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facts, and it must be replied to without delay in some journal 
having a wide circulation. 
Police Councillor Merker, of Berlin, also made haste to issue 
an essay against Kaspar Hauser, in the form of a criticism of 
Feuerbach’s book. Merker had already written twice before in 
the same spirit—in 1830 and in 1831. He believed from the 
first that Kaspar Hauser was an impostor; his theory being 
founded upon his knowledge of various clever deceptions which 
at sundry times and in divers places had been practised upon the 
world. Merker never saw Kaspar Hauser ; he merely judged of 
the case from the standpoint of a police officer, disposed to con- 
sider every man guilty until his innocence can be unmistakably 
proved. 
His first article, “ Kaspar Hauser nicht unwahrscheinlich ein 
Betroger”—(‘‘ Kaspar Hauser not improbably an Impostor”) was 
answered immediately by Rudolph Giehrl, a Government official 
in Nuremberg, in a pamphlet entitled, “Kaspar Hauser, der 
shrliche Findling ”—(* Kaspar Hauser, the Honest Foundling ”). 
Merker was hailed by Stanhope and his party as a powerful 
advocate of their cause ; but his writings found little credence 
with the public, as he had never known Kaspar Hauser person- 
ally, and was evidently prejudiced against him. 
January 15, 1834, an anonymous letter was sent from Wiirz- 
burg to a Government official at Ansbach (Herr von Polhagen), 
saying that Kaspar Hauser was a Prince of Baden, and that Herr 
von Hacke, formerly a Minister of State in Baden, afterwards 
resident in Bamberg, could give information upon the subject; 
also that General Tettenborn, in Vienna, knew the facts of the 
matter. 
This letter caused great excitement, and its contents were 
acted upon without delay. General Tettenborn could not be 
summoned, because, being Ambassador of Baden in Vienna, he 
was protected by ex-territorial privileges. 
Baron von Hacke’s conduct on receiving the summons was 
such as to strengthen the suspicion of his guilt. He flew into a