The Murdoch Mysteries (2004) s18e21 Episode Script

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(LIGHT MUSIC)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
I found you!
Mavis, as my secretary,
I would hope you would
know my whereabouts.
Well, I know you're headed
to the new hydro substation,
but I guessed you'd
walk down this street.
- Why?
- All you've talked about
is a certain Spanish cobbler
who owns a shop around here.
I have not!
You must have a lot of
shoes that need repair.
Yes! I do.
And we happen to
understand each another.
(SPEAKING SPANISH)
Mavis, have you come here to accost me?
I
A man came in earlier,
desperate to see you.
He wouldn't give his name,
but he said he called you
on the telephone yesterday.
Finally. I've been trying
to get him to talk to me,
but he said it had to be face to face
and he's been too nervous to meet.
He did seem scared.
He said ten o'clock tonight, at
the office, and to come alone.
All right, then.
Thank you, Mavis.
Get back to work.
Now, we know the rise of
public power in Ontario
has ruffled some
private company feathers.
But we are confident that
we can build the largest
power-generating
distribution system in Canada.
Therefore, we are proud to open this new
Hydro-Electric Commission substation
by the people and for the people!
(APPLAUSE)
I'm glad to be here.
I missed the first
Hydro-Electric Commission's
- switching-on ceremony in New Berlin.
- That's a shame.
- Sir?
- Oh, sorry, Murdoch.
It's just Mayor Vaughan.
He makes the hairs on the
back of my neck stand up.
Excuse us. Excuse us!
- What's your business?
- Just get out of my way.
I'm needed on the stage.
And who are you?
Oh. Uh, Detective Murdoch,
Toronto Constabulary, Miss.
Really, darling? Well,
you're much too good-looking
to be a police officer.
Give him my card.
Who the bloody hell is she?
That's Noelle Victoria,
the mayor's wife.
And trust me, life with her
is not all diamonds and rosé.
- I'm going to use that.
- Thank you, Chairman.
As Mayor, I am pleased to support
the building of distribution networks
to bring electricity to all of Toronto,
an event so important,
it has even raised
my lovely wife from her slumbers.
But Chairman, with
more generation stations
in private company hands,
will the Ontario
Hydro-Electric Commission
generate enough power for the city?
That is our goal, yes. But
in the event of a shortfall,
we will purchase power from
existing private companies.
Yes. In particular,
let us thank Mr. Frye
and Mr. Tate of the
Toronto Electric Company.
If the Hydro-Electric
Commission runs short,
their company will pick up the slack.
Thank you, gentlemen.
(APPLAUSE)
(CROWD GASPS)
(APPLAUSE)
You're right, sir.
I just can't get used to
Vaughan acting as mayor.
That's what it is, Murdoch.
Acting. The man is pure evil.
Who was this guy, anyway?
None of your business, Tucker.
Tony told me to pick
him up and bury him.
I don't ask questions
and neither should you.
(GRUNTING)
Did you kill him?
What did I just say? Now cover him up.
Why do I have to cover
him up? I dug the grave.
Tony's orders. Now get to it,
unless you want to join this guy.
Long way from being a
copper, isn't it, Tucker?
(THEME MUSIC)
(KNOCKING) Detective Murdoch.
Miss Cherry. (CLEARS THROAT) Hello.
What is that?
It's a solar cell.
A-A what?
I've created a cell of selenium
covered with a thin layer of gold.
Uh, actually, I cannot take credit.
It has been built according to
James Pendrick's specifications.
For what purpose?
It converts radiant energy from
the sun into electrical energy.
I'll be putting it on the roof
- and it is wired here into my office.
- Huh.
Well, if you've figured out a way
to get cheaper
electricity, I'm all ears.
I've actually come here
to report a missing person.
I don't have his name, but I do
have a description from my secretary.
Do you have an address?
I don't have that, either.
But I do have a feeling.
And my gut is never wrong.
Are you sure about that?
Well, no. But if you look into
it for me, I won't have to wonder.
And what makes you certain
that this person is, indeed, missing?
