On the afternoon of Christmas Eve 1913, Knoche met with a colleague, Oskar Müller, from the Escherode Forestry Office. Müller and Knoche smoked “a pipe” together and then parted ways. On his tour, Knoche probably met a few forest workers, whom he is said to have wished a happy holiday. That was the last sign of life from the district forester from Nonnenholz. On his way home, Karl Knoche met his murderer. He probably discovered tracks in the snow and followed them. The trail led to a poacher. He shot the forester with a stick gun. It hit him in the neck.

The perpetrator, a cigar master from Hubenrode, was identified based on the headgear.

But he was already on the run. People searched for him for days. The perpetrator was only found and arrested in Witzenhausen on New Year's Eve. The man confessed to the crime. In Göttingen he was sentenced to death and executed.

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