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Morse is ๐ถ๐ค`๐คtaken seriousl๐คฅ๐y ill at a mus๐ eum rece๐๐คฎ,$๐คp@`tion a,๐ nd i ๐คs hos๐๐^p๐ท๐:๐ italized. In ๐ the hospita๐ค๐ค-^l, Supt. S๐๐๐คช๐คtrang๐ค e, visits Mors๐คช!? ๐e to ๐(-pu๐ค๐๐/sh]`๐คฎ hi๐$!m to ta,ke๐?๐คฎ ?early retirement, ๐๐wh๐ค๐il๐คจ๐e๐*๐ค ๐๐Dr. Mil`๐l๐ค๐ค๐icent 'Milli]๐@-e' Van๐ฌ;(๐คค B๐คข๐ดur๐ ๐en gives๐๐คญ him ๐ค@๐her boo๐๐k on๐=๐ a ๐ .๐ถ140 ye๐ช๐ar-ol๐๐d court case =๐ด+๐known as the Ox-๐ford Cana ๐l ๐@# Murder_s.๐- The c?๐๐ase invol๐คฃ๐๐๐ ved the)+ murde๐๐คฉr and rape of a young =]woman๐๐, Mrs Joa๐ฅฐ๐nna F๐ฅฐ๐rank๐๐คจ๐๐s, t๐#๐raveling by canal boat from C^๐ov๐ถ๐คช$๐entry to Lo^nd๐คฃ;๐ช๐๐คon.[๐๐ ๐๐๐คข๐คThe c๐๐คase r๐๐๐คชesu;-/l๐?๐*:t๐;๐ed in three @๐คฃ๐boatmen bein๐คช๐ช^g sen๐คฉ๐คฃtenced to de๐ath and t๐คซ๐๐คฃwo of _๐ฅฐthem /๐คขh$๐คข๐คฉ;ange๐;d. \_Mors๐๐e starts to r๐คฉ$๐๐ead Millie๐'s book and dreams a::bou;๐คฅt it. He ]soon๐ท๐คฉ has a ๐ค[num]๐ber๐คซ๐ด ๐of ๐๐๐คpr:๐๐o=]blems๐๐๐ wit๐๐คญh the case-๐ค.ใใWh=๐คy ,`!w๐$_ere๐๐ท๐ท๐คญn't the three men !๐๐also charge๐๐๐d w[๐๐ith theft Why did Mrs Franks๐คซ๐ )๐ท๐ถ๐take๐ a ๐๐คค๐boat ๐๐๐คญ_inst๐ค๐_e๐๐ad๐ค๐$ of a๐ฅฐ๐คฅ๐? tr๐ค ain,๐๐ช๐ค th๐ค๐ดat w๐คas much faster and com@;๐๐fo๐คซ๐คฃ๐rtable an๐คฎd ๐ค?only s๐ค๐!$l๐คฅ igh๐คข*tly more expensive Why didn't she abandon๐๐ the boa๐ฅฐ\t a๐# fter she co๐คช,๐mplained๐ค๐ค ab๐๐คช๐คฃ:out )๐คญ๐คข๐lewd ๐คช๐ค:?b๐ถ๐คจehavi%๐ค=๐๐or of the๐# c/๐คr๐คญ๐คew at the s๐๐คฅhipping๐% offic๐e in !๐ด๐Banbury Why ๐คข๐^did,๐ถ she then drink and '+๐คคso=๐c๐๐ia๐ฅฐ%๐๐li๐se' `๐with t๐๐คญ๐he crew What happen๐๐ท/ed to he๐๐ค๐๐r ๐๐คค+๐คฎ'carpet :๐ ๐bag' with wh๐๐คฃich she arr๐๐ive๐๐)d on๐๐ the b๐oat but which was no)๐๐คญ+t men๐^๐คtione!`d i๐ฌ๐n the c๐ ๐คฉourt\๐คจ๐ case, nor wa\s it stored in ๐๐ค๐๐คth๐คขe archive_[๐s wit๐h her,:๐ค almos๐ t empty, t๐ถ๐; runk The ๐ฌtru@?_\๐n/๐คญ.๐ทk _๐คฃwas ๐คฎ#marked with in๐ฅฐ๐itials๐ค๐คญ ๐คข๐ ๐o@!f her +]*๐first husband w๐๐คฅ๐คฎho had; ๐๐d]๐ ๐คฉ๐i๐ท\๐ed. _๐How [did it๐คซ(? h๐ทap๐pen t๐คจ๐ha๐=๐๐๐คฉt her๐%๐คฃ shoes were fou$๐คชnd๐ค๐\/ on t๐คข๐คซ๐he boat b%๐๐คซ๐ut ๐๐nobody ๐]-s)๐๐aw ๐๐(h๐คจ!e^.๐:๐r๐๐ค๐ค r๐:๐et๐คฃ ๐คซurn to the boat from t๐ ๐คช)๐๐he fore[๐stใใPC Adrian Ker๐๐๐๐ shaw doe๐คฎ@s ๐๐๐คชsome b]r ๐%๐illiant leg $๐๐ท๐w* (ork for Morse. ;He ๐๐ค:studied history ๐๐คฅ๐ค]and has invaluable ;[$ backg๐ค๐rou?๐คค)nd knowl.๐ค ๐๐edge. For i๐n๐คจ๐stance, he$* menti๐๐ ons tha_๐๐คฃt_: t๐ด๐คจhe bo;\;_a.๐ฌtmen had bad reputation because ๐คญ๐๐ค๐๐they worked ๐๐คฉon/๐๐; Sundays and,๐คข did not attend church. Later a^๐ ๐คจ-#cha๐๐คจ=pe ๐คค๐l was built for the๐ m #๐in O๐xford.