He wanted to talk to me about
some financial malfeasance
at the Ontario
Hydro-Electric Commission.
I waited for him in my
office almost all night.
He never showed.
Perhaps he had a change of heart?
Or discovered that his
information was incorrect.
He was scared.
And whoever he was scared
of might have gotten to him
before he could talk to me.
All right. I'll look into this for you.
I just need his description.
He has hazel eyes, reddish-brown
hair parted to the side,
and he wears glasses.
Yes, that sounds like Timothy Kerr.
The receptionist identified Mr.
Kerr from the description as well.
She says you are both engineers
and you share an office.
Well, yes.
I-Is Mr. Kerr here today?
No, I don't think so.
Is it unusual for him to be absent?
I don't know. We haven't been
working together very long.
Uh, has Mr. Kerr mentioned
any problems he's had,
or-or noticed, with-with work recently?
No. Why are you asking about him?
I believe he might be missing.
I'll get his address and
check on him later today.
I'm sure it's nothing.
It's all right. I'll get his address,
and I'll look in on him myself.
- Thank you.
- Very good.
So, Mr. Kerr left, then.
Do you know when?
Oh, two nights ago, maybe. I'm not sure.
Well, you didn't speak
with him directly?
No. I get a lot of
characters through here;
nothing surprises me anymore.
If I may, then how do you
know he's left for good?
Oh, this morning, his friend came by
and said Mr. Kerr had to leave suddenly.
Some kind of emergency.
Oh! Who was this friend?
Well, he didn't say, and I didn't ask.
Can you describe him?
Average height, average haircut.
Brown suit.
Or maybe grey.
Can you tell me any more about him?
Mm. The gentleman packed two suitcases
of Mr. Kerr's things and said he
was sending them on to Niagara Falls.
Right then. Thank you.
- Mm.
- Good day.
Good day.
(TENSE MUSIC)
Were you seen coming in?
What? You suddenly
care for my safety now?
Mr. Tucker, I'll say again,
you should be grateful
you're in Petrucci's gang
and not in prison.
Well, I'll tell you this
one thing and then I'm out.
That's for me and the
Chief Constable to decide.
Buried a body yesterday.
- Did you ?
- No. I didn't kill him.
- Who was the victim?
- I don't know.
I don't know who killed him, either.
- Where was he buried?
- It's in my report.
Was anyone with you?
Bobby Marano, one of Petrucci's men.
He didn't know anything, either.
Tony told him to bury
the man and that was it.
We'll have to exhume the body.
So is that it? Am I done?
No. You'll have to keep at it.
Find out who the dead man
was and who killed him.
And if I can't?
You will.
Tucker!
You can do this.
We need more evidence on Tony Petrucci.
Once we have him, you're free.
What's he doing back here?
Police business.
I thought he was let go.
Yes, he was.
This is his penance.
You trust him?
(SIGHS)
That's a million-dollar
question, isn't it?
Any word?
Miss Cherry. I-I didn't
mean for you to wait here.
I was just about to
telephone your office.
I don't mind sitting here.
I was hoping to catch
wind of something exciting.
Oh! And?
The only thing I've overheard is
Constable McNabb's lunch order.
Did you find out what
happened to my missing man?
Yes. His name is Timothy Kerr
and yesterday he purchased a
one-way ticket to Niagara Falls.
Oh. So, he's not missing,
he just got cold feet.
It may be a tad more
complicated than that.
Um, a-a man who identified himself
as Mr. Kerr's friend paid up his rent
and then packed up two
of Mr. Kerr's suitcases
full of his belongings and sent
them along to Niagara Falls.
- Who is this friend?
- I don't know yet.
Also, I spoke with the chief porter
at Niagara Falls station
and he told me that only one
suitcase ever made it onboard.
Curious.
I wonder if the other suitcase
had papers about the commission.
Detective Murdoch, I
apologize for my interruption.
Miss Cherry, I have
something urgent to discuss
with the detective,
if you wouldn't mind.
Hm. I understand.
Good day, gentlemen.
- (CHOI CLEARS THROAT)
- Sir.
Tucker came to my office with
some important information.
