one o'clock
in the morning
I will pay for six men to sit up with me here to-night in this office , and you shall select them , and in the morning I will pay their fees and go to jail . '' The proposition was accepted , and the chief of police furnished the keepers . During that night Mr. Burchard 's office was the scene of strange revelations . Malcolm furnished money to one of the officers , who brought in a basket of champagne , and ordered a supper at one o'clock in the morning , to be the most complete that money could buy and the city furnish . The officers were at liberty to invite in their friends who were reliable . Malcolm distributed to each of his keepers five times the sum of money agreed upon for their wages , and demanded of them a faithful performance of their duty . Some thirty had entered the office , and the door was closed and not to be opened on any account till supper was announced .