six o'clock
`` A murder foul as that ! '' Another one bawled : `` Where was he then ? Make him tell where he was at six o'clock ! '' Culver 's watch had been shattered and stopped at precisely six o'clock , presumably by his fall against a table in his office , when he suddenly went down , at the hands of his assassin . This fact was in possession of the crowd . A general shout for Van to explain where he was at the vital moment arose from all the crowd . The drummer turned to Van .