about eight o'clock
I mention this to show that a personal grudge existed between the two men . '' Stafford , whose _ role _ as prisoner may or may not have been the result of mere accident , began not to like the turn things were taking . `` On the 4th everything went well till the evening , although , it is stated , a formal complaint of Smith 's interference was made through the regular , foreman of the boiler-shop , as will appear in evidence . In the evening of that day -- that is , about eight o'clock -- a meeting of the heads of the various departments was held in a distant part of the works , which was attended by Smith as well as the other foremen . The meeting lasted till 9.30 , and Smith was last seen proceeding to his own quarters , in the neighbourhood of the boiler-shop . `` On the morning of the 5th , a workman named Simple , on entering the coal-cellar under the stairs of the boiler-shed , stumbled against a human body , and being frightened , gave an alarm . The foreman of the boiler department , accompanied by the prisoner and one or two other men , proceeded to the spot , and found the body of the deceased lying on the floor among the coals , enveloped in a sack , and bound hand and foot .