three o'clock in the morning
I must leave that to your imagination . I was as innocent as a babe , and yet , in the eyes of every one , as guilty as ever any murderer has been in this world . My only chance to escape certain hanging lay in escape . It was after three o'clock in the morning when I began to think of flight . I made up my mind that I could never hope for acquittal . I thought only of getting away from them and then devoting my whole life to finding the proof of my innocence . Isaac Perry can prove it -- or my uncle .