midnight
Jonas , the watchman at the Traders ' Bank , tells a different story . He says that on the Thursday night before , about eight-thirty , Bailey went back to the bank . Jonas admitted him , and he says the cashier was in a state almost of collapse . Bailey worked until midnight , then he closed the vault and went away . The occurrence was so unusual that the watchman pondered over it an the rest of the night . What did Bailey do when he went back to the Knickerbocker apartments that night ? He packed a suit-case ready for instant departure .