noon
They were fully armed , with orders to use those arms if necessary . Nothing has been heard from them since . We 're sending you on the theory that where many ca n't get through perhaps one or two can . You have until noon -- slightly more than eleven hours from now -- to get word to us . If we do n't hear from you by then or if the ` dead ' area continues to expand after that time , then we throw our Sunday punch ! '' Enoch Wetzel was still standing exactly as he had while telling his story . I walked over to him .