Editing Kaspar Hauser (section)

==== "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>