midnight
What will the police think ? What will the jury think when they hear your flimsy yarn -- an ' the straightforward evidence of my daughter ? They 'll think that the coat she wore to the show , an ' that she still has , is the coat she wore from the store , an ' that you 've got the other . An ' when Kranz tells of your midnight visit to the store , what 'll they think then ? '' McNabb finished and , reaching for the telephone , called the police headquarters . A few minutes later the chief himself appeared , accompanied by the night watchman , Kranz , whose story of the nervous and agitated appearance of Hedin on his midnight visit to the store forged the strongest link in the chain of circumstantial evidence . After the watchman had been dismissed , Hedin was subjected to a bullying at the hands of the burly officer that stopped just short of personal violence , and through it all he stubbornly maintained his innocence .