three o'clock in the morning
exclaimed the attorney . `` Here is a problem for you to solve , '' Merrick continued , pointing to the revolver and box lying side by side . `` You think Brown threw those in the lake . Who was the man that Brown saw standing beside the lake just before three o'clock in the morning , and what was he doing ? He was tall and dark , and wore a long coat or ulster . Was that Carroll or Carruthers ? Did he throw anything into the lake ?