About three o'clock in the
morning
He made one large bundle of the shoes , cans , jars , surgical instruments , everything that could n't be easily burnt , and wrapped them in a sheet , along with the dead ashes of the conflagration in the stove . He then made up Mr. Bud 's bed , restored the room to its original appearance in every respect , and waited for night . As soon as access to the bath-room was safe , he made his final toilet , as far as that house was concerned , and put on his new clothes for the first time . About three o'clock in the morning , when the street was entirely deserted , he lugged his bundle -- containing the unburnable things -- down the stairs and across the street , and dropped it into the river . Even if the things were ever found , they were such as might come from a vessel , and would n't point either to Murray Davenport or to Mr. Bud 's room . `` He walked about the streets , in a deep complacent enjoyment of his new sensations , till almost daylight . He then took breakfast in a market restaurant , after which he went to a barber 's shop -- one of those that open in time for early-rising customers -- and had his hair cut in the desired fashion .