Who was the first character to arrive at the Witch's house after her body was discovered in the canal and for what purpose did he go there?

Police Chief Rigorito and his men were the first of the throng that eventually gathered at the Witch's house after her body was discovered. The myths surrounding the Witch's mother and the fortunes she had allegedly stolen from her husband Manolo Conde before her death spurred on the race to ransack the late Witch's home. The narrator makes it clear that even the police chief was focused on one goal when he and his men searched the home of the late Witch: find anything and everything of value.