nine o'clock
The mayor offered the court the use of one of the council chambers at the city hall , and the offer was accepted . `` We shall soon know , '' remarked the _ Sphere _ , `` what the national government 's idea of justice is . The culprits face their ordeal to-day ! '' At nine o'clock that morning , in fact , Major Elbert , president of the court , rapped for order . For witnesses Bunny had rounded up all of his gang of that notable night , with the one exception of Skinny Carroll . It would never do to have Carroll go on the stand and admit that he had been posted as a lookout . Bunny and all his friends , under the coaching of a local lawyer , had proved themselves expert perjurers .