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Witnessing the Graveyard Murder from "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer". Tom and Huck go to the graveyard with a dead cat. They witness three men—Muff Potter, Injun Joe, and Doctor Robinson—digging up a grave.

Monday night, around midnight

Witnessing the Graveyard Murder

Tom and Huck go to the graveyard with a dead cat. They witness three men—Muff Potter, Injun Joe, and Doctor Robinson—digging up a grave. A fight breaks out, and Injun Joe kills Doctor Robinson with Potter's knife. The boys flee in terror, and Injun Joe frames the unconscious Potter for the murder.