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your husband did this if you weren't so

damn clumsy

you trust me

take it it will help with the pain is

there a doctor in this town oh actually

I am a doctor but even five minutes of

your time geez

ma'am you can't go in there it's a crime

okay I warn you Ben

you need to answer some questions

I left her with a single vial of London

when I went to get the tickets that's

not enough to cause harm

he's certain it was the correct dosage

yes

of course how can you be sure well

absence of any other explanation is it

not most likely that Abigail Prescott

died because you provided her with the

wrong bottle of water yes it

it's seven

nine

no eight

there's age missing my interview with

the hotel clerk

the last time she saw Mrs Prescott is

when she made a telephone call in the

middle of the night she made a telephone

call

is that important yes

the jury has found you guilty of

manslaughter in the death of Abigail

Prescott what

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good morning Mr Murdoch good morning

Bethany

oh she has been quite the handful this

morning

well usually when the little one is

fussy like this doc

talking her lullaby

baby

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we need something substantial to justify

filing this appeal

what about that call

if the alderman knew where we were he

could have killed her

the hotel owner didn't hear the

telephone conversation that Abigail was

having and the switchboard operator

doesn't remember who she put the call

through to it's a dead end there's no

way to prove who she called

why did she make that call

you think

she could have been having second

thoughts about leaving her husband up I

should never have encouraged her there's

no way to know what was in her mind

but you know what was in your heart you

were simply trying to help a woman in

need Julia yes and now that woman is

dead

surely the fact that someone removed a

page from the police report should

warrant an appeal shouldn't it the judge

clearly didn't think so

then we'll speak to a different judge a

higher Court I'm sorry but it's not

enough a page could go missing for any

number of reasons any judge will

consider it no more than an error

foreign

sir

I feel hopeless George

I wish there was something I could do

did Effie have to say

she said we could appeal but our chances

are slim at best we've lost in the eyes

of the Court

I can't believe it

our doctor Ogden in such a dire

circumstance

they've sentenced her to three years

for something she didn't do and and

we'll do everything we can to prove that

so to prove it to the court of course

George but it may not be enough

Julia is going to miss raising her

daughter so don't say that

her first words her first steps three

years she'll be a completely different

person by the time her mother gets out

of prison will she even recognize her

she can't you can't let these thoughts

consume you

I know George but it's true

Julia is in prison sleeping in a cot in

a window in this room I'm spending every

day and night trying to raise our

daughter without her I just don't think

I can do it alone sir you don't have to

no matter what happens one thing I can

promise you you won't be alone

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thank you George

is that the Alderman's fundraiser and I

believe so he has some nerve

thank you thank you thank you thank you

thank you thank you helping people has

always been my mission

especially when it comes to the people

of Toronto we need state-of-the-art

facilities where the average man can get

top of the line health care that is why

I want to raise money to open a new

hospital for the less fortunate

that's rich this here is my friend David

he was born with a bad leg and is one of

the many people who will be helped by

our new Endeavor he's going to be coming

around with a collection tin if you see

him give him a few dollars let's get to

our donation goals every penny counts

thank you

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thank you

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thank you for making a donation

donation jobs

it is good call Surf

every penny County just said thanks

detective Murdock

thank you for coming

despite what has happened we must rise

about and support one another

I'm not here for nice cities Alderman I

have a few more questions

again detective if I didn't know any

better I'd think you had it in for me

did you receive a telephone call from

your wife the night before her death no

I didn't

is that all

good day detective I Know What You Did

Prescott

and I won't rest until I prove it

whatever could you mean

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have you spoke to Julia how's the

