Dr. Martin
L Sauter
Kentucky Post, Friday, 31 December 1937, page 3
Dr. Martin L Sauter, who takes office Monday as Campbell county coroner, was sworn in yesterday by County Judge William C Buten after posting bond. Dr. Sauter succeeds Coroner August Helmbold.
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Kentucky Post, Thursday, 10 February 1938, page 4
Robert Lee Beach, 70, Newport, died today of a heart attack, according to the verdict of Dr. Martin J Sauter, Campbell county coroner who investigated.
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Kentucky Post, Thursday, 10 March 1938, page 3
Dr. Martin J Sauter, Campbell county coroner, revealed the "treats" at the Newport Elks Club, at the noonday lunch today were on Ervin Marselas, the coroner's chief deputy.
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Kentucky Post, Monday, 28 August 1939, page 1
Dr. Martin Sauter, Campbell county coroner, Monday was withholding his verdict in the death of Miss Virginia Clark, 23, Licking pike, Campbell county. Miss Clark was found dead in the home of Joseph Dischauer, Pooles, Creek road with a shotgun wound in her chest.
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Kentucky Post, Saturday, 24 February 1940, page 1
A coroner's jury labeled as accidental the death of Miss Helen Rose, Bellevue, who was found dead, the victim of monoxide fumes in a garage at her home a week ago. Coroner Martin Sauter impaneled the jury at the Newport Courthouse.
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Kentucky Post, Friday, 4 July 1941, page 1
Coroner Martin Sauter, Democrat will meet Dr. William Krieger, Republican in the fall election.
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Kentucky Post, Thursday, 6 November 1941, page 1
Out of the avalanche of GOP straight ballots, the Democrats have salvaged Lambert Hehl for tax commissioner; re-elected Coroner Martin L Sauter and County Jailer Charles Kemper an won with E R Morlidge for the 67th legislative seat.
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Kentucky Post, Friday, 6 March 1942, page 11
Dr. Martin Sauter, Campbell county coroner, is in Florida for a three week vacation. His brother, Dr. L C Sauter, is the acting coroner.
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Kentucky Post, Monday, 6 July 1942, page 3
Two weeks of treatment at Good Samaritan Hospital was begun Monday by Dr. Martin J Sauter, Campbell county coroner. His brother, Dr. Leo C Sauter, 908 Ann street, Newport, will serve as acting coroner during his absence.
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Kentucky Post, Monday, 4 January 1943, page 1
Requiem High Mass for Dr. Martin J Sauter, Campbell county coroner for the past five years and prominent Democratic party leader and physician, will be sung at the Church of the Immaculate Conception at 10 am Thursday, following prayers at the William C Betz Sons Funeral Home, Newport at 9:30 am. Burial will be in St Stephen Cemetery, Ft Thomas.
Dr. Sauter in ill health for the past two years, died Saturday night while visiting friends in Lakewood O. a suburb of Cleveland. His brother, Dr. Leo C Sauter, acting coroner, was informed his death was due to a heart attack. He said his brother's condition was thought to have been improved lately and his death came unexpectedly. A native of Newport, Dr. Sauter twice was elected to the office of coroner. He began his first term in 1937, succeeding Dr. August Helmbold. One of three Democrats elected to office in Campbell county in 1941, he was serving the first year of his second term of office at the time of his death. He was 50.
The son of the late Dr. George F and Mrs. Catherine Sauter of Newport, he was a member of a prominent Newport professional family. His father practiced medicine in Campbell county for many years. Graduating from the old Eclectic Medical College, Cincinnati, in 1916, he opened offices in Newport that year and for many years maintained an office at 848 Columbia street.
He was an Army physician during the first World War and was stationed at Camp Taylor, Louisville, and gave exemplary service during the flu epidemic at the camp. Medical societies to which he belonged included the Campbell Kenton County Medical Society, the Kentucky Medical Society and the American Medical Association. A well known physician, he became prominent in Democratic county and state policies. He was a member of the Campbell county Young Men's Democratic Club and has served as a delegate to the Democratic state conventions on numerous occasions.
Besides Dr. Leo Sauter, he leaves two other brothers, Paul G, Newport, and Lawrence H, San Diego, Calf. and a sister Mrs. Hilda Zang, Newport, where he made his home. Pallbearers will be Erwin Marsellas, Albert E Klosterman, Charles Meyers, Lambert Hehl, James A Diskin and R Allen Barnes, Frankfort Ky.