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. After the failure of the Anhut company, he eventually moved to New York, where he gained admittance to the bar. 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. Anhut was found guilty of bribery, and was sentenced to not less than four years in the State Prison. 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. References 1977 deaths 1884 births Businesspeople from Detroit 20th-century American businesspeople American founders of automobile manufacturers American hoteliers New York (state) lawyers 20th-century American lawyers