about midnight
The police never ketch anything but drunks in this burg , and they would n't ketch them if they could keep from stumblin ' . '' `` What time did all this happen ? '' Barnes was having great difficulty in keeping his coffee from splashing over . `` Doc Smith figgers it was long about midnight , judgin ' by the way the blood co ` gulated . '' `` Did they get away with much ? '' `` Have n't heard . Joe says the stove pipe in the feller 's room was knocked down and they 's soot all over everything .