The Murders in the Rue Morgue

By Edgar Allan Poe

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 The narrator of the story met Auguste He was astonished by Dupin’s way of
Dupin in a library in Paris, year 1840. thinking. Such an unusually interesting
They become friends and live in the man with a busy, forceful mind and
same mansion. reasoning power.

One morning, Dupin read the The newspaper gave Dupin a whole
newspaper about a terrible killing from story of the witnesses from the tragic
a house in the street called Rue Morgue. incident. The witnesses include a
An old woman, Mrs. L’Espanaye, and washwoman, a shopkeeper, a banker, a
her daughter was found dead in their policeman, Spanish man, another
room and the killer was unknown. foreigner, and an Italian who lives
nearby.

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 Every witness agreed that they heard a In the crime scene, the dead body of the
low voice of a Frenchman saying “My daughter lies inside the fireplace while
God!” but could not agree about the the old woman’s head was not attached
high voice which does not sound any to her body. All windows are locked
foreign language. Dupin and his friend, from the inside, Dupin examine the
go to the Rue Morgue to investigate. room with his reasoning power.

Dupin gathers all of the clues and Early in the morning, Dupin paid to
figured out who the killer is. An unusual, have put an announcement in
non-human formed murdered the newspaper looking for the owner of the
mother and the daughter, only someone lost orangutan to find who the French
with very special strength could have man in the murder scene was. A large
done it, which revealed to be an strong man came into their house,
orangutan. carrying a big, heavy piece of wood,
which indeed a sailor.
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 After the sailor enters the house, Dupin The sailor told Dupin the whole story on
walked to the door, locked it, and put how the orangutan killed the two
the key in his coat. At the same time, he women. They surrender him to the
took a gun out of his coat and placed it police but the chief was not happy that
on the table, ready to interrogate the the mystery was solve by someone who
sailor about what happened in the Rue is not in the field.
Morgue.

END

Submitted By:
Conde, Clarisse
Garcia, Allyanah Grace B.
Lingcallo, Honey Mae D.
Resco, Christine A.
Villanos, Alleanna G.

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