Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 13, 1889, Page 15

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THE STORY OF KASPER A HUSER nsses His Childhood in a Cave-His Afcer Life—Attempts His Life—An Ola Story Retold, Kasper H \tehi— user. Dis; em) 1 C quainte 1 urg, o that European citios, ias a attached to the tower, older and the city or the may believe his- all is a rude stone quaint old ¢ and inter than cither for it wi tion, the ble begin- Many sight-soers, tired are glad to leave the s unvisited, yet it is well worth if only to interview small room in led, virgin,” yot s wrreal tead ning of both. of sight old tow a visit, ludy who oceupic upper story. She is e other names, “The though forever and loudly, toc to hear. ““The ivou virgin” is a ma- chine in the shape, or rather with the fuce of a woman,which opens on hinges. On the front nortion of the interior arve four rough spikes, five or six inches in length, the use of which is w:r.ui._-..u_\ evident to the spectator. In “‘the good old times,” now happily |v\~~:-\l who had mortally offended of church state were brought into this upper chamber, stripped naked and placed 1n the part of the infernal machine. ng., a mediaeval the among iron and dumb, ke for those who have ears criminals the powers or buck Then the front or door, serewed ¢ . and as the ened the two upper spikkes were driven f ihe he vietim, and the two lower into either breast. After a certain time the door opened by the exceutioner the lifel s dropped through - i the floor to unknown d one rner of the properly equinped, posed—the victim received religious consolation before being cor wed Lo the deadly arms of he Tron Virgin,™ ind its furnitu 5 bie to look upon: so the o 1, probably to soften the horrible impression m upon visiwrs, has ornamented the walls at the footof the st se with a e [ pictures of the chdipe: some interest for e antiquarians, Among these isa litho- ph. or engraved portrait of a young pparently between eighteen and y-one. Ruther a good face, broad and high fof W brown hair and eye pluny cheeks, well rounded chin, and mouth which, if wealk, hus a pleasing It is the porteait of KASPAR TIAUSAR familiar enough fifty years ago—is now sufliciently for, worth retelling in brief more, as there is nothing or fiction. Onthe 26Gth of May, 1825. in the after- noon, a shoemale ing in onc of i least frequented portions of Nuremb w a lad leaning against a wall ina peculiar attitude, as if, for some reason, which—it is sup- but havi expression. whose story »itin fact he could not properly use his legs. o approached the stranger, who held out 10 him aletter addressed to the captain of the Pourth Squadron of Light Hus- surs, swtioned at Nurcmber, Wt the same time mumbling some unintelligible words, and nuunnng nd weeping bit- terl, The hussar captain lived near by, and the shoemaker conducted the Iad to the house, where he sank down exhuusted. Ment, beer and wine were brought to him, but he spat them from his mouth w disgust and water e swallowed The captain not being at servant took the boy to where he dropped upon the fell into deep sleep. T LY when examine this: home, the stable, straw and ad something like rwith ten mother of > on the 7th found I'am o poor Labot children of my own. The this lad left him at my ho! of October, but T ha out who she was, He dier and to jon the same 1 which his father served. He has been taught to vead and write. If you do not want to keep him put him in a lotter) or get rid of him any way you please. [n the letter (whieh tted *‘from a_place near the Bavarvian frontier which shall be nameiess, 1528)" was in- closed w note, apparently in the same han *The child is already baptised, You must give him a sienwme yourself, You must edueate him. His father was one of the Laght Hors When is seventeen years old, send him to embur to the regiment of Horse, for there his father was. < for his education until he is seventeen. He was born the 80th of April, 1812, 1 poor girl and cannot support When the eaptain returned he could furnish no explanation of these st missives, and so the poor cceature was roused v and taken to the police of stioned, but nobody could under his ans- wers, Then they gave him pen, ink and paper, and to the surprise of all | wrote plainly the name *“*Kaspar Hauser.” They asked his pluce of resi- dence, but his roply wus unintelligible, S0 he was conveyed to the common prison for rogues and vagrants and locked in a cell, he quickly fell aslecp. | fte remuined n - prison “seven weeks, but was not g [ oner, and was treated the juiler, to whom strongly attached. In PERSONAL APPEARAN Young Huuser was, as may agined, somewhat peeuliar, apparently was about seventeen four feet und nine inches. In e he was stout, with broad should and delicately formed limbs; hands and feet L and well shaped—the soles of the being as sof the palms of a hands, or as his own, which were of infantile softness. He*had been in- ocenlated ou both arms and on one arm was a small wound, evidently recant His hair was light and curly, "His f though not bad, was absolutely devoid of meaning or intelligene dull and stupid almost s that of a brute, though when pleased it was lightened up by a babyish smile. The two sides of the face were not exactly alike; the left being porceptibly drawn,and frequently distorted by convulsive spasms. The clothes he wore when found were of a curious mixture of town and country costume; course, ill-fitting and clumsily In his qund felt hat was & small e of Munich,partly scratched out. hecked handkerchief around his neck was marked “K. H.” in red thread. 