AN AMBITIOUS LUNATIC.
The “ Pall Mall Gazette ” says:— Walter Kupfericinia, aged thirty, a Swiss, wag charged before Mr Mowers ■with being n lunatic wandering at large. The defendant went to Buckingham Palace and demanded an interview with the Q.ueen. Ho was told that ho could not possibly see her, and was requested to leave. Ho, however, positively refused to do so, and said ho would wait there until he did see her. His object in doing so was to make a proposal for the hand of her Eoyal Highness Princess Beatrice, as he had a very strong wish to marry her. He was taken into custody and examined by the divisional surgeon, who pronounced him to be insane. Mr Flowers said there oould be no doubt that the defendant was laboring under some delusion, and if he were placed under proper control for a short time ho would in all probability recover. He would, therefore, be sent to the workhouse. It was understood that for some time past ho had been writing letters to the Princess, and that inquiries had been made concerning his whereabouts by the authorities at Sootlandyard.
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Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2252, 17 May 1881, Page 3
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190AN AMBITIOUS LUNATIC. Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2252, 17 May 1881, Page 3
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