10 P.M.
The vital import of this interview lies in the great stress Gen ' l Darrington placed upon the statement he iterated and reiterated ; that he had disinherited his daughter , and drawn up a will bequeathing his entire estate to his step-son Prince . `` Miss Brentano did not leave X -- at 7.15 , though she had ample time to do so , after quitting ` Elm Bluff ' . She loitered about the station house until nearly half-past eight , then disappeared . At 10 P.M. she was seen and identified by a person who had met her at ` Elm Bluff ' , crouching behind a tree near the road that led to that ill-fated house , and when questioned regarding her presence there , gave unsatisfactory answers . At half-past two o'clock she was next seen hastening toward the station office , along the line of the railroad , from the direction of the water tank , which is situated nearly a mile north of town . Meanwhile an unusually severe storm had been followed by a drenching rain , and the stranger 's garments were wet , when , after a confused and contradictory account of her movements , she boarded the 3.05 train bound north . `` During that night , certainly after ten o'clock , Gen ' l Darrington was murdered .