Broadway Journal, 314, 323–24
Burton’s Gentleman’s Magazine, 127–30
career options, 299–300
Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine, 131, 220–21, 263
lectures, 299, 300, 307, 330, 332
New York Evening Mirror, 307
pursuit of, 223–24
Southern Literary Messenger, 70, 76, 77, 82–83
wages, 82, 83, 127–28, 131, 217, 220, 223, 307, 314
English, Thomas Dunn, 296, 327–28, 355
Eureka: An Essay on the Material and Spiritual Universe (Poe), 330
Evening Signal, 152
Every, Edward Van, 345
“Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar, The” (Poe), 326
“Fall of the House of Usher, The” (Poe), 128–29, 262
Fanshaw, William, 162, 242–43
Fay, Theodore, 80, 125, 144, 263
finances of Poe
advances on salary, 220
donation requests, 328–29
and John Allan, 46–47
loan requests, 3, 83, 129, 307, 324, 326
poverty of, 123, 223, 230, 244, 263, 300–301
wages, 83, 127–28, 131, 217, 220, 223, 307, 314
Finnegan, James, 164
Five Points, 14, 66
Franklin, Benjamin, 70, 112
gambling, 46–47
gang theory
as depicted in “Marie Rogêt,” 8, 237–39, 242–43, 265–72
press on, 5, 147–48, 199
and rowboat story, 163–64
Gautier (physician), 247, 248
Gift, The, 310
Godey’s Lady’s Book, 328
“Gold-Bug, The” (Poe), 299, 300, 351
Gothic horror literary genre, 128–29
Gowans, William, 35–36, 37–38, 123–24
Graham, George
and American authors, 229
defense of Poe, 336
employment of Poe, 221, 263
on Griswold, 300
purchase of Burton’s, 131
on Virginia Poe, 218
Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine
fiction of Poe in, 140
and Poe’s status, 244
Poe’s work at, 6–7, 131, 217, 220–21
position offered to Poe, 263
wages, 217, 220, 223
Graves, “Bully,” 56
Greeley, Horace
on abortion theory, 253–54
Bennett on, 152
loan to Poe, 324
on Loss, 255
as patron of Anderson’s, 16
Poe’s relationship with, 355
and reward, 154, 229
Griswold, Rufus
criticism of Poe, 336–37, 349, 350
loan requests, 324–25
and Osgood, 314, 336
Poe’s criticism of, 300
as Poe’s literary executor, 336
on Tales, 321
Griswold, Samuel, 206
Halleck, Fitz-Greene, 38, 326
Hamilton, Alexander, 144
Hardenburg, Friedrich von, 204
Harper & Brothers, 124
Haviland, Mary, 177–78, 179
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 350
Hayes, Edward B., 188–89, 189, 191
Hayes, Mrs.
and description of Rogers, 169
and disappearance of Rogers (1838), 24–25
and disappearance of Rogers (1841), 62–63, 68
and Payne, 108
Hays, Jacob, 65–66, 66
Hilliker (constable), 166–67, 167–72, 173, 178–79
hoaxes, 124–25, 305–6
Hoboken, New Jersey, 66, 88–93, 102, 110, 251
Hoffman, Charles Fenno, 80
Holmes, Sherlock, 351
Hone, Philip, 113, 147–48
Hopkins, Eliza Arnold, 7–8, 39–40, 49, 58
Hugo, Victor, 140
Hyde, George, 183
immigrants, 147
“Imp of the Perverse, The” (Poe), 323, 325
Ingraham, J. H., 308–9, 315, 347
Ingram, John Henry, 350, 353, 356
“Irene” (Poe), 304
Irving, Washington, 16, 38, 104
James, Henry, 9–10
Jefferson, Thomas, 44
Jennings, Mary Starr, 292, 293
Jewett, Helen, 115, 116–21, 143–44, 146, 352
Jones, Timothy, 55
journalism. See press
Journal of Commerce, 106, 160–61
“Journal of Julius Rodman, The” (Poe), 128
judges and judicial reform, 148–51, 154, 155–56, 183
Judson, Edward Zane Carroll, 347
Kafka, Franz, 350
Kellenbarack brothers
and death of Loss, 248–49
as depicted in “Marie Rogêt,” 268
