They had come to take part in a joyous wedding festival--they remained, held by the strange fascination of ghastly interest that hangs over the scene of a murder--and such a murder! So, the crowd, instead of diminishing, greatly increased.

Peasants from the hills around, who, having had no wedding garments, had forborne to appear at the feast, now came in their tattered plaids, impelled by an eager curiosity to gaze upon the walls of the castle, and see and hear all they could concerning the mysterious murder that had been perpetrated within it.
The country side rang with the terrible story.

And soon the telegraph wires flashed it all over the kingdom.
The coroner hastened to the castle, inspected the corpse, and ordered that everything should remain untouched.

He then empanelled a jury for the inquest, whose first session was held in the chamber of death, from which the suffering daughter of the deceased banker had been tenderly removed.
Such among the guests who were not detained as witnesses, found themselves at liberty to depart.

But very few availed themselves of the privilege.