The Big Stone post. (Big Stone Gap, Va.) 1890-1892, 1891-06-12
4 PRIEST GONE WRONG.
He Weeds Wide Row For Il Time But
Drink Gives Him Away.
Now York Dispatch.l

He Weeds Wide Row For Il Time But
Drink Gives Him Away.
New York Dispatch.)
81 am satisfied" said the venerable
Bishop, that Father Yodyszus is a very
bad man. His is the worst case of the
kind that has ever come under my notice.
He has been suspended from the exercises
of his pricstiy functions and has no stand
ing whatever as q priest Of the Roman
Catholic Church. He has, however, dis
regarded the suspension and is still, am,
told, officiating as usual in st. Georges
Church. shall now excommunicate
| him
According to Mrs. Czesnewiez she at
tended mass at Father, YodysZus's church
on the previous Tuesday. There were
only two other persons in the church, a
man and a woman, whom she did not
know. After mass Mrs. Czcanewiez said
she went into the sacristy and bought a
holy candle for % cents. She then
alleges that Father Yodyszus invited her
to his house, saying that he would bless
the candle if she would come in. She
consented, and on reaching the priests
house he took the candle into an inner
room, while she sat talking with the SER
want. Suddenly the priest appeared
bringing a glass of whiskey, which she
drank. Later he brought in the candle
and some beer He then leaned over her.
Mrs Czesncwez alleges, and kissed her
on the mouth. Mrs. Czesnewiez says she
then drank the beer, but remembers moth
ing more until Q o'clock that evening,
when she woke up and found herself in
bed in the priests room. She felt i'll,
and when she asked Father Yodyszus
where she was he told her with him. She
then began to cry, she said, and asked
what she should tell her husband.
Father Yodyszus replied "Tell him
YOU were with ne
When the husband Of the woman re-
turned from his work that night he found
his wife absent and at once began search
about the neighhorhood The search was
kept up all night When he returned to
his home he found his wife. She told
him the story. He armed himself with
club and lay in wait for the priest, but
failed to meet him. He then caused his
wife to swear out warrant for the priest
arrest.
IN TROUBLE WITH HIS moUsEKEEPER.
Father Yodyszus next turned up IN the
Fifth Precinct Station House, Williams
burg, where he entered a complaint
against his housekceper, Maggie Fial-
kowskv. whom he charged with the larcc-
nv of 1915 belonging to him. Her eyes
were swollen from weeping. She could
rot speak word of English. The SER
ecant held the woman and sent Tor
female searchcr and an interpreter. The
priest went home with Il detective to
search the house for the missing money,
but failed TO find it, When the searcher
arrived no money was found OIL the
woman's person Later the priest sent
messenger asking to have the woman
allowed to come to his house and cook
his supper The request was refused
The woman said the priest had beaten
her for talking to peddler and showed
bruises on her checks. He had thrown
her trunk out into the hallway, she said.
She then started to the police station to
enter complaint against the priest, she
said. but the latter followed her and en-
tered ahead of her and made the charge
of robbery. Next day Justice Goettins,
in the Lee Avenue Police Court, Brook
lvn, formally refused a warrant for the
arrest of the housckeepcr. Then on COM
plant of her lawyer, warrant was grant.
ed for the priests arrest on the charge OF
assault The lawyer said he had tried TO
get warrant on the charge OF attempted
malpractice, but the Justice regarded the
evidence Of that accusation then at hand
as Insufficient When she went back to
the priests house that evening for her
trunk he pulled her into his apartment
and locked the door. He finally persuad-
Cd her to remain.
The most startling revelations, though,
in connection with the history OF Father
Yodvszvs's recent misconduct arc con-
tanned in the following statement OF the
housekeepcr, Maggie Fialkowsky, to which
she has made affidavit, reading:
81 first went to live with Father odys-
xus as his housckceper, at his apartments
in North Tenth street, near bedford
avenue, Williamsburg, about five months
aco. lived there three months and two
weeks. 7 met him at the home OF my
friend. Mr.. Tcrrowsky, No. 363 Water
street. this city. He said his housekeeper
had recently been married and asked me
if I would take her place. of course
consented, supposing that l would have a
good, respectable home. [ was at that
time living with the family of Mr. Red
Ter, in Twcnty-ninth street, between Sec
ond and Third avenues. | had only been
in the priests apartments an hour or two
when he began giving me whlskey to
drink. !: (Hcr experiences, then
as sworn to by her, arc unfit to print.) tie
rave me medicine from time to time and
was ALWAYS careful about burning up the
empty mcdicinc-b boxes. He was almost
continually under the influence of liquor
and was frequently so drunk that he was
scarcely able to stand He often beat me
leaving marks which | carried for days
and sometimes weeks.