Sirius' Arrest

[kateydidnt2002]

No: HPFGUIDX 45273

The on going mystery as to what happened between the late night of 
Oct. 31 1981 and when Hagrid delivered Harry the night of Nov. 1, 
1981 to the Dursley's where Dumbledore waited has another mystery 
added to it, which stems from Madam Rosemerta's statement in PoA 
(Scholasitc Hardcover pg 207 [ch 10]) that Sirius Black was 
caught "the next day."
Given the conversation just prior to this "next day" statement it is 
obvious she is referring to November 1.  This however, cannot be true.
I think that the confrontation between Peter and Sirius happened on 
Nov. 2 or later.

If we take Madam rosemerta's statement that Black was caught on Nov. 
1 as true then consider how things should have been different:

First, Professor McGonagall certainly would have mentioned this the 
night of Nov. 1 in her questioning of Albus as to what the truth was 
surrounding what had happened.  It wouldn't be something she didn't 
know about because it was a major catastrophe as described by 
Minister Fudge in PoA pg 208 [ch 10], the news of which would have 
spread just as fast as the news about Voldemort's disappearance.

Second: Even if Minerva didn't ask Dumbledore about Sirius right away 
either Dumbledore or she would have reacted to Hagrid saying he 
borrowed the motorcycle from Sirius Black and needed to return it (SS 
Scholastic paperback pg 16). If Sirius had been arrested earlier that 
very day for murdering 12 muggles and one wizard one of the two would 
have said something to Hagrid about this when he mentioned needing to 
return the motorcycle.

Third: It is plausible that Hagrid wouldn't know about Sirius' 
actions (if in fact they did happen on Nov. 1) as he was, as far as I 
can tell, toting baby Harry around all day.  If, by some stretch of 
imagination, McGonagall had not heard about what had happened (I 
don't know, maybe she had a lot of papers to grade-it was during the 
school year)she would not mention it.  But there is no possible way 
that anyone can convince me that Dumbledore would not know of such an 
occurence, and therefore he *would* have mentioned it in regards to 
Hagrid's mentioning Sirius.

Fourth: SS claims that there were wizards celebrating *all* day Nov. 
1. I would think that a catastrophe such as what happened when Sirius 
supposedly blew up the street would dampen the spirits of those party-
goers.  A sudden renewal of horrible Death Eater actions, coming so 
soon after the *rumors* of Voldemort's downfall, would lead me to 
assume that the rumors were untrue and therefore dampen my spirits 
quite a bit.

The Harry Potter Lexicon timeline puts the Sirius/Peter confrontation 
on Nov. 1, I however, disagree according to my reasons listed above.
It is my conclusion that Madam Rosemerta's statement was incorrect 
and that the Sirius/Peter confrontation took place on Nov. 2 or 
shortly thereafter.

What do you think?

Kateydidnt