1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:10,000 - synced and corrected by chamallow - - www.addic7ed.com - 2 00:00:45,465 --> 00:00:48,768 ♪ Nobody knows ♪ 3 00:00:48,802 --> 00:00:52,538 ♪ The trouble I've seen ♪ 4 00:00:52,572 --> 00:00:56,776 ♪ Nobody knows ♪ 5 00:00:56,810 --> 00:01:01,313 ♪ But Jesus ♪ 6 00:01:01,347 --> 00:01:04,449 ♪ Nobody knows ♪ 7 00:01:04,483 --> 00:01:09,121 ♪ The trouble I've seen ♪ 8 00:01:09,155 --> 00:01:11,223 ♪ Glory ♪ 9 00:01:11,257 --> 00:01:16,961 ♪ Hallelujah ♪ 10 00:01:31,543 --> 00:01:36,680 ♪ Love oh love oh careless love ♪ 11 00:01:38,683 --> 00:01:43,220 ♪ Love oh love, oh careless love ♪ 12 00:01:45,324 --> 00:01:48,459 ♪ Oh it's love, oh love ♪ 13 00:01:48,493 --> 00:01:52,429 ♪ Oh careless love ♪ 14 00:01:52,464 --> 00:01:58,234 ♪ You see what careless love has done ♪ 15 00:02:13,017 --> 00:02:16,619 ♪ Oh it's love oh love ♪ 16 00:02:16,653 --> 00:02:20,556 ♪ Oh careless love ♪ 17 00:02:20,591 --> 00:02:26,929 ♪ You see what careless love has done ♪ 18 00:02:45,281 --> 00:02:48,250 - (dock bell clanging) - (gull calling) 19 00:02:48,284 --> 00:02:51,086 What time did you find the body, Mr. O'Shea? 20 00:02:51,121 --> 00:02:55,423 About six in the morning, as I was finishing my rounds. 21 00:02:55,457 --> 00:02:58,159 Did any of you gentlemen see anything? 22 00:02:58,193 --> 00:03:02,263 They saw anything, they'd speak up. Am I right, lads? 23 00:03:02,297 --> 00:03:04,265 - Sir. - What have you, George? 24 00:03:04,299 --> 00:03:07,035 I believe our victim is this man, Nathan Peters. 25 00:03:07,069 --> 00:03:10,204 He's the founder of the Canadian Jubilee Singers and Imperial Orchestra. 26 00:03:10,239 --> 00:03:12,907 His wife reported him missing this morning. 27 00:03:12,941 --> 00:03:14,909 They're currently performing, sir, 28 00:03:14,943 --> 00:03:17,445 at the Grand Theatre. Quite a popular act, most famous 29 00:03:17,479 --> 00:03:20,915 for their renditions of traditional plantation songs. 30 00:03:20,949 --> 00:03:23,384 Mr. Peters' wallet is missing. 31 00:03:23,419 --> 00:03:26,720 - Robbery gone wrong. - What was a respectable 32 00:03:26,755 --> 00:03:29,023 man doing down at the docks in the middle of the night? 33 00:03:29,057 --> 00:03:30,524 Respectable Negro. 34 00:03:30,559 --> 00:03:32,927 That's the laugh of the morning, eh, boys? 35 00:03:32,961 --> 00:03:34,929 A man's been murdered, Mr. O'Shea. 36 00:03:34,963 --> 00:03:37,264 You seem to have an opinion about that. 37 00:03:37,298 --> 00:03:41,535 Just saying that a man need know his place. 38 00:03:41,770 --> 00:03:46,139 If you have something useful to say, say it. 39 00:03:46,259 --> 00:03:48,260 Otherwise be quiet. 40 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:57,435 Pleasant bunch. 41 00:03:57,470 --> 00:04:00,404 Hm. Pleasant enough to kill. 42 00:04:08,488 --> 00:04:11,656 A renowned Negro band leader killed at the dock lands? 43 00:04:11,691 --> 00:04:14,225 Not a very good advertisement for Toronto the Good. 44 00:04:14,260 --> 00:04:15,727 You made any headway? 45 00:04:15,762 --> 00:04:18,530 The dock workers were not exactly forthcoming. 46 00:04:18,564 --> 00:04:20,031 That lot stick together. 47 00:04:20,065 --> 00:04:22,033 You'll be lucky if you get anything out of them. 48 00:04:22,067 --> 00:04:25,182 (knocking) Gentlemen. Am I interrupting? 49 00:04:25,190 --> 00:04:27,471 - Good morning, Doctor. - Inspector. 50 00:04:27,506 --> 00:04:29,473 I'll leave you to it, Murdoch. 51 00:04:29,508 --> 00:04:31,009 Keep me posted. 52 00:04:33,012 --> 00:04:34,379 Julia. 53 00:04:34,413 --> 00:04:37,448 - How are you? - I'm well. 54 00:04:37,482 --> 00:04:40,317 I'm very well, actually. 55 00:04:40,351 --> 00:04:42,820 - I can't believe that it's... - Over? 56 00:04:42,854 --> 00:04:46,189 I know. But it is. 57 00:04:46,224 --> 00:04:49,527 - James Gillies is really dead. - You were right... 58 00:04:49,561 --> 00:04:52,095 no one could have survived the fall from the bridge, 59 00:04:52,130 --> 00:04:54,197 that river. Not handcuffed. 60 00:04:54,232 --> 00:04:56,099 I hardly dare to think it. 61 00:04:56,134 --> 00:04:57,901 We're free of him. 62 00:04:57,936 --> 00:05:01,771 Then I shall enjoy this feeling of well-being. 63 00:05:01,806 --> 00:05:03,273 You must. 64 00:05:03,308 --> 00:05:05,208 It suits you. 65 00:05:08,379 --> 00:05:10,347 (knocking) Sorry, sir. 66 00:05:10,381 --> 00:05:12,181 Mrs. Peters is at the morgue. 67 00:05:12,215 --> 00:05:13,817 Thank you, George. 68 00:05:13,851 --> 00:05:15,819 I'm on my way. 69 00:05:18,121 --> 00:05:20,089 Ozzy Hughes, Detective. 70 00:05:20,123 --> 00:05:23,626 Mr. Hughes. Mrs. Peters, thank you for coming. 71 00:05:28,631 --> 00:05:31,100 I can do this for you, Chloe. 72 00:05:31,134 --> 00:05:32,969 It is my duty, Ozzy. 73 00:05:44,181 --> 00:05:47,082 Oh... (Mrs. Peters crying) 74 00:05:47,116 --> 00:05:48,617 No. 75 00:05:48,651 --> 00:05:52,287 Mrs. Peters, is this your husband? 76 00:05:54,290 --> 00:05:57,158 This is him. 77 00:05:57,193 --> 00:06:01,029 Who would do this terrible... 78 00:06:01,063 --> 00:06:03,465 I am so very sorry. 79 00:06:03,499 --> 00:06:06,234 Nathan is a good man. 80 00:06:06,268 --> 00:06:08,336 He's a God-fearing Christian, sir. 81 00:06:08,371 --> 00:06:10,905 He deserves to be treated as such. Not... 82 00:06:10,939 --> 00:06:12,407 Why here, Detective? 83 00:06:12,441 --> 00:06:16,411 We've avoided trouble in far more dangerous places than this. 84 00:06:16,445 --> 00:06:18,412 I'll get to work straight-away. 85 00:06:18,446 --> 00:06:20,948 If you could escort Mrs. Peters back to the theatre, 86 00:06:20,983 --> 00:06:25,019 - I'll join you shortly. - Of course. Anything we can do. 87 00:06:28,289 --> 00:06:29,924 Poor woman. 88 00:06:29,958 --> 00:06:33,761 Not a part of my job that I relish. 89 00:06:33,795 --> 00:06:36,263 Have you a time of death, Doctor? 90 00:06:36,297 --> 00:06:38,765 Based on Mr. Peters' body temperature, 91 00:06:38,799 --> 00:06:42,136 - he died between 1 and 3am. - And the cause? 92 00:06:42,170 --> 00:06:45,439 There was dried blood around a wound on his left temple. 93 00:06:45,473 --> 00:06:47,741 Not much blood loss; however, 94 00:06:47,775 --> 00:06:50,511 the impact led to subdural bleeding in his temporal lobe. 95 00:06:50,545 --> 00:06:52,012 That's what killed him. 96 00:06:52,046 --> 00:06:54,781 The wound has a distinctive mark. 97 00:06:54,815 --> 00:06:57,050 An inch and a quarter across, 98 00:06:57,084 --> 00:07:00,554 crescent shaped. Perhaps the edge of something? 99 00:07:02,557 --> 00:07:04,057 Thank you, Doctor. 