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James Harrison Kennedy, Wilson Miles Day. "Noted Criminal and Other Cases." The Bench and Bar of Cleveland Page 109. (Cleaveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Printing and Publishing Company, 1889) Internet Archive
(https://archive.org/details/cu31924028849093 : accessed 28 June 2014)
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The case of Frank Allois Fritz, indicted in September, 1881, for the murder of George Williams, on June 25th, 1881, was eagerly watched by the general public. Fritz was only a boy, and his crime was committed without the slightest provocation. He had entered the restaurant kept by Williams, on Superior street, in the city of Cleveland, and, after ordering and eating a meal, had deliberately shot the proprietor. He was indicted on September 7th, 1881, and plead not guilty. The trial was postponed, and continued through several terms, until finally, on June 9th, 1888, a nolle pros, was entered. The proceedings began before Judge Henry McKinney, with Prosecutor Carlos M. Stone and Assistant Prosecutor P. H. Kaiser representing the state, and attorneys John C. Hutchins and Sam M. Eddy appearing for the defense. Fritz's lawyers claimed that he was insane, and he strengthened their arguments by suddenly going into a hysterical condition in the court room. This brought the trial to a close, and he did not again appear in court. He was removed to an insane asylum, where he soon developed insanity of a violent type.