Saturday noon
`` You got there before the birds . '' `` It was about an even thing , '' said Smith . `` Anyway , we were there in time to see the horse . '' `` And Sinclair was away from the ranch from Saturday noon till Sunday night ? '' `` A rancher living over on Stampede Creek saw the five men when they crossed Saturday afternoon . The fellow was scared and lied to me about it , but he told Wickwire who they were . '' `` Now , who is Wickwire ? ''