100 00:07:13,267 --> 00:07:17,503 ♪ Nobody knows ♪ 101 00:07:17,538 --> 00:07:21,207 ♪ The trouble I've seen ♪ 102 00:07:21,241 --> 00:07:25,010 ♪ Nobody knows ♪ 103 00:07:25,045 --> 00:07:29,314 ♪ But Jesus ♪ 104 00:07:29,348 --> 00:07:33,185 ♪ Nobody knows ♪ 105 00:07:33,219 --> 00:07:37,222 ♪ The trouble I've seen ♪ 106 00:07:37,256 --> 00:07:39,424 ♪ Glory ♪ 107 00:07:39,459 --> 00:07:45,430 ♪ Hallelujah ♪ 108 00:07:45,465 --> 00:07:47,466 (harmonizing) 109 00:07:57,810 --> 00:07:59,611 Thank you, Buddy. 110 00:07:59,645 --> 00:08:01,579 That's Nathan's favourite song. 111 00:08:01,614 --> 00:08:03,471 He was listening, I have no doubt. 112 00:08:04,087 --> 00:08:07,218 Should we not cancel the show tonight, Mrs. Peters? 113 00:08:07,252 --> 00:08:08,839 We'll perform in his memory. 114 00:08:09,420 --> 00:08:12,123 Ozzy, will you sing the basso solo in his place? 115 00:08:12,157 --> 00:08:13,624 I'll do my best. 116 00:08:13,658 --> 00:08:16,293 Let's hop to it. We'll run "Sweet Chariot." 117 00:08:16,328 --> 00:08:18,629 Land sakes, do we have to? 118 00:08:18,663 --> 00:08:20,631 I know that old song in my sleep. 119 00:08:20,665 --> 00:08:23,167 - Just once through, Hattie. - (She sighs.) 120 00:08:27,472 --> 00:08:28,939 Detective. 121 00:08:28,973 --> 00:08:32,575 Mr. Hughes. Mrs. Peters. 122 00:08:32,610 --> 00:08:35,245 Please excuse the interruption. 123 00:08:35,279 --> 00:08:36,980 Mrs. Peters, 124 00:08:37,015 --> 00:08:39,616 do you have any idea what your husband was doing 125 00:08:39,651 --> 00:08:41,618 down at the dock area last night? 126 00:08:41,653 --> 00:08:43,620 I don't know. 127 00:08:43,655 --> 00:08:45,388 He was always so careful. 128 00:08:45,422 --> 00:08:48,224 Was he in the habit of staying out late? 129 00:08:48,259 --> 00:08:51,961 No. Nathan was very particular about his time. 130 00:08:51,995 --> 00:08:55,598 He was always at the hotel before the doors were locked at night. 131 00:08:55,633 --> 00:08:57,099 What time was this? 132 00:08:57,134 --> 00:08:58,968 Midnight. To get in or out 133 00:08:59,002 --> 00:09:01,171 after that require the services of the clerk. 134 00:09:01,205 --> 00:09:03,572 - You can check with him. - When he wasn't back by morning, 135 00:09:03,606 --> 00:09:05,941 I knew there was something wrong. 136 00:09:05,976 --> 00:09:08,911 Did you find his trumpet, Detective? 137 00:09:08,945 --> 00:09:12,982 No, no, we didn't, Mrs. Peters. 138 00:09:13,016 --> 00:09:16,185 His death was a senseless act of hatred. 139 00:09:16,219 --> 00:09:19,121 Hush now, Chloe. 140 00:09:19,156 --> 00:09:22,191 Please find who did this, Detective. 141 00:09:22,225 --> 00:09:24,493 I intend to. 142 00:09:32,602 --> 00:09:34,236 And you are? 143 00:09:34,270 --> 00:09:35,804 Buddy Duncan. 144 00:09:35,838 --> 00:09:40,541 Mr. Duncan. Do you have any idea what Mr. Peters was doing... 145 00:09:40,576 --> 00:09:42,911 - I'm not the man's keeper. - Hey, Buddy, relax. 146 00:09:46,015 --> 00:09:48,817 (clearing his throat) Mr... 147 00:09:48,851 --> 00:09:50,985 Hardy, Detective. Excuse Buddy. 148 00:09:51,020 --> 00:09:53,987 He's pretty cut up about Nathan, and he's never his best before three. 149 00:09:54,022 --> 00:09:55,337 Oh, I see. 150 00:09:55,989 --> 00:09:59,727 Mr. Hardy, how long have you been playing with the Jubilee Singers? 151 00:09:59,761 --> 00:10:01,878 Since the beginning. Been playing five years now. 152 00:10:01,880 --> 00:10:04,332 We started in gospel halls in Hamilton. 153 00:10:04,366 --> 00:10:05,258 And Mr. Duncan? 154 00:10:06,013 --> 00:10:08,347 Joined the group a year or so ago. 155 00:10:08,382 --> 00:10:11,184 Detective, not to speak ill... 156 00:10:11,218 --> 00:10:13,352 Chloe won't tell you, 157 00:10:13,387 --> 00:10:15,388 but Nathan was fond of a game of dice, 158 00:10:15,422 --> 00:10:18,157 and not particular about who he played with. 159 00:10:18,192 --> 00:10:19,692 Hm. 160 00:10:27,100 --> 00:10:28,600 Ah. 161 00:10:31,049 --> 00:10:32,515 Constable Crabtree. 162 00:10:32,550 --> 00:10:34,852 Ah, Miss Hamilton. What a... surprise. 163 00:10:34,886 --> 00:10:37,454 - Can I help you? - I certainly hope so. 164 00:10:37,488 --> 00:10:40,624 The constabulary must shut that place down immediately. 165 00:10:40,658 --> 00:10:43,660 - What place is this? - They call it The Blind Pig, 166 00:10:43,694 --> 00:10:46,062 but a den of iniquity is what it is. 167 00:10:46,096 --> 00:10:48,064 They play the devil's music. 168 00:10:48,098 --> 00:10:50,667 And couples dance in a most unseemly manner. 169 00:10:50,701 --> 00:10:52,167 Unseemly? 170 00:10:52,168 --> 00:10:54,090 I haven't seen it with my own eyes, thank the Lord, 171 00:10:54,171 --> 00:10:57,407 but I have it on good report that men and women are... 172 00:10:57,441 --> 00:10:58,841 touching. 173 00:10:58,916 --> 00:11:00,616 In public. 174 00:11:00,650 --> 00:11:02,785 Well, Miss Hamilton, it's dancing; there's going 175 00:11:02,820 --> 00:11:05,288 - to be some degree of... - But it's the way they do it. 176 00:11:05,322 --> 00:11:07,323 - I see. - I hardly dare imagine 177 00:11:07,357 --> 00:11:09,325 what else goes on in that place. 178 00:11:09,359 --> 00:11:11,894 Licentious music breeds all manner of vice. 179 00:11:11,929 --> 00:11:15,263 It must be stopped before the whole city is infected. 180 00:11:15,298 --> 00:11:17,433 Well, I will consult with the inspector. 181 00:11:17,467 --> 00:11:19,468 Please do that, Constable. 182 00:11:22,839 --> 00:11:26,141 - Licentious music? - I would like to hear that 183 00:11:26,175 --> 00:11:28,582 before the Temperance Movement has it silenced. 184 00:11:29,012 --> 00:11:32,013 - Dr. Grace, good afternoon. - Detective. I have Mr. Peters' 185 00:11:32,048 --> 00:11:34,782 - postmortem results. - Oh, thank you. 186 00:11:34,817 --> 00:11:36,885 You look very fetching today, Dr. Grace. 187 00:11:36,919 --> 00:11:39,020 - Thank you. - George, 188 00:11:39,055 --> 00:11:42,657 I need you to check all of the pawn shops in the area. 189 00:11:42,691 --> 00:11:44,993 See if anyone has brought in a trumpet recently. 190 00:11:45,027 --> 00:11:47,462 Yes, sir. 191 00:11:47,496 --> 00:11:49,029 Thank you. 192 00:11:51,166 --> 00:11:53,634 And William is quite sure that Gillies is dead. 193 00:11:53,669 --> 00:11:56,671 So, you and the detective are free to marry at last. 194 00:11:56,705 --> 00:11:58,272 Dr. Ogden. 195 00:11:58,306 --> 00:12:00,040 Leslie. 196 00:12:00,075 --> 00:12:02,892 - I wasn't expecting you. - I'm sorry to interrupt. 197 00:12:02,894 --> 00:12:05,612 I'm about to order a mix of shrubs for the house. Is that all right? 198 00:12:05,646 --> 00:12:07,781 Yes, of course. 