The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1917-06-22
ARRESTED FOR
REPRESENTATION
DIR. FRITZ, WHO RECENTLY
LECTURED IN PARIS, TAKEN
INTO CUSTODY FOR PERSONAL.
ING ARMY OFFICER.


self as an authorized recruiting off
Ger for the United States army, AMI
thereby obtaining money from his
audiences, DR.. John Fritz, of Coving-
ton, who lectured to Paris audiences
recently, was arrested in Louisville,
by United States Deputy Marshal
Workman, on an affidavit sworn to by
Maj. ]. S. Battle, in charge of the
Louisville recruiting station.
Patriotic motives inspired him,
said DR.. Fritz, who claims Waco,
Texas, as his home, to take to the
lecture platform to secure recruits.
He admitted taking up collections,
but said that the mony, with the ex-
ception of small sum to defray his
personal and necessary expenses, had
been turned over to the Red Cross Or
ganizations at each place he lectured.
He said he had been the means of OBJ
tanning more than two hundred re-
cruits for Uncle Sans army. He
has in his possession letters of rec
concentration from the military au-
thorities in Texas and Ohio.
The affidavit which caused Fritz
arrest charges specifically that he
secured money from a number of peo-
pie at Lagrange, Ky, on June 10,
during a lecture there and that he
had misrepresented himself to Capt.
Thos. F. Lyons, commander of the
local Marine Corps recruiting Office
as a member of the Medical Reserve
Corps. 1t was also ascertained that
he had secured money in different
sums at Millersburg, Paris, Cynthi-
ana, Falmouth, and a number of
ether Central Kentucky towns.
DR.. Fritz was unable to furnish
bond in the sum of 81 900 and was
remanded to Jail. He wired the story
of his arrest to City Manager Dan
Durbin at Cynthiana, and told him
he was in Jail as the result of pro-
German plot, that he needed a law
made no reply. Fritz examining
trial was set for two o'clock, next
Tuesday afternoon before United
States Commissioner John p. Haswell,
in Louisville.
DR.. Fritz appearance in Paris foi-
lowed a telegram sent by him from
Lexington to the Red Cross people of
Paris, asking for a speaking date
here. He came to Paris and spoke at
the court house on June 4, and at
the Grand Opera House the same
night. At the latter place collec-
ton amounting to over 500 was
taken I'D for the Red Cross work,
after an eloquent address by DR..
Fritz, but he did not handle cent
of the funds, which were promptly
turned over to the Red Cross. When
the collection was started DR.. Fritz
placed five-dollar bill on one of the
plates, stating that it was all he had
in the world. This was returned to
him at the close of the meeting.
A number of his utterances here
created suspicion that he was not all
on the square. He claimed to be
member of the medical corps OF the
army, and said that he would sail In
a few days for the fighting zone, and
that he never expected to return
alive. This statement had very de-
pressing effect upon a number OF
young men in the audience, who had
previously expressed their intention
of enlisting in the service.
DR.. Fritz was well-received wher-
ever he spoke, as he had very con-
vincing and affable manner. AT
Millersburg, and other places where
he spoke before and after leaving
Paris the news of his arrest created
CONSERVATION. From the collection
taken at Millersburg he is said tn
have received SIS for his personal
expenses, and the rest was turned
over to the Millersburg Red Cross
Society.