in his private study
Gervayse Pyncheon found the body.
Gervayse Pyncheon found the body.
sudden death
Hepzibah Pyncheon found the Colonel's body in the house of seven gables when she opened the secret room.
Apoplexy.
Colonel Pyncheon
Apoplexy
Alice Pyncheon's father is Colonel Pyncheon. He is a character in Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel "The House of the Seven Gables."
Matthew Maule
sudden death
sudden death
Colonel Pyncheon is found dead at the bottom of a well, suggesting foul play. The suspicion falls on his cousin, Judge Jaffrey Pyncheon, who has a motive for wanting the Colonel out of the way in order to inherit the property. The Judge is ultimately revealed as the murderer, driven by greed and jealousy.