ten o'clock
The spot where he discovered it , was near Beorminster , and about five miles from the gipsy camp . The man had been shot through the heart ; his pockets had been emptied and turned inside out ; and evidently after the murder the robber had dragged the body over the mound into the ditch . Giles had not touched the corpse , being fearful of getting into trouble , but had come on at once to Beorminster to inform the police of his discovery . It was Dr Graham who had examined the body when first discovered , and according to his evidence the man had been shot through the heart shortly before ten o'clock on Sunday night . The pistol had been fired so close that the clothing of the deceased over the heart was scorched and blackened with the powder of the cartridge . ` And from this fact , ' added Graham , with one of his shrewd glances , ` I gather that the murderer must have been known to Jentham ! ' ` How is that , doctor ? '