text:  Part of the building served as a prison for the vulgar crew of offenders--a kind of Newgate or Tolbooth; another was used as and was called the Morgue where the dead bodies found in the Seine were often carried; there was a room in it called Caesar's chamber where the good citizens of Paris firmly believed that the great Julius once sat as provost of Paris in a red robe and flowing wig; and there was many an out-of-the-way nook and corner full of dust and parchments and rats and spiders