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making signs as though he wished to hang the glittering metal 
upon a horse’s neck. His manner was that of a child only two or 
three years old, and the men who watched him were undecided 
1s to whether he was an idiot, or a crazy person, or a wild man. 
A few were disposed to see in him a skilful impostor, and this 
-heory received some support through the discovery that he knew 
how to write. By way of experiment, paper, and pen, and ink 
were placed before him. He immediately took up the pen, held 
t properly in his fingers, and wrote in a firm, legible hand— 
KAspArR HAUSER. 
He was told to add the name of the town from whence he came; 
but he did not appear to understand, and resorted again to the 
oft-repeated sentence, ‘I want to be a soldier, as my father was,” 
ind the broken utterance, “horse,” “home,” “don’t know.” 
As nothing more was to be made out of him, he was sent under 
the charge of a police messenger to the Vestner Tower, a place of 
arrest for vagabonds and other suspicious persons. The Tower 
was close by, but he could scarcely hold himself upright on the 
way ; and as soon as he reached the room, where he was confined 
with another vagabond for the night, he fell down upon his straw 
sed, and sank immediately into a profound sleep. 
Kaspar Hauser’s appearance on his first arrival in Nuremberg 
was as remarkable as his conduct. A portion of his clothing was 
afterwards carelessly destroyed, but a full description of it was 
recorded. 
He wore a round, coarse, felt hat, lined with yellow silk and 
red leather : in the crown was a half-effaced picture of the city of 
Munich. His shoes, which were worn out so that the toes of his 
stockingless feet protruded, were furnished with heavy nails 
around the soles, and the heels were high. A black silk handker- 
chief was tied around his throat. His shirt was coarse ; he wore 
an old spotted vest, a jacket of grey cloth (which had evidently 
been made out of a coat), and grey pantaloons, made double in 
the legs, as though for riding. The whole suit looked more like 
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