spirits

not good I'm afraid

he's a nightmare

what's your next move

I'm sure it was Alderman Prescott I just

can't prove it

he was the recipient of the telephone

call that's mentioned in the page of the

report that's now conveniently missing

but perhaps the question shouldn't be

why is it missing

but how

inspector report credit

that was his report

you know you have my full support and

the full resources of this Station House

if you need anything thank you sir

there is another Avenue to follow

if we're correct

the aldermen had to have traveled from

his home in Toronto to Port Credit

between the time of the telephone call

and when Abigail's body was discovered

someone may have seen him leave his

house that day perhaps he hired a

carriage

Shirley and Alderman would own his own

carriage in which case you'll have a

driver George Henry see what you can

find out

sir

I did nothing wrong

and I resent the accusation a file was

sent to the crown and to the defense

both were missing the same page of your

report so the incident had to have

occurred before the documents left this

Station House

you're suggesting one of my men lost the

page or mishandled it

intentionally

no my men are honest and trustworthy

is that so I work with them every day

I trust them with my life

but do you not trust your constables

with yours

you hand wrote the page correct that's

right

then who copied it

what do you mean

every page

of those documents was collated into two

separate files one went to the crown one

went to the defense someone had to have

copied the original in order oh no yes

that would be Mr Johnson our scrivener

that's him there if you'll excuse me

Mr Johnson

detective Murdoch Toronto constabulary I

have a couple of questions right now I'm

kind of busy are you the scrivener that

handled the case report for the trial of

Dr Julia on I am are you aware that a

page went missing from that report prior

to trial no I I don't know anything

about that

can you confidently say that all the

pages were accounted for when you

received the report from inspector McRae

how could I possibly know

he attests that as a fact

and yet a page was missing from the

files that went to the crown and the

defense

things get lost all the time by you no

never I I I uh yet it went missing when

it crossed your desk

perhaps I should have another word with

inspector McRae and advise him not to

hire

don't tell the inspector

tell me exactly what happened

two days before the trial I ran into a

man in the street near my rooms he knew

about the trial and he even knew that

the file was currently in my hands

who was this man I'd never seen him

before in my life he offered me a

hundred dollars to remove two pages how

could I pass that up

two pages not just one one page from the

police report one from the coroner's

report but there was nothing on them

nothing that seemed important

that is not for you to determine Mr

Johnson but I I needed the money do you

have any idea how much a hundred dollars

is

my wife

please

together man

look at this photograph

is this the man that gave you the money

no I don't recognize him

then who was it I told you I'd never

seen him before

a man had a goatee a rough face and he

talked awful funny

all right I'll need you to give a

description to a sketch artist

of course

it's been his driver we'll see if he

knows anything all we need to get on his

own so we can talk to him but you have

to do whatever we can to get Dr Ogden

back home she doesn't belong in jail

she has killed someone before Henry

she's innocent look this is my chance

excuse me sir

yes how can I help you condolences for

the passing of Mrs Prescott

a nasty business that we're conducting

an additional investigation into her

death is that right uh should I get the

alderman no actually we wanted to speak

to you

can you tell us anything about the day

that Mrs Prescott died did you take the

alderman anywhere that day no uh

I was giving the afternoon off that day

and are you usually giving the afternoon

off no uh that morning we went about our

business as usual I took him to his

tailors then back to the house just like

every day uh usually I wait around after

that but that day the alderman went

inside the house and came back out a

short time later telling me to take the

rest of the day off

hey he goes to the tailors every day

well it's his business he owns it uh

impressively pressed Taylors over on

Sherbourne oh I've been there before

they aren't very good uh well it does

find business we pick up the earnings

there every day and take it to the bank

every day

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Mr Wright

you are the coroner who performed the

postmortem on Abigail Prescott

that's right

you delivered your report to this

Station House correct yes yes that's

right

did you happen to keep a copy of your

report for your record

and no I assumed I would receive it back

after the trial

could you have a look at the report and

tell me if there's anything missing

yeah yes there is a page missing

oh any idea what that page contained of

course it was the page that detailed the

bruising across the victim's body

bruising what bruising

extensive arms back torso any sense of

what may have caused them likely from

repeated blows but none of this had

anything to do with her death these were

minor contusions painful but not serious

thank you Mr Right

if I may

did you happen to notice if any of the

bruises were more recent than others

yes yes there was one on her arm or a

broken arm no her other arm

it was about a few inches wide quite

fresh so someone grabbed her stole the

pages to hide the fact that they'd

injured her in an altercation

or it's an indication of something else

altogether

what are you thinking

it's your professional opinion that

Abigail Prescott consumed 100 grams of

London correct Dr Ogden maintains that

she instructed Abigail Prescott to

consume one vial containing only 16

grams of laudanum

what if the extra laudanum wasn't

consumed

what if it was injected a rough

injection leaving a bruise

it's possible

did you happen to find any injection

marks

no but I can't say I was looking for one

with the overdose of lawden was injected

then it wasn't Mrs Ogden and killed Mrs

Prescott a revelation like this would

immediately discount the Crown's case

it's too late now

she's in the ground

we'll have to get her out

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so the old woman was left to his own

