The Sentinel=record., 1912-11-03
ACKNOWLEDGES STRUCK MISS SINGER BUT DID NOT KNOW
 HE HAD KILLED HER.
CORRODORATES WIPES STORY
Acknowledges He Took $25 and Two Suits of Clothes from Murdered Woman's Room-cIaims He
 Acted in Self Defense.

Chicago. Nov 2.--Broken by s6 hours silent treatmenf,'" Charles N. Kramer confessed this afternoon that he killed sophia Singer. the Baltimore heiress. found murdered here on Mon- day night. Kramer. whose stage name is Conway, added a new feature to the statement made yesterday by his wife, Beatrice Ryall-Kramer, known as the ''burlesque queen" He said that he knocked - Miss Singer down in self defense when she attack ed him with a razor after ne had rebuked her for making, he said. a suggestion to Mrs. Kramer to go out and meet some men. Kramer exoner- ated his wife from all blame in con- nection with the crime.
 Kramer, the former clown, high diver, and circus acrobat, paced hisz cell all night begging for a word from the turnkeys, who refused to vouch- safe aim syllable. He answered his wife's outcries as she made her con fession yesterday but could ges no in- formation as to their cause or what she said. Today Captain Nootbaar began systematic passing of Kram- CTS cell, occasionally saying, well, do lyou want to see me-" Finally, Kram- CT broke into tears and begged to be allowed to tell his story. Wrist he pleaded 10 see his wife. It was not allowed
 Don't send me back to that black cell" he cried. "l'll tell 1t alIn
 Kramers story differed from his wife's only in the detail that he claim cd self defense in justification. He said he never meant to kill Miss Sing CT and that he bound and gagged her to prevent her making an outcry He said he took $35 from Miss Singers purse ans, two suits of clothes belong ing to w. R. Worthen, Miss Singers fiance, because he was penniless and was shabbily clad He and his vile fed through sthhe ailay ha said hon- ing to get away before Miss Singer revived believing that she would not want to come into publicity by prose- cutting them. The man told his life history after he ran away from homs to join a circus. He said he had been convicted of horse stealing and thas he had served an IS months sentence in reformatory.
 Kramer after promising to tell, was confronted by his wife. He de- manded to hear from her own lips that sne had confessed to what she knew The woman was brought be- fore him weeping. Then he ended his resistance.
 Yes, | did It." he said. q killed Sophia Singer"
 Kramer and the woman were then formally charged with the murder. Worthen is detained as witness.
 "Sae wanted my wife to sell herself. She proposed that they meet two strange men," said Kramer. T re- sented this and rebuked Miss Singer. We had some words and then she at tempted to strike me with a door knob 1 wrestled this from her and then she picked up razor from my dresser and rushed at me. struck her with the door knob. She fell on the floor and the razor dropped from her grasp. My wife had no hand in it. She had left the room before the as- sault occurred. did not think that Miss Singer was seriously hurt and So bound and gagged her to prevent her making an outcry. In this acted alone also"
 Conway tnen told the manner of his flight from the Indiana avenue board ing house. He said he did not hear of his vielEn's death until Tuesday morning when he read 1t in news paper.
 Conway said the assault upon Miss Singer occurred between and g:20 in the evening His wife had said 1t was at II o'clock He said they pdcked suit cases before leaving the rooming house.
 T am not convicted yet, and whats more, I won't be. he declared, assnnl- ing a defiant attitude as he was led away to his cell.
 Kramer said he was born at Sf. Mary's, O., March ?, 1886. The in quest on the body of his victim will be resumed on Monday.
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