interrogation of, 259
Merritt’s accusation of, 249, 254, 255
and murder thicket evidence, 193–94
and Payne, 201, 208
release of, 262
and woman’s screams, 196–97
Kennedy, John Pendleton, 76, 80
Kent, James, 16
Kiekuck, William
interrogation of, 157–58, 159–60
and “Marie Rogêt” mystery, 277, 281
as suspect, 164, 169
visits with Rogers, 279
Ladies Morning Star, 118
laudanum, 202, 209–10, 332
law enforcement. See police
Lea & Blanchard publishing house, 129, 223–24
Leatherheads, 104
Les Miserables (Hugo), 140
L’Etoile, 239, 241
“Lines on the Death of Mary Rogers” (anonymous), 340
“Lionizing” (Poe), 315
“Literati of New York City, The” (Poe), 328
Locke, Richard Adams, 26, 152, 305
Lohman, Ann Trow. See Restell
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 314–15, 324
Long Room bookstore, 35
Loss, Frederica
and abortion theory, 261, 359
business of, 216
death of, 247–50, 259, 293, 297
as depicted in “Marie Rogêt,” 235, 268, 289, 295, 316, 317, 320
Merritt’s accusation of, 249, 253
and murder thicket evidence, 193–97, 198–99
and Payne’s suicide, 208–9
press on, 212–13, 214
Lowell, James Russell, 299, 310, 322, 324
Luther, H. G., 90, 99–100, 186, 256
Lutkins, Stephen, 259, 260
Lynch, Henry, 148–50, 154, 156
Mabbott, Thomas Ollive, 363
Maelzel, Johann, 70, 133, 224–25
Mallin, Henry, 90, 96–97, 99
“Man of the Crowd, The” (Poe), 133, 366
Manual of Conchology, The (Wyatt), 125–26
“Masque of the Red Death, The” (Poe), 219, 315
Mather, Ezra, 21, 23
Mather, Frederick, 343
McCadden (undertaker), 190
McCloskey, Felix, 361, 363–64
“Memoir of the Author” (Griswold), 336–37
Merritt, Gilbert
and Bennett, 144–46
criticism of, 211
and Crommelin, 189, 360
and discovery of new evidence, 195–96
and initial investigation, 92, 93, 96, 98
and Kellenbarack brothers, 254, 255, 259, 262
and Loss, 247–50, 255, 261, 262
and Payne’s suicide, 205, 208–9, 211
and Restell trial, 252
and reward, 103
mildew, 267, 278
mobs, 86, 174
Moran, John, 334–35
Morning Courier, 249
Morning Express, 328–29
Morning News, 344
Morris, Robert, 101–2, 199, 205, 259
Morse, Joseph, 166–72, 173–78, 243
Morse, Martha, 166–67, 169, 1
80
“MS. Found in a Bottle” (Poe), 74–75
Murderer’s Alley, 14
murder investigation
and abortion theory, 250–62, 357–66
autopsy results, 92–98, 146
cause of death, 95–96, 97, 146, 147–48
disappearance of Rogers (see Rogers, Mary Cecilia)
dress and bonnet of deceased (see clothing on body)
drowning theory, 146, 240–41
and gang theory, 5, 147–48, 163–64, 199
identification of body, 90–93, 98, 102, 105–6, 184–85, 239–40
immunity offer for accomplices, 182, 212
jurisdiction in, 102–3, 143, 151
length of, 229–30, 248, 258, 308
and “Marie Rogêt” mystery, 232–44, 318 (see also “Mystery of Marie Rogêt, The”)
rape evidence, 95, 97
rewards offered, 103, 151–56, 182, 184, 201, 364
scene of the crime, 195, 266–72, 278, 316–17 (see also murder thicket)
and Seward, 155–56
state of body, 184–85, 187, 240–41, 357, 365–66
strangulation evidence, 94, 95, 260–61, 358–59, 365
suspects, 157–72, 182–84, 358 (see also specific individuals)
theories on murderers, 214–15
tips from public, 160–63
witnesses, 159, 171, 172, 173, 174, 179–80, 200–201
“Murders in the Rue Morgue, The” (Poe)
importance of, 7, 351
and “Marie Rogêt” mystery, 3
on sailors’ knots, 158
storyline of, 134–41