devices the rest of the day you know he

could have driven himself down the pole

crater if that was the case should we

report back to the inspector then it's

not worth much if nobody's telling me

I still think it's strange that they

make a visit to the tailors every day oh

it's this place right here I tell you

it's the worst tailors I've ever been to

I had to go back three times and I still

don't have my pants I'd abandon them

they're more Ruthie's favorite pair it's

hardly bustling how much revenue can

they be making

just enough to keep the doors open I

would guess yet they make so much that

they had to make a deposit at the bank

every day I'm surprised they make enough

to make a deposit every year

Higgins that chat that's

that's the downtrodden man I saw it the

fundraiserable

it doesn't look downtrodden at all

scoundrel he must be confidence man

transcribes the documents for trial was

paid to remove two pages hey by whom

apparently not the alderman we question

the scrivener and he gave us a

description of the culprit

inspector McRae is putting these up all

over town this is the man

I know that man

what

my dear Bianca is terribly a five

minutes of your time please

I was on the way to buy the tickets from

the train station and he asked if I

wanted to ride then he said he needed a

doctor someone was ill no not something

it was his goat but there's nothing I

could do by the time I got back to the

hotel Abigail was dead

Julia did this man speak in an unusual

manner yes he had an accent

well then this is him

he purposely delayed your return back to

the hotel so that someone would have

time to murder Abigail Prescott and

frame you

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this is the man that bribed the

scrivener and delayed Julia on her way

back to the hotel unlikely to be a

coincidence I have constables canvassing

the area and putting up these posters

hopefully someone will have seen

something

I need to speak to detective Murdoch

who's this then oh that is Mrs lift now

she owns the hotel in Port Credit

man may I be of assistance you need to

pay for this phone call

this is your telephone bill why should I

your wife booked a room at my hotel and

incurred this exorbitant charge but now

she's in jail

he has appointment up

this must be Abigail Prescott's

telephone call yes God Rest her soul but

where could she have been calling to

incur a charge of one dollar and 19

cents

I was killed over when I saw it I never

should have had that infernal thing

installed in the first place

I will take care of this Mrs lip now

leave it with me

my thank you Detective

you think that's his office

could be

an accountant

masquerading as a person in need to drop

donations for the ottoman's fundraiser

can't believe you let that man trick you

into giving him money he was convincing

him I'm very convinced

I never should have told you that

I still don't see how the Taylor shop is

connected

unless it's not a tailor shop at all oh

yeah sure you there was a tailor in

there an old man with a dreadful Shake

in his hands that's not what I mean what

would an accountant be doing with a

failing business right after coming up

running for terrible

I'm on the edge of my seat pretending

that same business earned that same

money so no one would notice you and the

aldermen were stealing from the people

of Toronto so the tailor shop is just a

front then oh look there he is again

let's have a word

what have you got

well sir I think I may be able to

determine the area that Abigail called

with the information in this telephone

bill how do you figure that all I have

to do is cross-reference the cost of the

call with the applicable long distance

rates will not take forever well no sir

a dollar and 19 cents is only divisible

by two numbers seven and Seventeen and

one and 119.

