twelve o'clock
The rest seems like an awful nightmare . Getting a schedule of trains for Sing Sing , I rushed outside the hotel , and , jumping in the first cab I saw , handed the driver a roll of bills , and told him they were all his if he could get me to the depot in time to catch the eleven o'clock train . Through the streets like mad we whirled , and , reaching the station , I quickly alighted and ran to the ticket office , and from there to the train , which I boarded just as it started away . It was an express , which made no stops before reaching Sing Sing , and was due there at exactly twelve o'clock , the time set for the electrocution . I told the conductor that I would give him a million dollars if he would land me in Sing Sing fifteen minutes ahead of time , but he apparently thought I was insane , and paid no attention to my frantic entreaties to go faster . To make matters worse , the train arrived five minutes late , but , hoping against hopes , I got into a carriage and was driven to the prison . `` Here the attendants thought I was crazy , as I rushed into the reception room , crying out to stop the electrocution , and they would not permit me to see the Warden , who was in his private office .