Henry Knott
March 24, 1842-Oct. 27, 1896
Niles Weekly Mirror (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Wednesday, October 28, 1896, page 4, col. 4
Henry Knott was found dead on the Big 4 track on Tuesday morning with the left side of his head crushed being run over by a train. He leaves a wife and three daughters. He was engaged in work in the Ohio Paper mill.
Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Tuesday, October 27, 1896, page 3, col. 3
FOUND DEAD
Henry Knott, an Old Resident
HIS SKULL CRUSHED BY TRAIN
Report That He Was Murdered Has
No Foundation
Henry Knott was found dead on the Big Four railroad tracks this morning, at a spot fully 40 rods south of the Broadway bridge. The first known of the case was from Wm. Parks, who works at the Ohio Paper mill. Mr. Parks came down the Big Four tracks at 6:30 this morning, saw a man lying at the side of the track and without stopping to investigate, hastened down town and reported to Wendell Jauchstetter. Mr. Jauchstetter thinking that the man was of course alive, went to W.B. Bunbury's barn where a team was procured and driven to the spot, but it was soon found that the man was dead and had probably been killed some time before. Acting Coroner Richard Dobson was notified and arrived on the scene at about 7 o'clock and impaneled the following jury: Wendell Jauchstetter, Thos. Dean, August Miller, Chas. A. Williams, Ellis Rumsey and John Deam. The jury adjourned until 0 o'clock tomorrow morning when they will meet in the office of Justice Dobson. Undertaker Paul Skalla then took charge of the body.
An autopsy by Drs. S. Belknap and F.N. Bonine, showed that the man's skull on the left side of the head was crushed in, but no other mark was found on the body, hence Knott must have been lying on the track. The doctors think he was killed several hours before. There was a freight train at about 3 o'clock which might have struck him, although the doctors think it more probable that he was killed the night before by the 7 o'clock train.
Mr. Know was a workman in the Ohio Paper mill and was there yesterday morning but did not work during the day. He was seen on the street yesterday several times.
Mr. Knott reside in the German settlement, northeast of the M.C. Depot, and leaves a wife and three daughters, Annie, Louis and Mary. He was born in Meimers, Salzungon county, Sachsen Minningen, Germany, in 1842 and started for this country March 15, 1861. He was a member of Frank Graves' Post, G.A.R., in good standing and the post will have charge of the funeral, the time of which has not been set.
Niles Daily Star (Niles, Berrien Co., MI), Thursday, October 29, 1896, page 3, col. 2
The funeral services of Henry Knott took place from the Lutheran chruch at 2 o'clock this afternoon. The were conducted under the auspices of Frank Graves Post, G.A.R. A large number attended.