11 o’clock
The bull-throat -- the thick lips -- the receding forehead -- the fierce restless eye -- which some one or other says reminds you of the buffalo in the instant before he becomes dangerous , are the outward tokens of the natural animal unsoftened -- unenlightened -- unredeemed -- consulting only the immediate desires of his nature , whatever be the passion -LRB- lust or revenge -RRB- to which they prompt . And this animal expression , the witness of his character , was especially wrought , if we may use the word , in House-man 's rugged and harsh features ; rendered , if possible , still more remarkable at that time by a mixture of sullenness and timidity . The conviction that his own life was saved , could not prevent remorse at his treachery in accusing his comrade -- a sort of confused principle of which villains are the most susceptible , when every other honest sentiment has deserted them . With a low , choked , and sometimes a faltering tone , Houseman deposed , that , in the night between the 7th and 8th of January 1744-5 , sometime before 11 o'clock , he went to Aram 's house -- that they conversed on different matters -- that he stayed there about an hour -- that some three hours afterwards he passed , in company with Clarke , by Aram 's house , and Aram was outside the door , as if he were about to return home -- that Aram invited them both to come in -- that they did so -- that Clarke , who intended to leave the town before day-break , in order , it was acknowledged , to make secretly away with certain property in his possession , was about to quit the house , when Aram proposed to accompany him out of the town -- that he -LRB- Aram -RRB- and Houseman then went forth with Clarke -- that when they came into the field where St. Robert 's Cave is , Aram and Clarke went into it , over the hedge , and when they came within six or eight yards off the Cave , he saw them quarrelling -- that he saw Aram strike Clarke several times , upon which Clarke fell , and he never saw him rise again -- that he saw no instrument Aram had , and knew not that he had any -- that upon this , without any interposition or alarm , he left them and returned home -- that the next morning he went to Aram 's house , and asked what business he had with Clarke last night , and what he had done with him ? Aram replied not to this question ; but threatened him , if he spoke of his being in Clarke 's company that night ; vowing revenge either by himself or some other person if he mentioned any thing relating to the affair . This was the sum of Houseman 's evidence . A Mr. Beckwith was next called , who deposed that Aram 's garden had been searched , owing to a vague suspicion that he might have been an accomplice in the frauds of Clarke -- that some parts of clothing , and also some pieces of cambric which he had sold to Clarke a little while before , were found there .