1909 John Korda-2 misc. Leo Korda-2 too

Stevens Point Daily Journal
31 August 1909
Eagles, 2--Married Men, 1.

In one of the most interesting games of baseball seen at the Eagles park this season the Eagles defeated the Married Men by the score of 2 to 1, in 11 innings. The pitching of John Korda[-2] was the feature of the game. He allowed the Eagles only two hits, but three errors in the eleventh were responsible for the winning score. Mosey pitched good ball and was supported nicely. Korda had 14 strikeouts to his credit while Mosey had 9. Korda saved the married ones from a shut-out by making a three-base hit and stealing home a moment afterwards, also tieing the score in the eighth inning. The line-up follows:

Eagels. Married Men.
Kurszeski ...............c...............L. Korda [Leo Korda-2]
Mosey....................p...............J. Korda [John Korda-2]
A. Jaworski.............1b.............F. Landoski
Ceplina..................ss.............S. Prychla
Kosmatka...............2b............P.Waldoski
G. Jaworksi.............3b............W. Drewcyzsnki
Criss.......................1f.............J.Korbal
Hintz......................cf.............F.Falkiewicz
Povaloski................rf..............J.Lesavage

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Stevens Point Journal
30 October 1909

Miss Matilda Zelewski of Plover and Bernard Kedrowski of Stockton were married today at high noon by Justice J. B. Carpenter at his office. The subscribing witnesses were George A. Sutherland and John Korda[-2].

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Gazette
(Stevens Point)
1 December 1909
THE INQUEST CONCLUDED

Jury Finds That Jos. Melczynski Came to His Death by a Shot Fired by His Son, Frank.
The coroner's jury selected last week to hear evidence concerning the death of Joseph Melczynski, alleged to have been fatally wounded by a shot gun in the hands of his son, Frank Melczynski, in the town of Dewey on the evening of Friday, Nov. 19th, met at the court house Tuesday morning and after listening to several witnesses, rendered a verdict in accordance with the evidence.
The first witness was Mrs. Helena Melczynski, widow of the deceased, who gave testimony through John Korda[-2] as interpreter. She stated that her husband was shot at about 9 o'clock on the night of Nov. 19th, and died at nearly the same hour the following evening. The shot penetrated his left leg above the knee. The circumstances relating to the quarrel which preceded the shooting were related substantially as follows: "I was putting pieces of cloth into a basket when Frank asked me where I got the pieces and I told him I bought them in different cities where I had been at work. He said I stole them and repeated the accusation several times. I then went into the bedroom and he followed a moment later. My little boy, Vincent, also wanted to come to the room, but Frank told him to get out and tried to shove him through the doorway. I then went into the front room where my husband was and started to put into the basket some dishes that Mr. Melczynski had brought from Chicago. Frank said these were also stolen. I told him to get out of the room, when he swore at me in English. I then picked up the round of a chair and threw it at him, striking him on the right arm. Frank jumped towards me, when my husband got up from the rocking chair where he was holding the baby in his lap, when Frank swore at his father and told him that he would kill him, too. Frank then ran to the kitchen and took the gun that stood in a corner and attempted to shoot me over his father's head. I stepped to one side, when both Frank and his father ran towards the door leading outside. About that time the gun was discharged. Joseph had no weapon in his hands." The witness further stated that the father had never whipped his son and that Joseph did not strike Frank at any time that evening. When her husband was shot, Mrs. Melczynski laid him on a quilt or blanket on the floor and ran to a neighbor's house and summoned help. When she returned to her own home Dr. Daniels was there attending to the wounded man.
Leo Jeski, who lives about 25 rods from the Melczynski home, was next on the stand. He has been living in that vicinity for two months. He heard somebody cursing, followed in a moment by a shot. A little later somebody came towards his house, whom he recognized as Mrs. Melczynski. She was greatly excited and said that her husband had been shot by his son Frank. Jeski then summoned several of the neighbors, two of whom drove to Knowlton and notified a physician and also the sheriff's office in this city. When the witness went to Melczynski's house he found the man lying on the floor and much blood scattered about the kitchen. The wounded man was conscious and talked with him.
Dr. D.S. Rice of this city testified that he was called to the Melczynski home the next day, and went up in company with Dr. C. von Neuperet, Jr. Found the wounded man in bed. He was very pale, but able to speak. The physicians prepared for an operation and carried the man to the front room and put him on the table, where chloroform was administered. An opening was found in the front part of the leg on the thigh. The wound from the outside was about the size of a small pebble, but the physicians made an incision and found a hole at least two or three times as large. The bone was fractured and muscles torn and cut up like pulp. A number of fine shot were taken out, also pieces of bone. Both Melczynski and his wife protested against amputating the leg. Loss of blood as a result of the shot caused death. In the witness' opinion amputation would not have saved his life. A post-mortem examination was made the Monday following, when it was found that several small veins were ruptured. His vital organs were in normal condition.
John A. Berry, sheriff, said he first learned of the shooting about 11:30 o'clock Friday night. In company with Undersheriff Sutherland he drove to the Melczynski home, arriving there about 2 o'clock. Dr. Daniels and several neighbors were there. Melczynski was lying on the floor. A gun was found in the kitchen and produced in evidence as the weapon with which the murder was committed. The sheriff made a search of the premises and discovered Frank beneath some hay in the barn.
District Attorney Nelson read an ante-mortem statement made by Melczynski, describing the quarrel which preceded the shooting. The jurors then rendered a verdict that the deceased came to his death from gun shot wound inflicted by Frank Melczynski.
The young man is now in jail and will undoubtedly remain there until the March term of circuit court. He has retained Byron B. Park to defend him.

