The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-03-01
TONYS TROUBLE
WITH TWO WIVES
Gets Him Into Daviess
County Jail.
THOUGHT WIFE No. ONE DEAD
And Took Unto Himself Another
Wife No. Two, With
Twins, Weeps.
ITALIAN MUSICIANS BLUNDER

The greensboro Inquirer of Sun
day says
Tony T. Fosko, of Central City,
violinist and composer of many soul
full melodies, sits in the bull-pen at
the Daviess county Jail and cogitate5
upon the startling fact that he has
only just discovered that ne has. one
too many wives. His violin, an IN
strument blackenod by age, deco I,
rates the desk OF police headquarters
and Tony cannot sootho his troubled
soul with the honeyed and mellow
tones from his trusty fiddle.
Tony is a bigamist. lie admits t.
! but claims that he is the victim Of
cruel circumstances. He has ore
wife in Owensboro and another, and
newer one, in Central City. Judge
Slack will have to straighten the
matter out
The warrant for Fosko's arrest
was sworn out by Mrs. Mary Hunter
Fosko, living on Hathaway street ia
this city. She alleges that Fosko
married her in Central City on Sep
TENDER 30. 1910, and Fosko says
she's right In 1914 at Metropolis,
ILL.,, Miss Rosa Smith became Mrs.
Fosko the second. and she is now in
Central City, caring for twins born
to the second union.
Fosko was first taken BY the po-
lice on the charges OF drunkenness
and disorderly conduct. He appear
ed at the home of wife No. 1, on
Hathaway street, and according to
the story of Mrs. Fosko the first.
started to take possession of the
premises in ways and by means that
indicated he was very, very angry
and up to no good at all. So peeved
was Fcsko that his wife called Cap
tain Lyons and he was locked up
Then the Owensboro wife got busy
and swore out the warrant charging
Bigamy
ooh, / married both of them all
right" said Fosko Saturday after
noon as he stood in the jail corridor.
But | didn't mean to be a bigamist.
wasn't brought up that way and I
know better" he declared.
:T'll tell you how it was. | mar
ried Mary Hunter IN Central City
and we lived there for awhile. Then
she "beat It" with another man. She
busted up my little home, and bust
cd up the home Of the woman whose
husband went away with her. One
day fellow says to me. Tony. your
wife's dead. | was already keepin'
company with little girl in Central
City. and We went over TO Metropolis
and got married.
Last Thursday night came over
here with bunch of fellows from
Central City. Some woman ! saw
that night asked me what my name
was and I told her. She says. oh,
L
told me about Mary Hunter Twin
here, that was the first idea / had
that she wasn't dead. So went out
there to see If she was the right one.
told her | just wanted to talk to
her, but she got the police and had
me locked up. My wife in Central
City won't know what's happened to
me-"
Wife No. 2 Weeps.
Central City. KY, Feb. 26.-Tony
Fosko's wife in Central City is 10
years of age. Before marriage she
was Miss Rosa Smith. of Paducah.
Entranced by the sweet strains of
Fosko's violin. she married him in |
Paducah December 4, 1914. She !
knew that Fosko had lived with IAN
other woman but she did not be-
lievo they were married and she also
had information that the previous
partner had committed suicide.
Fosko left Central City Thursday
morning to play for dance at
Drakesboro, nine miles south of Cen
trail Sity. His wife did not know
he was In Greensboro. supposing
that the dance might still be going !
on. When informed that Fosko was /
under arrest In Greensboro on big :
amy charge. Mrs. Foko No. 2 broke
down and wept copiously. Fosko Is