one o'clock
He found a small , black spider with a red spot . This was at 8.30 A.M. Presently , ten small white pimples appeared about the bitten spot , though no puncture was visible and there was no swelling . The pain soon passed , but returned in three hours and became general , finally settling in the abdomen and producing violent cramps . At one o'clock the man had a spasmodic attack . Two hours later he had so far recovered as to be able to go back to work , for an hour . Then the spasms took him again ; he sank into coma , and died between ten and eleven o'clock that evening , about fourteen hours after the bite . At no time were there local symptoms or swelling , other than the slight eruption , but the neck , left arm , and breast are reported as having assumed a stonelike hardness .