Убийство на улице Морг

           Thetimeelapsingbetweenthehearingofthevoicesincontentionandthebreakingopenoftheroomdoor,wasvariouslystatedbythewitnesses.Somemadeitasshortasthreeminutes—someaslongasfive.Thedoorwasopenedwithdifficulty. 

           “AlfonzoGarcio,undertaker,deposesthatheresidesintheRueMorgue.IsanativeofSpain.Wasoneofthepartywhoenteredthehouse.Didnotproceedupstairs.Isnervous,andwasapprehensiveoftheconsequencesofagitation.Heardthevoicesincontention.ThegruffvoicewasthatofaFrenchman.Couldnotdistinguishwhatwassaid.TheshrillvoicewasthatofanEnglishman—issureofthis.DoesnotunderstandtheEnglishlanguage,butjudgesbytheintonation. 

           “AlbertoMontani,confectioner,deposesthathewasamongthefirsttoascendthestairs.Heardthevoicesinquestion.ThegruffvoicewasthatofaFrenchman.Distinguishedseveralwords.Thespeakerappearedtobeexpostulating.Couldnotmakeoutthewordsoftheshrillvoice.Spokequickandunevenly.ThinksitthevoiceofaRussian.Corroboratesthegeneraltestimony.IsanItalian.NeverconversedwithanativeofRussia. 

           “Severalwitnesses,recalled,heretestifiedthatthechimneysofalltheroomsonthefourthstoryweretoonarrowtoadmitthepassageofahumanbeing.By‘sweeps’weremeantcylindricalsweeping-brushes,suchasareemployedbythosewhocleanchimneys.Thesebrusheswerepassedupanddowneveryflueinthehouse.