1In his pocket wusa rosary, a key, a paper of gold-colored sand and a number of printed prayers and tracts in German, In mind and manner he was, to all futents and purposes, a child - baby, indeed. He noticed nothing and nobody, but was attracted by any shining objoct aud cried when he could Ve he soon became be im- His age height, > first saw ted ely put his fingers nd erred from the effects, When he first saw a mirror before him, he loof at the back of it to seo the owner of the reflected face. And, as has been said, he d no language which any one could unfierstand; only sort of an_animal gibberish, As p tially confirming his own when able to communicate, it must be stated that his lower limbs showed plainly that his previous life had been spent mostly v sitting posture—and with his legs stretehed out flat at righ angles to his hody. When thus se the knee-pan lay in a hollow, instead of projectih knee joint was so 10 the common ecard d scarce t underit., He walked with difficulty: his eyes could not bear the light of day without by HH\].HLZ ;an(vr‘]\ inflamed. He could, ho in the darkness as clearly as other peoplo do in daglight, and his 8enSC hearing buormally acute S0 was his s ell, and the e fume of flowc y him sick he touch of a mag ctod him disagree- ably, and he not get it candle he i in the flame could detect one metal from another by its power of attraction. This stran heir found a good friend in Her . the burgomas- who was deeply interested in his i ad him frequently brought to his hou Inthese intervie by dint of questioning and him to words, the burgomnster gradually ob- tained the wl of o statement which was officially published in July, substance of KASPAR'S STORY, confirmed by nim ata later period, he was able to talk plainly Ho neither knew who he was R bor He did not know there wasa world until the day he was found in the street of Nurem- bur Before that he had always been in or cag 1 »d on the ground, barcfooted, and having on only shirt and trousers. He never heard 2 nd never saw daylight much, and when he aloaf of bread anda pitcher beside him. Sometimes th a bad ta from Iaudanum, wards thou he longer and than usual When he w had hoen cut, his hair tr had on a clean shirt. In emed by asmall stove, sha beehivy had wooden hol with ribbons to play with, A man came the hole occasionally, but treated him kandly, cxeept when he'ran his hovses too hard. He taught him to write, and tried to t walk. Iinally the man came: - ried him on his back out of the hole, up and down a long hill (or stairs) into the street; led him along distance, then put o letter in his hand and disap- peared. How long he lived in the hole he did not know, nor did he know any- thing more about himself than what has been he tated. tion of ubout two months removed e R aced him in charge of 1” I choolmuster and worthy nmediately began winter the man. wio 1S EDUCATION by teaching him to talk of everything + kuew nothing about natural »lxpw'l-: thought nine-pin balls felt parin when they struck against each othe ngry with a c for not ws s he did his hands; had no ids sod, immortality, or of the difference between good and evil ac- tion. When able to talk, however, he asked innumerable auestions, and d played in some mpmw mind quite equal to the avel kind-hearted, nmllll hurt even a fly, was truthful, obedient and orderl in his habits. It was a long time before he could be taught to cal meat, and much longer before he was willing to give up his wooden horse childish toys. His prog knowledge was reading and w He was as a child of as pid iting hoe speedi quite proficicat, so that in the sumn of 1820 he encouraged to try write out the details of his histo s he could remember th me known to the publi vesult provea that he was 3 watched by the cuemy, or enemies, from whom he h; dy suffe 50 griev- ously. ‘T'hey probably feared that t story of the poor vietim might, if fully published. lead to their own detection and punish it. So it e piss that at 12 o’cloek (the dinne tober 17, 18 Kuspar was Seavch being made by fumily, and TRACES OF BLOOD were discovered on the stair sage, and in the lower house, all leading toa cell trauce of which was on a le ground. The door being lifted Kaspar was seen lying at the fartker end of the cellar blecding profusely, and appar- in o dying condition. When sht out he excluim **Man! and was then s roxysms 5o violent that severn - vequired to hold him. the next forty-cight hours he w lirious, bout ‘the man former v, and who had him. There was a ere, but not dan- gerous, wound upon the forcheud, ap- arcntly