The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-08-05

The New York Sunday Mercury has
come into possession Of the following re-
markable story, which eucidates the
mystery of Casper Hauser's parentage.
On the evening Of the 26th Of May,
1925 a casual passenger through the
streets of Nuremberg met youth about
fifteen or sixteen years of age, whose
singular appearance at once arrested his
attention. Although strongly built, he
seemed scarcely able to use his limbs
while his eyes were hardly strong enough
to bear the dim twilight Of the late sum
mer eve. In his hand he held letter
addressed to a well known citizen,
which he presented to ever passer by
with an unmeaning stare. When con-
Quoted to the house of the person to
whom he appeared to be directed, he was
offered food, but refused with disgust all
except plain bread and water, and throw
ing himself down on heap Of straw,
went into a sound sleep, The person in
whose. charge he was left did not know
what to make of him, for on the one
hand, he displayed the mingled curiosity
and stupid insensibility of some being to
whom all is new, but who has no percep-
tible appreciative faculty, while he could
repeat certain words with distinctness,
and in q distinct hand wrote down the
maine of Casper Hauser.
As an idiot or clever imposter they
finally determined to send him to prison
where.,a close examination showed him
to be incapable of any attempt at fraud,
but, on the contrary, to he victim him
self of crime, The soles of his feet were
perfectly soft and white, proving that he
had meyer been permitted to take exer-
else. 1t was clear that he had never seen
or learned anything; ne was com
plete stranger to the cOmmonest ties and
duties which mankind together, and ut.
terly ignorant Of nature, or even the eX-
istenCe Of society or morality in short,
he bad evidently vegetated in complete
isolation, and literally in obscurity, for
he could not bear the effect of ght upon
his eyes and neither knew at first the
difference between night and day, nor
could he measure time. Professor Dan
ner charged himself with his education.
By gentle degrees, armed with the ut
utmost patience, he attempted to awaken
the dormant faculties of this extraOrdi-
nary being. He learned with rapidity,
and vague, misty recollections of the
long, dreary, purgatory in which the
years of his childhood had been spent.
rose before his mind. He would often
talk about his jailer, for whom, however,
he did. not entertain any feelings of ill
will, but rather wondered, in his simplic-
ity, how he could have offended him.
The Professor, who had entirely discon-
tHuei his researches as to the birth of
his unfortunate pupil, encouraged him to
trace back the depths of his memory,
and hoped eventually to collect the scat
tered facts he from time to time obtained
into some tangible shape. Thus three or
four years rolled peaceably along The
world, tired of its nine days wonder, had
forgotten all about Casper, and he might
fondly hope that his enemies had done
the same thing; but it was not so, They
had no. let any,ot his movements escape
them, and probably the Professors hopes
had been too loudly expressed, for an at
tempt was made to assassinate the poor
youth, which failed, and resulted in OBJ
tanning tnr him a more powerful protec-
tiOn lhan that Of the worthy scientist
that Of the Earl of Stanhope, an English
noblemnn. who at that time was residing
IN Germ9ny. On the 18th of December,
1888, Hauser, who had been left alone,
was enticed to solitary grotto by an un-
known man, who, plunged a, dagger to his
heart. Every effort was made by the au-
th0gliIes to1'discover the assassin, the
Lyrdl Stanhope offered a large reward ior
his arrest. but aIltn vain. Among those
well acquainted with such particulars Of
the case as Il was not practical for the
strong arnfof despotism to suppress, but
little doubt will be found TO exist that
poor, ffiendless, murdered Casper Hausef
was, by birth, sovereign prince
New Developments prove Beyond -
doubt that stlapseri was thesop of the
Grand Duke, Charles of Baden, ard hig
wife Stephariia, eopseqneiiny Tie iiegiG-
mate hsir to1thethrnna isGhaTles. who
had ni@rrie,l e,llSttQlla n he ItefetiE Ma
pcieoh r., fnsiS66,s Vas 4 iiiaif " reckless.