The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-09
Confession of Hired Assassin. Said TO
Have Been Just Discovered,
Gives the Facts.
BOYS IDENTITY DISCLOSED
HIS HISTORY INVOLVES INTRIGUE,
CONsPIRACIEs AND CRIME.
Succession to the Throne Was In
Way of Political Ambitions.

Correspondence OF the Indianapolis Journal.
MUNICH. Jan. 25.-Once more royalty
has succeeded In suppressing the official
investigation OF the Caspar Hauser mys-
terry. The story OF the enigma OF ages"
herewith presented for the first time. was
about to go on the records of the Munich
Inheritance Court. when Prince Regent
Luitpold interfered and. in his capacity as
a near relative OF the contestants. per-
suaded the latter to submit their case to
arbitration. and thus save the royal fami-
lies of Europe a tremendous scandal.
1t happened this way. The Countess OF
Z~innenberg and Arco-the latter a daugh-
ter Of the former German minister in
Washington, and both heirs-at-law OF the
last royal e~lectress of Bavaria-are quar-
reling about their individual share OF the
property left by that princess. and TO dis
qualify her sister-in-law's claim. Countess
ArcO offered to show that Countess Tin
nenberg's mother was a sister Of Caspar
Hauser, both being the ~illegitimate on
spring of the said royal electress, and.
therefore, not entitled to inherit.
Ii was In refutation of this startling con-
tention that Countess Zinnenberg's lawyers
brought forth, from some musty archives,
the confession Of the man who kidnapped
Caspar Hauser when a baby and caused
him TO be murdered after he had grown 10
mans e-state-acting all the while as the
agent of the grand ducal court OF Baden,
which latter. in it's turn, was backed by
the allied monarchs of Europe, who had
set their hearts upon Riding old world
thrones of the great Napoleon's descend
ants.
For the mother Of Caspar Hauser."
says Baron Hennenhofer's memoirs-his
Observation-Disclosures, was none
other but stephanie de Beauharnais. Bona
parties adopted daughter, and the wife OF
the Grand Duke of Baden. The leading
sovereigns had doomed her to political ster-
ility-hence intrigues. mystery, wholesale
murders. conspiracies. plots and counter
plots.
In taking up HennenAofer's confession. Il
should be borne in mind that at the peril
referred TO the grand ducal family OF Ia
den consisted of two branches: the legfu-
mate line, namely the grand duke and his
brothers Louis and Frederick, and the
Hochberg branch Cnow reigning), with the
Countess Hochberg and her children, three
sons and one daughter. Countess Hochbera
an ambitious and most INSCRIPTIONS wom-
an. hated the "Napoleonite' Stephanie.
and it was her object in life to remove the
obstacles standing between her own chill
dren and succession TO the throne. The OBJ
stacles were Stephanie's sons, the one
styled Caspar Hauser. and a
second boy, murdered in even more sum
mary fashion.
That this was done and how. Baron Hen
nenhofer's papers prove beyond doubt. and
it is really not to be wondered at that the
prince regent suppressed the case, seeing
that all the monarchs Of Europe. including
the gentlemen forming the late Holy Al
lance" were more or less directly con-
cerned in the conspiracy.