Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-09
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BILE as to look almost like copperplate, Is
. manuscript that attracts general atten-
ton. 1t is q page from Edgar Allan Poe s
weird story OF aThe Murders Of the Rue
Moraue.'' story which caused sensa-
tion when 1t was first published, half q
century or more ago, and which was not,
NE MANY uninformeJ Teaders believe, u
uroAuct bfvloe'S wonderfully active imag-
| ination. but founded in Its main Incident
upon the mysterious murder Of Marie
| Roget, the New York cigarette girl, which
puzzled the best police talent Of the cOun-
try and f,lrnished problem in the solu-
ton Of which POc's marvellous faculty Of
deductive analysis evolved the queer story
that has thrilled and chilled tens Of thou
sands of readers through the succeeding
was-s
The manuscript az the strangely thrill
inc tale .rhe Murders of the Rue
Mor0ue was for many wears the prop
ertv ~ the late ! NJ Johnston. a well
known nevsu,tpr man az Lancaster. Pa.
who a;n,l ahunt ton vesrs AGO He dis-
nosed ~ the nrecio,,s napes Of Poe some
raars nrav;ous The ,nannscrint came into
his nossession about the snrins OF ls42
A, that time NJ, was AN annrenfice i'm the
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sight of II for MANY vears
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liam Johnston, removed 10 York county.
subsequently 10 Marvland and thence into
Virginia. CARRYING with him on these VA
rious pilerimages the pages OF poe. Nei.
Their the elder Johnston nor his son knew
that the manuscript was snuply slowed
| between the leaves of a large book in the
library-in fact. it had been neglected SO
long that il was actually forgotten alto
| pether Determining. after a residence az
some wears in the south, to return TO
Pennsylvania. DR.. Johnston made a sale
| of his personal effects, and among lot of
books offered at the auction was found
this much travelled Poe manuscript. 1t
was at once recognized. rescued from OBJ.
| liyion and forwarded 70 Mr. Johnston
who had continued his residence in Phila-
delphia until 1s47, removing hence to
Lancaster. where lie Teyalneu POSSESSION OF
the long neglected pages. none the worse
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