A huge cellar had been constructed there, closed by an old iron grating, which was out of order, into which were cast not only the human remains, which were taken from the chains of Montfauçon, but also the bodies of all the unfortunates executed on the other permanent gibbets of Paris.
On y avait pratiqué une vaste cave, fermée d’une vieille grille de fer détraquée, où l’on jetait non seulement les débris humains qui se détachaient des chaînes de Montfaucon, mais les corps de tous les malheureux exécutés aux autres gibets permanents de Paris.