He was ordered to bury an
unidentified murder victim.
- What? Do we know where?
- Yes.
And you'd like me to go there?
I've already sent some constables
to dig up the poor man and
bring him to the morgue.
I-I am looking for a man who's
been missing for two days,
a-a Mr. Timothy Kerr.
Then you'll want to have a
look when the body arrives.
Right.
You were talking about
Mr. Kerr, weren't you?
- Miss Cherry, were you listening?
- Of course not.
Will you please have
your secretary meet me
at the morgue later this afternoon?
Why? Do you know something or not?
It's a possibility.
Miss Cherry?
I just hope the story, whatever it is,
didn't get Mr. Kerr killed.
So you do have a heart.
Don't act so surprised.
(CURIOUS MUSIC)
Oh.
That's him.
I'm sure of it.
Are you all right, Miss Cain?
There's no shame in it.
Many people can't stand
looking at a dead body.
Thank you, Miss Cain.
You can step outside for
some fresh air, if you'd like.
You can take the rest of the day off.
Thank you.
You'll make up for it on Saturday.
Cause of death, Miss Hart?
Uh, trying to talk to a journalist.
One shot to the back of
the head at close range.
An execution.
This man is dead because of me.
I was pushing him to talk.
I have to file a story.
Uh, Miss Cherry, you can't.
A man who knew of wrongdoing
at the Hydro-Electric Commission
is dead. This is a cover-up.
Y-Yes, but you don't
know that for certain.
- I don't care.
- Well, you should care about this.
The only reason we know
about this man's death,
or where he was buried,
is through a confidential informant.
- Who is the informant?
- I can't tell you that.
And, needless to say, word of this death
cannot get out, or our informant's
life will be in grave danger.
So I should just drop the story?
Even though Mr. Kerr died for it?
Once this is all resolved,
you will be the only journalist
with all of the facts.
I can keep quiet about the murder
for your informant's safety.
But I won't stop hunting the story.
Something is happening at
the Hydro-Electric Commission
that someone wants covered up.
And I intend to find out what.
Uh, Miss Hart,
please hold off on filing this
man's death certificate with the city
because if you do,
our informant will be
dead in a matter of hours.
- Of course.
- Thank you.
It's a tricky business, this.
All distaste for Mr. Tucker
aside, he is in grave danger.
We might not have even found out
about this murder if it wasn't for him.
So what do you want to do?
Keep Tucker where he is.
He can still help us.
If I begin to investigate
Mr. Kerr's murder,
Tucker may well be found out.
Any thoughts as to why Petrucci
would be involved in Kerr's death?
Not yet. All I know is
that Kerr was an engineer
at the Hydro-Electric Commission
and was about to tell
Miss Cherry something
about the malfeasance going on there.
Mayor Vaughan is heavily
involved in hydroelectricity.
He's made it his top priority.
He's got to be involved in this somehow!
Looking into the
Hydro-Electric Commission
could very well tip our hand.
I'm aware of that.
So I'll leave it to you, Albert.
Do we leave Tucker out in the
field, or do we bring him in?
Keep him out there.
I'm sure he can handle it.
(LAUGHTER)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
You a little tired after last night?
I nearly broke my back.
The next time we gotta
get rid of someone,
let's just throw him in the lake.
I just do what I'm told.
Who was that guy?
What is this? The Spanish Inquisition?
I've told you, you and your
friends aren't welcome here.
Yeah, I heard about that.
You and your little
community group. That's cute.
I said get out.
Playing a dangerous game.
I'm not the only one.
Come on, Tucker, let's go.
Knock, knock. Ready for lunch?
Not yet.
Are you all right?
You didn't telephone me
just to go to lunch, did you?
No.
I need a favour.
There might be some embezzlement
at the Ontario
Hydro-Electric Commission.
How do you know?
Man was killed over it.
What do you mean?
He was about to expose them
for corruption and I was
pushing him to talk.
Louise, you can't blame yourself.
I swore to Detective Murdoch that I
wouldn't publish anything about it.
But I didn't swear I
wouldn't investigate
the Ontario Hydro-Electric Commission.
