The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-02-27
IS FOUND
HANGING BY NECK
Christian C. Knebleau Com
mits Suicide at Home on
Twelfth West.

Christian G. Knebleau, A laborer, 5d
years of age, was found dead yesterday,
hanging by the neck from a bedroom
transom bar in his home. Ii9 North
Twelfth West street.
From the bent position OF the knees
and the height at which the body was
suspended II was evident that the man
had lifted his feet from the floor and
held them up in order to swing clear,
The condition Of the body was such
that death must have occurred several
days ago. Knebleau was last seen alive
one week ago yesterday, the day after
ne drove his wife and little daughter from
the house. According TO his wife. he was
a heavy drtnker and was In a. fufy OF
intoxication when he drove them away.
The woman and child had not been near
the place since that time and learned
OF the suicide last night after the body
had been cut down by the police and re-
moved to the undertaking rooms or Jo-
seph William Taylor.
The discovery Of the body was made by
Freddie Kane. the S-year-old son OF Mrs.
Fred Kane neighbor OF the knebleaus,
Mrs. Kane went to the Knebleau home to
ask if she might have a bucket OF city
water because her mother. who was visit
ing her, did not like the artesian water
with which the Kane home was provided.
No one answered her knock, II was then
that her little son peered through the
window and saw the body al the man
hanging In the bedroom doorway Mrs,
Kane went Immediately to the residence
OF S A. Earnshaw. sos Colorado avenue.
and from there word was telephoned 10
the police. shortly alter o CLOCK yes
terday afternoon.
Chauffeur George Moore and Patrolman n
F. e. Tripp responded to the call and
found the body hanging to the transom
bar by a short rope. The suicide had
broken the glass of the transom TO en-
able aim to put the rope over the bar.
In addition to his wife and child, kneb--
lean Is survived by a brother, August
Mrs Knebleau received the news last
night OF the finding OF her husband 5 dead
body with but little show Of emotion:
427 west Third North street. where she
and her little daughter, Mary Irene, had
secured rooms and were hiding from
Knebleau. In speaking of the affair: Mrs.
knebleau said TO reporter for The
Tribune:
saw my husband last week ago
Wednesday afternoon. The same
morning he had driven me and my
little girl from the house and ] went
back and talked TO him while he was
standing in the yard, 1 got one OF
the nelghbors TO get the clothing OF
myself and my little daughter from
the house while he was out and last
Sunday we came here. We had ar
ranged for no one to tell him where
we were staying and so things prom
ised TO be little better, He had
been of no help to me for some time
past in earning a living, as all he
earned was spent for drink. earn
a living for myself and the little girl
by doing domestic work for various
families. 1t is too bad. but no worse
than things have been for some time.
We lost our home through his drink
ing.
Mrs Knebleau said that her husband
was n native OF Denmark that ne came
TO America about thirty years ago and
that he came here from California She
was married to him here eleven years
ago.