Kunyaka ophelileyo, umbhali uMateyu Pearl wapapasha inoveli ebizwa ngokuba Umvundla we Poe , apho igqwetha eliselula limisela ukusombulula enye yeemfihlakalo ezihlala zikho kwimbali yoncwadi lwaseMelika: Yintoni eyabulala uEdgar Allan Poe? Njengomntu ophambili kuye, uMnumzana uPearl wachukunyiswa ngulo mbuzo, osokolisa abaphengululi ukusukela oko umntu omkhulu wasweleka ngo-1849 eneminyaka engama-40, kwisibhedlele saseBaltimore emva kokufunyanwa, ephazamisekile kwaye engadibani, kwindawo yentselo yalapha.
UMnu Pearl wayefuna ukubhala inoveli ephonononga imfihlakalo. Kodwa akazange alindele ukufumanisa ubungqina bokwenyani obunokunceda ukusombulula.
Kukho iingcamango ezininzi ezikhuphisanayo malunga nokufa kukaMnu Poe-i-Edgar Allan Poe Museum e-Richmond, eVirginia, nokuba nomboniso ozinikezelwe kubo bonke. Ezinye iingcali zePoe zikholelwa ukuba sisiphumo sesiselo. Abanye bacinga ukuba wayenomgada. Abambalwa bathi wayetyhefwe ngabezopolitiko abonakeleyo. Kodwa uMnu.Pearl -umfundi oneminyaka engama-32 ubudala wase-Harvard College kunye ne-Yale Law School, othe ngo-2003, othengisa kakhulu kumazwe aphesheya Iklabhu yaseDante , ikhuthazwe Ikhowudi kaDa Vinci Umbhali uDan Brown ukubhengeza kuye, inkwenkwezi entsha yeentsomi zoncwadi-uxelelwe Umjongi Kutshanje ukuba ufumene ulwazi olutsha olucebisa impendulo engavakali kakhulu: UMnu Poe, kubonakala ngathi usweleke ngenxa yethumba ebuchotsheni.
Iimeko zokufa kuka Mnu Poe aziphikisani. Wayelahlekile kangangeentsuku ezininzi xa indoda egama linguSnodgrass yamfumana ngobusuku bango-Okthobha 3, 1849, engazi kakuhle kwaye enxibe iimpahla ezingalinganiyo, wamsa kwisibhedlele saseWashington College ukuze afumane unyango. Esibhedlele wahlwaya wahlokoma, utshilo uMnu Pearl. Kwiintsuku ezintathu kamva, wayefile.
Ulwazi oluncinci kakhulu luhleli kwisibhedlele esifutshane sikaMnu Poe, kunye noJohn Moran, ugqirha owayengamele unyango lwakhe, wayifihla irekhodi nangaphezulu ngokunikezela uthotho lweentetho ezihlawulelweyo kwiminyaka emininzi kamva apho wenza khona zonke iintlobo zeenkcukacha malunga noMnu. Ukuziphatha kukaPoe ebengakhange akuchaze ekuqaleni.
Kodwa ngobunye ubusuku ngehlobo lowama-2006, ehleli kwigumbi lasehotele eMidwestern-uthi akayikhumbuli nokuba kwakuseMilwaukee okanye kwisiXeko sase-Iowa-Mnu. UPearl wayenaso isityhilelo. Ngelo xesha, wayesendleleni esenza ufundo lokukhuthaza Umvundla we Poe , kwaye abalandeli baqhubeka bembuza ukuba kutheni umzimba kaMnu Poe ungenakucinywa nje kwingcwaba lawo laseBaltimore kwaye uvavanywe ukuze kulungiswe umcimbi wokufa kwakhe. Ngalo lonke ixesha, umnumzana uPearl ngesineke wachaza ukuba ukumbiwa kwesidumbu akunakwenzeka, kuba kuya kufuna ukutshabalalisa ilitye lesikhumbuzo elikhulu lemarble phezu kwengcwaba likaMnu Poe, nelinye lezona ndawo zabakhenkethi ezaziwa kakhulu eBaltimore.