199 00:12:07,815 --> 00:12:10,384 We have not been formally introduced. 200 00:12:10,418 --> 00:12:12,619 My apologies. This is Dr. Emily Grace. 201 00:12:12,653 --> 00:12:15,905 - Leslie Garland. - Leslie is Darcy's brother. 202 00:12:15,923 --> 00:12:18,425 - Pleased to meet you. - Dr. Grace is the coroner. 203 00:12:18,459 --> 00:12:22,195 What charms must a city morgue hold to have attracted two such ladies? 204 00:12:22,229 --> 00:12:23,697 Well, you shouldn't think 205 00:12:23,731 --> 00:12:25,999 - of us as macabre, Mr. Garland. - Ah, far from it. 206 00:12:26,056 --> 00:12:28,725 But I will leave you to your delightful investigations. 207 00:12:28,759 --> 00:12:31,127 I have my own task: Coaxing the Garland garden 208 00:12:31,161 --> 00:12:34,864 back from the dead. A pleasure, Doctors. 209 00:12:37,034 --> 00:12:39,936 I would not take him for a gardener. 210 00:12:39,970 --> 00:12:42,004 It's just an arrangement while he's in Toronto. 211 00:12:42,039 --> 00:12:45,541 - So, he's here for some time. - Yes. 212 00:12:49,479 --> 00:12:52,481 I spoke with the hotel clerk, and as his wife said, 213 00:12:52,515 --> 00:12:55,116 Mr. Peters was not in the habit of late-night outings. 214 00:12:55,151 --> 00:12:58,286 So, what was he doing at the docks last night? 215 00:12:58,321 --> 00:13:02,257 Perhaps the night watchman Mr. O'Shea knows more than he's telling. 216 00:13:02,291 --> 00:13:04,893 Dockers are not known for their racial tolerance, Murdoch, 217 00:13:04,928 --> 00:13:06,752 especially Irish dockers. 218 00:13:07,264 --> 00:13:09,631 O'Shea might need a bit of persuasion to cough something up. 219 00:13:09,666 --> 00:13:11,732 Well sir, if you aren't busy, 220 00:13:11,767 --> 00:13:13,734 I was hoping you might assist me. 221 00:13:13,769 --> 00:13:17,072 Thought you'd never ask, Murdoch. 222 00:13:17,106 --> 00:13:19,507 (men laughing raucously) 223 00:13:21,510 --> 00:13:23,911 Constabulary's back. 224 00:13:23,946 --> 00:13:27,748 - Something happen down here? - You're a funny fella, O'Shea. 225 00:13:27,848 --> 00:13:30,382 - Hmph. - About last night. 226 00:13:30,417 --> 00:13:33,786 You see anything unusual? 227 00:13:33,820 --> 00:13:35,287 Yeah. 228 00:13:35,321 --> 00:13:38,223 A Negro looking for trouble where he don't belong. 229 00:13:38,258 --> 00:13:40,325 Maybe he got what he came for. 230 00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:42,628 Oof! 231 00:13:42,663 --> 00:13:44,663 (gasping) 232 00:13:47,500 --> 00:13:50,469 Having a sense of humour's not against the law. 233 00:13:50,503 --> 00:13:52,003 You there. 234 00:13:52,038 --> 00:13:54,540 That cart. 235 00:13:54,644 --> 00:13:57,246 - It wasn't there this morning. - It was being used. 236 00:13:57,280 --> 00:13:59,181 By working men. 237 00:13:59,215 --> 00:14:01,182 Unloading from the docks over there. 238 00:14:01,216 --> 00:14:03,551 Is it always put away there at night? 239 00:14:03,585 --> 00:14:06,320 Cart activity's a matter for the constabulary now? 240 00:14:06,355 --> 00:14:07,822 Answer the question. 241 00:14:07,857 --> 00:14:11,459 Yeah, it's left there at night. So what? 242 00:14:11,493 --> 00:14:12,994 Inspector. 243 00:14:15,497 --> 00:14:17,798 I find out you were involved in this, 244 00:14:17,832 --> 00:14:21,302 it won't go well. You mark my words, pal. 245 00:14:28,544 --> 00:14:31,179 Sir. The cart's wheel; 246 00:14:31,213 --> 00:14:35,448 It's made tracks leading away from the docks. 247 00:14:35,483 --> 00:14:37,484 Let's see where they lead, Murdoch. 248 00:14:52,533 --> 00:14:54,000 They seem to end here 249 00:14:54,034 --> 00:14:56,035 and then turn back. 250 00:15:07,114 --> 00:15:09,015 That's blood. 251 00:15:09,049 --> 00:15:11,584 Maybe this was where Peters was killed. 252 00:15:11,618 --> 00:15:13,086 Possibly. 253 00:15:13,120 --> 00:15:15,354 But then why move the body? 254 00:15:17,357 --> 00:15:19,325 (crowd cheering) 255 00:15:19,359 --> 00:15:22,595 (music playing) 256 00:15:22,629 --> 00:15:24,730 What's going on in there? 257 00:15:28,568 --> 00:15:32,371 ♪ ... going to be a meetin' in that good good old town ♪ 258 00:15:32,405 --> 00:15:36,074 ♪ Where you knowed everybody and they all knowed you ♪ 259 00:15:36,109 --> 00:15:39,044 ♪ And you got a rabbit's foot ♪ 260 00:15:39,078 --> 00:15:40,912 ♪ To keep away the hoo-doo ♪ 261 00:15:40,947 --> 00:15:42,914 ♪ There'll be a hot time Bloody hell. ♪ 262 00:15:42,949 --> 00:15:46,251 ♪ In the old town tonight, my baby ♪ 263 00:15:46,285 --> 00:15:49,921 ♪ Please oh please, oh do not let me fall ♪ 264 00:15:49,956 --> 00:15:54,025 ♪ You're all mine and I love you best of all ♪ 265 00:15:54,060 --> 00:15:58,496 ♪ And you must be my man or I'll have no man at all ♪ 266 00:15:58,530 --> 00:16:01,332 ♪ There'll be a hot time in the old town ♪ 267 00:16:01,367 --> 00:16:04,034 ♪ Tonight ♪ 268 00:16:04,069 --> 00:16:05,536 Yeah! 269 00:16:05,571 --> 00:16:07,905 - (cheering and applause) - Thank God for that. 270 00:16:07,939 --> 00:16:10,341 Sir, the band. Three of them 271 00:16:10,376 --> 00:16:12,409 are members of the Jubilee Singers. 272 00:16:12,443 --> 00:16:15,712 Well, if that's an uplifting spiritual, they've bloody murdered it. 273 00:16:15,747 --> 00:16:17,714 You talk to the band, Murdoch; 274 00:16:17,749 --> 00:16:19,716 I'll find out who owns this place. 275 00:16:19,751 --> 00:16:23,387 Hardy, on the next solo I want to make an adjustment. 276 00:16:23,421 --> 00:16:26,590 - You gotta keep it going at the chorus. - You come to shut us down? 277 00:16:26,624 --> 00:16:29,426 No, Mr. Duncan. 278 00:16:29,460 --> 00:16:31,895 I must say this music is quite a departure 279 00:16:31,929 --> 00:16:34,464 - from your usual fare. - It's all Buddy. 280 00:16:34,499 --> 00:16:37,285 Take one note and put two or three to it, he tells us. 281 00:16:37,286 --> 00:16:38,430 That gives us our sound. 282 00:16:38,569 --> 00:16:40,771 Oh. I'll describe it that way to my inspector. 283 00:16:40,805 --> 00:16:42,872 Perhaps he'll gain a greater interest. 284 00:16:42,907 --> 00:16:44,374 A question: 285 00:16:44,409 --> 00:16:47,277 Was Nathan Peters here last night? 286 00:16:47,311 --> 00:16:49,545 I didn't see him. 287 00:16:49,579 --> 00:16:52,481 Nathan had some notion that ragtime degraded Negro music. 288 00:16:52,516 --> 00:16:54,311 But he couldn't stop us, eh, Buddy? 289 00:16:54,312 --> 00:16:56,606 - We on our own time here. - He couldn't stop us anyhow. 290 00:16:56,787 --> 00:17:00,824 Can't be stepping in the way of progress, not even high-falutin' Nathan. 291 00:17:00,858 --> 00:17:03,183 How can you say that after everything he did for you? 292 00:17:03,184 --> 00:17:04,359 Stick to singing, honey. 