Kaspar Hauser
On October 17 1829, a hooded man tried to kill Hauser with a large knife but managed only to wound his forehead. People were worried that the person might try to kill him again, so he was given to someone else to be looked after.  He was given a job as a copyist.  Because someone had tried to murder him some people thought it proved that he was related to a noble family in the house of Baden.