I need to set things right.
Then that's what we'll do.
- Mavis!
- Oh!
Yes, ma'am?
Go fetch a sandwich for Mrs.
Crabtree from the automat.
- Right away.
- And some carrot sticks.
- Of course.
- Count them this time.
There should be six, not five!
- Go!
- Right away.
How long has that girl
been working for you?
Few months.
And does she like it?
How would I know?
So, do you think this Mr.
Alderholt will help you?
He does owe me a favour
and I've been saving it
for something important.
He may be able to get me paperwork
- on the Hydro-Electric Commission.
- Mm.
Look. Do you see those two men?
That's Mr. Frye and Mr. Tate,
joint chairmen of the
Toronto Electric Company.
All right.
It's not so strange that two
men from a private company
- would be in a government office.
- They may be in on it.
In on what?
That's what I need you
to help me find out!
All right. Well, stay here.
- No, no. I'll come with you.
- Just keep watch.
(SIGHS)
Artemis! What happened?
Two men. They wouldn't
pay. I asked them to.
- And they did this?
- Yeah.
Well, let me take a look at that cut.
Nothing I can't handle.
Probably the same two that
came by my place last week.
Broke the front window.
Said if I didn't pay
them, they'd do it again.
And did you?
And did you call the police?
No point in that.
The last time I called them,
they didn't show up for almost a day,
and when they did,
they said they couldn't
do anything about it.
Well don't do it again.
I'll be sure that there's
someone watching over your store.
- Thank you.
- Of course.
Just what did you have on Mr.
Alderholt to get all these papers?
City Hall is an engine
that runs on favours.
I asked Mr. Alderholt
to consult the logbook
for all files related to electricity
and it turns out Mr. Kerr
signed these files out last week.
Excellent.
There's a contract between the
Ontario Hydro-Electric Commission
and the Toronto Electric Company.
Chairmen Nathan Frye,
Herman Tate and a Mr. Tauber.
Records from the Keene Street
substation, it opened last year.
Mr. Kerr's name.
Seems the engineers had to sign off
on the daily electricity usage.
I don't know a lot
about electricity, but
these numbers seem strange.
Mm.
Yes. The-The days when
Mr. Kerr signed off
show much higher usage
than the other days
with different signatures.
Mr. Kerr and Mr. Virk.
Both men signed off on
very high usage rates.
These numbers don't
make any sense, either.
Mr. Kerr recorded some
of the highest usage
in the smallest ward in Toronto.
Was he was fixing the books?
Certainly seems so.
I think we deserve a
proper lunch for this.
Hm.
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
Thanks for this, Mr. Petrucci.
Got a pretty big payout
for that last job.
- Five grand.
- From who?
Someone who's afraid to
get their hands dirty.
Not like you.
Thank you, Mr. Petrucci.
Sure.
So, Tucker,
I got a question for ya.
Do you believe in vampires?
(CHUCKLING) I, uh, I don't understand.
Vampires. You know, the undead.
See, I went to our recently
departed's grave to pay my respects.
- You did.
- Hm. I did.
I did.
And guess what?
All I saw was a empty
hole in the ground.
No body.
So you don't really believe in vampires.
You idiot.
I think you or Marano
said something to somebody.
Maybe the cops.
I did hear Marano talking yesterday
about a little extra money he made.
Maybe he got a payday from the police.
(LAUGHING)
Maybe.
There's something I gotta do.
- Can I help you?
- No need.
Anyhow, it's a little bit of business.
There's this tailor
who's been stiffing me.
I think it's time I taught
him a lesson, don't you?
(TENSE MUSIC)
Amazing. An inexhaustible
source of power!
Precisely!
As long as the sun shines
directly into those cells.
Ah.
Could you use Edison's nickel-iron
battery to store the power?
Possibly.
It's a fool's game, anyway.
- Detective?
- Free energy.
You think the power
companies would really
let this become popular?
You don't seem to have very much faith
in our system of government.
Seems a healthy attitude.
Please don't touch that!
Have we heard any more from Mr. Tucker?
Not yet.