293 00:17:04,461 --> 00:17:07,029 Don't mess when it don't concern you. 294 00:17:28,839 --> 00:17:30,173 Murdoch. 295 00:17:32,176 --> 00:17:34,777 One of our pals from the docks. 296 00:17:41,118 --> 00:17:42,719 (men groaning) 297 00:17:42,753 --> 00:17:45,388 Evening, gentlemen. 298 00:17:45,422 --> 00:17:48,257 Have any of you seen this man gambling here? 299 00:17:52,229 --> 00:17:53,730 Anyone? 300 00:17:55,733 --> 00:17:57,199 Maybe. 301 00:17:57,234 --> 00:18:00,202 It's hard to tell one from another. Right, boys? 302 00:18:00,237 --> 00:18:02,204 (men laughing) 303 00:18:02,239 --> 00:18:04,806 I could shut this place down in a heartbeat, and you with it. 304 00:18:08,412 --> 00:18:11,013 All right, he was at the game all week. 305 00:18:11,048 --> 00:18:12,948 He lost more than he won. 306 00:18:12,982 --> 00:18:15,717 - What about last night? - No, he didn't show. 307 00:18:15,752 --> 00:18:17,786 - You sure? - Sure I'm sure. 308 00:18:41,009 --> 00:18:42,477 (applause) 309 00:18:42,511 --> 00:18:45,713 So, Nathan Peters gambled here and lost. 310 00:18:45,747 --> 00:18:49,050 Though if the owner's to be believed, he didn't play last night. 311 00:18:49,084 --> 00:18:51,619 Did the band members give you anything? 312 00:18:51,653 --> 00:18:55,289 No, sir. But I'm quite convinced that they're hiding something. 313 00:18:55,323 --> 00:18:58,425 Musicians. An odd lot. Follow your nose, Murdoch. 314 00:18:58,460 --> 00:19:01,662 - (new song starting) - Oh, not more of this bloody racket. 315 00:19:01,697 --> 00:19:03,437 Actually, sir, it's quite interesting. 316 00:19:03,515 --> 00:19:06,533 They play three notes where conventionally there would only be one. 317 00:19:06,568 --> 00:19:09,303 - It creates a... - Pounding bloody headache! 318 00:19:09,337 --> 00:19:11,305 Unless you need me further, I'm off to my bed. 319 00:19:11,339 --> 00:19:13,307 - By the back door. - Good night. 320 00:19:13,341 --> 00:19:14,841 Good night! 321 00:19:28,489 --> 00:19:31,091 One second. 322 00:19:31,125 --> 00:19:32,592 Detective Murdoch. 323 00:19:32,627 --> 00:19:35,495 - What brings you here? - Doctor Grace. 324 00:19:35,529 --> 00:19:38,431 I believe Nathan Peters was killed out behind this building 325 00:19:38,465 --> 00:19:39,932 and then his body was moved. 326 00:19:39,966 --> 00:19:41,934 - Really? - Yes. 327 00:19:41,968 --> 00:19:44,270 I see this place attracts modernists of all kinds. 328 00:19:44,304 --> 00:19:46,205 Mr. Garland. 329 00:19:46,240 --> 00:19:49,008 - Detective. - Hello there. 330 00:19:49,042 --> 00:19:52,544 - Uh, Leslie Garland... - We've already met. 331 00:19:52,578 --> 00:19:55,614 Taking a break from corpses? You've come to the right place. 332 00:19:55,649 --> 00:19:57,049 So it seems. 333 00:19:57,083 --> 00:19:59,151 I heard music like this in a little place I frequented 334 00:19:59,185 --> 00:20:02,021 in New York City. Such an intoxicating sound. 335 00:20:06,392 --> 00:20:08,660 Mr. Garland, Doctor, 336 00:20:08,694 --> 00:20:10,928 I bid you good evening. 337 00:20:24,710 --> 00:20:26,377 It's all in the syncopation. 338 00:20:26,411 --> 00:20:27,879 Syncopation? 339 00:20:27,913 --> 00:20:30,148 The essence of what you're hearing. 340 00:20:30,182 --> 00:20:33,250 The emphasis on the weaker beat gives the music its ragged rhythm. 341 00:20:33,285 --> 00:20:36,487 - Thus... - Ragtime. Exactly, Emily. 342 00:20:36,521 --> 00:20:39,891 - A little forward, Mr. Garland. - Oh, look around. 343 00:20:39,925 --> 00:20:41,795 Everyone's breaking the rules. 344 00:20:42,010 --> 00:20:45,663 - It's what we came to do, is it not? - I was simply curious. 345 00:20:45,697 --> 00:20:47,764 That's an excellent first step. 346 00:20:47,799 --> 00:20:50,334 May I buy you a drink... 347 00:20:50,368 --> 00:20:51,968 Emily? 348 00:21:00,211 --> 00:21:01,530 I'm under pressure from Miss Hamilton 349 00:21:01,532 --> 00:21:03,785 and the Temperance mob to close down The Blind Pig. 350 00:21:04,215 --> 00:21:06,883 - I'm of half a mind to do it. - Protecting the city's morals? 351 00:21:06,918 --> 00:21:08,885 Protecting the city's eardrums, more like. 352 00:21:08,920 --> 00:21:10,887 What did you get from those musicians? 353 00:21:10,922 --> 00:21:12,889 I spoke to the clerk, and none of them left the hotel 354 00:21:12,924 --> 00:21:14,890 after midnight on the night of the murder. 355 00:21:14,925 --> 00:21:16,892 - So, we're no further ahead. - Sirs. 356 00:21:16,927 --> 00:21:19,829 Nathan Peters' trumpet. His wife confirms it. 357 00:21:19,863 --> 00:21:21,897 I just found it at McGinnis's Pawn Shop. 358 00:21:21,932 --> 00:21:24,300 - Who hocked it, Crabtree? - Mick O'Shea. 359 00:21:24,335 --> 00:21:27,036 Got the bugger! 360 00:21:27,070 --> 00:21:30,306 You rolled Nathan Peters for his wallet and his trumpet! 361 00:21:30,341 --> 00:21:31,776 - Not me! - Teaching him a lesson 362 00:21:31,777 --> 00:21:33,931 - about being uppity, was you? - I swear I wasn't! 363 00:21:33,942 --> 00:21:36,479 - Only the robbery got out of hand, didn't it, eh?! - No! 364 00:21:36,981 --> 00:21:39,716 Peters died and now you're facing the noose. Come here! 365 00:21:39,751 --> 00:21:41,718 You disgust me, O'Shea! 366 00:21:42,903 --> 00:21:46,305 All right, all right. I pawned the trumpet. 367 00:21:46,339 --> 00:21:49,508 - Where's the wallet?! - What wallet? 368 00:21:49,542 --> 00:21:52,978 Ahh! Ooh! 369 00:21:55,482 --> 00:21:56,982 Come here! 370 00:21:57,016 --> 00:22:00,652 Where's the wallet?! All right! All right. 371 00:22:07,660 --> 00:22:10,762 But I didn't kill him. I swear! 372 00:22:10,796 --> 00:22:12,497 That's a lie! 373 00:22:12,531 --> 00:22:14,499 I found it near the warehouses. 374 00:22:14,533 --> 00:22:16,759 - You've got to believe me. - Where? 375 00:22:16,761 --> 00:22:19,129 Tossed in an alley, behind some crates. 376 00:22:19,163 --> 00:22:21,965 - When was that?! - Around... 377 00:22:21,999 --> 00:22:24,134 11 o'clock that night. 378 00:22:24,168 --> 00:22:26,136 I swear to God I didn't know 379 00:22:26,170 --> 00:22:28,838 it was the dead man's! 380 00:22:35,779 --> 00:22:37,981 (door opening) 381 00:22:38,015 --> 00:22:40,016 (door closing) 382 00:22:43,019 --> 00:22:47,656 Nathan Peters was killed between 1 and 3 am. 383 00:22:47,690 --> 00:22:52,128 If Mr. O'Shea says he found the wallet and trumpet at 11pm, 384 00:22:52,162 --> 00:22:54,263 the timing just doesn't fit. 385 00:22:54,297 --> 00:22:57,298 That's if he's telling the truth. 386 00:22:57,333 --> 00:22:59,434 Oh, he's telling the truth, Murdoch. 