midnight
`` They will probably be arraigned to-morrow morning , '' observed the great detective . `` See that your witnesses are on hand -- you may go now . '' When the small man had stolen softly out , down the stair and into the street , the chief detective descended , entered a closed carriage and was driven to his home . It was now past midnight , and all over the city printers were setting up the story of the arrest of a number of dynamiters on a Burlington train . The wires were singing it across the country , and cables were carrying to the ends of the earth the story of the disgrace and downfall of the Brotherhood . The headquarters of the strikers were crowded with a host of anxious men , unwilling to believe that their brothers had been guilty of so dastardly a crime . On the following morning , when the daily press had announced the arrest of the alleged dynamiters , the city was thrown into a fever of excitement , and thousands who had been in sympathy with the men now openly denounced them , and by so doing gave aid and encouragement to the company .