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Mor$$%#se i s ta `ken seriously ill ^at$#; a`;[ m#[[useu)m recep*tion and is h@ $ospitali +$zed . In-$ t:he h]ospit?: al, S,^upt. Strange, visits ^ Morse to p[,ush ^; + ])+him to take early retirement, whil :e( Dr.-_ Millicent 'Mi$^_l #lie)' =Van Buren gives him her book on#;` a 1=40 year-`;ol@?d court case known as ,, `[the Oxford) Canal Mu rders. The case involved the murder^`_ and rape !of a[^ you++ng woman, Mr!)-s Joanna Fran[ks* , tra=@veling by canal b+ $o at from Coventry to L]@-o! n_ don. The case resulted * in three boatmen ;# bein-g senten ced to death and ? two #;of them han;ged. Mo rse s` tarts _ [t+!%o read Millie's book an!d d.reams ,about it. He soon has^^_ a n )umber of prob *.lems with the ca _se#. Why wer\en't the three me-_.n also ;;ch.` arged with th/eft ? Why did Mrs_ Fr[@anks take a boat`(= in] #stead of a tra^in that ,_was much fas:],ter an[d ] c`o#mfortab_le and only slightly_@ more expensi .* ve (Why d! -idn't she *(abandon ; [th_e bo$/$at after she _!^ c!.omplai_,n$ed-, = . ab/out lewd? behavior of.\] the crew at the sh?\ipping office in* Ban-`::?bury W$]-hy ;%$did.== she th,`e ] n d +`rink and 'soc ialis? e' with :+ the crew What hap ?pe=)^@ned to her \:'ca +rpet bag' with which/- she arrived ^ on%/` the_$$ boat ##bu#@%t which +was not m?*en*)tioned in ;+*t. he c;ourt case, .\[ $ nor was it st()ore[ d in the archives with her,$ almo: st e_mpty, trunk The trun k was marked with i= *\n+]/ i]\%=tia=(ls / of `he\r first husband who had d*#ied. How did it happen tha: t$ _*/her s+`hoes w`) ere fo!*und on the bo^at but nobody saw )/].her = -return ( t @\o the boat!;[] %from the forest PC^ Adr[@+_[ian /K*^ -e @=r[shaw does so, ],me] br illiant l\ ]_eg w!^`ork for Mors%e. He s :tudie*d history and has !] i nv ^alu.-%able #background (kno+ wledge[$. For ins //tance, / `h+^:e mentions t ?h _at the boatmen had bad reputation because,`_ they/ work-(] ed on Su (ndays a/nd did not a+ \ ttend \c hurch.!- Later a c hapel w \as built fo:r them in Oxford=\_.,_] The d(-@ead woma) n's clothes) _!:and the) ( sh$\oes(` found?? on the b^`oat are su/ bmitt/ed to : :mode; _rn forensic ^investigation. The result ) i `s that the sho*;es did not belong to `$^the dead] wo$)`=man ( found in the water because she/ was # @much taller.The s ^ho e)-s were neve r us-@ed in the for_@est .($ ^= Only Mrs Franks' h usba.!nd, Char les Fr#*=anks,;- was called to ident! if *y the body of the dead wo?ma]n. He claimed that#, while her fac]]e was d@: a* rkened and disfigured, he found[?: a! bir -t:(h mark behind* he)-r % ear. The pro#?secutor welcomed that information that *# only \ a h^u+/sband? [ or a !lover ?woul d know. The accus.-ed+( were not shown the b-`.ody . The defense a _tto rney?% mer[ely `- c]\lai:(\-med that[)=: =the ^`guilt of the three m]en was not proved. All three ^ *accu:sed claimed to*( the e[! ]nd that they were i/!\nnoce[) n[[ .t. =One; of them ?=was/* n?ot exe# cuted [,,because he em braced #; C]![hristia:^ n`ity i$n p[rison\*.. M#)o!_rse ins%-=t %ructs /Kers:haw to investiga)t \ e i f Charles ;#Franks benefited from his wif%e's death ^.a: nd,@; inde ed, he @?_+po$-c$@keted ! _ 300 ;]pounds # insurance money. Ca se closed Ch!arles Fr :anks murdered a ta ll w[_%omen and droppe. =d her:]` in the canal aft+^er m,\_eeting Joann,:a in-!_ the f !=[orest. If Joann $a_ Franks ju- mpe .?.d off /the b ` oat at the sam[ e * ti .+me as the dead++ body hit=- the ? water,% ? she #) !swa]m to t=he ?bank` and join_ed her =@)husband. T`he co\ u=.+p[:le c hanged their) names, i=n th !]e case of 'Charles /($/F- %r ]a /nks' a second time after$( he 'di (e;( d' a;@? s Joanna 's/% fi rst husban\``d. @!The f; @ our]%/t!!h[ boatman, a youngster who was not charged, was probably paid by J=$\oan]?na to gi _ ve false testimo \ny / =. M/%orse travels to I*reland an%_%d h #$as a grave o f Joan:na's first husband exhumed. Th? e . _ coffin [(]c) ontain s\ bags of sa?)@;n!d and so_me stones.