387 00:22:59,468 --> 00:23:01,302 Trust me. 388 00:23:03,673 --> 00:23:06,041 It's like nothing you've ever heard before, George. 389 00:23:06,075 --> 00:23:09,611 The rhythm of the music is altered, it becomes ragged, 390 00:23:09,646 --> 00:23:11,312 so ragtime. 391 00:23:11,347 --> 00:23:13,814 Well, if there's no beat, then how does the band know 392 00:23:13,849 --> 00:23:15,983 - what to play? - There's still a rhythm; 393 00:23:16,018 --> 00:23:18,486 It just becomes more... unexpected. 394 00:23:18,521 --> 00:23:20,788 Ah. Sort of as if 395 00:23:20,822 --> 00:23:23,158 - the beat were in the background? - Exactly. 396 00:23:23,192 --> 00:23:25,660 You know an awful lot about music, Emily. 397 00:23:25,694 --> 00:23:27,828 I'm not without some ability. 398 00:23:27,863 --> 00:23:29,797 I have a tin ear myself. 399 00:23:29,831 --> 00:23:31,799 But it sounds like you had a lot of fun. 400 00:23:31,833 --> 00:23:33,668 I did. It was so exciting. 401 00:23:33,702 --> 00:23:36,570 So modern. (She laughs.) 402 00:23:36,604 --> 00:23:38,205 Detective. 403 00:23:38,239 --> 00:23:41,341 I was just explaining ragtime music to the constable. 404 00:23:41,376 --> 00:23:43,978 Dr. Grace, 405 00:23:44,012 --> 00:23:46,047 a question about Nathan Peters. 406 00:23:46,081 --> 00:23:47,481 Yes. How can I help? 407 00:23:47,515 --> 00:23:50,184 I'm confused by the timing of his death. 408 00:23:50,218 --> 00:23:51,985 He died between 1 and 3 am. 409 00:23:52,019 --> 00:23:54,388 - Of that I am certain, Detective. - Yes, 410 00:23:54,422 --> 00:23:57,324 but could have been assaulted earlier? 411 00:23:57,358 --> 00:23:59,859 Perhaps around 11pm? 412 00:23:59,894 --> 00:24:02,229 - What are you thinking, sir? - Well, George, 413 00:24:02,263 --> 00:24:04,530 what if Mr. Peters' assailant assumed that he was dead 414 00:24:04,565 --> 00:24:07,567 - at the time he moved his body? - But he didn't actually die 415 00:24:07,601 --> 00:24:10,770 - until the early hours of the morning. - Exactly. 416 00:24:10,805 --> 00:24:12,906 The post-mortem evidence would support that theory. 417 00:24:12,940 --> 00:24:15,709 But, sir, if that were the case, 418 00:24:15,743 --> 00:24:18,228 if Nathan Peters was assaulted before midnight, 419 00:24:18,229 --> 00:24:19,800 before the hotel doors were locked... 420 00:24:19,802 --> 00:24:24,116 A fellow member of the Jubilee Singers could be responsible for his death. 421 00:24:34,660 --> 00:24:35,127 We been friends 422 00:24:35,161 --> 00:24:37,129 since we were boys, Nathan and I... 423 00:24:37,163 --> 00:24:39,531 fished in the same river, sang in the same choir. 424 00:24:39,565 --> 00:24:41,533 Why, that's where he met Chloe. 425 00:24:41,567 --> 00:24:43,635 It was Nathan's idea that we form the Singers. 426 00:24:43,669 --> 00:24:45,303 But Nathan is dead. 427 00:24:45,338 --> 00:24:48,573 And now, Mr. Hughes, you are the new leader. 428 00:24:48,608 --> 00:24:51,944 Are you suggesting that I killed my best friend? 429 00:24:51,978 --> 00:24:54,212 Everyone here is now a suspect, 430 00:24:54,247 --> 00:24:56,214 Mr. Hughes. 431 00:24:56,249 --> 00:24:59,984 Did Mr. Peters clash with Buddy Duncan, Mr. Hardy? 432 00:25:00,018 --> 00:25:02,420 No man wants to be told by his juniors. 433 00:25:02,455 --> 00:25:05,423 But he tussled most with Buddy. 434 00:25:05,458 --> 00:25:07,692 Buddy wanted to modernize our repertoire; 435 00:25:07,727 --> 00:25:09,693 Said it would improve our audiences, 436 00:25:09,728 --> 00:25:12,596 - but Nathan wouldn't allow it. - Why not? 437 00:25:12,631 --> 00:25:14,400 We are a spiritual group. 438 00:25:14,401 --> 00:25:16,810 My husband had no use for modern music. 439 00:25:16,811 --> 00:25:19,658 But then... ticket sales were waning. 440 00:25:20,630 --> 00:25:21,605 My husband wasn't killed 441 00:25:21,640 --> 00:25:24,608 because we no longer play to full houses, Constable. 442 00:25:24,643 --> 00:25:28,646 Yes, we disagreed about music. He didn't hear what I hear. 443 00:25:31,316 --> 00:25:33,484 He didn't approve of you playing at The Blind Pig? 444 00:25:33,518 --> 00:25:37,788 Nathan and me, we were like father and son. 445 00:25:37,822 --> 00:25:39,790 It was something I had to break from. 446 00:25:39,824 --> 00:25:43,126 That's just nature taking its course. 447 00:25:43,161 --> 00:25:45,962 Buddy comes across as skittish, but his horn, 448 00:25:45,997 --> 00:25:48,131 it talks smooth as silk stockings. 449 00:25:48,166 --> 00:25:49,800 Skittish and fond of a drink. 450 00:25:49,834 --> 00:25:52,169 His mind gets troubled, Constable. 451 00:25:52,203 --> 00:25:55,172 He needs the oblivion the bottle brings, I guess. 452 00:25:55,206 --> 00:25:57,607 Nathan hiring him was the best thing could happen; 453 00:25:57,641 --> 00:25:59,542 Saved him from his worst excesses. 454 00:25:59,576 --> 00:26:01,678 - So, Nathan Peters hired him? - Yes. 455 00:26:01,712 --> 00:26:04,046 Saw his talent and picked him up right away. 456 00:26:04,080 --> 00:26:06,816 But Buddy's no good at being tied... 457 00:26:06,850 --> 00:26:08,731 not the way Nathan wanted. 458 00:26:08,732 --> 00:26:10,522 You're a good friend of Buddy Duncan's. 459 00:26:10,524 --> 00:26:12,625 I look out for him, yes. 460 00:26:12,659 --> 00:26:15,827 So, maybe you took care of Nathan Peters to free him. 461 00:26:15,861 --> 00:26:17,996 That's crazy talk. 462 00:26:18,031 --> 00:26:20,165 Last night at the club, you mentioned 463 00:26:20,199 --> 00:26:22,935 what Nathan Peters had done for Buddy Duncan. 464 00:26:22,969 --> 00:26:24,436 What did you mean? 465 00:26:24,470 --> 00:26:27,406 Nathan hired Buddy after what happened in Buffalo. 466 00:26:27,440 --> 00:26:28,907 What was that? 467 00:26:28,942 --> 00:26:30,409 Nothing. 468 00:26:30,443 --> 00:26:32,577 Miss Carter, what happened in Buffalo? 469 00:26:34,580 --> 00:26:38,616 Nothing. That's just where Buddy joined the group is all. 470 00:26:38,651 --> 00:26:40,518 I have to go. 471 00:26:40,553 --> 00:26:43,655 - We're rehearsing. - But as I recall, you said 472 00:26:43,689 --> 00:26:46,624 you knew all of these old numbers in your sleep. 473 00:26:46,659 --> 00:26:48,659 We are planning something new. 474 00:26:51,863 --> 00:26:55,066 I get the impression they're struggling financially, sir. 475 00:26:55,100 --> 00:26:58,002 And they all seem... almost secretive. 476 00:26:58,036 --> 00:27:01,672 I mean, I suppose they feel like outsiders, being Negro. 477 00:27:01,706 --> 00:27:04,675 George, look into the background of the Jubilee Singers. 