The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-04-10
LIGHT ON A MYSTERY.
The True Story Of KaSldr HaISGr at
Last.
Interesting Revelations Made in Pamphle
New Ready for the
Press.
Correspondence Of THE MoHHINe CALL

] have before me the proof-sheets Of a
pamphlet. the publication of which win
cause sensation on the other side Of the
Rhine. 1t is entitled ''Kaspar Hauser. or A
Mystery Explained" and its author, styled
Baron d'Autin. processes, by tie aid Of
documents, to elucidate one of the most
mysterious cases OF Sequestration known in
this century. The history interests more
directly the reigning ducal house Of Baden,
and from 1928 to 1888 all Europe was ex-
cited over the story OF Kaspar Hauser.
Before quoting from Baron dAatin' S
pamphlet l shall give, in a few words, all
that was then known of kaspar Hauser.
May %, 1898. workman met in street
of Nuremberg semi-ldlOtlc young man,
whose physical development seemed TO have
been compromised IN some violent manner.
He coud only mutter few words, walked
with difficulty, ate only bread. drank only
water and his eyes were not strong enough
to endure the light Of the sun. crime
was suspected, investigations made, but
physicians at last decided that Kaspar
Hauser, for that was the name given to the
unknown boy, was OF good family, that
he must have spent years seated or lying in
darkness aud that lie never had eaten any,
thing but bread. never had tasted othe-
drink than water"
ROYAL SECRET.
sop, from time TO time he would describe,
or try to describe, sumptuOus halls, marble
Staircases and splendid furniture that he
could never have seen in Nurem berg. 1t
was this that caused Nuremberg first, Ger
many and then all Europe to believe the
boy victim of some royal drama. In 1929
Kaspar escaped assassination by the hand
of masked individual. Soon as cured Of
his wound an Englisbman, Lord Stanhope
went to Nuremberg offered to adopt Kaspar
n m itf xrsitE
a tutor and disappeared. Two years later
Kaspar was found dead in a public street
a dagger in his heart That is the
story which excited Europe 90 years ago,
and many were the opinions concerning
this unfortunate boy. Feuerbach, the great
criminalist. wrote that Kasper Hauser be-
longed to a princely family, probably to
that Of Baden. A dying child had evident
ly been substituted for him, and buried in
his stead, and, as in Kasper's possession
was found an anonymous letter bearing the
date Of his birth-a date corresponding with
that Of the birth Of the eldest son of the
Grand Duke Charles Of Baden, be could be
no other than his son.
HIS IDENTITY PROVED.
Baron PAutin's pamphlet only empha-
sizes what has already been written by
Feusrbach. The Grand Duke Charles
Frederic Of Baden, who died in 1911 after a
reign OF - years, left children by his two
marriages. The elder branch descended
from Princess of Hesse- Darmstadt, the
younger from morganatie marriage with
countess Hochberg. Every masculine de-
scendant Of the Grand Duke in the older
branch. son and grandson, persisted in a
space Of IL years, and always by mysteri-
Gus accident
Baron 'Autin proves that Kaspar Hauser
was Prince Louis, supposed 10 have died in
his cradle, and the ipstrument OF the crime
was Major Baron Won Hennenhoper, who,
by intrigue, held a high position at the
court of CaTlsTuhe. Baron d'Autn shows
us Hennenhoper buying silence at high
price, bat more than all he produces ex-
tracts from Hennenhoper's memoirs. OF
these memoirs there are three copies, one in
the hands Of tie Government of Baden,
q second at Frankfort, the third in
bohemia. Here is passage from
me memoirs: September 90, 1872, 200 sa-
lutes announced the birth Of grand duke
October ID, 1872, Countess Uochberg sent
Away her companion, enveloped herself in
white robe. threw over her head thick