The Cairo bulletin., 1906-11-30
POSES AS SON OF
TURKISH RULER
NOTED WASHINGTON ATTORNEY
ACCUSED OR MURDER is
ACTING CRAZY.
He IS ONLY PRETENDING
Think the Authorities in London
Where He is Bend Held On
Charge of Staying His
Mother.in.LaW.

London. Nov. 29.--Karl Hau, alias
Stau, professor of Roman Law ir
George Washington University, In
Washington, d. c.. who has been un
! der arrest here since November OF
the charge of numbering his mother
brought up on remand at the Bow
Street Police Court today. When the
presiding magistrate explained to the
prisoner that papers containing a
mass Of evidence in his case had beer
| received from Germany but that there
was still further technical evidence
necessary tfor which the German au
thorities had sent1 before he could be
formally extraditej, and asked him
whether he had anything to say Hau
with staring eyes, answered.
81 don't understand what this is all
about"
The prisoner has apparently lost
his reason or Is feigning insanity. For
several days he has been confined In
the prison infirmary and closely
guarded, owing to fear that he may
commit suicide.
Think He Is Pretending.
Until this morning Hau either did
not, or pretended he did not recog
nize anybody, even his lawyer Mr..
Wilson. When the former came into
court today. however, he said oh!
this is Mr. Wilson" Hau was still
dressed faultlessly. but his hair was
disheveled and his face unshayen,
while his eyets wandered almlessly
around the court room Occasionally
he would ask Mr. Wilson or the de.
teotive who arrested him at the Hotel
Cecil what he was there for. They
tried by every means to make him
talk coherently. but il the prisoner
was pretending to be insane he was
on his guard, for when suddenly told
that Letter had been received from
his wife, his only answer was:
That's absurd"
When Mr. Wilson addressed the
prisoner as Hau he angrily asked:
"Why call me Hau? NY name Is
Burhan Edine Effendi," (The name
of the favorite son of the Sultan of
Turkey.)
The magistrate could not get any
thing from the prisoner but the re-
peated statement:
Il don't know what this is all
about"
Finally, with the consent OF Mr.,
Wilson, the case was again rcmanded
for a week.
The prison doctor has certified that
Hau has been acting in an insane
but the doctor believes this |
Is assumed A further medical exami |
nation of the prisoner will be held
before the case is agin called.
MIR. wilson, in an interview today, |
said
viii Not Help Him.
Even il II is shown that the |
prisoner is insane. IL cannot prevent
hi. extradition. All the British magis |
rate has to decide Is whether there !
S sufficient evidence against him to |
send the case to a jury and II is for
he Jury TO decide whether the pris' |
,ner is insane.
"The case against Hau has been |
carefully prepared by the German
,ollce. The evidence includes that OF |
man who swears he sold a wig and |
false beard to the prisoner; that of |
mother man who testified that he |
Ielped Hau to adjust his disguise, |
nd that OF still another man who |
ays he helped the prisoner take off |
lis beard and wig. In fact, Hau's |
very step has been followed from the |
inc he left Frankfort for Baden. !
laden and the police have traced his
from Baden-Baden up to
he time Of his arrival in London.
here is no chance Of preventing his |
After the adjournment in Hau's |
ase today the papers in his case
fero placed before him. At first he
aid he could not understand what
he meant but later he proceeded 60
cad them earnestly.
The prisoner is being watched by /
Ierman detectives. a representative
( the American Embassy was pres-
M in court to-day watching the case.
at Hau has not a. yet claimed the
rnfacffrn Of The United states. nor
a. he produced his naturalization
apers.