Убийство на улице Морг

           “OfMadameL’Espanayenotraceswerehereseen;butanunusualquantityofsootbeingobservedinthefire-place,asearchwasmadeinthechimney,and(horribletorelate!)thecorpseofthedaughter,headdownward,wasdraggedtherefrom;ithavingbeenthusforcedupthenarrowapertureforaconsiderabledistance.Thebodywasquitewarm.Uponexaminingit,manyexcoriationswereperceived,nodoubtoccasionedbytheviolencewithwhichithadbeenthrustupanddisengaged.Uponthefaceweremanyseverescratches,and,uponthethroat,darkbruises,anddeepindentationsoffingernails,asifthedeceasedhadbeenthrottledtodeath. 

           “Afterathoroughinvestigationofeveryportionofthehouse,withoutfartherdiscovery,thepartymadeitswayintoasmallpavedyardintherearofthebuilding,wherelaythecorpseoftheoldlady,withherthroatsoentirelycutthat,uponanattempttoraiseher,theheadfelloff.Thebody,aswellasthehead,wasfearfullymutilated—theformersomuchsoasscarcelytoretainanysemblanceofhumanity. 

           “Tothishorriblemysterythereisnotasyet,webelieve,theslightestclew.” 

           Thenextday’spaperhadtheseadditionalparticulars. 

           “TheTragedyintheRueMorgue.