structure of, 224–25
in Tales, 315
murder thicket
and abortion theory, 254, 261
as depicted in “Marie Rogêt,” 237, 266–72, 277, 280, 293–94, 295, 316–17
discovery of, 193–200, 230, 247, 248
and Payne’s suicide, 201–2
press on, 212–15
Mysteries and Miseries of New York (Buntline), 347
mystery literary genre, 140–41, 226
“Mystery of Marie Rogêt, The” (Poe)
and abortion theory, 261–64, 289, 296–97, 316, 354–55
and Anderson, 362–63
on boat, 283–84, 287, 321
on confession, 353–54, 355
development of, 225–26
editorial note, 286, 296, 318–19, 353–54
elopement theory, 274–75, 279
on escape of murderer, 283–84
and gang theory, 8, 237–39, 242–43, 265–72
Griswold on, 337
and identification of murderer, 272–85, 285–89, 296
illustration, 303
importance of, 352
investigator, 226–27 (see also Dupin, C. Auguste)
and murder thicket evidence, 217, 266–72
Poe’s criticism of, 229
proposal for, 3–4, 226–27
publication of, 231, 243–45, 263, 289, 292
purchase of, 8, 230
ratiocination in, 7, 9, 71, 225–26, 235–44, 284–87, 287, 293, 353
reprinting of, 350–51
reviews of, 296
revision of, 291–92, 315–22
six “extracts” of, 242, 265, 287, 291
storyline of, 231–44
in Tales, 315–16, 321, 337, 345
Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, The (Poe), 124–25, 127
naval officer
Ingram on, 356
in “Marie Rogêt” mystery, 276–78, 280, 281, 289, 294, 316, 317–18
Poe on, 354
Newark Daily Advertiser, 260
New Jersey, 102
New York, 83, 87–88, 102, 301, 305, 306
New York Atlas, 107, 108, 146
New York Enquirer, 112, 115, 148
New York Evening Mirror, 307, 311, 355
New York Gazette, 28–29
New York Herald
on abortion theory, 253
on body of Rogers, 89, 95
on Canter, 26
on cause of death, 146–48
on clothing evidence, 215, 267
competition, 255
as depicted in “Marie Rogêt,” 271
on disappearance of Rogers (1838), 276–77, 281
on disappearance of Rogers (1841), 65, 280–81
editor, 111–21 (see also Bennett, James Gordon)
on gangs, 5
on Jewett murder, 115–18
and journalistic propriety, 5
on judges, 148–51, 170, 183
on Morse, 180
on murder thicket, 214, 288
on new evidence, 195, 199–200, 203
on Nick Moore’s Tavern, 199, 203
parallels with Rogers, 143
on police, 104–5
on progress of investigation, 102, 110, 143–47, 149–50, 259
on public response to murder, 109–10
and Restell’s advertisements, 250
on Restell’s client list, 346
and Seward, 156
on survival of Rogers, 187
on suspects, 159, 162–63, 174, 179
on witnesses, 179
New York Journal of Commerce, 24–25
New York Mirror, 80
New York Planet, 181, 184
New York Polynathos, 297
New York Review, 37
New York Standard, 287–88
New York Sun
on disappearance of Rogers (1838), 24
journalistic hoaxes, 26, 305–6
on Merritt, 211
missing persons ad, 63–64, 65
on Morse, 180
on progress of investigation, 103
on P. T. Barnum, 15
and sensationalism, 120
New York Sunday Mercury, 110–11
New York Tribune
on abortion theory, 253–54
editor (see Greeley, Horace)
on Elysian Fields, 89
on gangs, 5
on Poe’s death, 335–36
on suspects, 107, 254–55
Nick Moore’s Tavern
and abortion theory, 259, 261
business of, 201, 216
and evidence, 193–96, 199, 203 (see also murder thicket)
and Merritt’s affidavit, 249
and Payne, 201, 207–8
Poe at, 292–93
proprietor (see Loss, Frederica)
and Restell’s abortion clinics, 253
Noah, Mordecai
and Bennett, 148–50, 154, 156, 342
