midnight
He proceeded to hold a long-distance conversation with Washington over a special wire . * * * * * In his cell , Von Kettler could be seen reading a book . It was Nietzsche 's `` Thus Spake Zarathusta , '' that compendium of aristocratic insolence that once took the world by storm , until the author 's mentality was revealed by his commitment to a mad-house . Von Kettler read till midnight , closely observed by the guard at the trap , then laid the word aside with a yawn , lay down on his cot , and appeared to fall instantly asleep . Dawn broke . Von Kettler rose , breakfasted , smoked the perfecto that came with his ham and eggs , resumed his book . At ten o'clock Bull Anstruther came with a guard and stripped him to the skin , examining every inch of his prison garments .