Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 192, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 August 1915 — MONTICELLO AROUSED BY REPORTED TRAGEDY [ARTICLE]

MONTICELLO AROUSED BY REPORTED TRAGEDY

Tomasco Had Killed His Wife— Reported In Monticello That Michael Story Was Not Complete. There was great excitement in Monticello at about 4 o’clock Friday afternoon when a report reached that city that Michael Tomasco, a tenant on the-farm of Charles Spencer, southwest of that city, had murdered his wife and was on his way to find Spencer. The news spread rapidly and a big crowd gathered on the street, awed over the one tragedy and anticipating another. At about 4:30 Tomasco appeared on the street riding bareback and seemingly in a great hurry. The man was unarmed and seemed surprised at the large crowd gathered about. He was stopped by a deputy sheriff but could not tell a coherent story. He said he wanted a doctor and that his wife was badly hurt. He finally made the officer and the crowd understand that his wife had been struck and hurt by some man who had come to order them off the place. Dr. Coffin was secured and took the man to the farm. Nothing further has been learned here regarding the outcome of an investigation of the trouble.