eight o'clock Wednesday
morning
Miller indicated a closed door to his right . `` The jury is sworn in there by the morgue master . '' As he spoke the door opened and the six men , led by the morgue master , filed into the room and took their places , and the low hum of conversation died away as the coroner , stepping to the platform , stated briefly the reason for the inquest , and summoned Dr. Hall , of the Emergency Hospital , to the witness chair . He was quickly sworn by the morgue master , and in response to the coroner 's question , stated that he had reached the Whitney residence shortly after eight o'clock Wednesday morning in answer to a telephone call . `` Tell the jury what you found on your arrival , '' directed the coroner . `` I was shown upstairs by the butler , whose incoherent remarks led me to suppose that someone was ill in the elevator . On entering it I found Mr. Spencer , whom I knew slightly , lying there dead . ''