made by a sharp instrument. n after some diy from the nervous shock he g count of the occurrence: He c into the lewer part of the house for some purpose, and while there saw a strange man stealing along the passage, The man’s head was so blac that he thought him w chimney-sweep who had frightened him once before, Suddenly tee man attacked him, but with what weapon he did not know! 1 black covering \d, but he knew he was ““the man. iy up stairs for help,but finding no a 5 r. Where *the man™ went he did not know, There was in Nuremberg when the inysterious at- tack became known and every effort wus made to discoyer the author, but in vuin. Kasper was 1emoved to the house of one of the magistrates, carefuliy guarded there and never went out of doors without the escort of two polic men. In June, 1830, a prominent citi- zen, Herr Von Tuch was formally appointed his guardian. and with him he remained some months, peacefully {mr iing his education, It would have ) much better for him had he re- mained permanently, as he might have done but for the appearance upon the scene of an el e Englishman, 1 url Stanhope, father of the historian. iting Nuremberg in May, 1831, he saw Hauser, and thought him by far the greatest curiosity in the curious town. In ashort time he became 50 much in- terested that he proposed to adopt the vouth and take him to England. The authorities were quite willing, and the adeption was formally and legally con- summated. Of course the adopted father at once proceeded to spoil the adopted son dy treating him one day as e S IO making him fine presents, and supplying him liverally with money. Von Tucher \'mulf protested and finally gave up his guardianship altogether.” Then (De- cember, 1831,) Earl Stanhope removed Kasper to Ansbach and placed him in JANUARY 13, 18 XTEEN PAG F“l THE HART CARPET GO., Cor. 15th and Howard Sts., Sheely Building. We are bound to dispose of our entire stock at once, and in order to do sorapidly, have made the following Beut Double Extra Tapestry Extra quality Tapestry... Palisade Tapestry ... Best Lowell Philadelphia Extra Supers all wool. Bang-up Extra Supers, A good 2-ply Carpet Other grades at corresponding low prices. tnith’s 10-wire Tapestry Ingrains with a stick in PFPRICHES 72ic 62!c 55¢ 35c| 256¢ WRIONS «ivvvie Best Wiltons. ..... Best Axminsters Best Moquettes...... Best Wilton Velvets Good Wilton Velvets Best Tapestry Velvets Best Lowell 5-frame Body Brussels Best 4 frame Body Brussels.... Other grades at 77%c and lower. Best 3-ply on earth Best Roxbury Tapestry...... We have a Full Line of Cur ains Rugs, Draperics, etc., all at Prices that CANNOTB £ DUPLICATED EVEN in NEW YORK If you are not POSITIVE of the above assertion youfself, get prices from other dealers and then visit us. No one can duplicate the above prices, If you expect to have use for a new carpet within the next year, you had better buy now as we are closing out our stock to quit business. The Hart Carpet Cer Cor. 15th and Harney Streets. charge of a teacher ned where he left him and r Land. The simple thought thd “boy h of the treated him a called him *‘my tered and fooled him as if he were a lord indeed. Poor Kaspar’s hend— none too strong at_hest—was turned by this treatment. He would not study o he had done befor nd becam suid. more secretive in his dispos and less frank and trathful. M le it was rumored that the secrc sould be discovered in Hunga h, and .\lznlhmn a Ansbach destined and They flat- > of the ishman ¥ lord” and who made ¢ inquiries and nv tions, but with The party visited some of al pli Germany 15 overy where treated with svertheless, it person. was apparent to the best that his cha ating rather hone—as might grew weary of him, and the which he’ lived Anshach showed signs of similur winess. Releaso for ull concerned was close at hind, and it came 1 th= shape of A DISMAL TRAGEDY. On the 14th of December, 1883, in the afternoon. while Here Meyer was sit- ting in his voom, ar suddenly burst in upon him thr the outer door, exclaiming with i gestures and in broken words: “The man—had a knife ment—gave me a pu stabbld me, I ran as fast Purse left lying there.” He wus quickly put to bod anda policeman sent to "the spot mentioncd. There was found a small purse of il colored silk. It con s of paper on which this puzzling m o “To be delivered. Hauser wili be to tell you exactly who I am, and whenee T come, but in order to spure him the trouble, T will tell you mysecif. 1 come from 3 The Bavarian frontier By the river, 1 wiil even tell you my name—M, L. Oc,” I\ulh\nw clse was discovered, and the jow hud covered any Y ooina ps around the monu- Meanwhile two physi tendance upon Ha »d @ small but deep wound upon tho loft xRast, the weapon having cut through added coat,waisteoat, front- piece and™hivt. At the end of two days he was able to make a deposition, the essentinl points of which are these: On the 11th bf the month, at 7 4. ta., he had met a-man near the court of ap- peals M\} patied like o workman. This i cler was det improving. St wve been anticipated family in Uz wnd as | mon - then could. ment, n man saidto/Him: he court gardener sends ydu _lu.