478 00:27:04,709 --> 00:27:07,177 Anything in particular, sir? 479 00:27:07,211 --> 00:27:11,515 Yes. Look into the night they played Buffalo 480 00:27:11,549 --> 00:27:14,317 - about a year ago. - Sir. 481 00:27:24,467 --> 00:27:26,906 *** 482 00:27:27,070 --> 00:27:29,158 Well, I thought they were very respectable, Miss Hamilton, 483 00:27:29,159 --> 00:27:30,226 your kind of entertainment. 484 00:27:30,473 --> 00:27:32,474 You cannot rely on anyone these days. 485 00:27:32,508 --> 00:27:34,476 Instead of those charming plantation songs, 486 00:27:34,510 --> 00:27:36,511 they're now performing acts of lewdness. 487 00:27:36,545 --> 00:27:38,713 - Lewdness? - On stage, no less. 488 00:27:40,716 --> 00:27:43,384 Sounds like a matter for the detective to investigate. 489 00:27:45,386 --> 00:27:46,854 (She giggles.) 490 00:27:46,888 --> 00:27:49,423 Mr. Peters' assailant likely moved the body 491 00:27:49,457 --> 00:27:52,392 before checking to see if he was indeed dead. 492 00:27:52,427 --> 00:27:54,996 Perhaps he or she panicked, which would suggest that 493 00:27:55,030 --> 00:27:57,732 the killing was not premeditated but a spontaneous act. 494 00:27:57,766 --> 00:28:00,968 Yes, but what was the motivation? 495 00:28:01,003 --> 00:28:04,571 Could it be unrelated to the Jubilee Singers entirely? 496 00:28:04,606 --> 00:28:08,142 Possibly. But I know they're hiding something. 497 00:28:08,176 --> 00:28:09,709 George is looking into 498 00:28:09,744 --> 00:28:12,479 - the group's past now. - I warn you, Constable. 499 00:28:12,514 --> 00:28:15,482 The good citizens of Toronto will not permit this depravity. 500 00:28:15,517 --> 00:28:18,217 Yes, of course, Miss Hamilton, of course. 501 00:28:18,252 --> 00:28:19,719 (Murdoch sighs.) 502 00:28:19,754 --> 00:28:23,690 Allow me to purchase the tickets, William. 503 00:28:23,724 --> 00:28:27,527 We demand a return to decency! Purity! 504 00:28:27,561 --> 00:28:29,195 Virtue! 505 00:28:29,229 --> 00:28:32,165 Miss Hamilton hasn't dampened the public's enthusiasm. 506 00:28:32,199 --> 00:28:33,667 Nor mine. 507 00:28:33,701 --> 00:28:35,701 (Hamilton): ... is unacceptable. Here, take this. 508 00:28:40,541 --> 00:28:42,875 (She giggles.) 509 00:29:41,332 --> 00:29:43,299 (applause and cheering) 510 00:29:43,334 --> 00:29:45,368 Wonderful! 511 00:29:49,172 --> 00:29:52,408 - They loved it! - Girl, you were on fire. 512 00:29:52,443 --> 00:29:55,077 - (musicians laughing) - The box office receipts have 513 00:29:55,112 --> 00:29:57,780 certainly benefited from your new repertoire. 514 00:29:57,814 --> 00:30:00,916 It seems Buddy was right. We can pay some bills now. 515 00:30:00,951 --> 00:30:03,485 Not something your husband would have staged, I presume. 516 00:30:03,519 --> 00:30:04,987 Did you approve, Mrs. Peters? 517 00:30:05,021 --> 00:30:06,989 I always stood by Nathan, Detective. 518 00:30:07,023 --> 00:30:09,125 I gave in to the group's wishes with some reluctance. 519 00:30:09,159 --> 00:30:10,926 And now Buddy Duncan is 520 00:30:10,961 --> 00:30:13,856 - your new musical director? - It was his idea all along. 521 00:30:13,896 --> 00:30:15,697 He was pushing Nathan to try it. 522 00:30:15,732 --> 00:30:19,135 Offers are pouring in. 523 00:30:19,169 --> 00:30:20,769 Come on! 524 00:30:20,803 --> 00:30:22,871 - Let's go! - Come on! 525 00:30:22,905 --> 00:30:26,441 Whether I like it or not, it seems the future is ragtime. 526 00:30:26,476 --> 00:30:28,777 That swirling silk and those flowing movements. 527 00:30:28,811 --> 00:30:31,212 How wonderful to see a woman's body liberated 528 00:30:31,247 --> 00:30:33,348 from the restriction of a corset. 529 00:30:33,383 --> 00:30:35,350 Nathan Peters would be appalled. 530 00:30:35,385 --> 00:30:38,787 Queen Victoria is no doubt turning in her grave. 531 00:30:38,821 --> 00:30:41,823 I found it very sensuous. 532 00:30:41,857 --> 00:30:43,357 Hmm. 533 00:30:43,392 --> 00:30:46,360 Mr. Peters was clinging to the past, 534 00:30:46,395 --> 00:30:49,230 and Buddy Duncan was pushing for change. 535 00:30:49,265 --> 00:30:51,499 Now he's dead, Buddy wins. 536 00:30:51,533 --> 00:30:54,535 Do you think creative differences could be motive for murder? 537 00:30:54,569 --> 00:30:58,806 Buddy murders so that Hattie Carter can show off her lovely legs? 538 00:30:58,840 --> 00:31:01,676 That seems unlikely. 539 00:31:01,710 --> 00:31:05,879 - Passions run high among these artist types. - Yes. 540 00:31:05,914 --> 00:31:09,016 Artists do have all the fun. 541 00:31:09,050 --> 00:31:11,852 It doesn't seem fair. 542 00:31:15,890 --> 00:31:17,891 (She giggles.) 543 00:31:33,273 --> 00:31:35,274 Well, thank you very much for your time. 544 00:31:35,309 --> 00:31:37,377 Sirs, I've gleaned some information 545 00:31:37,411 --> 00:31:39,512 on the Jubilee Singers. Before they left 546 00:31:39,547 --> 00:31:40,596 for England, they played in Buffalo. 547 00:31:40,597 --> 00:31:41,972 This was about a year ago. 548 00:31:42,615 --> 00:31:44,683 Before, their popularity was waning, 549 00:31:44,718 --> 00:31:45,858 - but it seems... - Get on with it, Crabtree. 550 00:31:45,862 --> 00:31:47,888 Sirs. They played at the Adelphi Theatre. 551 00:31:47,889 --> 00:31:49,872 It was one night, and seemingly uneventful, 552 00:31:49,873 --> 00:31:51,251 except for one strange occurrence: 553 00:31:51,626 --> 00:31:54,727 Near the theatre, a man by the name of Sam Brooks 554 00:31:54,761 --> 00:31:56,628 was beaten to death. 555 00:31:56,663 --> 00:31:58,964 - Was he coloured? - No, sir, he was quite white. 556 00:31:58,998 --> 00:32:02,267 I just got off the telephone with his widow. The murderer was never found. 557 00:32:02,301 --> 00:32:06,372 Perhaps the death of Sam Brooks is the secret the group is trying to hide. 558 00:32:06,406 --> 00:32:09,341 Didn't Mr. Peters hire Buddy Duncan in Buffalo? 559 00:32:09,376 --> 00:32:11,009 He did. 560 00:32:13,012 --> 00:32:17,182 Mr. Duncan, why did you join the Jubilee Singers? 561 00:32:17,216 --> 00:32:20,986 Nathan saw Buddy playing with a group on the same bill. 562 00:32:21,020 --> 00:32:23,521 He was impressed with his talent and he hired him. So what? 563 00:32:23,555 --> 00:32:26,224 Why doesn't Mr. Duncan answer for himself? 564 00:32:26,259 --> 00:32:29,027 Uh... Buddy's not so good with authority ... 565 00:32:29,061 --> 00:32:30,661 uh, police and such. 566 00:32:30,696 --> 00:32:32,864 Maybe there's a good reason. 567 00:32:32,898 --> 00:32:35,533 The night Buddy joined the Jubilee Singers in Buffalo, 568 00:32:35,567 --> 00:32:37,167 a man name Sam Brooks 569 00:32:37,202 --> 00:32:39,136 was murdered. 570 00:32:39,170 --> 00:32:41,972 - His killer is still at large. - We know nothing of a killing. 571 00:32:42,007 --> 00:32:44,675 I'm not sure I believe you, Mrs. Peters. 