Do you think Mr. Kerr was
killed for his information
on the Ontario
Hydro-Electric Commission?
Mm. It's hard to say,
but I would be shocked
if there wasn't a connection there.
Uh, what else do we have to go on?
Has Miss Hart finished her post-mortem?
Uh, yes. I just read it
and the bullet recovered
was from a Colt 45.
A very common gun. Not much point
trying to chase it down,
but I'll do my best.
Mm. And what of the landlady?
I'll wager that this friend
of Mr. Kerr's was the killer.
She didn't remember much about
the man except that he was
- average-looking.
- Mm-hmm.
And what of Miss Cherry?
Do you think she's
investigating on her own?
Oh, if I know Miss Cherry,
that is a distinct possibility.
and my mother's
hardly talking to me now.
She thinks I should be
married with children,
but I want more than
that! I want a career.
- Is that her ?
- Laundry.
There's nothing wrong
with that, is there?
Miss Cherry is so busy, but
she is certainly making
a name for herself.
She really is something, isn't she?
- She certainly
- And she is a wonderful boss.
Tough, but fair,
is what she says she is.
(DOOR OPENS)
Ah! Miss Cherry.
Detective Murdoch.
- I thought I told you to take that out.
- I already did.
Extra starch, like you asked.
Hm.
Do you have anything for me?
I'm here to ask you the same thing.
Tit for tat, sir. You know my rules.
We have files from the
Hydro-Electric Commission.
Effie!
Louise, we're all in this together.
A man was killed, remember?
- May I see them, please?
- Of course.
(SCOFFS)
(TENSES MUSIC)
- Mavis!
- Yes, Ma'am.
What happened here?
I'm sorry. I don't know.
I-I was out getting your laundry.
Please don't fire me.
Whoever did this came up the fire escape
and through the window.
All my papers.
Files! All the files I brought
from the Hydro-Electric
Commission, they're gone!
Whatever bad business
the commission is up to
Corruption.
It is no longer up to
you two to find out.
We'll see about that.
In your research, did you
find anything connected
to the murder of Mr. Kerr?
We believe so.
Only we hadn't quite figured out how.
We learned that Mr. Kerr was
falsifying electricity usage numbers.
At the opening of the
commission substation,
the chairman mentioned
needing to purchase electricity
from the Toronto Electricity
Company in order to meet demand.
We did see Mr. Frye and Mr. Tate
from the Toronto Electric Company
at the Hydro-Electric
Commission's office.
My contact there said he sees
those men at the office frequently.
Is it possible then
that Mr. Kerr was
inflating usage numbers
i-in order to line
the pockets of the men
from the Toronto Electricity Company?
And perhaps he had a
crisis of conscience
and wanted to come clean.
We did see higher numbers
from another engineer,
Mr. Harman Virk.
Yes, I spoke with him. He
said he barely knew Mr. Kerr.
To my eye it looks as though they
were falsifying the numbers together.
Perhaps he's too afraid
to say anything now,
given what happened to Mr. Kerr.
All the more reason to
speak with the police.
I'm going to speak with Mr. Virk.
Either he lied about knowing Mr. Kerr
because he was scared he
would meet the same fate
Or he had something to
do with Mr. Kerr's murder.
(PHONE RINGING)
(CLEARS THROAT)
Inspector Choi. Tucker.
Have you found anything yet?
Damn!
Petrucci knows the
corpse has been exhumed.
Does he suspect you?
I think I managed to throw
suspicion onto someone else.
Good.
Tony told me that some rich man
gave him $5,000 to get rid of a problem.
- Was there anything else?
- Not about that.
But Grant's Haberdashery
haven't been paying up.
Tony's sending some men
over to rough up the owner,
maybe burn the place down.
And I gotta go.
Tucker hasn't dug up anything except
someone offered Petrucci
money to get rid of a problem.
- No names?
- Nothing.
Tucker also said he
was told about some men
being sent over to Grant's Haberdashery.
They might be planning
to torch the shop.
- I'll send some constables.
- No, wait.
If Tucker's been asking
a lot of questions,
then Petrucci could
be suspicious of him.
