Edgar Allan Poe's Cooping Theory

Edgar Allan Poe was born on January 19, 1809 in Boston Massachusetts. Poe is best known today as a short story writer, poet, critic, and editor. Poe was born into a family of actors and was the second youngest of the three children. Poe never really knew his parents because his father had left the family when he was in a early age and his mother ended up passing away before he reached the age of three years old. Poe was seperated from both of his siblings and began living with John and Frances Allan who was a successful tobacco merchant. In 1826 Poe went to the University of Virginia but money was a big issue for Poe since the Allam family didnt give him enough funds for school. Poe turned toe gambling to try to make enough money to cover the

When they kidnapped innocent people they would hold them in rooms called a coop. They would force them to vote for their candidates over and over again by using violence and they would also change their clothes so nobdoy would notice them going in and out several times. The cooping theory is actually a big theory given in most of the biographies that include in Poe's death. Even thought the cooping theory cannot be proven it is still a topic in his death. Coincidence or not, the day Poe was found on was election day in Baltimore and he was found near a bar that was also a place that was holding voting ballots. A reason i beleive in this theory so much more than the ohters is because in Baltimore election days were notorious for violence and corruption. More evidence of this theory could be that the day Poe was found in Baltimore he was wearing clothes that were not owned by him and he was dazed and

Alcohol is a big discussion in his death since he had so much trouble with it in his past. A couple of months before Poe's death he had become a member of the temperance movement, eschewing alcohol, which he had struggles with his whole entire life. Where poe was found was near a bar where Poe was actually seen at. Poe could have died of alcohol poisoning with doesn't explain his five day disappearance and his change of clothing. Since alcohol has been a big problem in his life Edgar could have just been tempted to drink after not having it for a while and just got of hand. The alcohol theory was propagated by Snodgrass after Poe's death. Snodgrass was a member of the temperance movement and gave lectures across the country. Snodgrass said that binge drinking caused the death of Edgar Allan Poe. Modern science has thrown out Snodgrass's theory because of the samples of Poe's hair. His hair showed levels of lead which indicated that Poe remainded faithful to his vow of sobriety up until his death. Also alcohol played a role in the cooping theory because the political gangs used liquor and violence to force them to vote for their candidates. Also in those days Alcohol was a reward for voting and since he was found near the bar that was holding voting that day he could have voed and received the alcohol that made him sick and