Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Death of Edgar Allan Poe" in English language version.
Edgar Allan Poe's death is generally attributed to 'cooping.' Passing through Baltimore a few days before the election of October 3, 1849, he had a drink with a friend and disappeared. On election day he was found lying near the Fourth Ward polling place at 44 E. Lombard Street, unconscious and in shoddy clothing not his own.