The beautiful cigar girl

Description:

On July 28, 1841, the body of Mary Rogers, a twenty-year-old cigar girl, was found floating in the Hudson-and New York's unregulated police force proved incapable of solving the crime. One year later, a struggling writer named Edgar Allan Poe decided to take on the case-and sent his fictional detective, C. Auguste Dupin, to solve the baffling murder of Mary Rogers in "The Mystery of Marie Rogt."

subjects: Murder,  History and criticism,  Sources,  American Detective and mystery stories,  History,  Nonfiction,  True Crime,  New York Times reviewed,  Detective and mystery stories, history and criticism,  Murder, new york (state),  Poe, edgar allan, 1809-1849,  Rogers, mary joseph, 1882-1955,  American literature, history and criticism,  History and Cricitism,  Rogers, Mary, 1820-1841,  New York,  Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1949, Mystery of Marie Roget

People: Mary Rogers (1820-1841),  Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)

Places: New York (State),  New York

Times: 19th century