Hendrik Jut

Hendrik Jut (July 19, 1851 - June 12, 1878) was a murderer from The Hague. He killed two people and gained notoriety in the country comparable to Lizzie Borden in the United States or William Palmer in Britain.

He has become a part of Dutch folk culture and a carnival "strength tester" called the "Kop van Jut" ("Head of Jut", hitting a block with a large mallet, causing a bell to be rung if the blow is powerful enough) is said to be named for him. [http://www.meyson.nl/no_cache/portfolio/websites/portfolio-detail/project/eetcafe-kop-van-jut-2/?L=2] His head was kept in a jar and was long on display in an anatomical museum attached to Groningen University but apparently was discarded after the bottle started leaking. There is however a cast of his head still extant.

External links

* [http://www.peterrdevries.nl/column/textcolumnpeter082.htm Dutch site "Peter De Vries"]
* [http://radio2.be/dentailpagina.cfm?id=4943&programma=memo Radio 2 (Also in Dutch)]