well yes but we could probably discount

those because there are no regions that

cost a dollar nineteen per minute and we

know she wasn't on the telephone for 119

minutes go on so she either made a seven

minute phone call at a rate of 17 cents

per minute or a 17-minute call at a rate

seven cents a minute precisely which

drastically reduces the possibilities

yeah

it's um cheer

17 cents per minute

Paris Ontario

the alderman doesn't live there

no

but Abigail's mother does

excuse me sir

you know the alderman do you not doesn't

everybody we saw you at his tailor shop

earlier why on Earth are you spying on

me at a Taylor shop what were you doing

there more the point were you pretending

to be a homeless man earlier at the

Alderman's fun race how ridiculous it's

so ridiculous sir you were drumming up

donations which I think you're now

scheming to hide as profits from this

table shop

I don't know what you're talking about I

think you owe my friend here 25 cents

and you owe me a pair of pants what

so why don't you just tell us Mr Potter

if that is indeed your name how is the

alderman involved at all this

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there

I don't know why you and your lot

continue to pour salt in my wound is it

not bad enough that your wife caused my

daughter's death

this is delafonte I'm terribly sorry to

ask any more of you but I assure you it

is important

I'll keep it short

did your daughter Abigail telephone you

the night before her death yes

she did

what did she say

Abigail telephoned me to tell me that

she had absconded with that woman your

wife

why did she feel the need to tell you

this she was scared I suppose

what might become of her of course A

woman can't simply leave her husband

there are consequences for such things

which is precisely what I told her

you told her to go back of course

her husband had broken her arm

no marriage is a simple Affair Detective

and did she agree to return to Toronto

no

she was resolved Come What May

those are the last words she said to me

so you don't believe that she telephoned

Mr Prescott

after her conversation with you I do not

that is why I telephoned him

you

you telephone Mr Prescott that night I

did

and you told him where she was yes

solely right for a husband to know if

his wife's whereabouts

Mrs de lafonte I'm very sorry to put you

through anything further but I will need

you to attest to this call

why I need to present this as evidence

to the judge

Alderman Prescott has claimed repeatedly

that he did not know his wife's

whereabouts that night

he lied lied to the judge to the jury to

the investigators

investigators who believe that someone

has destroyed evidence in this case

no he couldn't have

what have I done

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so the alderman knew as she was meaning

