midnight
Myers drew a breath of relief , but Bissell 's brow did not clear . He knew that the State had gained all it expected to ; it had proved that a confession was made , which was about as bad as the confession itself . Under this cloud , Wilder called his other evidence , which of itself , was very inconclusive , and which , with the added weight that a confession had been made , left much uncertainty as to the result , and Bissell was girding himself for the final struggle . Wilder then called the name of John T. Greer -- when the head of Myers dropped , and midnight fell upon the brow of Bissell . Placidly and serenely , that gentleman answered the call , and took the stand -- seemingly the only unconcerned gentleman present . He said that he knew Myers well -- had known him for years ; that on the morning after the larceny , he saw him and another man , at McMillan 's , near Youngstown ; that they brought with them a pair of horses , which he described exactly as the stolen horses , and that Myers told him they got them the night before , at Conant 's barn in Troy ; that he denounced Myers to his face as a horse thief , and threatened to expose him . This evidence produced a prodigious sensation .