Staps; Frederick; German patriot.1792-1809."Interrogatoire de Staps - "Interrogatoire de Staps par Napol閛n" (Sch鰊brunn; 12th October 1809: after failing to assassinate Napoleon; Staps refuses to accept a pardon is is executed. Also present: Napoleon's personal physician Jean-Nicolas Corvisart). Woodcut (book illustration); 1860; by Charles Barbant after drawing by F閘ix Philippoteaux (1815-1884). From: Adolph Thiers; "Histoire de l'Empire; faisant suite ?l' Histoire du Consulat; Paris (Lheureux); 1866; vol. 2;pg. 353.