Tell is arrested for failing to bow in respect to the hat that the newly appointed Austrian Vogt , Albrecht Gessler , has placed on a pole .
Albrecht Gessler commands Albrecht Gessler to shoot an apple off Albrecht Gessler 's son 's head with a single bolt Albrecht Gessler 's his crossbow .
Tell is arrested for failing to bow in respect to the hat that the newly appointed Austrian Vogt , Albrecht Gessler , has placed on a pole , and Gessler commands him to shoot an apple off his son 's head with a single bolt from his crossbow .