about seven o'clock
He adhered strictly to the truth , and yet that truth was so coloured by his own feelings and prejudices that it was evident he had no doubt about who killed his son . He enlarged upon the fact that , as far as he knew , his son had not a single enemy in the world besides Paul Stepaside , and certainly no other had a sufficient motive to murder him . After this came the statement of the policeman . He had been walking on his beat about seven o'clock , and had seen the body of a dead man lying in a lane not far from Howden Clough . He quickly identified it as that of Mr. Edward Wilson . He described the position in which it lay . He told of the knife which was driven through the body .