The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-02-09
WAS IT HOMICIDE :?
ALBERT FRITSCHE DIES UNDER Pc
CULIAR CONDITIONS IN JAIL.
SKULL HAD BEEN FRACTURED
And It is Claimed That Death Resulted
From wounds Received After Being
Thrown Out of Sa1oon-Was
Well Known German.

The question that is agitating the
police and people of KenOsha is how
did Albert Fritsche receive the injuries
which resulted in his death at the
county Jail on Sunday afternoon.
Fritsche is a German and at the
time of his death was employed as a
porter in the saloon on Main street
conducted by Frank Tuerk and on
Saturday night about midnight he was
found by officer Cook lying in a pool of
blood in the entrance to the clothing
store of Isermann Bros. on Main street.
He was taken to the county Jail and
was slated for intoxication. The fellow
appeared to be very i'll and early Sun
day morning DR.. Frank Andre was
called to attend him. An examination
was held at once and showed that the
fellow was suffering from cerebral
hemorrhage caused by severe wound
on his head, and from which he could
not recover Other doctors were called
! in to see him, but efforts to revive the
fellow were fruitless and he never re-
gained consciousness. About l2:l5
Sunday, after enduring untold physical
agony, he died amid paroxysms of de-
| lirium.
A coroner's jury was at once called
and viewed the remains, after which
they were removed to the Krichbaum
undertaking establishment, where dur
| ing the afternoon Doctors Andre,
Windesheim and Cheever held a post
norton examination which revealed
the fact that the man came to his death
from cerebral hemorrhage resulting
from a fracture of the skull.
The manner in which Fritsche met
with the injuries resulting in his death
is mystery and it is reported that the
investigation of the case may
unearth a case of manslaughter
in the third or fourth degree.
The story involving the charge
of manslaughter centers around the
connection of the. dead German with
the Tuerk saloon on Main street.
Fritsche was a German, between
thirty and forty years of age. and by
occupation was peddler of German
books and calendars. Besides this he
was employed at the Tuerk saloon as a
general porter.
He went to the saloon on Saturday
evening and had been paid off. After
this he spent some time about the
saloon, and when the saloon was closed
Saturday night at 1l:30, according to
the story of Frank Tuerk, the pro-
prietor of the saloon, Fritsche went
out accompanied by John Binninger, a
man employed as bartender of the
saloon. This is the last conscious ex-
istence of Fritsche. According to the
story told the fellow was not put out OF
the saloon but went out of his own &C
cord.
Tell Tale Blood Spots.
This story is deTied by the police and
the District Attorney, who claimed
that Binninger admitted on Saturday
evening that Fritsche had been elected
from the saloon by him, and later he
had picked him up and carried him
and laid him in the entrance to the
Isermann store, where Officer Cook
found him.
All along the sidewalk in front OF
the stores in the neighborhOOd are a
host of tell tale blood spots, showing
that the dead man met with his injury
near the saloon.
After Binninger had lett the fellow
he returned to the saloon and walked
home with Frank Tuerk. The latter
claimed that Binninger did not say
anything to him about Fritsche being
injured, and that they did not see him
lying in the doorway.
Everything points to the fact that
Fritsche met with his injuries through
accident and his money which he had
on his person was found clutched in his
hand when he was taken to jail. He
was also in possession of several pieces
of jewelry, so that any idea of attempt
ed robbery is out of the question.
Fritsche had lived in Kenosha only a
short time and came here from Mil
waukee. He Was known to have been
hard drinker and said to have been
quarrelsOme when intoxicated. Ac-
cording to Tuerk he belongs to a good
family in Germany and is possessed of
considerable wealth.
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