If we all show up at this haberdashery,
then he'll know Tucker's
been talking to us.
I won't let the shop burn to the ground.
Two men only. No uniforms.
So Kerr left for Niagara Falls?
Yes.
So why are you asking me for the entries
for the records he signed off on?
The numbers were unusually high.
As were the entries that
you signed off on, Mr. Virk.
I'll need to see all of the entries
for this station for the past few weeks.
That's confidential.
This is a police
investigation, Mr. Virk.
Did something happen to Kerr?
Perhaps it did.
Perhaps you should be
worried for your own safety.
Were the two of you involved
in some sort of scheme?
Look, I'll be honest. We were both
told to inflate the usage numbers.
- By whom?
- I don't know. Someone came to Kerr
and told him to find somebody else
to fake the numbers with him.
Why would someone want the two
of you to inflate the numbers?
Inflating numbers triggered a payment
to the Toronto Electric Company
for electricity they
never had to deliver.
Then Kerr and I got $20 every week.
Oh. Ah, did Mr. Kerr begin
to balk at the arrangement?
He said he didn't train to
be an engineer to turn crook.
He wanted to stop.
But doing so would expose the wrongdoers
and it would stop the
flow of money to you.
I told him not to rock the boat,
but only because Kerr
said they were dangerous.
All right.
I'll need to see everything
that you have on this matter.
Otherwise, it's straight
to the cells for you.
I didn't hurt Kerr, I swear.
You need to look at the
Toronto Electric Company.
They're the ones getting
the extra payments.
I will. But you're not off
the hook just yet, Mr. Virk.
(DOOR CLOSES)
Louise.
Are you sure this is a good idea?
I told Detective Murdoch
I wouldn't mention
the murder and I didn't.
I'm merely suggesting
that the relationship
between the Hydro-Electric Commission
and the Toronto Electric
Company should be investigated.
That's what we're doing.
And that's likely what
got Mr. Kerr killed!
Doesn't that make you nervous?
I'm not worried.
Well, perhaps we would find out more
if we didn't publicize what we're doing.
Or maybe this will bring the
wrongdoers out into the light.
Mayor Vaughan. This is unexpected.
We do work in the same
building, Chief Constable.
And I've been thinking, as mayor,
I should be overseeing your office more.
- Is that so?
- Steering the ship.
Starting with one Miss Louise Cherry.
I assume you read her latest article?
I don't read The Sentinel.
Hm. Don't play coy, Thomas.
You've used her newspaper before to air
your false allegations
and conspiracy theories.
I don't know what you're talking about.
Any information I've given Miss
Cherry in the past is totally accurate.
Tell one of your constables
to have her arrested for theft.
- Immediately.
- Theft of what?
She claims to have read documents
stolen from the
Hydro-Electric Commission.
(SCOFFS) Ridiculous.
She must be publicly discredited.
She has impugned the
good name of my friends
at the Toronto Electric Company.
Oh, I know what this is about.
I will not arrest a journalist
for insulting your cronies.
That is a direct order.
Then take it up with
the Board of Control.
And while you're at it,
you can explain to them
how you want to use the constabulary
to protect your nefarious mates.
You may have saved me from an attack.
That doesn't mean your position is safe.
I could have you gone in a minute.
And don't you forget it.
(SIGHS)
So you suspect Mr. Virk?
I have to admit, I very much doubt
that he would kill just to
keep a bit of extra money
- coming his way each week.
- Hm.
I think whoever's behind the scheme
- would have much more to lose.
- I agree.
I've sent Watts down
to the bank that handles
all of the Toronto
Electric Company's accounts
to see if there are any withdrawals
- that match the amounts, but
- Mm. It's a long shot.
Kerr and Virk were both paid with cash.
Could've been from a private account.
- Thank you, Sergeant.
- Sir,
this article that
Louise Cherry has written
about the Ontario
Hydro-Electric Commission.
She doesn't write a
word about Kerr, but yes,
she does speculate about corruption
between the Ontario
Hydro-Electric Commission
and the Toronto Electric Company.
