, 1863-05-02

tices of food made him shudder, and the least
drop of wine or coffee put clandestinely with his
water gave him cold sweats, or caused vomiting
OF headache. The first time he saw a candle
burning he was greatly delighted, and put his
fingers in the fame, but quickly drew them back
crying Cuts and thrusts with sabre were made
at him to see their effect but he would not wink,
or appear in the least to suspect harm. He would
walk up to a looking-glass and grasp at his own
image; then look behind to find the person con-
cealed Like child he wished every gIittering
object he saw, crying when he could not obtain
them. He played with trinkets of various
sorts but his chief delight was wooden horse.
All his physical senses were acute to an extras
ordinary degree. Walk'ag with. Prof Danmer
one day, to whose residence he was removed from
the tower, he heard, at great distance the foot
steps of several persons, and these persons he dis
tinguished from each other by their walk. Hear
ing drum once at a military parade, he was SO
affected as to be thrown into convulsions His
sense of smell caused him great pain he could
not bear the odor of the most delicate flowers,
and the flower gardens and tobacco fields rend-
cred his walks and rides very unpleasant In
things that were perfectly scentless TO others, he
detected a strong odor. The smell of fresh meet
was the most horrible to him. Darkness and
night did not prevent him from seeing. Indeed,
he saw better by twilight than in the day time.
He once read after sunset the number Of a house
one hundred and eighty PAGES distant. He could
see to walk in the darkest places and distinguish
blue from green in the darkest night He had no
notion whatever of the perspective. The land
scape appeared one mass of colors jumbed to-
gether. Men and horses were all on one plane,
and looked precisely like the pictures of them
which were among his playthings
All this abnormal sensitiveness, however, left
him gradually after his removal from the tower,
and as he advanced in knowledge and acquaint-
ance with the outdoor world. He even conquered
his repugnance to civilized food, and was brought
to eat meat of all kinds, except pork. His con-
necton with Prof. Danmer, and intercourse with
others soon made him feel bis own deficiencies and
the thirst for knowledge became passion. One
fine summer evening in August, 1929, Prof D.
showed him, for the first time, the starry heavens.
HIS transport and asonishment passed all de-
scrptiou. He called it the finest sight he ever
saw, and asked eagerly who had placed those
beautiful candles in the sky, who lights them, and
who puts them out. .. I-1
When be had mastered sufficient command
of language, he was enabled to give some iEfor-
nation of his previous existence. The following
is the substance of his account: He had always
lived in hole, Che called it cage,) small, low
apartment where the light never entered, and
sound was never heard He could never lie down
with his whole body extended; but waking Or
sleeping he sat upright with his legs stretched out,
Whenever he awoke from sleep he found a loaf
and pitcher of water by his side. Sometimes
the water contained bitter infusion, probably
opium; and when this was the case he was com
PEELED to fall aseep,-and afterwards awakiDg
he found that he had clean skirt on, and his
nails had been cut. In this place he never saw
the face of human being-not even of the man
who brought him bread and water and who never
spoke to him except to utter the "reutd ghan,"
&c., which he so unmeaningly repeated at Nurem-
berg. But be was given two wooden horses and
some ribbons with which he amused himself He
had never been sick or felt the want of anything,
and never had dreams until he lived with Pro-
fessor D., when he regarded them as real appear
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never did him any harm but once, when he struck
him for making two much noise. One day this
man came up behind so as not to be seen, and
gave him pencil and paper, and showed him
how to make marks Another time he came to
teach him to stand and walk Finally he came
and carried him away out of his prison. He
put letter in bis hand, and left him where he
was found He tainted on being brought into the
ar and light and could tell no incident in his
journey worth mentioning.
On the 18th of October, 1929, an attempt was
made to assassinate him in the house of Profes-
s)r Danmer. He escaped with small wound on
his forehead. The perpetrator of the deed was
never discovered. Caspar was soon after adopted
BY Earl Stanhope and removed to Anspach.
Here he lived several years but fate as relent-
less as that of the Greek tragedy followed him.
On the 18th of December, 1888, he was accosted
by a stranger wrapped in large cloak, under
pretence of having some important communca-
zion to make. Casper met the person, by ap-
pontment in the afternoon in the Palace Gar
den; and the stranger, while showing him some
papers, stabbed him twice near the heart with
dagger drawn from underneath his cloak. He
was able to get home, but died on the night of the
18th from his wounds. Heavy rewards were Of
fe1ed by the Government and by Earl Stanhope
for the discovery Ofthe assassin but he was never
found.
The theories adduced concerning him. are vari-
Gus. Furbach, who had the best opportunity to
know him, and who has given The subject the
most diligent study, brings forward evidence TO
prove that he was the son of the Grand Ouch
ess Stephanie, of Baden,-murdered that another
branch of the family might accede to the Duchy.
And the circumstances adduced give this suppo-
siton a strong air of probability. Stanhope and
Merker regard him as an impostor; Erchricht
considers him an idiot till be got to Nuremberg,
where, as his mind developed, he was trans
formed into an impostor; but Danmer, Fuhr-
mauu, Meier, and Binder believe in his honesty
and integrity. Danmer thinks he was the heir
to some great English title and estate, and was
removed to make way for some other person. In
this he implicated Stanhope.
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