A ROOMING HOUSE MURDER

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 263, 29 March 1913, Page 10

A ROOMING HOUSE MURDER

STP.AXOMXC OF SOPHTA SINGER. Chicago. March 10. Charles Conway, the professional high ilivpr. who was charged wit.li the murder of a young unmarried woman. Sophia Singer, whom lip. strangled in a Chicago rooming-house a fpw months back, was, with his wifp. placed upon trial ypsterday. Both prisoners wpi'p convicted and sentenced, the husband to imprisonment, for life and his wife to 14 years. The murder of Miss Singer was a. very brutal one. The prime was perpetrated in the latter part of October at a. room-"ing-honsp at which the young woman was staying, and there was lit.Uo doubt that robberv was the motive for it. since CO in money and C2OO worth of jewellerv which the victim was known to have had in her possession were found missing. Conway and bis wife, the latter of whom was'on the stage, and was professionally known ?s liealricc Rvall. were traced'to Ohio and arrested there ii few days after the murder. At the impiest fouwav told a remarkable story. TTe admitted that he had killed Miss Singer, but averred that be bad done so "in self-defence." lie said be was sorry for what he had done, but declared that j he had to "stand up" for hi- wife when the murdered woman tried to induce her to lend a life of shame.