The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-11-02
"a Hours OF
QUESTIONS CAUSE
HER TO CONFESS
Mrs. Beatrice Ryall Conway
Says Husband Did Not
Mean to Kill Woman.
TELLS POLICE STORY
Statement Says Husband Was
Angry at Remark of
Their Hostess.
TELLS POLICE STORY
Associated Press Dispatch.

Associated Press Dispatch.
Chicago, Nov. An ordeal ci
more than twenty-four hours OF
Questioning broke down the self
possession Of Beatrice Ryall Conway
ind hysterical admissions made BY
the woman here, today, are said BY
he police to clear up the mystery oI
the murder here, Monday night, OF
Sophia C.. Singer the Baltimore, Md,
hefresa.
Since Mrs. Conway and her hus-
band were turned over to the Chi
ago police yesterday in Lima, o..
the detectives concentrated their ef.
forts on the woman in putting Con
way through an ordeal of isolation
silence and uncertainty.
This afternoon after a number OF
outbursts of weeping and hysteria,
Mrs. Conway consented to make a
statement to the police 1t was taken
lown by stenographer in the pres
7nce Of Capt Nootbear and Lieut..
Crotty Of the Chicago police, who
later made public a copy Of what
,hey had obtained.
The story given out as told BY the
woman is that Conway, the circus
,lown, high diver and acrobat, and
his wife, the former queen of bur
esque," were out of work and pen
1iless in Chicago, where they had
3een invited as guests OF the mur-
Tered woman, Miss Singer taunted
them with their helplessness on thf
fatal night, according to the alleged
'onfession, and suggested that Mrs
onway make some money in an i'm
| moral way.
Knocks Woman Down.
Enraged by the proposal Conwa!
,aocked the woman down, gagge,j
tid Iobbed her, it continues, ana
me pair not knowing that the Sin
@er woman vas dead fed fron tae
city with the meager loot Of st&
va ch they took from her effects.
and two suits of clothes belon2iMn
10 w. K, Worthen, Miss Singer 4
ance.
While the alleged confession was
icing wrung from the woman Con
vay covered in cell hearing tht
.e"eams and pleadings Of his wife.
not knowing what was going on, and
lanied the privilege of speaking to
anyone. The police expect him to
break down soon and make state
I,aent The assertion by the woman
that she is married to Conway will
be verified If she is his wife shc
annot testify against him.
Lived With Miss Singer.
The statement made public by the
police as the formal confession o.
Mrs, Conway is in part as follows:
Sophia invited us to come to Chi
ago We took a suite Of three
'ooms for light housekeeping. My
husband and | occupied one of the
led rooms and Miss Singer and
Northen, her fiance, occupied the
1ther We were out of money and
sophia knew this before we came to
Chicago. On the night of the kill.
'ng we had dinner together and
Worthen went out. Sophia went out
to post letter and came back after
4 while with her shoes wet. She
took them off and was III her stock
ing feet about to change them. We
had quarreled a little about the ex
pense which Sophia was paying.
Sophia said we were not doing
anything to get money, She said
she had met a rich old man and
wanted me to go out with her to
meet him and another man. Con
was furious at this. He said | die
not have to make money that way
was washing dishes. heard q
fall / went into the bedroom and
Sophia was lying there. My hus
band 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