In the novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, chapter 11 confirms the fate of Muff Potter. In the beginning of the book the townspeople gather around the crime scene, so they can see the horrors of the murder for themselves. School was let out early so the students could mourn the newly dead man, and so Mr. Dobbins doesn't seem like a cruel man to the townspeople. When Muff Potter’s knife is found at the crime scene, and concluded to be the murder weapon. The police go looking for Potter around town. Not long after the police left Muff shows up to the crime scene later and is arrested. Muff Potter pleads his innocence, but Injun Joe tells the police twice as an eyewitness and says that Muff Potter killed Dr. Robinson, and that he didn't have anything
