eiopertent of the couple to Chi l cage followed 8 two months coHrtsfip Of the girl, Mrs. c. H. Singer, would i object to the marriage of her daugl1- ter to Warshar11. They had planned to keep their marriage secret for at least t<sophfa and [ met while was work ing as conductor in Baltimore," he her -goit1E with me. we decided to e1ope | to Chicago. We were to be married, this afternoon, and leave for Ha1ti- l more iznnle diateiy aftsrward. We did Singer who is getting old, so we were not going to teff of our marriage for q year The shock of this will Kill her, 1 Until yesterday morning, wartham and the girl had lived at a. house several doors from that of Mrs Me way and Miss Rydef1. who were pos- ing as husband and wife. The four occupsed suite Of three rooms, War bedrocfn with the girls the others. Monday, the -Four moved into Mrs. MeGartfly's ruonaing house.
 Billy whtch fae said fell out of Con- ways pocket on Monday evening" while the two sdrfk and the 1f1en were togeth- er. It was made of a doorbeIf wrapped
 in a handkerchief and tied with
 shoeIace. The police found the billy
 hidden under a Ssoye in .,o, conways tss
 house, today. It bore bioodstaine and 1t was believed to have been the wsa-
 Singer seT1Eele5s.
 On Monday evening, Wartham and
 M4ss Singer saw Conway drop the
 billy and she asked him what 1t was:
 ssThaf's what we knock them out With"
 was conway's reply, according to war
 thauf Conway also exhibited razor at tf1fA time, WaFthatn said and after
 wards Miss Singer said she wRs afraid
 to live in the house with Conway and
 the Rydei1 girl beca use she had 2 pre- n4onitfon that something was going to
 happen. Warthan said he 1dusned dt
 her fears and sine laughed with him and decided there was no reason for apprehentsfon-
 A telegram was received from F.
 O. Singer, brother of the murdered
 the body until he arrives here to take
 Police officials, today, sent descrip-
 tions of the Jewe1ry missing from Miss Singers collection and of Conway and the Hxdei1 girl broadcast
 The murder Of Miss Singer recalled an almost parallel case which hap pened in a Michigan avenue rooninG Rogers was found murdered, a hand-
 kercflief stuffed in her mouth and her body bound with ropes so tightly that they cut the flesh. A snowman was quilted after 8 legal battle which used up his fathers fortune