Frederick Leibknecht

- 1857

• Name	Frederick Leibknecht
  Gender	Male
  Misfortune	1857	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	suicide
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-204046
  Died	Jul 1857	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I204046	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

• Notes

  LEIBKNECHT - An inquest was held in Preston on Friday last by Mr. Coroner Seagram of Galt upon the body of a man named Frederick Leibknecht which had been found suspended by a rope to a beam in the shed at the rear of the residence of Mr. Kreaman. The facts elicited by the inquest were that the deceased had risen from his bed about 10 o'clock on the previous night, and went out of Mr. Kresman's house where he was stopping, and that he had deliberately hung himself. Leibknecht must have gone about his purpose in the most cool manner as he had evidently went up a ladder which led to the loft, and after tying the rope around his neck and fastening it to a beam, jumped off in the most approved Jack Ketch style. The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the above facts. The deceased was a German by birth, and only arrived in Preston about two weeks ago. Hamilton Spectator 10 Jul 1857

  
  

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