Which could be the very
reason why Mr. Kerr was killed.
And now this article could make
Louise Cherry the next victim.
(SIGHS)
It's from Mr. Tucker.
"You were right about the information
regarding Grant's Haberdashery.
Petrucci admits it was a ruse."
Well, it's a good thing for
Tucker he passed that test.
Hm.
I'll go look in on Louise Cherry.
Well, your article
certainly did get results.
Chief Constable Brackenreid
said Mayor Vaughan
was in his office
howling for your blood.
Let him howl. What can he do?
Louise, have you been paying attention?
That man is capable of anything.
Men like him should
be afraid of the press.
We can sometimes do
what the courts can't.
(KNOCKING)
Who is it?
(KNOCKING)
I'm not answering until
you identify yourself.
(TENSE MUSIC)
(GASPING)
Hello, ladies.
(LAUGHING)
Hold it right there!
(GRUNTING)
- Detective Murdoch!
- How did you ?
I came to warn you of danger,
but I see it already arrived.
Who is he?
Mr. Tony Petrucci.
I wasn't gonna hurt anyone.
Just scare 'em a little.
I don't believe you, Mr. Petrucci.
Hm. That's your right, I suppose.
Can you tell me why the
bullets from your gun
are a match for the one
that killed Mr. Kerr?
It's a common gun.
Well that may be,
but every gun barrel
leaves unique markings
on a bullet as it's fired.
I'm going to test this gun,
but I'm fairly certain
it's going to tell me
what I already know.
Then why bother?
Because it will tell me
that you killed Mr. Kerr.
That gun could have been
used to kill someone,
but you can't prove that I fired it.
Why were you going after Louise Cherry?
Retrieve some papers she stole.
On whose orders?
I can't say.
Even if it means the difference
between prison or the noose?
What I will say
is they took me out to
lunch at the Langford Arms.
It's a nice place. You been?
And did you tell them that you
would carry out the killings?
I told them that I
could make introductions.
What they did with that was up to them.
I keep my hands clean.
That's what's put me on top.
Well, you're not on top at the
moment, are you, Mr. Petrucci?
And I'm going to make sure
that you never are again.
What do you want?
Take this to the Inspector.
Tony Petrucci told
me to get rid of this,
so there may be something
important inside.
Hey.
Put in a good word for me, would you?
Mr. Kerr's suitcase.
Yes. There are copies of the files
I brought to Louise's office, but
plenty of paperwork
I've never seen before.
So Mr. Kerr had a crisis of conscience
and didn't want to
accept bribes anymore?
According to his fellow
engineer Mr. Virk, yes.
Haven't found anything
definitively linking
the Toronto Electric Company,
or any specific person
working at that company, to the bribery.
Oh, and the bank records show
no significant withdrawals
from their accounts.
We could get a judge's order
to examine the entire business.
That could take months.
Ah, look at this. The gang's all here.
Miss Cherry, I've been told by
the mayor to have you arrested.
But don't worry. When I arrest you,
it'll be for something
you've actually done wrong.
We're just looking into
some of the materials
from the Virk hydro case.
Find anything?
Company files always have
a language all their own.
What's this?
Receipt for lunch at the Langford Arms.
Excuse me?
The Langford Arms.
That's where Mr. Petrucci
told me he met with the men
who hired him to kill Mr. Kerr.
He didn't give me any names, of course.
Somebody charged the
bill to an expense account
and signed it Selby Drew.
Selby Drew.
That's Mayor Vaughan's secretary.
What's he doing mixed up in all this?
Is he a partner with the
Toronto Electric Company?
No, there's only Mr. Tate, Mr. Frye,
and a third partner who wasn't
at the substation opening:
Richard Tauber.
Richard Tauber?
That's the police officer who
Vaughan had killed last year.
Cheeky bastard. Murdoch, with me.
Excellent work, Frye. E
What's the meaning of this?
- Mr. Frye?
- Yes. Who are you?
Detective Murdoch, Toronto Constabulary.
This is a private meeting.
This time, we've got you
bang to rights, Vaughan.
I'm tired of this.
