Departures of note

He said he was sending a two‑meter chain made from 234 cultured pearls to a jeweler in Munich, insured and valued at 65,000 ℛ︁ℳ︁; when the package arrived it contained a dead mouse, and he reported the incident.

Investigations lasted four years until 1929 when charges of fraud were brought against him in Würzburg; he was accused of placing a live mouse in the package to simulate damage and collect insurance, which he denied while preparing an insanity defense citing hallucinations and a split personality.