New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-13
WHERE POE rs BURIED.
To Erect a Wonument-JOhn Wilkss
Booth Lies Near.


have passed away since the body OF Edgar Aha,
Poe laid to IN a vault In old Westrnin.ss-
Presbyterian churchyard here. For twentv-sv.
years other recognition was accorded 70 m.
dust of genius until Miss Sarah Sigouruev Rice
principal OF the Western FemaIe High School
collected a fund for simple granite monument
It was not until 1870 however that the body OF m.
poet together with those OF his child wife vir
ginia Glen. and her mother. Mrs. Maria Glen was
disinterred and placed beneath the monument
Now, however the city OF his birth is about "a
give tardy recognition TO Poe's genius. and Bait
moreans. through the Municipal Art Society ara
contributing a $1,000 fund designed to erect an
imposing shaft The movement is in charge ot
Robert H Garrett
When the fund is raised and the question %
site for the monument comes up for determination
there is going be obstinate resistance on aha
part OF many citizens against any proposed "a
novaI of Poe's body from Westminster church
yard The argument is advanced that IL would now
be nothing short Of sacrilege to destroy that SPOT
which. for more than half a century. has woven
halo Of romance about Westminster and, has
brought thither thousands OF reverentiaI visitors
In all decency and fairness. the supporters OF this
argument declare. the shaft should stand where
the poets bones now rest. The Poe family. whose
descendants are numerous in this city have not
yet expressed themselves on the matter.
So far publicity is concerned Westminster
churchyard is far from being a retired place. u
lies at ths intersection OF Fayette and Green SITS.
quarter. The poets grave and it's simple head
stone are in fun view of thousands who pass thu
spot daily their way downtown
A movement has also been started here to endoW
the room In which Poe died, as an asylum for sick
authors and literary men. This room Is in what
is now known as the Church Home and Infrmary,
but in the poets day 1t was known the Wash
ington Hospital The famous death chamber IS
now occupied by the Rev. T. H. Pattison. pastor
OF Emmanuel Protestant Episcopal Church. Ths
FO- ovr-n9a rf,
5000.
The mention Of old Washington Hospital inevi-
tally brings up afresh the memory OF POe's tragic
death and the discrepancies in the various accounts
of IT, The grief OF that tragedy has always made
IT a tender subject with members of the Poe fam
fly. but recently Miss Elizabeth Ellicott Poe.
third cousin OF the poet. has broken the family
reticence on the subject and given publicity
certain facts which apparently set forth IN their
true light the incidents surrounding PoeTs death
The story which has gained current credeucs IS
that a political gang OF ruffiaus, known ths
Plug Uglies" took advantage Of the poets vel
him into low drinking place known as "Ftyan's
Fourth Ward Polls where they drugged him. In
this condition. the narrative runs, he was found
by one J. B. Walker. a newspaper compositor, who
summoned DR.. ]. F. Snodgrass by the following
note;
for wear az Ryan's Fourth Ward Polls who goes
under the cognomen OF Edgar A Poe and VINO
acquainted with You and can assure you he is in
need Of immediate assistance Yours in haste
DIR. snodgrass writing OF this incident in 1857.
says that when he arrived al Ryan's place he
found the poet ''haggard blOated and unwashed.
His hair was unkempt and his whole physiqus was
repulsive. He neither vest nor neckcloth. his
coat was ripped the seams and the bosom Of his
shirt flthiy sOiled and CrumpIed. On his feet
were boots of coarse material. Un5lscked. He was
past IocomOton. lifted him into the hack in
waiting. he meanwhile mutterins uniatelLsible i'm
precautions on those who We're UTylng % he4p llIl-
We took him 10 the Washington hospital, where
he died without recovering consciousness on the
morning of the following day october Z 1873
by Miss Poe few weeks ago. Said she.
"Ou the night of October 8 George Poe. ST. my
grandfather, was hHrrylAg down SdlVg511Sl We.
he saw lying beneath the steps of the old BalJnoIe
Ohio buiIdingj a man. as he thought in a drunken
sJUpor- Pity for the unfortunate caused MIN %
his cousin Edgar, Quickly calling for a carriass
ana sendlng Tor Nelson zoe VINO HSe1 near ~
Doctors worked for days to restore him. but ne
be learned from him about the cause OF his cOnci-
ton. In the early dawn of sunday morning lclloN-
were ringing out their unconscious requiem
IN speaking OF Poe one cannot but refer EeTe -
the graves or two other young men the usssso5 -
whose lives is known 70 the world Az ne 10Y Q.
simple little white headstone, without lettering or
a lot owned by Lawrence Turnbun and beside ms
poet are buried two little children whom he dearly
In another part OF the cemetery. It's long. low,
ivy covered mound lying behind slender ma 4 &c
no slab or stone 70 show whose bodv lies oeneaIh
the centre Of the lot I'm which the entire Booth
family is buried, including Junius ErutuS Soon
Visitors nom the theatricai profession chi. AZ MAKE
their way 70 this marble shaft, and when they ss
starred young actor whose mistaken zeal plu1seeS1
tributes that remain behind on his obscure resdns
place,