Убийство на улице Морг

           Aheavyclubofwood,orabroadbarofiron—achair—anylarge,heavy,andobtuseweaponhaveproducedsuchresults,ifwieldedbythehandsofaverypowerfulman.Nowomancouldhaveinflictedtheblowswithanyweapon.Theheadofthedeceased,whenseenbywitness,wasentirelyseparatedfromthebody,andwasalsogreatlyshattered.Thethroathadevidentlybeencutwithsomeverysharpinstrument—probablywitharazor. 

           “AlexandreEtienne,surgeon,wascalledwithM.Dumastoviewthebodies.Corroboratedthetestimony,andtheopinionsofM.Dumas. 

           “Nothingfartherofimportancewaselicited,althoughseveralotherpersonswereexamined.Amurdersomysterious,andsoperplexinginallitsparticulars,wasneverbeforecommittedinParis—ifindeedamurderhasbeencommittedatall.Thepoliceareentirelyatfault—anunusualoccurrenceinaffairsofthisnature.Thereisnot,however,theshadowofaclewapparent.”TheeveningeditionofthepaperstatedthatthegreatestexcitementcontinuedintheQuartierSt.Roch—thatthepremisesinquestionhadbeencarefullyre-searched,andfreshexaminationsofwitnessesinstituted,butalltonopurpose.Apostscript,howevermentionedthatAdolpheLeBonhadbeenarrestedandimprisoned—althoughnothingappearedtocriminatehim,beyondthefactsalreadydetailed. 

           Dupinseemedsingularlyinterestedintheprogressofthisaffair—atleastsoIjudgedfromhismanner,forhemadenocomments.