nine o'clock
They had opportunity , and they had a lot of straggling links of clues , which in the total made a fair chain of circumstantial evidence . But that was all . That is the way the case stood on Tuesday night , March the thirteenth . Mr. Ladley was taken away at nine o'clock . He was perfectly cool , asked me to help him pack a suit case , and whistled while it was being done . He requested to be allowed to walk to the jail , and went quietly , with a detective on one side and I think a sheriff 's officer on the other . Just before he left , he asked for a word or two with me , and when he paid his bill up to date , and gave me an extra dollar for taking care of Peter , I was almost overcome .