The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition: Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five VolumesPoe, Edgar Allan
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The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition: Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes
Poe, Edgar Allan
American fiction -- 19th century; Fantasy fiction; Horror tales, American; Indexes; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Short stories
A weekly paper, Le Soleil,(*12) had the following comments upon
this discovery—comments which merely echoed the sentiment of the
whole Parisian press:
“The things had all evidently been there at least three or four
weeks; they were all mildewed down hard with the action of the
rain and stuck together from mildew. The grass had grown around
and over some of them. The silk on the parasol was strong, but
the threads of it were run together within. The upper part, where
it had been doubled and folded, was all mildewed and rotten, and
tore on its being opened..... The pieces of her frock torn out by
the bushes were about three inches wide and six inches long. One
part was the hem of the frock, and it had been mended; the other
piece was part of the skirt, not the hem. They looked like strips
torn off, and were on the thorn bush, about a foot from the
ground..... There can be no doubt, therefore, that the spot of
this appalling outrage has been discovered.”
Consequent upon this discovery, new evidence appeared. Madame
Deluc testified that she keeps a roadside inn not far from the
bank of the river, opposite the Barrière du Roule. The
neighborhood is secluded—particularly so. It is the usual Sunday
resort of blackguards from the city, who cross the river in
boats. About three o’clock, in the afternoon of the Sunday in
question, a young girl arrived at the inn, accompanied by a young
man of dark complexion. The two remained here for some time. On
their departure, they took the road to some thick woods in the
vicinity. Madame Deluc’s attention was called to the dress worn
by the girl, on account of its resemblance to one worn by a
deceased relative. A scarf was particularly noticed. Soon after
the departure of the couple, a gang of miscreants made their
appearance, behaved boisterously, ate and drank without making
payment, followed in the route of the young man and girl,
returned to the inn about dusk, and re-crossed the river as if in
great haste.
It was soon after dark, upon this same evening, that Madame
Deluc, as well as her eldest son, heard the screams of a female
in the vicinity of the inn. The screams were violent but brief.
Madame D. recognized not only the scarf which was found in the
thicket, but the dress which was discovered upon the corpse. An
omnibus driver, Valence, (*13) now also testified that he saw
Marie Rogêt cross a ferry on the Seine, on the Sunday in
question, in company with a young man of dark complexion. He,
Valence, knew Marie, and could not be mistaken in her identity.
The articles found in the thicket were fully identified by the
relatives of Marie.
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