nine o'clock
Benz , overcome with grief , confessed time and again his part in the tragedy wherever he could find an audience . Within another hour the sheriff came down from Tarlton and gravely proceeded to corral all the participants in the `` foul murder . '' He had been newly appointed custodian of the law and was overly anxious to perform his duties well . Almost the entire student body congregated on the campus shortly after nine o'clock , to witness the departure of the sheriff with those directly implicated in the plot . `` I ca n't tell yet what I 'll do with ye ! '' the sheriff said , addressing the students under arrest . `` But this here drownin ' is a serious crime and , some of ye will have to pay for it !