* What the witnesses sail Dupin said nothing about these horrible murders that ‘evening, but I knew he was interested, because the next day the opened the morning newspaper ar once. There was lot more aboue the mystery. ‘THE TRAGEDY IN THE RUE MORGUE “The police have talked to many people about this terrible tragedy. This is what witnesses have said, but nothing 50 far can explain the mystery in any way. Pauline Dubourg, washerwoman ree known Madame and her daughter for theee years.1.do their washing for them and they pay very well. People say thae the old lady was rich, but I don’t know abour that. 1 never saw anybody in the house when I went to get the washing or to take i back, I chink they lived only on the fourth floor of the house.” Pierre Moreau, shopkeeper “Uhave lived all my life in this quarter. The house in the Rue “Morgue belongs to Madame L’Espanaye, and she and her daughter have lived there for six years. Madame sometimes ‘came into my shop, but I dida’e sce the dauighter very often. 9The Murders in the Rue Morgue The two of them lived very quietly. In six years I never saw anybody go into their house except the postman and the doctor.” Many other neighbours said the same thing. There were no visitors to the house, either friends or family. The shutters of the windows, front and back, were nearly always closed, except for the large back room on the fourth floor. 1 asthe fist up te stars. 0 What the witnesses sal Isodore Muset, policeman 1 was called to the house in the Ric Morgue at about three o'clock in the morning, and found ewenty or thiety people at the front door. The screams from « person or people inside the house were very loud, but they stopped suddenly when we broke the front door down. Iwas the first up the stairs and when I reached the frst floor, L could hear two angry voices, arguing loudly. One was a deep voice, the other high and shrill~a very strange voice. The deep voice was that of a Frenchman. I'm sure it wasn'ta ‘woman's voice. I could hear the words “diable” and “Mon Dieu”. The shrill voice was a foreigner, perhaps a man oF perhaps a woman. I couldn’r hear any words, but the language was Spanish, I think.” Henri Duval, a neighbour “agree with what Isodore Muset has sai the voices. The shrill voice was speaking in Italian ~ I'm except abour sure it wasn’t French, No, I don’t know Italian myself, bar I'm sure it sounded like Ktalian words. I knew Madame L. and her daughter, and it certainly wasn't either of their Jan Odenbeimer, kitchen worker 1 was walking past the house when I heard those long, terrible screams, and I was one ofthe people who went into the building and heard the voices on the staies. !am fromThe Murders i the Rue Morgue Holland and don’e speak French, but Pm sure pe shrill voice was a man’s voice~a Frenchman. Iouldn’t hear the words but the voice sounded angry and afraid. The deep voice ssid the word “diable” many times.” Jules Mignaud, banker, Mignaud & Son ‘Madame L’Espanaye opened an account at my bank eight ag0. She did not often take money ou of her account, but three days before her death she took our four Mademoiselle 'Espanaye took one of the bags ‘and then Madame took the other ba 2 What the witnesses said ‘thousand francs, This money was paid in gold, and a clerk took it to her house in the Rue Morgue.” Adolphe Le Bon, bank clerk at Mignaud & Son ‘On Monday, a¢ about 12 o'clock, 1 went with Madame LEspanaye to her home, carrying the four thousand francs in two bags. When Mademoiselle L’Espanaye opened the front door, she took one of the bags, and chen Madame took the other bag, I said goodbye and lefe. There was nobody in the street at thar rime." William Bird, musician ‘’m an Englishman ane! I've lived in Pacis for two years. ‘went into the house wich the others and heard the voices con the stairs. The deep voice was that of a Frenchman =I remember heating the words “Mon Dieu". also heard sound like people Fighting. The sheill voice was very loud louder than the deep one. Ie wasn’t an Englishman's voiee I think ie was a Germa |. possibly a woman. No, I don't understand German, ‘Several witnesses said that the door of the room on the fourth floor was locked, with the key on the inside. Everything was silent when they got up there, and when they broke the door open, they saw nobody in the room. ‘The two windows were closed and fastened on the inside, The police have looked through the house veryThe Murders in the Rue Morgue caretully every room, every chimney, every corner ~ bbut they have found nothing. The witnesses do not agree ‘about the time between hearing the voices and breaking open the door — some say it was three minut others say five minutes. Alfonzo Garcia, cook “Ilivein the Rue Morgue, but I come from Spain. Iwas to0 afraid to go upstairs, but I heard the voices arguing. The deep voice spoke in French, and the shrill voice was that of aan Englishman. Yes; I'm sure. No, Lean’ speak English, bur Tknow what ic sounds like.” Alberto Montani, fruit-seller “Las one of the first up the stairs, and heard the voices 1 Frenchman with a deep voice, saying something angry, and a shrill voice, which spoke quickly and unclearly. I think ie was the voice of a Russian. Yes, Pm Italian. Poe never spoken to.a Russian person.” Paul Dumas, doctor “1 was called to see the bodies at daybreak. Both of chem \werethen lyingin the room on the fourth floor. The young lady's body was bruised and cut all over when it was pushed up the chimney. The face was blue-black, the eyes were half out, and the neck was badly bruised, with deep red marks made by very strong fingers. These marks show 4 What the witnesses said hhow she died, The mother's body was alto horvibly bruised, and all che bones of the right leg and arm were broken, How was this done? I don’t know — peshaps by a heavy piece of wood like a table leg. A razor was used to cut the neck, and the head was no longer joined tothe body. Al this was done by a very strong person ~a man, and a very strong one.” ‘There has never been a crime in Paris as mysterious as this one. How did the murderer or murderers escape {from the house? The door to the room was locked, the windows were fastened. All the chimneys in the house {are too narrow for a person to get through, there are no back stairs, and the door to the roof is very old and Impossible to open. Whose voices did the witnesses hear? Why was the money left in the room? The police have no answers to these questions.