~ best compliments, nnd begs you tgeeme a hittle wfte vk to the coprts gardens, where he will show you the different clays to be seen in sinkin® e artesian well.” He did not go thatigay, because it was wet, but o R wife about it, and she strongly advised him not to go at all, On the thiehe same man appeared to bhim, at thé same time and place, and repeated the invitation. He went at the hour appointed to the gavdeuns and straight to the artesian well., Find- ing uobody there he went to the Uz monument, and there, at the two stone seats, o tall man suddenly came forward, gave him & purse and stabbed him, Then he ran home as quickly as he could, He thought he recognized the lilac purse, but the person who gave it to him he had never seen bhefore. This was the substance of the auswers to for- ty-two questions asked the dying mau, On the evaning of the 17th hé was dead. The government offcred a veward of 4,000 for the detection of the murderer to which Earl Stanhope added #2,000; but in spite of this powerful stimulus to effort, nothing more was ever known about the murder; and the hfe and death of Kuaspar Hauser have been shrouded in a veil of impeuctrable mystery from that day to this. Of cou lifetime and after, numerous theories were proposed in regard to him; but none of them have been even ially conlivmed by ter vevelations. The visit to Hun- gavy was made because on one or two oecitsions he showed signs of mental ex” citement when hearing Hungarian words, Then it was assumed, quiet gratuitously. that he must be the son of Some illustrions Hungarian family, But when taken to that country neithor the 1 costume or seener made the slightest perceptible improess- ion upon him. Then it was thoug waus one of the Baden princes, Stephanie. hitherto helieved to diod in infancy. and who was known to 0 born in 1812, The grand h distressed the n — which rather i -wl e belief in it but st . we have h |H~'.mn.11 conun- » Man in the lvon e Hic jacet sseanvs Havsen, Anigma, Sui temporis, lgnota nativitas, Oceulta mors MDCCCXXXIIL - PLITMINT DIROT civilization is lilke a 1 hard 1o find. t right in this who get left wisning to procure their spring garments of statehood 1 Come early and avold the rush Itis said Mes. Belva Lockwood svends ime knitting siockings, but tho lom," not hit to' the youth © man wio 3 tinge it, hs ainee ot his Tifts who aimed at immorality. A German paper says Henry M. Stanley is wandering i a :connt of love af fair. Undoubtedly for Many a man who thinks he is marrying the lady finds out i the course of three or four irs afterward, that he has got the tiger in xploration. ed | of g about th ' of the bust them are compluin their aresses. “Washing and Pupils in Theosophy T is o Boston sign which shows that tne of knowledge still sheiters the city of brains and beans It is enough to draw tears from a wooden ian to see a sleigh mai urer and an meet on a s corner these recovered from its 5 on Goethe, Dante 10 stonish in spareribs. naving ne day lectu and Aristotics is uow propar the world with it spring rad %, here is another new year. you started 1o keep okept it. Here it is, just us #00d us it was & year ago. Not even s mark on any page.” “I am glad tosee your husband kee steady,Mrs. Brevier. 1 notice he i Saturday night of late. © ‘He has recently had bis payday changed. President-elect Harrison may not be & be- liever in spiritualism, but he knows a few cabinet tricks. The personality of his ma- terializations are awaited with much anxiety in some quarters, He—At last, my dear Amelia, the bappy woment has arrived when 1 can tell you how much I love you. She—For goodness sake, Mr. Towpkins, don't tell it here, He- There are 1o witnesses, She 4 it is time for & revival of reading, writing aud arithwetic 1u the public scigols. . Olay modeling and musie are nice accomplish ments, but the children when grown cannot handlé wud for their board nor sing for theiv supper. “The man who first s as the signature of a person who could 1ot write was no philosopher. The fitness of things should have led him to suggest the cipher, which a. ested the use of an \\Im! did ye \IL'IV X nd robbe Wasw't nobody in the stuge copting two plumbers, and a_prima_donna, sional courtesy wouldn't allow me to toueh ‘e, of cour A Loudon physic wrinkles, re the of them come from lau nerally supposed London physician on the moon after a study of Yos, but how account for ot try to He is cither murr How e always turns his poctetbook to Bride of a day 1o her ck 10 we when he opeas tle usband,who is doing nis best to entertain her ou the train—Do stop talking a little while, John. John (ten derly) —What is the matter, dear: are yo nervous! Bride —No, but 1 want” to hear what the women are saying in the scat be hind us, he i 10 clusse “But the Alfred, t 1 country is that where there are sighed youn Honeymoon © 1o ¢ this country, suid his faie young bride, stir er for the es th e cookin ned Al ine you could hear (unhappily The silenge is still w my house. 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