Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-05-17

Casper Hduser.-An entire new aspect is gl-
ven of the circumstances connected with the
death of this singular parsonage, by a letter
written from Ansbach, Hauser's residence, by
the Chevalier de Lang, to the editor of the Leip-
zig Literary Gazette. The details of the writer
are so curious, that we deem them worthy OF an
Insertion. Philad. Gaz.
ANsBAcH, Sd JANUARY, 1884.
**** You know that Casper Hauser was
living here with schooimaster, under whose
care he had been placed. He returned home
on the 18th December last, towards evening,
wounded in the breast, of which wound he died
on the 18th of the same month. According
to his own saying, he had been invited by a
stranger lin the midst of violent tempest of
wind and rain) to take walk in the garden of
the castle, where near the monument erected
to the memory of US this unknown person
presented to him a silk purse with letter,
whilst opening which, the stranger struck him
ALLOW with his poignard, which wounded him
in the breast.
place proves that all his declarations are false.
Until now, no one has been able to discover the
least trace of this stranger whom Caspar de-
scribeS as wearing mouStacheS and whiSkerS.
tall, wrapped up in a blue. mantle, and with
spurs on. The witnesses examined affirm, I'M
der oath, that they saw Hauser (who, in fact,
went out at the hour he did, contrary to the re-
srctions which had been imposed on him, en-
ter the garden of the castle alone, and walk
towards the monument without being accompa-
MED by any one: they saw him afterwards re-
turn, no person pursuing him.
Besides, at the place where the monument is
erected, the ground was covered with snow, and
here and there the print of Hauser'S footsteps
were only perceptbe. The purse which Haul
ser said was presented to him, was found there,
but with il, letter, the writing in which, and tits
now said, the contents betraying extreme igno,
rance, leave the strongest reasons to presume,
they proceeded from Hauser himself Init a
n0ng other things, it is said that they irOutd not
fil Hauyer and that he Mould knolo better than
any oRe l0ho apos the stranger and arho sent him.
The wound after scratching the pericardium,
enters his stomach, passes through It's whole
length till It's lost in the liver, which is OF lar
ger size than usual, appears TO show thatlt was
inflicted by himself and renders it improbable
that it was struck by the vigorous hand OF an as
sassin standing in front of him, who could not
have given his weapon such direction. In
considering what could have induced Hauser TO
commit an act of this kind two conlectures pre-
sent themselves. 1t is possible that as formerly
atNuremberg, he wanted TO interest and mystliy
The public by another story OF pretended at
tempt at assassination, and that he had given
the instrument he used wrong direction. 1t is
possible, too that the reproaches of his con-
science on his culpable impostures, have driven
nm at last TO this desperate step. The exami-
nation of his corpse which shows that his ply
steal organization was perfect also forbids the
belief in his long captivity in dungeon depri-
we'd of all liberty ofmotion. Marks of inocua-
lion have too been discovered on his body.
What are we to conclude from this2 This
Caspar Hauser has always acted like mischlev-
. Gus boy, lying, lazy, and indocile. Ridiculous
attempts have been made to prove that ne was
me lastshoot of the elder branch, now extinct,
o. the Counts of Tattenbach-then again, that
e &c was SON of the Grand Duchess Stephane,
rom whom he was taken away by stealth, she
soeng assured that the child of which she had
oesn delivered was dead. 1t is thus that his stu
palty has been worked upon and his magma
non perverted by forcing him to believe that he
vas the son of prince, or at least OF a count
lyric poet born at Ansbach in 1920, died
"a 1856 The society of |" the Friends OF the
arts erected to his memory this monument sur
'uonnted with n colossal Inst