And M. Goldstein added, on another occasion, when asked for further details:
"... The baskets were undone, and the lids were 'free.' The baskets delivered by Guilbert's were always fastened with rope..."
(Dossier, Cote 683.)
Finally, on March 2nd, 1909, M. Goldstein, once more interrogated, said among other things:
"... Feinberg told me that on Saturday, May 30th, at 6.30 P.M., when he looked for the various parts of the Hamlet costume, which he was to wear at the matinee performance the next day, in the play Queen Isabella and which he thought he would find in the basket, he had found what he wanted, but had noticed that the basket was undone and that the contents were overturned and in great disorder.
"It would be quite easy for any one to steal the gowns since the basket was left in the corridor of the theatre at a time when we were all in the café, and since the door had only to be pushed...."
(Dossier, Cote 724.)
M. Feinberg corroborated all these statements; but the exact words he used concerning the state of the basket from which the three black gowns undoubtedly worn by the three murderers, and the long black cloak undoubtedly worn by the red-haired woman, were stolen a few hours before the crime, are worth quoting:
"I found that the contents of the basket were in disorder; the parcels, which are usually packed with the greatest care by M. Guilbert's, were undone and the various parts of the costumes were all mixed together. On May 31st we were unable to find the three Jewish priests' gowns and the garment which Guilbert's call a Russian cloak, and which we call a 'Pastor costume.'"