John Nicholson Anhut Explained

John Nicholson Anhut (January 8, 1884May 1977) was the founder of the Anhut Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan.

Biography

Anhut married Elizabeth Bouvier Walsh.

He was elected to the Michigan Senate in 1908. He represented the 4th district from 1909 to 1910 as a Republican.^[1] After the failure of the Anhut company, he eventually moved to New York, where he gained admittance to the 26.^[2]

In 1912 he was accused of attempting to bribe physicians of Harry K. Thaw while Thaw was institutionalized at the Matteawan State Hospital for the Criminally Insane.^[3] Anhut was found guilty of bribery, and was sentenced to not less than four years in the State Prison.^[4]

In the 1930s Anhut was active in the hotel industry, buying the Imperial and Clifford hotels in downtown Detroit, as well as being the attorney for the Detroit Hotel Association.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Andrey to Anthonis. . May 25, 2024.
2. News: Two To Four Years Anhut's Sentence. 10 December 2012. New York Times. May 24, 1913.
3. News: Admits Thaw Retained Him, but in Affairs Other Than Fight for Freedom. . John N. Anhut, mentioned by Dr. John R. Russell in the Thaw bribery attempt case, spent yesterday afternoon with friends in the Union League and Lotos Clubs. He was interviewed last night in the Grand Central Station by a Times reporter. He denied emphatically that he was concerned in any attempt to procure the release of Harry K. Thaw from Matteawan. . . February 24, 1913 . 2009-12-31 .
4. News: Two To Four Years Anhut's Sentence. 10 December 2012. New York Times. May 24, 1913.
5. Web site: Rudisill. Alvin. Anhuts-Father and Son. Ypsilanti Gleanings. 10 December 2012.