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from The complete mystery of Edwin Drood
Edited by J. Cuming Walters
(London)
Chapman & Hall, Ld.
1912
| Author, or Article. | Fate of Drood. | Identity of Datchery. | Fate of Neville. | Other Conclusions. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forster | Murdered by Jasper. | Probably Tartar. | Died. | Rosa married to Tartar, Helena to Crisparkle, Jasper condemned to death. |
| Stephens (drama) | Murdered. | Neville Landless. | -- | Jasper died by poison. |
| "Orpheus C. Kerr" | Escaped. | Bazzard. | -- | (Ends in burlesque). |
| "Gillan Vase" | Escaped, after attack by Jasper. | Detective employed by Grewgious. | Died of consumption. | Rosa married to Drood; Helena to Crisparkle; Jasper, suicide by opening veins. |
| Cornhill Magazine (1884) | Murdered. | A detective. | "Lived and began the world anew." | -- |
| Morford | Thrown by Jasper from Cathedral tower, but survived. | -- | -- | Helena Landless, disguised as a boy, heard Jasper's confession in the opium den. |
| Macdermott (drama) | Escaped. | Bazzard. | -- | Jasper died from schock on Drood's reappearance |
| Proctor | Escaped, after attack. | Edwin Drood, disguised. | Died. | Rosa married to Drood; Jasper, "terrible punishment." |
| Dickens, Junr., and Hatton (drama) | Murdered. | Grewgious? | -- | Rosa married to Tartar, Neville survives. |
| Marzials | Murdered. | -- | -- | Jasper condemned to death. |
| Walters | Murdered. | Helene Landless. | Killed by Jasper | Rosa married to Tartar; Helena to Crisparkle; Jasper condemned to death. |
| Lang | Escaped. | Drood or Neville Landless. | Died. | Jasper hanged, Helena married to Crisparkle, Edwin goes to Egypt, Rosa married to Tartar. |
| Archer | Escaped. | Drood. | -- | Jasper "would begin life afresh" after re-encountering Drood in the vault. |
| Fitzgerald | Murdered. | Bazzard. | -- | -- |
| Fildes, Sir L. | Murdered. | -- | -- | -- |
| Smetham | Murdered. | Bazzard. | -- | -- |
| Odgers, Dr. | -- | Bazzard. | -- | -- |
| Gadd | Murdered. | Tartar. | -- | -- |
| F.C.B. (Cambridge Review) | Murdered. | Neille Landless. | -- | -- |
| Matchett | Murdered. | Bazzard. | -- | -- |
| Carr (drama) | Escaped. | Drood | Died. | Jasper merely dreamed he had committed the contemplated crime. Died in gaol, after Drood had re-appeared to him. Drood married to Rosa. |
| Leffman, Dr. | Murdered. | Bazzard (?). | -- | -- |
| Perugini (Madame) | Murdered. | Bazzard (?). | Died. | -- |
| Charles | Murdered. | Bazzard. | -- | -- |
| Jackson, Prof. | Murdered. | Helena Landless. | -- | -- |
| James, Dr. | Escaped. | Uncertain ("if Drood were killed, Datchery would be Helena Landless"). | -- | -- |
| Chesterton, (G.K.) | Insoluble. | Insoluble. | -- | -- |
| Chesterton, C. ("K.") | Escaped. | Bazzard. | -- | -- |
| Shorter | Escaped. | Helena Landless. | -- | -- |
| S.Y.E. (Nottingham Guardian) | Escaped. | Bazzard. | Saved. | Edwin Drood spends six months in the East, and returns to confront Jasper. |
| Hellier, Dr. | Murdered. | Helena Landless. | Killed. | -- |
| Nicoll, Sir W.R. | Murdered. | Helena Landless. | Killed. | Characters disposed of as stated by Forster. |