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parted Prince would expose the nation to great danger, and 
might lead to the overthrow of its independence. 
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These remarks were listened to in embarrassed silence, and 
vhen the speech was ended, Grand-Duke Leopold entered the 
room and continued the subject, declaring that he was firmly 
resolved not to deprive his relative of his just rights ; but the 
emergency was pressing, and the Council must determine how 
the threatened evils could best be prevented. He wished, 
however, that the chief agents in the crime against the Hereditary 
Prince should be examined in his presence, in order that the facts 
might be established and the guilty parties receive their deserts. 
Accordingly, Piivy Councillor FEngesser and Major von 
Hennenhofer, who were under arrest in an adjoining room, were 
nformed that the Council was ready to hear their testimony. 
Engesser was examined first, and, in answer to inquiries, 
confessed, that although he had had nothing to do with the 
abduction of the Prince, he had known the fact for twelve years. 
When asked why he did not report his discovery to the Privy 
Council, he replied that Grand-Duke Ludwig presided over that 
Council, and, therefore, he could not make a charge which would 
create endless confusion in the royal family and in the State. 
After due consideration he had decided that it was his duty to 
zeep silent, and as he was guiltless of any active participation in 
ihe deed, his conscience was easy. 
The examination being ended, Engesser was dismissed, and 
Hennenhofer was summoned. He entered the room with a lock 
ind manner expressive of contempt for his judges, and answered 
‘he questions of the President with insulting assurance. He 
admitted without hesitation, that he, better than any other person, 
knew all the circumstances connected with the history of the 
ndividual who had recently appeared in Nuremberg, under the 
name of Kaspar Hauser, and who was really the legitimate 
sovereign of Baden. He denied that the abduction of the Prince