Might be time for you to clear
out your desk, Brackenreid.
Oh, no, sir.
You are under arrest.
- For what?
- For commissioning the murder of Mr. Kerr,
an engineer at the
Hydro-Electric Commission.
I don't know what you're talking about.
You're a secret partner at the
Toronto Electric Company, aren't you?
Under the name of Tauber.
You used the name of a man
you killed, you arrogant git!
You were bribing Mr. Kerr
to artificially inflate usage numbers
at the Hydro-Electric Commission
and that triggered a payment
to the Toronto Electric Company
sending money straight
into your pocket for usage.
When Kerr wanted to expose the
whole deal, you had him killed.
Well, I'm leaving.
You're not going anywhere, sunshine,
because I have a feeling you're
involved in this up to your eyeballs!
This is ridiculous!
Accusing the mayor and my company
of paying $5,000 to kill a man?
Well, I've never heard such rot.
No one said how much was
paid to kill Mr. Kerr.
That's the first I've heard of that.
I had nothing to do
with Mr. Frye's plot.
Nor did I attend any meetings,
clandestine or otherwise.
Mr. Frye?
Mayor Vaughan
knew nothing about this.
Don't be scared of him.
With your cooperation,
he won't be able to hurt anyone else.
Mayor Vaughan
knew nothing about this.
You heard the man.
Stop browbeating him.
He's admitted his malfeasance.
Mr. Frye, you are under arrest.
Well, Mr. Frye is going on the record
regarding both the bribery and
the hired killing of Mr. Kerr.
And Vaughan?
Mr. Frye claims that he acted alone,
that Vaughan had no
involvement in any of this.
- You believe him?
- Of course not.
Well, then charge him!
If you can't get the head of the snake,
settle for whatever part you can.
I consider it a badge of
honour that Mayor Vaughan
would try to have me fired.
I can see the headline now:
Intrepid Reporter
Battles Hydro Corruption.
It'll be snappier than that,
but it's true, isn't it?
And I can write about Mr. Kerr's
bravery in coming forward, too.
And you must include that
the Ontario Hydro-Electric
Commission was a victim of embezzling.
Right. I'm off to see a man about a dog.
Good evening, gentlemen. And ladies.
Well, I was relieved to learn they
had no knowledge of any wrongdoing.
I think that making electricity
a public entity is a good
thing for the province.
How's your electricity
enterprise going, Detective?
Oh! I've contacted my acquaintance,
Thomas Edison, and I've
requested one of his batteries
so that I can properly store the
energy I gather with my solar array.
You know Thomas Edison? What did he say?
He hasn't replied just yet.
Well, uh, good night, all.
I'm afraid I have briefs to read.
I'll go with you. I need to stop
by the cobbler near your house.
- Oh, the Spanish one just up the street from me?
- Mm-hmm.
What a lovely man. I
heard he was just married.
Ay. Solo mi suerte.
We should leave. I
told him nine o'clock.
Right.
Tucker!
Detective Murdoch.
I thought I was just
meeting with the Inspector.
Wanted to thank you myself.
We wouldn't have a case if it
wasn't for your inside information.
That was brave.
Thank you.
Does that mean I can come back?
You know that's impossible.
With Tony in jail, I'm
not in danger anymore.
I wouldn't be so sure about that.
Besides, you can't
rejoin the constabulary,
especially after all you've done.
You should be in jail
yourself for what you did.
What do I do now?
Get out of Toronto and start life anew.
This time, make it an honest one.
(SOFT TENSE MUSIC)
Hey, hey, hey, whoa.
(HORSE SNORTING)
Hello, friend.
My auto has given up the ghost.
- I could take a look.
- I'd appreciate that.
- You mind if I warm myself up?
- Go ahead.
(ANIMAL CALLING)
Evening.
What are you doing here?
You didn't think you
could just leave, did you?
It's exactly what I'm doing.
And don't even think
about going after my wife.
She's gone, too.
I've got a message from Tony.
I don't want to hear it.
That don't matter.
(GUN COCKS)
Has to be delivered.
Please.
(GUNSHOTS)
(THEME MUSIC)