The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-10
VERDICT WAS FOUND
AGAINST KORNEWSKI
Was Held Responsible for the Death Of
Mrs. Gindzyiiwicz.
SERIOUS CHARGE IS AGAINST HIN
His Victim Made a Deathbed Confess
sion to Her Husband and lie Told
II to the Coroner's Jury-.Anaiysis
ofa "Doctor's'' Medicines and Corr
oner Longstree,s Autopsy Testi-
mony Makes Out a Strong case
Against the Missing Doctor.

It is Just as we'll for "Dr." Frank
kornewski that he is in parts unknown
to the city's authorities. This was in
dicated by last nights verdict OF the
coroner's jury on the death of Mrs.
Magdalene Gindzyliwicz. and by the
evidence which justified the verdict
that the woman came to her death
from septic peritonitis or blood pois-
oning resulting from an attempted
criminal operation upon her by Frank
Kornewsk, who is not a registered
physician, of Lacl1.wanna county"
The woman's husband testified she
had confessed to him just before she
died that KOrnewski caused her illness
and in the manner stated in the verdict.
A letter from Chemist Benjamin to
Coroner Longstreet was read by the
latter showing the result Of the chem
lists analysis of the medicines which
Kornewsl had prescribed.
Evidence of a confirming nature was
contained in the coroner's testimony of
the autopsy which he performed last
Friday in the presence of the Jury.
HUSBANDS TESTIMONY.
John Gindzyliwicz, the husband, was
stricken. The tears wellei up in his
eyes while he was answering Coroner
I.ongstreet's questions through the in
depreciation Of A. Wislosky. one of the
jurors. The substance of his story
was as follows:
Mrs. Gind2yliwicz was II years old
and the mother of three children, two
of whom are living. She had been i'll
two weeks, and seriously i'll one week
before she died. A German midwife
had been called to the house after Mrs.
Gindzyliwicz became i'll, but Icld her
that her case was one FOR a doctor.
DR." Kornewsld was treating the pa
tient at the time and had done so
from the time she became ill until she
died. He was present when she died.
She had paid him Sc.
When his wife was dying she told
the witness that Kornewski had per-
formed an operation two weeks before
her death, or, as she said, just before
she was SO i'll.
The letter read by the corner from
Chemist Benjamin said the analysis
of one Of the medicines showed it to
be fluid extract of cotton root. A sec
ond bottle contained carbolic acid and
a third bottle compounds comparative
ly harmless.
THE CORNERS STORY.
Coroner Longstreet's testimony
Of the post mortem examination was
in detail and at considerable length.
Summarized his evidence was conclus-
i've that the woman had been operated
upon. This did not directly cause
death. The treatment caused septic
peritonitis and death resulted from
that complaint.
The jury We're not long in reaching
the conclusion mentioned ia the fore
going. They were: a. Il. tVorhi5, y.
d. Keator, John II. Brown, Patrick
Cusick. "a. Wislosky AMI John Ma
jernyik. The latter is the undertaken
to whom Gindzyliwicz first made the
charge that his wife had been 'pois-
oned."
After last Fridays post mortem ex-
animation a warrant was issued for
Kornewskls arrest and given to Coun-
ty Detective Leyshon to serve. Kor-
newski had fled, however, and has not
been arrested. Sunday Leyshon
thought he had clue to Kornewski's
hiding place but this proved to be in
correct.