Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 April 1908 — EACH ACCUSES THE OTHER [ARTICLE]

EACH ACCUSES THE OTHER

Man and Wife with Bad Wounds in Their Throats - Chapter of “Domestic Trouble.” At Cleveland, Monday, with blood flowing from a wound in his throat Ttbomiks Murphy, a city fireman, rushed from his room In a local hotel and reported to the clerk that his wife, Mary, had attempted to kill him aud then committed suicide. Investigation developed that the woman was perhaps fatally injured by a knife wound in the throat. Taken to a hospital she is said to have told the physicians that her husband slashed her neck and then turned the knife upon himself. The couple had been separated, and it is said they were discussing a reconciliation when the alleged attempt at murder aud suicide was made.