Volltext: The story of Kaspar Hauser from authentic records

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Kaspar Hauser. 
rage, complained of the legal action as an insult, and threatened 
to apply to the Ambassador of Baden in Munich for assistance, 
Finally, he sheltered himself behind a law which required every 
charge to be accompanied by the name and address of the 
accuser. However, a second summons was about to be served 
upon him, when the news came of his sudden death ; caused, it 
was said, by congestion of the lungs, although it was generally 
believed that he committed suicide, in order to escape examina 
tion. Among his papers was found a short denial of any know 
ledge of the birth and early circumstances of Kaspar Hauser, and 
a declaration that when the story first came out in the papers, he 
took so little interest in it, and found it so tedious, that he always 
avoided reading any article upon the subject. The paper was in 
Baron von Hacke’s handwriting, but it was not signed. In this 
he protested too much ; for whether people believed or disbelieved 
the story, they all found it curious and extremely interesting ; and 
although many may have become tired of seeing so much upon 
the subject, the articles could not have seemed tedious in the 
beginning. 
In confirmation of the accusation against Herr von Hacke 
may be quoted a letter, written by the Bavarian Ambassador in 
Hanover, to a correspondent in Munich, soon after Von Hacke’s 
death. The Ambassador stated that among the educated classes, 
as well as among the common people, Kaspar Hauser was be- 
lieved to be a Prince of Baden, and that the first intimations 
respecting Von Hacke’s participation in the mystery came from 
some of the highest families of that region. They told that after 
the first attempt upon Kaspar Hauser’s life Von Hacke was for 
several days in the greatest excitement, and those who observed 
him could not tell whether it was joy or fear that had so power 
fully affected him. Another proof of the justice of the charge 
against Herr von Hacke was offered many years afterwards in an 
anonymous letter, dated Nuremberg, July 21, 1868, wherein the 
writer asserted that in a confidential talk with Baron Ferdinand 
von Hutten about Kaspar Hauser, he was told that once at Stein- 
bach Castle Herr von Hacke had said :
	        
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