572 00:32:44,710 --> 00:32:47,478 Miss Carter? 573 00:32:47,513 --> 00:32:49,746 Have you something you'd care to add? 574 00:32:52,884 --> 00:32:56,053 Perhaps the Buffalo Police Department would be interested 575 00:32:56,087 --> 00:32:57,521 in Mr. Duncan's sudden 576 00:32:57,555 --> 00:32:59,623 departure the night that Sam Brooks was murdered. 577 00:32:59,657 --> 00:33:02,793 - Not Buddy. - We've said all there is to say. 578 00:33:07,197 --> 00:33:09,533 Then you leave me no choice, Miss Carter. 579 00:33:09,567 --> 00:33:11,601 I can't tell you anything. 580 00:33:11,636 --> 00:33:14,103 Then my constables will arrest Mr. Duncan within the hour 581 00:33:14,138 --> 00:33:16,105 and escort him back to Buffalo. 582 00:33:16,140 --> 00:33:18,675 - You can't do that! - I most certainly can. 583 00:33:18,709 --> 00:33:21,877 - Constable. - Stop! 584 00:33:21,912 --> 00:33:23,879 It's not what you think. 585 00:33:23,914 --> 00:33:27,183 Buddy was ambushed outside the Buffalo theatre by a white man. 586 00:33:27,217 --> 00:33:30,186 Did Buddy kill Sam Brooks? 587 00:33:30,220 --> 00:33:32,855 Nathan heard the commotion and came to Buddy's aid. 588 00:33:32,889 --> 00:33:35,724 But it was too late. Brooks lay dead from fighting. 589 00:33:35,759 --> 00:33:37,893 Buddy didn't mean 590 00:33:37,928 --> 00:33:39,528 to kill him. 591 00:33:39,563 --> 00:33:41,530 A man has the right to defend himself, 592 00:33:41,565 --> 00:33:43,699 and a Negro man has the same right, sir. 593 00:33:43,733 --> 00:33:46,836 Did everyone in the group know what Mr. Duncan had done? 594 00:33:46,870 --> 00:33:51,707 You don't know what it is to live in black skin, sir. 595 00:33:51,741 --> 00:33:54,142 He's no killer. 596 00:33:54,177 --> 00:33:56,144 It was self-defense. 597 00:33:56,179 --> 00:33:59,547 So, you've all harboured him ever since. 598 00:33:59,582 --> 00:34:02,684 Nathan prayed for guidance. What choice was there? 599 00:34:02,718 --> 00:34:04,686 He rescued Buddy from sure death. 600 00:34:04,720 --> 00:34:07,422 A mob or the courts, they'd both put a noose around his neck. 601 00:34:07,457 --> 00:34:09,424 (knocking on door) Sir. 602 00:34:09,459 --> 00:34:11,726 Excuse me. There's someone you have to see here. 603 00:34:19,401 --> 00:34:22,003 Sir, this is Cora Brooks, widow of Sam Brooks. 604 00:34:22,037 --> 00:34:25,540 Tell me where he is and I won't waste any more of your time. 605 00:34:25,574 --> 00:34:27,708 She's looking for Buddy Duncan, sir. 606 00:34:27,742 --> 00:34:29,710 What business do you have with him? 607 00:34:29,744 --> 00:34:32,179 Uh, this... 608 00:34:32,214 --> 00:34:35,049 this is our boy. 609 00:34:35,083 --> 00:34:38,585 Buddy Duncan is your child's father. 610 00:34:47,831 --> 00:34:49,998 I know what it looks like, 611 00:34:50,033 --> 00:34:53,169 a white woman with a coloured baby. 612 00:34:53,203 --> 00:34:56,438 I don't ask you to understand. 613 00:34:56,473 --> 00:35:00,742 Buddy was something special, so alive. 614 00:35:00,777 --> 00:35:03,379 Not like Sam, my husband. 615 00:35:03,413 --> 00:35:05,714 He could be cold and cruel. 616 00:35:05,748 --> 00:35:07,849 Tell me what happened 617 00:35:07,884 --> 00:35:10,218 that night in Buffalo, Mrs. Brooks. 618 00:35:10,252 --> 00:35:11,720 Buddy and I, we were... 619 00:35:11,754 --> 00:35:14,122 we're were going to run away together. 620 00:35:14,157 --> 00:35:16,257 But Sam figured out what was going on. 621 00:35:16,292 --> 00:35:17,719 He stormed off to the theatre. 622 00:35:17,818 --> 00:35:20,962 I was scared he would do harm to Buddy, 623 00:35:20,997 --> 00:35:22,963 kill him and me both. 624 00:35:22,998 --> 00:35:24,965 I hid at my sister's. 625 00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:27,235 But Mr. Brooks never returned home? 626 00:35:27,269 --> 00:35:29,237 I never knew what happened. 627 00:35:29,271 --> 00:35:32,473 I tried to find Buddy, but he was gone. 628 00:35:32,508 --> 00:35:35,443 Did you know you were carrying Buddy's child? 629 00:35:35,477 --> 00:35:38,145 I realized soon after he left. 630 00:35:38,180 --> 00:35:42,049 Did anyone else from the group know about your son? 631 00:35:42,084 --> 00:35:43,718 Yes, I told Mr. Peters. 632 00:35:43,752 --> 00:35:45,385 When was this? 633 00:35:45,420 --> 00:35:48,055 A few nights ago. I learned the Jubilee Singers 634 00:35:48,090 --> 00:35:50,691 were back and playing in Toronto, so I took the train up, 635 00:35:50,726 --> 00:35:52,193 but by the time I got here 636 00:35:52,227 --> 00:35:54,461 there was no one was no one at the theatre but Mr. Peters. 637 00:35:54,495 --> 00:35:56,763 And you told Mr. Peters your story? 638 00:35:56,797 --> 00:36:00,601 Yes. He was pretty upset about the baby. 639 00:36:00,635 --> 00:36:02,969 And did you see Buddy Duncan? 640 00:36:03,003 --> 00:36:06,440 Mr. Peters told me he'd left the group. 641 00:36:06,474 --> 00:36:09,343 He sent me back to Buffalo without a kind word. 642 00:36:12,546 --> 00:36:16,149 Mrs. Brooks, why have you now returned to Toronto? 643 00:36:16,183 --> 00:36:18,852 I got the telephone call from Constable Crabtree 644 00:36:18,886 --> 00:36:20,635 asking about Sam's murder. 645 00:36:21,113 --> 00:36:22,436 He mentioned Buddy's name. 646 00:36:22,437 --> 00:36:26,482 That's when I realized Mr. Peters lied to me. 647 00:36:27,061 --> 00:36:29,595 Buddy was still in Toronto. 648 00:36:29,630 --> 00:36:31,497 Why would he do that? 649 00:36:31,531 --> 00:36:34,032 Why not tell me Buddy was here? 650 00:36:39,505 --> 00:36:42,474 That night in Buffalo, Nathan Peters hears a fight. 651 00:36:42,508 --> 00:36:47,211 He steps outside to find Buddy Duncan standing over a dead Sam Brooks. 652 00:36:47,246 --> 00:36:50,782 Mr. Duncan claims self-defense in a racial attack. 653 00:36:50,816 --> 00:36:53,251 Nathan Peters is a good Christian man; 654 00:36:53,285 --> 00:36:56,320 Empathetic to a fellow Negro, he takes him into the group. 655 00:36:56,354 --> 00:36:58,689 But a year later, he learns the truth from Cora Brooks. 656 00:36:58,723 --> 00:37:02,693 Sam Brooks set upon Buddy Duncan because the man was having relations with his wife. 657 00:37:02,727 --> 00:37:04,896 Nathan's very upset with Buddy now. 658 00:37:04,930 --> 00:37:06,898 Buddy didn't give him the whole story. 659 00:37:06,932 --> 00:37:08,899 And now that a white woman is looking for him, 660 00:37:08,933 --> 00:37:09,896 the police can't be far behind. 661 00:37:09,897 --> 00:37:12,498 Nathan goes to The Blind Pig to confront him. 662 00:37:13,037 --> 00:37:15,673 Buddy Duncan kills Nathan Peters. 663 00:37:18,209 --> 00:37:21,178 Mrs. Peters. A moment. 