Kodwa ngobo busuku kwigumbi lakhe lehotele, uMnumzana uPearl wawakhumbula amanye amaphepha-ndaba amadala awayeza kudibana nawo, koovimba beYunivesithi yaseVirginia nase-Baltimore’s Enoch Pratt Free Library, ngexa esenza uphando ngale ncwadi. Xa ebuyayo wawajonga, amanqaku aqinisekisa ukuba umzimba kaMnu Poe ndinayo wakhutshwa emngcwabeni, kwiminyaka engama-26 emva kokubhubha kwakhe, ukuze ibhokisi yakhe ihanjiselwe kwindawo ephambili ngaphambili emangcwabeni.
Okungakumbi ukuya kwinqanaba, amanqaku ambalwa acebise ukuba ingqondo yomntu omkhulu ibonakele kubabukeli ngexesha lenkqubo.
Eyokuqala kwezi yayiyileta engenamhla eya kumhleli we IGazethi yeBaltimore , eyathi indoda yezonyango yabona ukuba ingqondo yombongi Poe, ekuvuleni ingcwaba layo… yayikwimeko ephantse yagcinwa, kwaye nobuchopho, njengoko bubonwa kwisiseko solukakayi, akubonakalanga Iimpawu zokonakala okanye ukubola, nangona kunjalo, kuyancipha ngohlobo.
Elesibini yaba linqaku lowe-1878 kwi ILouis Republican , Eqaphela ukuba u-sexton owayezimasa nokususwa komzimba wembongi wayeyiphakamisile intloko ngethuba lokukhutshwa kwesidumbu kwaye waxela ukuba wabona ubuchopho [bugungqisa] ngaphakathi ngaphakathi njengeqhubu lodaka. U-sexton uxelwe ukuba wayecinga ukuba ingqondo yomile yaze yaqina lukakayi.
Into endiyiqapheleyo kukuba, ukuba bekunjalo, ibiya kuba kuphela kobungqina obuphathekayo esinabo besimo sePoe ngexesha lokufa kwakhe, utshilo uMnu Pearl.
Enomdla, uMnumzana uPearl wacela ugqirha wezimvo ukuba anike uluvo lweengcali. Ndimfundele inkcazo, utshilo uMnu. Pearl, wathi, 'Ewe, loo mntu uphosakele. Ngaphandle kokuba uqhole umzimba, ingqondo yinto yokuqala yokunyibilikisa. Ayikho enye indlela eya kuhlala ikho kwiminyaka engama-25 kamva. '
Kodwa ithumba, utshilo u-coroner, unokubala ngelixa umzimba ubola. Mhlawumbi yile nto ibichazwa ngamangqina, ucebisile. Ngokuqinisekileyo, xa uMnumzana uPearl wajonga iifoto zamathumba obuchopho, wabona ukuba ezinye zazo zazibonakala ngathi ziingqondo ezishwabeneyo.
Emva koko, uMnu. Pearl waqhuba ithiyori yakhe ziingcali ezithile. Omnye yayinguHal Poe, inzala yombhali osebenza kwibhodi ye-Poe Museum, kwaye uxelele uPearl ukuba ukhubeke kwinto ebaluleke kakhulu. Umnumzana uPearl emva koko waya kwisifundiswa se Poe uJames Hutchisson, owayesele eqhubele phambili ityori ithiyori kunyaka ongaphambili kwi-Poe biography, esekwe kubungqina obunye, kubandakanya nenyani yokuba uGqirha Moran ekuqaleni waxela unobangela wokufa njengokuxinana kwengqondo.
Ngaphandle kwentshisakalo iingcali ezinje ngoMnumzana Hutchisson ziye zabulisa ngeziphumo zakhe, uMnu Pearl akabangi ukuba uyisombulule imfihlelo kwaba kanye. Kodwa unemincili kukufumana ikhonkrithi ekhokelayo phakathi kweengcamango ezingenasiqinisekiso: Ubuncinane [ithumba theory] linobungqina kunye neendlela ezithile onokuthi uzilandele… Ayikokuphosa nje igama elithi 'umgada' phaya kwaye ucinge, ' Iyavakala intle! '… Ndiyathemba ukuba kule meko umntu othile uza kulithatha ivumba aze afumane okuninzi koku.
Sekunjalo, waqhubeka, ityala mhlawumbi alisayi kuvalwa. Ukufa kukaPoe yenye yezona mfihlelo zoncwadi, ixesha, utshilo uMnu Pearl. Abantu abadinwa yiyo. Luhlobo olunjengeJFK. ukubulala.