ใ /ใThe๐คจ(;๐ dead woma๐๐๐n's cl๐คญothes and the s๐คจh๐๐๐-oes found on the ?,^๐b๐๐oat are๐.๐คฉ subm!@itted๐ค๐ to mode๐ค๐rn for๐๐ ]ens๐คซ]ic investi๐คgati[๐๐o๐๐ค๐คn. Th๐คฅe๐๐ r#๐ท๐esult is t๐ ๐$/ha๐๐t th๐ช๐ค-;e shoes did ๐๐not belong to the dead woman foun๐d in the w@๐at๐ดer because she was;`๐คฉ@? much taller.The s๐ ๐ hoes ๐คช๐คซ๐were n?๐คช๐๐e๐ค๐ver ๐๐used in the fores๐คช๐ค๐t.ใใOnly Mrs Frank๐คฎ๐s' hu๐คช๐)sba@๐ท๐คจnd, Charles Franks, was cal๐คซ๐คled to identify๐ค the:๐๐คฎ=? body o๐ค๐ช f ๐คฎthe๐๐ dea๐๐๐ด-d ๐๐woman. He cl=?/aim;๐!๐e๐๐ฌ๐๐ฌd that, whi`le ๐ค-her face๐ท๐)[ w๐๐คฅa๐คฎ๐๐s\๐๐ ๐๐ฌ[da/๐๐ rkened and disfigure๐๐;)d`๐], ๐๐คฅ๐ค ๐ค๐๐๐คฎ๐he๐๐ found ๐ค)a birth mark b๐ถ)eh:๐คind her๐]๐ ear๐คฎ๐. The @[pr๐osecutor, wel.- ๐คฎc๐o๐คฅ๐๐คจ๐med that in๐๐๐๐formation that only a husband or . a love๐คจ๐ค@r would kn`๐๐ด๐ow.[๐ T๐ด๐คฅ+๐he accuse`๐๐๐d were no?,t shown t-๐๐ค๐ค๐he body. The defens ๐e attorney mere๐ช๐๐ ๐ถly claimed th;a๐ท$๐ถt t]๐คฉ,๐คฎhe ๐ด๐guilt of th๐คฅ@ e three men was )/n$๐ot๐คข;^ pro๐๐ด_:ved. All ๐คฉ three ac[๐^cused cla๐_im$๐คญ ed๐คฃ]@ to ๐(๐the end th:๐ฌ:at ๐๐คฎ๐คฃ๐คค)they [๐คจ were i๐คข๐๐nn๐ ๐ค๐oce๐nt. One๐ ]]๐คฎof๐๐๐๐ ๐them w๐๐๐%as not executed becau๐คจse he emb๐ค๐คraced,๐ค๐คฉ๐ค Christi๐ดanity in )๐คฉ ๐pr๐คฉ$ison.ใใM :๐ค๐orse in$:st๐ค(ructs Kersh๐คซ?๐aw to inv^๐คข%๐estigate if@๐ค๐_ Charles Fra $n๐๐.ks benef๐๐ด๐ด๐คฎ๐ited fro๐คชm his wife's deat๐h ๐๐ชand, ๐ช๐ถind๐คฎ๐๐eed?_,๐๐คฉ he p ๐คขoc๐ฅฐk๐ค!eted 300 +,๐คฅpound๐_=;s insuran๐% c(๐๐e mone)๐ถy. ๐]Case clo* %๐คจsed ๐#Charles Fran๐]๐๐ks murde๐คช๐ฌred a ๐##๐tall wo๐?men and dropped ๐ค๐.๐her in t#he ca๐%nal๐๐ฅฐ ๐๐]after๐คค๐๐๐ค m๐คฅ!eeti๐๐ ng Joanna ๐*?in the f)orest.๐คฃ + If Joanna Fr๐คa+ ๐ชn๐ช\ ๐ ks jumped off๐๐ /๐ the ,๐๐คจboa:`t at the sa[๐ชme๐( -๐ค๐t๐๐ช.ime๐๐คข as the ๐คช๐de๐ค๐ ๐ad ๐๐คจ๐ช/;bo๐๐(d ๐๐y hit$ ๐@*the๐/๐ wat๐er,๐([ she swam to _+the๐ \ bank a)\.nd joi๐คฃ๐คฃ๐ned h๐คฃ(๐ทer h๐คฎ๐คฎusb (and. The couple changed thei+๐คฉ๐ r na๐ค@%mes๐คฅ, (๐คin๐๐ค ๐:th`๐e ca๐๐ฅฐse of๐๐๐, 'Ch ๐๐ด;arl๐๐ช^es Franks' ๐ช a ๐ค๐๐๐ดsecond time๐ฌ?๐ after he 'died' as Joanna's,๐- first husband. T๐]๐๐he fourth ๐คค๐)boatman, ๐คa youngster w๐คฎ$๐คho was=๐คฎ not cha๐๐,๐คฎrged, was๐(+#๐คญ ๐๐ค;๐๐pro๐b$๐ถ๐ ab,ly paid by Joann[๐a to give fal๐๐คช๐คฅ๐ฌse ๐testimony.ใใMorse t๐ช๐ค๐คคravels ๐๐๐คจto Irela๐คฎ๐ค๐ช๐คขnd and has;๐ถ(๐ ๐คจ a g;๐;r๐๐๐คคave of Joanna's first husband ;-[exhum๐ed. ๐ชThe c`=๐คฉoff$^:๐in contains ๐๐คฅ๐bags @of sand and s๐(o๐`๐!me ston*/es.