664 00:37:24,715 --> 00:37:26,683 Where is Mr. Duncan? 665 00:37:26,717 --> 00:37:28,451 I wish we knew. 666 00:37:28,485 --> 00:37:30,553 He's gonna miss the train if he doesn't show soon. 667 00:37:30,587 --> 00:37:33,756 - Face it, Hardy, he's taken off on us. - What do you want with Buddy? 668 00:37:33,791 --> 00:37:36,927 I'm here to arrest him for the murder of your husband, Mrs. Peters. 669 00:37:36,961 --> 00:37:39,362 You're wrong. Buddy's no murderer. 670 00:37:39,396 --> 00:37:41,197 I know he killed Sam Brooks in Buffalo. 671 00:37:41,231 --> 00:37:43,199 Thanks to Hattie's big mouth. 672 00:37:43,233 --> 00:37:45,201 That was different. He was defending himself. 673 00:37:45,235 --> 00:37:47,903 - That man meant to kill him. - Buddy wouldn't harm Nathan. 674 00:37:47,938 --> 00:37:50,707 His sudden disappearance would suggest otherwise. 675 00:37:50,741 --> 00:37:52,842 What are you doing here, Detective? 676 00:37:52,876 --> 00:37:54,577 He thinks Buddy murdered Nathan. 677 00:37:54,611 --> 00:37:58,247 You're looking at the wrong people. Why would we harm one of our own? 678 00:38:12,729 --> 00:38:15,296 Mr. Hughes. 679 00:38:15,331 --> 00:38:17,799 Why would you kill your best friend? 680 00:38:17,834 --> 00:38:20,034 What are you talking about? 681 00:38:20,069 --> 00:38:22,136 You're under arrest, Mr. Hughes. 682 00:38:22,171 --> 00:38:24,539 Ozzy, what's he saying? 683 00:38:24,574 --> 00:38:26,541 Your trombone case. 684 00:38:26,576 --> 00:38:29,043 I believe it'll match the wound that killed Mr. Peters. 685 00:38:29,078 --> 00:38:31,679 Ozzy? 686 00:38:36,485 --> 00:38:38,286 It was an accident. 687 00:38:38,320 --> 00:38:41,890 Please forgive me, Chloe. I... 688 00:38:41,924 --> 00:38:43,424 How could you? 689 00:38:45,427 --> 00:38:48,562 Wait, you don't... no, you can't think 690 00:38:48,597 --> 00:38:51,265 I meant to kill him. No. I... 691 00:38:54,102 --> 00:38:57,738 I saw him outside the theatre talking to a white woman. 692 00:38:57,773 --> 00:39:00,808 - We have a child together. - I don't care. No! 693 00:39:00,842 --> 00:39:03,277 (Ozzy): And he was upset, so I knew something was up. 694 00:39:06,881 --> 00:39:08,615 I followed him to The Blind Pig, 695 00:39:08,649 --> 00:39:11,418 And then Nathan told me that... 696 00:39:11,452 --> 00:39:13,820 Why, he said Buddy had to leave the band. 697 00:39:13,854 --> 00:39:18,158 So I pleaded with him not to fire Buddy. We needed him. 698 00:39:18,192 --> 00:39:20,159 What's going on with that lady back there? 699 00:39:20,193 --> 00:39:22,595 But he just wouldn't listen. He kept being his old... well, 700 00:39:22,630 --> 00:39:24,564 you know how stubborn he was. 701 00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:31,270 So we argued, and he grabbed me, I lost my balance. 702 00:39:31,305 --> 00:39:33,706 My case must have accidentally swung up and hit him, 703 00:39:33,741 --> 00:39:35,875 but... 704 00:39:35,910 --> 00:39:39,545 I didn't realize I hit him that hard. 705 00:39:44,818 --> 00:39:47,519 Buddy was our future. 706 00:39:47,554 --> 00:39:49,455 Without him, 707 00:39:49,489 --> 00:39:52,158 the Jubilee Singers were finished. You all know that. 708 00:39:58,164 --> 00:40:01,567 I didn't want Nathan to die. 709 00:40:01,601 --> 00:40:03,569 He was my best friend. 710 00:40:03,603 --> 00:40:06,404 Your best friend? 711 00:40:06,439 --> 00:40:08,540 He was my husband. 712 00:40:08,575 --> 00:40:13,044 And you tossed him away like a piece of garbage? 713 00:40:13,079 --> 00:40:15,981 What did you think? No one would ask questions? 714 00:40:16,015 --> 00:40:19,750 He was just a dead Negro no one would care about? 715 00:40:19,785 --> 00:40:23,121 Please forgive me, Chloe. 716 00:40:25,124 --> 00:40:27,358 No. Never. 717 00:40:56,103 --> 00:40:57,663 Sam Brooks was outraged 718 00:40:57,664 --> 00:41:00,870 that a Negro man was sleeping with his wife. 719 00:41:00,904 --> 00:41:03,639 He attacked, and Buddy Duncan fought back. 720 00:41:03,674 --> 00:41:06,542 Each defending his male pride. 721 00:41:06,576 --> 00:41:09,344 Buddy Duncan may have killed Sam Brooks in self-defense, 722 00:41:09,379 --> 00:41:11,981 but he set in motion a series of tragic events. 723 00:41:12,015 --> 00:41:14,650 Including Cora Brooks and her child. 724 00:41:14,685 --> 00:41:17,553 - She seemed determined to find him. - Well, of course. 725 00:41:17,587 --> 00:41:20,556 She's in love with him. 726 00:41:20,590 --> 00:41:23,158 Women in love can be quite tenacious. 727 00:41:23,193 --> 00:41:26,094 Yes, they can. 728 00:41:50,719 --> 00:41:52,186 Where is everyone? 729 00:41:52,221 --> 00:41:54,689 They all left with Buddy and his band. 730 00:41:54,723 --> 00:41:56,172 I'm delighted to see 731 00:41:56,175 --> 00:41:59,059 you enjoying wholesome entertainment, Constable. 732 00:41:59,094 --> 00:42:00,561 Yes indeed, Miss Hamilton. 733 00:42:04,233 --> 00:42:08,001 I fear it may be a long while before we hear ragtime again. 734 00:42:08,036 --> 00:42:10,570 Well, perhaps you and I can take a trip to one of these 735 00:42:10,605 --> 00:42:13,573 Buffalo clubs I've read about in the newspaper. Or even Chicago. 736 00:42:13,608 --> 00:42:17,144 George, it may not be that long after all. 737 00:42:21,916 --> 00:42:23,550 May I? 738 00:42:23,584 --> 00:42:25,252 Absolutely. 739 00:42:40,500 --> 00:42:43,736 To think those hands cut up corpses. 740 00:42:43,771 --> 00:42:45,738 I'm afraid I play poorly. 741 00:42:45,773 --> 00:42:49,075 - Good enough for ragtime. - Thank you, Mr. Garland. 742 00:42:49,109 --> 00:42:50,609 It's Leslie. 743 00:42:59,118 --> 00:43:01,620 (Emily laughing) 744 00:43:03,623 --> 00:43:06,358 (Leslie and Emily laughing) 745 00:43:08,528 --> 00:43:10,362 I love it. 746 00:43:10,397 --> 00:43:11,897 That's it. 747 00:43:19,905 --> 00:43:21,906 (Emily laughing) 748 00:43:25,232 --> 00:43:26,881 Announcer: All new Murdoch, next Monday... 749 00:43:26,883 --> 00:43:27,725 You really think somebody 750 00:43:27,726 --> 00:43:29,866 tunnelled up from the earth to rob a jeweller? 751 00:43:29,867 --> 00:43:32,643 Life exists inside the hollows of the earth. 752 00:43:32,645 --> 00:43:34,359 I've been at the jeweller's all day waiting for a... 753 00:43:34,362 --> 00:43:35,340 Waiting for what, George? 754 00:43:35,341 --> 00:43:36,456 Waiting for a man to arrive 755 00:43:36,458 --> 00:43:37,651 from beneath the earth. 756 00:43:37,652 --> 00:43:38,315 Announcer: Murdoch Mysteries, 757 00:43:38,316 --> 00:43:40,062 next Monday at 8:00 on CBC. 758 00:43:40,063 --> 00:43:50,063 - synced and corrected by chamallow - - www.addic7ed.com -