Author and Title of Story?

Question

In 1889, a man and his daughter go to Paris for the Fair. They check into hotel, sign the register, get rooms next door. The daughter unpacks, goes next door to see her father. He says he's tired and will nap. She is fine and will take a walk. She returns at 3-4pm and knocks on his door. No reply. She goes to the desk. Not only no message, but her father is not registered at the hotel. The clerk shows her her signature with other signatures top and bottom, but not her father's. First she wants the manager. He says the room next door is unoccupied.Then she wants the police. An inspector appears. She can describe the wallpaper and furniture in her father's room. The inspector orders the room opened. Everything is different from what she said. Years later, the inspector says that her father was ill of cholera or plague when he checked in. He died soon after. They reconditioned the room to avoid jeopardizing the 1889 Paris Exposition.

Answer 1

It sounds like a really interesting story. The only thing I could find which may lead you in the right direction is this article http://users.aber.ac.uk/mikstaff/ftn65.htm, which explains the many times and varitions in which this story has been told.

Answer 2

Sounds like an intriguing and mysterious book and I might like to read it. If you check with the Librarian at the Library of Congress' website they may be able to help you. If not the only other place I can think of is alibris.com. Hope you find what you are seeking.