that he likely went down there to kill

her at the very least I can now prove to

the judge that he lied under oath what

now

well I've telephoned Effie Crabtree

we'll get the mother's statement and

prepare our case for an appeal

it's for you

detective Murdoch something

something's about to happen to your wife

what

next time it's going to be worse dropped

the case

who is this hello

hey new girl excuse me did you steal my

cigarettes no I don't smoke I said give

me back my cigarettes

it was her she attacked me she's lying

she tried to kill me well it doesn't

matter you're both going to the hole go

ahead

okay

what do you mean I can't speak with her

where is she

what did they say only that she isn't in

her cell I I have to get down there go

go

my Lord there has clearly been outside

interference in this case just yesterday

I learned that the police scrivener

removed two pages of the case File after

being bribed pages that would make no

difference to the outcome of this case

what my learned friend is failing to

mention is that there was something

about these Pages which somebody didn't

want the court to know what were on

those pages the first page detailed a

phone call which the deceased made the

night before her death to her mother who

in turn telephoned her husband Alderman

Prescott to retrieve her relevance my

Lord a third party at the murder scene

completely changes this case and casts a

shadow on the theory which my learned

friend here laid out at trial but more

importantly Mr Prescott lied he claimed

to have no knowledge of his wife's

whereabouts at the time of her murder

when in fact he knew precisely where she

was

and the second page the second page

detailed bruising all over the

deceased's body my Lord it seems my

friend here has forgotten that the

victim died from an overdose of laudanum

not bangs and bruises bruises which may

well have been covering an injection

mark from a syringe which could have

been administered by a third party

namely Alderman Prescott

slanderous allegations are we now

prematurely convicting an innocent man

without the benefit of trial I was under

the impression that one had to be

convicted by a court of law before being

deemed guilty I am simply articulating a

version of events which fits more

cleanly with the facts as we now know

them regardless these facts cast graved

out on the conviction of Dr Ogden in

this case

I acknowledge there are discrepancies of

some interest

but they do not appear to be significant

enough to vacate a conviction Mrs

Crabtree not yet but they do demand that

we re-examine The crucial evidence in

this case the method of death she died

of laudnam that is not a question not

the cause the method which is why I

humbly request that the court order the

examination of the body of Abigail

Prescott to what end if one of the

bruises on her body was covering up an

injection Mark which was otherwise

unaccounted for then we can assume that

the Fatal dose was administered by

syringe in which case the Crown's

allegations against Dr Ogden no longer

hold

or disturbing a corpse is not a simple

thing it is improper and disrespectful

to defile a resting place on a fanciful

whim

an exclamation would require permission

from the family of the deceased my Lord

Alderman Prescott will not provide such

permission if we ask and he denies can

we put this whole matter to risk it has

been proven Mr Prescott lied in this

court we cannot let this decision lie

as it so happens

the alderman is not the deceased's only

family

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this is Crabtree

if you can obtain permission from Mrs

Prescott's mother I will approve the

exhumation he

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I want to see Julia Ogden immediately

detective Murdoch

thank you

your wife is fine

where is she she was in an altercation

with another inmate and received a

laceration on her forearm what but she

is otherwise in fine Health take me to

her immediately I cannot

she's had to spend the night in the hole

just like any other inmate would and

take these sorts of altercations very

seriously

has her wound been treated yes everyone

was cleaned and banished our nurses are

well drained

Mr wooden I received a telephone call

threatening Julia's life

we need to put a guard on her at all

times more than one if possible I have

no way of knowing who is making these

threats

Detective

she's not paranoid

I received this telephone call at the

Station House

I'll see through that she receives

additional supervision for the time

being

thank you

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sounds like a smoker's cough no wonder

you want to do cigarettes back so badly

keep provoking me see what happens

sweetie

you know I don't believe your cigarettes

were ever missing

it was just an excuse to attack me

oops

did someone put you up to it I wouldn't

have Peggy for the type of lady with a

long list of enemies

but here we are

who was it

wouldn't you like to know

foreign

you

I don't care one way or the other

I know what it's like to be a woman in a

vulnerable position

being manipulated by people with bad

intentions

that sounds like a long and fancy way to

say you're pity me huh

I hate pity that's not it

whoever hired you is just using you to

do their dirty work while you take the

fall

you could have been hurt

or you could have killed me and ended up

with a lifetime sentence

people like that don't deserve to be

protected

fifty dollars

I beg your pardon that's my price

fifty dollars and I'll give you the name

foreign

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has been approved the mother agreed to

it it will commence first thing tomorrow

morning that is good news

who will perform the examination

the original coroner but overseen by

Miss Hart the judges agreed to send the

body to our morgue no why is that

apparently every man in his dog wants to

attend we're the only ones with the

space for it I see

I would also like to attend good luck

getting the judge to approve that look

don't worry I'll make sure everything

goes off all right if we can find that

syringe mark this will all be over

and if we don't find it

we have to exonerate Julia now

she was attacked in prison her life's in

danger

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so they're stealing from charitable

citizens that's what we suspect sir

that behavior is lower than a snake's

belly but this Champion pretended to

have a bum leg to Garner donations out

of sympathy in absolute disgrace where

is he now uh he got away sir he was

actually surprisingly fast on his feet

but this Taylor shop is the center of it

that's where they're taking all the

money it seems so take a few of the lads

and runs like the police gladly oh sorry

do we need to speak to a judge first

look we know there is guilty of sin

better to beg forgiveness than us

permission is what I always say

sir

sir

you know who that man was

he got away the lads are still after did

you recognize him no from the police

sketch that's the Alderman's henchman

who's sent by Mr Prescott

I very much admire your work Miss hard

oh

thank you I've read about you in the

papers

you're quite the inspiration for those

of us entering the field was that so

everyone was all abuzz after those witch

killings you saw last year

ergot poisoning

imagine that

actually the victim died of anaphylaxis

but I appreciate the sentiment

Shall We Begin of course

case 583 the exhumation of Abigail

Prescott

she hasn't been in the ground for so

long it seems the cold conditions have

helped

Mr Wright and I will now examine the

skin for puncture or injection marks

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foreign

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they didn't find anything

there were no punctuums or syringe marks

present anywhere on our body

we were wrong

I'm sorry

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detective William Murdock I found out

