摩斯!`探长第十一季

剧情简介

Morse%! is ?take^n s-;erious*ly  ill at .*a#[ museum reception,? and is hos?/pitalized. In, th;(e h%.(ospital, S;upt. S#(tr\ >a_@`]nge[, v/(isits [[ !!>M#( 'orse to pu)`s`@h h_ im t:\o t?ake early retirement, whi-le Dr. Millicen^t"'@ [#^'Milli]e' Van Buren give+; s$\ him h ]"&er boo;+*k on a 140 ye@ar-old court [ case >@known as th$e Oxfor [\d /!$Canal Mu,
rders. The ca `s]\e involved<** the murder and= @\ra()/pe^ of a young woman, Mrs Joanna F#% r/anks,##!. travelin"=g ><;by cana=.l boat fro(m -@Coventry to Lond@\ o n. The? >.case @"re su#)-lted in t?:. -hree b?oatmen being sentenced to dea><:;th an< d two of them h'anged. Morse star&@ts%
 to read Mil\.lie']%s ;]bo`;(ok and dreams ab))out ]_it.  He?#] +so%,on has>-] a
nu mber ^of problems with the !case.　　Wh^^)y ][weren
$/'t th';e three men%!!) a:>=lso charged with () thef )%t Why did Mrs Frank@&<s ta
^ke a bo! at ins=#tea`d o`.,
f^ a train th-/;[a^)t was much fast *er an_\d+, comfortabl$* <e an%d only sli/[=ghtly mo< 're>_ expensive&) W^)hy didn?'%>'t she abandon the % boat after she%& c^!omplai*"ned about lewd \behavior ^"of_ the cre>w at the shipping o'ffice in Banbury Why did sh)?e then[;] dr>ink=? an],d 'socia@lise' with th\e crew What 'happe
ned t(]o he,$,'r 'carpet bag' with wh+` i =ch she/ arr!%ive?_\d on 'the ; boat but w<?.hich wa s not/ me)n[t:&io ned in the court `%case, nor was "? it>; stor(ed ;"$in !the archives ?"wit\h,; her, almost em*)pty, trunk )&;The trunk
( was/[ marked;, with* initials of her first husba>$.nd wh>^o had '['died/$#[.*% How did it ha`.]p=$pen that her shoes /were found on#* the @ boat but [
nobody sa)@w 'her return t*o >#^t.he boa!*t from& the forest .　　PC Adrian Kershaw '+ does ?\.some brillia - nt leg wo<?rk >f')$or
`# Morse. He studied history(% and h)&a?s=/ invalu-+<a %ble= back$_ gro#und knowl*##edg>e. F<>&or ins:tance, he %menti]]/ons that <<.t(%'=he b=]>o<''atmen had <#^bad r eputat?`)<ion because they w;orked on Sundays an,d &@d& id not attend ,.c<=/hur,ch. La
"ter a c@.
hapel wa#s built_-" for them =*in Oxf "] or"]& d.　 .　The dead woman's clothe- =s and the? ? shoes found ;on the boa]t a&@re submitted to mo d<#"ern fore)nsic inve@=_[-stiga+[/t.=ion.]= T^[he result ^.is-#' ,=that the shoes ]=did no't =' belong to t;
he dead woman found in the wa &ter beca%use ?<
she wa..`(s !\:muc;
[h taller.The shoes we[(re <never[' used in the forest.　`　O#nly ]->Mrs <"Fra$-;n;]ks' husban*>:d, Charles Franks, was ,?called to ide^?nt#"ify +'t'/h^>e body of the]"! d? [e$ad w@oma>n. He clai#,/med t;<,hat, +w;++
hil&+e her face was : darkened an&&d di&,sfigur +ed, he found a birt.h mark behind" @?!
her- ear.  _The > - prosecut?\or w elco?(*med that informati<\on that only a h>usband or a lover _(woul [ d kn=(ow. The %ac;cus== e*
d were not sh\(ow`\n &<the body. T<[%h/^e d?%!=efense! ^attorney merel",y cla
(\imed &that the gui?\lt of the three m *en ,@was n.*ot p_r-oved. All three accused %^claimed to th`[]\e +;end? tha=>t they were innocent&. One of them w!@as not e*%xecut>
^ed :because, he embra@c.ed C>
_hrist%!,;i[;anity ? =in pr,;ison<= .　　M<orse@/ instructs Ke/r'"_shaw to investi_\gate i`#f C*]\ha]rles F[ranks
benef(-_i\ted fro`?/m his wi">\fe's dea \th and, in_#deed, h:;e p -ocketed 300 pounds insurance money. Ca
se clos]ed\ Charle^s Fr#^[-a+." nks murdered %+/-a t%[>all women and dr$op;*@p$&%ed he;% [r in%(\ the can al+<]. after
 m <!eeting Joanna in the forest. If Joanna Franks jump<ed off the //__boat at the/; same t-\ime "as the dead bod!-y '>hit' the ;)water, s&;h
!+e swam! to the)&% bank and joined 
her husband. T`-*__he co,u> _ple changed their =(`names, >in?' the case of 'Charl;!/?e@ s Franks'& a secon+d time a]f^ter[_ he !#'died' as Joanna%'s %fi]&[rst /  husband. The fourth boatman', a y&"oungs te )r who was not charged, was pr.+obably pa, id by J- oanna<" to&' gi#,. v/e fals^);e te;stimony.　'=　Morse&#% _; trave@ls to Ir/\elan/]+d and $ `has a grave of J#,oanna's fir%st husband exhu]$med. Th;._e coff]^)i
n <co,ntains(` bags%/` of>^!# ,
san.[!d ^a$nd some,- stones.