midnight
Yesterday he came to see me ; showed me a hammer he had just bought at Ware & Harden 's ; said he was going to break Arthur Farnham 's skull with it . I did n't believe he would , he had said it so often before . While we were talking , I took the hammer and cut his initial on it , a letter S. '' The chief nodded , with a broad smile . `` He then left me , and when I came back to my room a little before midnight , I found him there . He looked excited , and wanted me to go and get a drink with him . I declined , and he went off . This morning when I heard about the murder I said : ` He 's the man that did the deed . ' ''