who sent that inmate to try and kill me

you did oh his name is Gunner bjornson

he scription matches that of the farmer

who bribed the scrivener oh

did you just send fifty dollars to an

address for me getting that name wasn't

she

it may not make any difference the

exclamation was a failure it yielded

nothing

what what does that mean

without the syringe Mark or the missing

pages anything this bjornsson has done

becomes circumstantial

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come on what are you doing it's a small

mark on her lip

where

here

it just makes me think if not a syringe

Mark perhaps someone forced the victim's

mouth open in some way

being her loading them against her will

precisely

I would have noticed a chipped tooth or

pierced lip

beyond that I don't see how such a thing

could ever be established

did you examine the inside of her mouth

yes but I admit not with a specific mind

of finding such indicators

um

you sure this man works for Prescott

absolutely

he's trying to kill me

after everything I've done for him

what exactly have you done for him

I'm not telling you with thing

sir as you can see constables are

collecting every scrap of paperwork in

this place and others will be searching

your accounting office and what of it if

you've been stealing from charity we'll

find out whether you help us or not

why are you protecting someone who wants

you dead

if I help you convict him

can you keep me out of jail

that may be something we can arrange

I've been in charge of the Alderman's

accounts for over a decade and he has

been indeed stealing money

from the hospital charity among others

we run the donations through the tailor

shop so that they appear as legitimate

earnings when we deposit them

and then I got to the financials to

ensure it

stealing from a hospital is particularly

rotten the hospital

is just the tip of the iceberg

is everything all right

just having a quick look at one more

thing now hold on the purpose of this

exclamation was to search for a syringe

mark

it will just take one moment

this examination was not explicitly

requested

what is that oh my

let's go

gonna be honest criminal threats assault

attempted murder and there's more oh the

last time he was in jail he was bailed

out by none other than Alderman Prescott

that's a direct connection we have his

last known address The Lads and I will

bring him in and Crabtree and Higgins

have managed to get the accountant to

spill

the Alderman's going down one way or

another

the only problem is none of this

exonerates Julia

McNabb we have word from the morgue

service

foreign

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you're under arrest for bribery

interference with the police

investigation and attempted murder

cannot finish my school first don't get

smart get him out of here

what a waste

thank you for your patience we have

completed our examination of the exhumed

body of Abigail Prescott

there were no previously undiscovered

markings on the skin

however we were able to find an anomaly

that was not discovered in the original

post-mortal yes a foreign object in the

deceased mouth stuck in the back of her

esophagus the object seems to have moved

closer to the top of the throat due to

the body's decomposition hence why it

wasn't previously found despite Mr

Wright's good work

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a brass button

a button why would she have swallowed a

button

no I didn't

is that all

good day Detective

was him

I have already signed the petition and

expect to have a plan in place as early

as next week

please excuse me if you want detective

Murdoch of course so what do I owe the

pleasure oh believe me Alderman the

pleasure is all mine

is that so

dear I thought you didn't like me I

don't

what are you doing that is quite enough

of this harassment detective Alderman

Prescott you are under arrest for the

murder of your wife Abigail Prescott

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every piece of evidence detailing the

Alderman's misdeeds it's time enough to

send him away for years to come evidence

of his financial crimes

and the button that places him at the

scene of the murder Mrs Prescott was

sending us a message you think she's

followed it on purpose

in her final moments yes bringing him to

Justice from beyond the grave in

addition to all of that this bjonesome

fella turned on the alderman faster than

the Lion's lunch

he admitted to distracting Dr Ogden

while the alderman murdered his wife

I'd be willing to wager that that is

finally the end of alderman Prescott

there is no doubt of your innocence now

and so relieved William

if he said the crown will ask the judge

to overturn the verdict in the morning

I'll be released by noon

it's wonderful I can hardly stand the

thought of you spending one more night

here

although the warden has extended an

olive branch in light of my wrongful

imprisonment he's invited me to a family

dinner

oh

thank you

foreign

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