After the battle in the docks, the police flood the area, looking for Mike and Tim O'Shea, and posting handbills all over the place. Witnesses come forward, willing to identity the O'Shea brothers as the men who attacked Constable Jackson, and as those who killed Richard Dawkins. The O'Shea brothers have been demanding money with menaces from many traders using the docks, and if any failed to pay, their cargoes would be left to rot, their businesses would be vandalised, or worse. The killing of Dawkins was by way of an example to others.
Following the battle in front of the Provincial Legislature, the two doctors and their suffragette friends have their day in court. One of those mounting the case against them is Leslie Garland, who has passed his Bar exams and is now practicing law.
Cecily McKinnon comes to Police Station 4, where Murdoch questions her about the O'Shea brothers. She says that she knows nothing of their extortion racket, and when Murdoch asks if she knows of anyone else who might be preying on their fellow businessmen, she cautiously says that Lionel Jeffries does seem to have taken over quite a few businesses of late.
Inspector Brackenreid gets to Jeffries first, and demands to know the whereabouts of the O'Sheas, pointing out, as Jeffries ponders the question, that he is no longer bound by the rules of the Toronto Constabulary.
Meanwhile, just as the trial of the women (on charges of unlawful assembly and public nuisance) is about to begin, a woman named Clara Brett Martin enters the court and asks the judge if she might be permitted to represent the women in the case.
Jeffries visits Police Station 4 to lodge a complaint against Thomas Brackenreid, to which Murdoch responds that if Brackenreid has gone outside the law, he will be dealt with accordingly. For now, though Murdoch wants to know where the O'Shea brothers are. Some time later, Murdoch and Inspector Slorach discover the bodies of the O'Sheas. They have both been shot in the head. Murdoch also spots a lapel pin belonging to Brackenreid at the scene, but of Brackenreid himself, there is no sign. Murdoch tracks him down, and learns that he did not kill the O'Shea brothers, but that he now intends to follow the law of the jungle.
Constable Crabtree has been looking into the business affairs of Richard Dawkins, and found that he operated others besides the chandlery. The police find that a warehouse of his had been used to keep people shackled to beds, though it is empty now. When questioned by Murdoch, Mrs Dawkins denies all knowledge of the warehouse.
The charges against the women are dropped, once Dr Ogden alerts Mr Garland's leader to his disreputable behaviour.
Murdoch discovers a woman in one of Mr Dawkins' properties. She has come from eastern Europe, and has been in Canada for three weeks. She has been kept locked up, but Dawkins had kept her safe from the O'Shea brothers. Others had been trafficked into Canada as a staging post on the way to a life of prostitution in Chicago.
Can Murdoch save the other women? Will Brackenreid find the person who wanted him killed? How long will it take for women to be treated as equals, or at least be allowed to vote? Have we seen the last of Leslie Garland? There is so much going on that it is hard to believe only 45 minutes have gone by. Wonderfully tense entertainment.
Following the battle in front of the Provincial Legislature, the two doctors and their suffragette friends have their day in court. One of those mounting the case against them is Leslie Garland, who has passed his Bar exams and is now practicing law.
Cecily McKinnon comes to Police Station 4, where Murdoch questions her about the O'Shea brothers. She says that she knows nothing of their extortion racket, and when Murdoch asks if she knows of anyone else who might be preying on their fellow businessmen, she cautiously says that Lionel Jeffries does seem to have taken over quite a few businesses of late.
Inspector Brackenreid gets to Jeffries first, and demands to know the whereabouts of the O'Sheas, pointing out, as Jeffries ponders the question, that he is no longer bound by the rules of the Toronto Constabulary.
Meanwhile, just as the trial of the women (on charges of unlawful assembly and public nuisance) is about to begin, a woman named Clara Brett Martin enters the court and asks the judge if she might be permitted to represent the women in the case.
Jeffries visits Police Station 4 to lodge a complaint against Thomas Brackenreid, to which Murdoch responds that if Brackenreid has gone outside the law, he will be dealt with accordingly. For now, though Murdoch wants to know where the O'Shea brothers are. Some time later, Murdoch and Inspector Slorach discover the bodies of the O'Sheas. They have both been shot in the head. Murdoch also spots a lapel pin belonging to Brackenreid at the scene, but of Brackenreid himself, there is no sign. Murdoch tracks him down, and learns that he did not kill the O'Shea brothers, but that he now intends to follow the law of the jungle.
Constable Crabtree has been looking into the business affairs of Richard Dawkins, and found that he operated others besides the chandlery. The police find that a warehouse of his had been used to keep people shackled to beds, though it is empty now. When questioned by Murdoch, Mrs Dawkins denies all knowledge of the warehouse.
The charges against the women are dropped, once Dr Ogden alerts Mr Garland's leader to his disreputable behaviour.
Murdoch discovers a woman in one of Mr Dawkins' properties. She has come from eastern Europe, and has been in Canada for three weeks. She has been kept locked up, but Dawkins had kept her safe from the O'Shea brothers. Others had been trafficked into Canada as a staging post on the way to a life of prostitution in Chicago.
Can Murdoch save the other women? Will Brackenreid find the person who wanted him killed? How long will it take for women to be treated as equals, or at least be allowed to vote? Have we seen the last of Leslie Garland? There is so much going on that it is hard to believe only 45 minutes have gone by. Wonderfully tense entertainment.
