about eleven o'clock
The murder was the one subject of conversation . Little parties were made up in his saloon -- parties of twos and threes -- to go over and have a look at the outside of the junk shop . Heise was the most important man the length and breadth of Polk Street ; almost invariably he accompanied these parties , telling again and again of the part he had played in the affair . `` It was about eleven o'clock . I was standing in front of the shop , when Mrs. McTeague -- you know , the dentist 's wife -- came running across the street , '' and so on and so on . The next day came a fresh sensation . Polk Street read of it in the morning papers .