Editing Kaspar Hauser (section)

=== Further life in Nuremberg ===
[[File:Mill pencil drawing by Kaspar Hauser, 1829.jpg|thumb|right|Pencil drawing by Hauser, 1829]]
[[Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach]], president of the Bavarian [[court of appeals]], began to investigate the case. Hauser was formally adopted by the town of Nuremberg and its citizens donated money for his upkeep and education.<ref>Jan Bondeson 2004, p.&nbsp;80</ref> The town placed him into the care of [[Georg Friedrich Daumer|Friedrich Daumer]], a schoolmaster and speculative philosopher. Daumer taught Hauser various subjects and uncovered his talent for drawing. 

Hauser appeared to flourish with Daumer, who subjected him to [[homeopathy]] and [[Animal magnetism|magnetic experiments]]. As Feuerbach told the story, "When Professor Daumer held the north pole [of a magnet] towards him, Kaspar put his hand to the pit of his stomach, and, drawing his waistcoat in an outward direction, said that it drew him thus; and that a current of air seemed to proceed from him. The south pole affected him less powerfully; and he said that it blew upon him."<ref>Anselm von Feuerbach: ''Caspar Hauser'', translated by Gotfried Linberg, Allen and Ticknor 1832, p.&nbsp;132</ref>

==== Cut wound ====
On 17 October 1829, Hauser was found in the cellar of Daumer's house bleeding from a wound to his forehead. He claimed that while sitting in the [[outhouse]], a hooded man attacked him, saying: "You still have to die before you leave the city of Nuremberg." Hauser said he recognised the speaker as the man who had brought him to Nuremberg in 1828. As was obvious from his blood trail, Hauser at first fled into the house to the first floor, then went downstairs and climbed through a trap door into the cellar. 

Alarmed officials called for a police escort and transferred Hauser to the care of Johann Biberbach, a municipal authority. The alleged attack  fueled rumours about Hauser's possible ancestry from Hungary, England or the [[House of Baden]]. Skeptics believed that Hauser had deliberately cut himself with a razor, then left it in his room on the first floor before hiding in the cellar.<ref>Fritz Trautz: ''Zum Problem der Persönlichkeitsdeutung: Anläßlich das Kaspar-Hauser-Buches von Jean Mistler'', in: Francia 2, 1974, pp.&nbsp;715–731, here pp.&nbsp;717–718</ref> Hauser had recently quarrelled with Daumer, who had accused him of lying. Hauser might have staged the attack to gain sympathy and avoid further reprimand from Daumer.<ref>Ivo Striedinger 1927, p.&nbsp;201 and p.&nbsp;206</ref>

==== "Pistol accident" ====
On 3 April 1830, a [[pistol]] shot went off in Hauser's room at the Biberbachs' house. His escort hurriedly entered the room and found him unconscious, bleeding from a head wound. Quickly reviving, Hauser stated that he had climbed on a chair to get some books from a shelf. The chair had fallen and he reached to grab something to stop his fall. By mistake, he grabbed a pistol hanging on the wall, which then discharged and wounded him. 

Again, people were dubious of Hauser's story. His head wound seemed too superficial to have been caused by a gunshot. He had also been recently reproached by the Biberbach family for lying.<ref>Fritz Trautz 1974, pp. 718–719</ref> Mrs. Biberbach commented on Hauser's "horrendous mendacity" and "art of dissimulation" and called him "full of vanity and spite."<ref name=":0" /> Having outstayed his welcome in the Biberbach household, the town of Nuremberg transferred Hauser in May 1830 to the [[Tucher von Simmelsdorf|house of Baron von Tucher]].<ref>Jean Mistler: ''Gaspard Hauser, un drame de la personnalité'', Fayard 1971, pp. 170–171</ref> The baron later complained about Hauser's exorbitant vanity and lies.<ref name=":0">Walther Schreibmüller 1991, p.&nbsp;53</ref>