nearly midnight
From the major was taken a receipt signed by Case for a package of money said to contain fifty thousand pounds . Then a doctor was found to examine his crippled hand . There was a compound fracture in addition to the dislocation . It was now nearly midnight . After the injured hand had been properly treated and dressed the prisoners were locked up , and the officers returned to the hotel , where Case handed over to them the package of money . The two officers examined the notes and , finding them to be as the major had represented , departed with them in their possession , pending the proper disposition of the case . When they were gone the two detectives sat discussing the event that had just occurred .