1909_John Korda-2

The Gazette

(Stevens Point)

8 December 1909

An Unfortunate Stranger

Sheriff Berry, accompanied by John Korda [-2], took a stranger, who gave his name as Claude Bergeron, to the Oshkosh asylum on this morning's Soo train. He appeared at the Soo passenger station on Monday and acted very queerly, calling for a ticket that he claimed was on file for him and making other demonstrations, and was finally taken in charge by the police. He is a young man about thirty years of age and at times said his home was in Chicago and at other times spoke of living at Eau Claire. He was examined as to his sanity by Drs. Rice and Walters at the county jail, last evening, and papers committing him to the asylum were executed.Bergerson was very boisterous and ugly yesterday and at one time it took four men to handle him, the sheriff's officials being obliged to place handcuffs upon him in order to control his actions.

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Stevens Point Journal
11 December 1909

[Wednesday]

...Claude Bergeron, the man picked up by the police at the Soo station as the result of a formal examination by Drs. F.A. Walters and D.S.Rice, has been transferred to the Northern asylum. Nothing new as to the history of the man, or of his legal residence, has been learned, but it is believed he is the victim of some drug habit. He was taken to the asylum by Sheriff Berry and John Korda[-2].

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Note: In 1910 Dr. Walters became mayor of Stevens Point and presided over Common Council hearing of the saloon cases in which John Korda-2 served as interpreter. Dr. Rice amputated John Korda-2's right thumb in January 1900.

Ellen Taylor-3 Death Record

Registration District: Barton upon Irwell

1909 Death in the Sub-district of Barton in the County of Lancaster

When and where died: 10 December 1909, Workhouse Infirmary Patricroft

Name and surname: Ellen Taylor-3

Sex: Female

Age: 50

Occupation: Wife of Samuel Collier, [appears to be confusion between husband [deceased (see marriage record of Samuel Collier-2) and son here,] General Labourer of 54 Moorside Road, Flixton

Cause of Death: Epilepsy, certified by D. H.(?) Davidson, M.D.

Signature, description, and resident of the informant: [Illegible characters]nson, Master, Workhouse Patricroft

When Registered: 13 December 1909