He asked that "Snowden and his accomplices" return the purloined NSA documents. Bernardo replies the lobby his own name that Jake used from his purloined wallet. However, in "The Purloined Letter", Dupin purposefully pursues a financial reward. "The Purloined Letter" is a short story by American author Edgar Allan Poe. John Abernethy is mentioned in Edgar Allan Poe's "The Purloined Letter" (1844). Letters would be purloined by Bunter and not reach the intended recipient. Their first story was "The Case of the Purloined Pearls" published in 1966. In "The Purloined Letter", however, Dupin undertakes the case for financial gain and personal revenge. "The Purloined Letter" completes Dupin's tour of different settings.