The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-02-09

lations regarding his mysterious origin. He
had accepted the invitation, and while
reading a paper handed him by the strang-
er, in a purple bag, the assassin thrust a
dagger into his body.
The wound was below the center OF the
left breast, sharply drawn with a two
edged knife. and the point Of the heart was
injured. For three days Caspar lay in the
agonies Of death, to expire on the morning
Of the fourth, tranquil and composed. The
post norton examination proved that Cas-
par had been possessed Of an unusually
enlarged liver, indicating that he spent the
greater part of his life in a sitting position.
MURDERER OFF FOR AMERICA.
Caspar's murder created the widest SEN
sation all over Europe; again the most dill
gent inquiry was instituted, or was said 10
be instituted, but the assassin was allowed
TO escape, as the wOuld-be murderer IN
Nuremberg had succeeded in doing. He
vanished after the deed. and neither police
measures. nor the various high rewards Of
fered for his arrest, proved of the slightest
avail.
Hennenhofer himself confesses that some
OF his enemies credited him with the Ans
pach crime, and calls this a preposterous
undertaking., for the reason that nobody
could bring proof Of his presence in the
little town on or about the time Of the as
sault.
S~tanhope. It is positively stated, was seen
IN and about Anspach shortly before the
murder occurred, and the memoirs say that
both men spent the early part of October
in looking over the ground" while after
wards they engaged somebody to do the
dirty work. The name Of the murderer is
not given, but from various hints it may'
be inferred that Caspar's old keeper at
Hochsal committed the crime.
Immediately after the consummation,"
says the memoirs, ''our agent was spirited
away to a foreign port. there to take ship
for America, where his descendants live
and thrive to this day."
ASSISTANTS WELL REWARDED.
II would be cruel 10 attempt to lift the
veil from the murderer's personality. as
the ignominy would naturally fall upon his
descendants, innocent of the great crime he
committed as the willing tool OF the Baden
court. The memoirs mak it plain that the
assassin was well rewarded and put into a
position ito commence life anew beyond
the great water" This would indicate that
his grandchildren and great-grandchildren
now living in the United States rose to
prominence and afluence.
As to the real instigator of the crime
after Countess Hochberg's death, Hen
nenhofer, he retained his lucrative post in
Carlsruhe several years after Hauser had
been disposed of, but the new ruler took
especial pains to inform the world that he,
the grand duke, was not bound to him by
bonds Of sympathy. When, some years
later, his hold on affairs Of state ceased,
Hennenhofer again assumed the duties of
secret service agent. AS such he had his
hands full for, after 1888. a number of
pamphleteers took up the Hauser case.
and began the publication of books that
threatened, in those times, full of revolu-
tionary tendencies, the gTavest complica-
tons. Hennehofer tells US how ne fought
these scribblers, enthusiasts and black
mailers alike.
PROCEEDINGS AGAINST WRITER'S.
Some were thrown into Jail. others paci-
fed by brides and quite frequently the CO.
operation OF foreign governments had to be
solicited, while swift and often fatal pun
ishment befell individuals who actually
made revelations anent the mystery. Thus,
Father Dietz, who talked too much, died
suddenly" a month or two after Caspar's
removal from Hochsal to Nuremberg.
The monk Paulin, OF Muggenstrum, ac-
cused Of having fioated down the Rhine
a bottle containing a letter that purported
to come from the heir Of the crown held
prisoner while his jailer occupied the
throne" was found murdered on the high
way. There had been no attempt at rob-
berry. and the assassin. whose capture was
intrusted to Hennenhofer, escaped, as a
matter OF course.
Anslem Won Feuerbach, a Bavarian judge,
addressed a memorial on the case to Grand
Duke Louis's sister, Queen Caroline of Ba-
varia, in which he endeavored to prove that
Caspar was the son Of the Grand Duchess
Stephanie, died three months later by poi
son.
Hennenhofer retired in 1910 to Mahlberg
on a princely pension and died there rich
in honor and years.
As TO the i~mpecunious Lord ~Stanhope
who, before meeting H~ennenhofer. had
made a living by the publication OF tracts
and hymn books, he soon rose to wealth
and affluence as the secret agent OF the
petty Baden government. Hennenhofer
states that his lordship's letters OF credit
and ot~her'fnancia papers were issued by
the banking firm Of Van Habeern in Carls-
ruhe, whose chief was notorious for his
intimate relations with the court.
The accessories to the murder in Ans
pach, School Teacher Meyer and Lieuten-
ant Hickel, likewise enjoyed suspicious
prosperity after the deed.
Meyer, though his income did not exceed
his expenses by fifty thalers per annum,
blossomed forth as a large property holder,
and Hickel, who had made the crime pos
sible by Withdrawing himself and his men
from the town during the time of its COM
mission, was able to retire at an early age
on a competency furnished by the Baden
court.
HELOISE, COMTESSE D'ALEMCOURT.
Smelling the whole Thing.