John Nicholson Anhut

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

Anhut married Elizabeth Bouvier Walsh.

[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.