Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-02-20
MURDER CHARGED
AGAINST ACTORS
Clown and Wife Arrested
for Brutal Murder of
Benefactress

.lnal court OF the trial Of Charles
Kramer. alias Conway. a former cir
. -s clown. acrobat and high G,'e1
..rl Dos ALLEGED RIfc. Lillian Beatrice
IRyaII CONWAY a vaudeville perform
.uth chorkered past and many
'nHses 4ho are charged with hay-
Hng murdered Miss Sophia Singer, a
wealthy young woman from Baiti-
more on the night Of October Is,
I3Ig The case has attracted con
siderable attention. owing to the
peculiarly OF some OF the features
land the sensational circumstances
under which Cons az ana his wife
we're arrested a few weeks after the
murder.
Hiss Sophia G.. Singer. the victim
Of the crime. was the daughter Of
the late Frank G.. Singer formerly
wealthy business man Of Baltimore
THE family was well connected Miss
Singer vas wealthy Ia her own name,
having Inherited 10000 from her
fathers estate About a year ago
she became acquainted with VIM u.
IWortheu. then a street railway con
Iductor ID baltimore. She fell 10
Hove with him. and early in October
I last year she gathered together her
I Jewels and about 81 900 Ia cash and
Ielopod with WOrthcn 10 Chicago.
They rented furnished rooms in a
rOOming house az 1929 Indiana ave-
nue. and lived there together 10 the
day OF the murder Their neighbors
in the same apartment were Charles
Kramer. alias Charles a Conway.
and his alleged wife. vaudeville
singer, known as Beatrice Ryall
Maymc Coyne." Grace Coyne.
and Lillian Beatrice Ryall Con-
way Kramer had formerly been a
circus performer. hut had lost one
'of his legs through an accident II
Is alleged that Kramer and his wife
we're practically down and out and
we're befriuded and financially as
sisted by Miss Singer and Worthen
On thn evening OF October 2Nth.
Worthen left his sweetheart alone Boo
their apartment and attended to-
some business matters When hc re-
turned 10 the house. shortly after
midnight he found Miss Singer dead
.u her room She had been bound
and gagged and beaten TO death
with billy improyised out OF an
IRON door knob wrapped in a hand.
kerchief Her skull was crushed and
her body bad been rolled mp 10 a
blanket.
, Morthcn aroused tho neigh 9ors
and informed the police. giving a
minute account of his movements |
from the moment he lefI the house
until be returned 10 the apartment
and found the body of his sweet !
heart lie was arrested on suspicion |
and thorough search of the apart /
mont was made by detectives rhe /
brought - hah' that !
Kramer and his wife had left the /
house 1,tWpou 30 ana n clock On /
The evening OF the mgrle; and had /
NOT re'J ucl to their anl 'mer, Al
thorough search Nas made ,nr them .
ls tho police authorities began TO
suspect f1at thc couple had some.
thing 60 20 with Che murder OF Miss /
SINGER
Or vas known that Miss Singer had
% cons d'rablo sUu ~ money 100 her
possess 'u az the time of her death.
'u' when The apartment was search
nd after the murder no money or
.rW"Iry was found by the detectives
Nortbeu was able 70 establish
.onniet, alabi and was released
from confinement after day or
two
Kramer aud his wife were traced
through several states. and on Oct
lber B they were arrested In a ho,cl
loo Lima. %. where they had arrived
he same evening They had regis
tered as Mr. and Mrs G. 4 Crowley |
'f Sidney, @ Both defined an guilt
,uovlod2c of thc details of the !
rhine although they admitted hey-
ng read about DO Separately Kra-
ner aud h.s wife we're closely qucs-
Toned hf fho police and their stare.
nenfs were $50 conflicting. their ct
empt, to clear themselves and %
hrow suspicion upon other per
ions. So clumsy. that both we're held
ith0ut bail and turned over 10 the
'hicaEo police authorities
When Kramer was arrested sn
we're found IN his pocket He cS.
'lained that before he left Chicago
diss Singer had given him s35. He
ESQ had tVo suits OF clothes which
.e claimed Miss Singer gave him.
ie had several scratches on his face
or which Dc could give no plaus,ole
Np.lnation Through "a chain ~
iroumstantial evidence n vas estah.
shed that Kramer and his wife lcf'
no. house on Indiana avenue 7o-
ween 7 and . o'clock on October Z
y. short time after Miss Singer
let her death % Is believed tina, :
ince tho arrest % the couple the % s
Ice authorities have collected
irge amount Of evidence OF SER ,
rs nature and that upon the
'rength o. this evidence the pros a
cufiOn will demand tina, tho do