“Other neighbours told similar stories. Nobody visited the house often. It is not known if Madame L. and her daughter have any living relatives. The front windows of the house were almost never opened. The back windows were always closed, except the windows of the large back room on the fourth story. The house is not very old, and is in a good state.
“Isidore Muset is a policeman. He was called to the house at about three o’clock in the morning. He saw twenty or thirty people trying to get in, and he heard screams from inside the house. He broke the door open easily. The screams continued until the door was opened.
