Page "Kaspar Hauser" Paragraph 25

Karl Leonhard also rejected the views of both Heidenreich and Hesse.

He came to the following conclusion: " Kaspar Hauser was, as other authors already opined, a pathological swindler.

In addition to his hysterical make-up he probably had the persistence of a paranoid personality since he was able to play his role so imperturbably.

From many reports on his behaviour one can recognise the hysterical as well as the paranoid trend of his personality.