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Sword Swallowers Association International (SSAI) Sword Swallower's Hall of Fame. William "Delno" Sherman Fritz (1. February 1. 6, 1. Ashley, Luzerne County, Wilkes- Barre, PA, one of 1. Martha Stevens Fritz (of Hallsetown, Cornwall, England 1. Nathan Delong Fritz (1.

William Delno Fritz had a younger brother named Nathan D. Fritz Jr. who was born in Ashley PA (1. Ada Fritz (1. 87. Robert Price in 1. Mrs. Robert Price, mother of sword swallower Edna Price.

At the age of 1. 1, lost a leg while hopping a freight train in Wilkes- Barre, PA, so he wore a wooden leg and walked with a cane the rest of his life. Delno Fritz claimed to have learned sword swallowing in 1. Fritz also claimed to have studied sword swallowing later in the early 1. Chevalier Cliquot when they both worked at the Wonderland Museum in Scranton, PA (Fritz' first known performance as a fire eater and sword swallower Sept 6, 1. Watch Global Metal Online Full Movie here. Harry Davis Eden Musee in Harrisburg, PA (Cliquot performed there 9 days later on Sept 1. The two sword swallowers were constantly competing and performing within weeks of each other in performances and medical examinations in competing museums, medical centers and Dime Museums in Philadelphia, Chicago, Boston, and eventually England.

On January 2. 9, 1. Will Fritz" performs with Evaleen as a "curious constellation" in Wilkes- Barre, PA. Fritz must have been playing with variations of his name at this early time in his career. In August and September 1.

Delno Fritz was featured as the fire eater at Sultan's Retreat in New York. According to an article published on January 1. Harrisburg Telegraph (Harrisburg, PA): "In the curio hall of the Harry Davis' Eden Musee, Coffey, the dude skeleton, will hold receptions, as will Delno Fritz, a famous sword swallower.". According to an article in the New York Evening World dated August 2.

Manager Huber, at the Fourteenth Street Museum, promises for the coming week, Prince Tinymite, "the smallest living man on earth; " the Cranks Convention, Delma Fritz and Maud Churchill, sword swallowers; Ida Smith with a den of alligators, and others.." According to an article in the NY Times dated Sept. Huber's 1. 4th St. Museum - First apprearance here of LEONZO BROTHERS and their famous company of players in the grand local drama, The Dog Spy.

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HORN trained birds, DELMO FRITZ and MAUD CHURCHILL, sword swallowers, EMMA BROWN, spotted girl, ROSE CALLAHAN, bearded lady." Another article from the Sept 2, 1. New York Sun reports performing at Huber's 1. St. Museum"Delmo Foutz and Maud Churchill, sword swallowers". While performing together sometime between September and November 1. Delno Fritz married 1. Maud Churchill at the New York City Hall.

On November 1. 2, 1. Wilkes- Barre Times Leader reported that Prof.

Delno Fritz was heading to the Wonderland Musee and Theatre in Philadpelphia, PA with his new wife Maud Churchill to perform there the week of December 3- 7, 1. Mr. Fritz intends to retire in the near future, as his feats are injuring his health.". Gettin` It Full Movie. In early 1. 89. 5, Fritz suffered a serious injury while performing in Boston, MA. According to the March 3, 1. Philadelphia Times, "Delano Fritz, the sword swallower who nearly bled to death in Boston a few weeks ago, has recovered and will be seen for the first time since the accident" at the Ninth and Arch Museum in Philadelphia.

On May 8, 1. 89. 5, Delno Fritz was featured at Clark Street Dime Museum in Chicago. After working closely or competing with Chevalier Cliquot in Pennsylvania and Chicago, it appears that in September of 1. Fritz decided to begin to market himself as an exotic Frenchman from Paris and take on a title similar to that of "Chevalier Cliquot" by calling himself "Chevalier Fritz". From September 9th- 1. Chevalier Fritz", the "Parisian Sword Swallower" was featured at Austin and Stone's Museum in Boston according to articles in the Boston Post. An article dated September 1. Chevalier Fritz" swallowed ticking watches and eleven swords at once at Austin and Stone's Museum in Boston.

On September 2. 8, 1. Chevalier Fritz" was featured in the Cincinnati Enquirer dated Septmeber 2. A few weeks later, Chevalier Cliquot was also featured in Boston swallowing fourteen swords at once). On October 1. 3, 1. Delno Fritz was again featured at Ninth and Arch Museum in Philadelphia according to an ad in the Philadelphia Times dated October 1.

On November 2. 2, 1. Delno Fritz was featured at Park Street Opera House in Bordentown NJ. In December 1. 89. Delno Fritz was again featured in the curio hall of the Ninth and Arch Museum in Philadelphia, according to an article in the December 1. Philadelphia Times: "Delno Fritz, who is beyond question, the most daring and versatile of living sword- swallowers, will raise a big crop of goose flesh upon everybody with sufficient hardihood to gaze upon his blood- curdling performances.

Some of the razor- edged weapons which Delno Fritz thrusts down his throat are long enough to penetrate several inches beyond the stomach. A startling climax to his act is the firing of a heavily loaded gun, balanced upon a sharp bayonet, which rests in Fritz' interior.". According to an article in the February 4, 1. Scranton Republican, "Maud Fritz, better known locally as Maud Churchill, through her counsel, Mr. Scragg, asked for a divorce from William Fritz. She is an actress and he also connected with the stage.

They were married in City Hall, New York in 1. The father and mother of the petitioner allege that on one occasion Fritz and his wife started to quarrel before them and then retreated to another room. They heard her scream, and rushing in, found Fritz choking her. When he was reprimanded, he said he could do as he pleased with her, kill her if he wanted to. The father swore that he heard Maud say in the presence of her husband that she was locked in a room in Boston without food for three days and three nights (Sept 9- 1. Fritz explained this by saying that he went out with the boys and got drunk, played poker and lost all his money." On March 9, 1. April 1. 6, 1. 89.

Scranton Tribune. One month later, on April 1. Maud Churchill was remarried to Conductor Wm. C. Edwards by Rev.

L. C. Floyd in Scranton, PA according to an article in the Scranton Republican dated April 1. April 1. 6, 1. 89. Scranton Tribune: "William C. Edwards and Miss Maude Churchill were united in marriage Tuesday evening (April 1.

Rev. L. C. Floyd, D. D. presiding elder of the Binghamton district, at her home, 1. Adams avenue. The bride, though only 1. March 9, 1. 89. 6 from William Fritz, an actor, who ill- treated and abandoned her, making her condition intolerable and life a burden. Mr. Edwards is a conductor in the employ of the Scranton Traction company, and lived at 5.

North Bromley avenue.". According to an article dated February 9, 1. New York Times, "Delmo Fritz" performed at Huber's 1. St. Museum in New York with Eli Bowen the legless wonder. In 1. 89. 6, Delno Fritz was featured as the sword swallower with Barnum and Bailey Circus.

On February 7, 1. Boston Post reports about upcoming shows at Austin & Stone's Museum in Boston, "Chevalier Fritz will be an attraction. Chevalier is a sword- swallower, not one of the every- day sort, but a sword swallower who doesn't stop with one sword, but who actually swallows a dozen at one time. He has been a long- time attraction at the London Aquarium where he acquired the name of the human ostrich. Fritz also borrows watches from persons in the audience, and they slip into his stomach as easily as the swords. Patrons of Austin & Stone's Museum will have the chance to see a man swallow watches this week, for the management has secured for one of its attractions the famous Chevalier Fritz, whose feats at swallowing swords, watches, rapiers, razors, and stilettos have made him a world- wide reputation.

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