about midnight
The war chest was at its fullest . Never , so he tells me , was there so much money in the war chest as at that particular time . Something had occurred that in his opinion called for extra watchfulness , and so he doubled the guard . But about midnight there was a tremendous explosion . The strong door communicating with the passage was wrenched from its hinges and flung outwards into the hallway . It is said that dynamite must have been used , and that in a very large quantity . Not a vestige of the chest remained but a few splintered pieces of iron .