Poe’s relationship with, 355
and Restell trial, 252
Norman Leslie (Fay), 80, 125, 144, 263
Old Brewery tenement, 14
Osgood, Frances Sargent, 313–14, 330, 336
Padley, Archibald
and Crommelin, 30, 31, 61
and disappearance of Rogers (1841), 66, 67
identification of body, 91–92
and Phoebe Rogers, 99
as suspect, 182–83, 191
as witness, 96
Parker, Milne, 183
Paulding, James K., 16
Payne, Daniel
and abortion theory, 257
alibi, 108, 208, 359–60
brother of, 207
conscience of, 258–59
and Crommelin, 188, 191
at the Dead House, 101
defense of, 108
as depicted in “Marie Rogêt,” 233, 235, 275–76
described, 30
and disappearance of Rogers (1841), 60–61, 62–64, 108
engagement to Rogers, 107, 258, 358–59
funeral, 216
identification of body, 105, 106
Phoebe’s disapproval of, 31–32, 60–61, 107, 244, 258
and press, 106–7
response to discovery of body, 99, 100, 186, 187–88, 208, 256
suicide of, 201–2, 205–11, 226, 230, 248, 259, 359
as suspec
t, 107–8, 208, 358, 359–60, 360
Penn Magazine, The, 130, 131, 132, 221. See also Stylus, The
penny presses, 113, 120, 182
Peterson, Charles, 221, 225
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 126
plagiarism, 126, 314, 323–24
pocket-handkerchief, 215, 238–39
Poe, David, 39–40, 58, 73
Poe, Edgar Allan
admirers of, 350, 353
and Anderson, 362–63
biography of, 350
career of, 36–37, 125–26 (see also employment of Poe; publications of Poe)
and chess machine, 69–73
childhood and youth of, 39–45, 57–58
critics and enemies of, 36, 322, 335–37, 349–50
death of, 335 (see also alcoholism of Poe)
described, 36, 45–46, 55
drinking of (see alcoholism of Poe)
education of, 42, 44–47, 54–55
family of, 39–44, 58 (see also specific family members, including Clemm, Maria)
health of, 230, 323, 324, 328–29, 331–32
imprisonment, 332
marriage of Poe, 79, 81–82 (see also Poe, Virginia Clemm)
mental health of, 327 (see also alcoholism of Poe)
military enlistment, 49–52
and money (see finances of Poe)
and murder investigation, 6–7 (see also “Mystery of Marie Rogêt, The”)
on plagiarism, 314, 323–24
pseudonyms, 124–25
revival of, 350–52
and Rogers, 38, 58, 225, 358
self-destructive nature of, 58, 82–83, 323–24, 336
suicide threats, 78, 332, 339
transatlantic balloon hoax, 305–6
at West Point Military Academy, 52, 53, 54–55, 56–58
writing (see poetry of Poe; publications of Poe)
Poe, Elizabeth, 73
Poe, Henry, 39
Poe, Neilson, 77, 78, 333
Poe, Rosalie, 40–41
Poe, Virginia Clemm
death of, 329
Gowans on, 36
health of, 8, 218, 220, 222, 230, 244, 306, 326, 328–29
and Maria Clemm, 73–74
marriage to Poe, 79, 81–82
and Neilson Poe, 77
in New York, 306
poetry of Poe
collections, 50, 53–54, 57–58, 73, 311–13
contests, 74–75
development of, 57–58
“Raven, The,” 311–13, 315, 323
and women of Poe’s life, 331
in youth, 42, 43, 45–46, 47
Poets and Poetry of America, The (Griswold), 300
police
criticism of, 150–51
as depicted in “Marie Rogêt,” 235–36
and disappearance of Rogers (1841), 65–66 (see also murder investigation)
Poe on, 308
and press, 108–9
public opinion of, 108
and repercussions of Rogers’s murder, 4–5, 342, 347
state of, 104–5, 341–42
Police Gazette, 251, 253, 297, 343–46, 355
“Politan” (Poe), 133, 291
politics in New York, 148–49
Post, 164
press. See also specific newspapers and editors
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