Murdoch is embroiled in international affairs when a corpse is found with a secret letter.
Tropes:
- Coffin Contraband: A large amount of gold was stolen from the Canadian government during the American Civil War. However, the conspirators all had their own agendas and in the resulting Gambit Pileup the gold was presumed lost when the ship carrying it sunk. More than three decades later, the police discover that the mastermind behind the theft was Genre Savvy enough to switch out the gold before the sea voyage and hid it in a coffin. The coffin was then buried in a cemetery but the mastermind died before he could dig it up.
- Due to the Dead: As Murdoch crosses himself upon seeing the body at the start of the episode, Crabtree tries to imitate him.
- Revisiting the Cold Case: This episode dates back to the U.S. Civil War in the 1860s. Skeletal human remains in an old suit, with an old pistol in one pocket and a document bearing the signature of Canada's first prime minister suggest the date. The newspaper archives indicate a Canadian minister went missing in the 1860s, but, well, there was a war on in the neighboring country...
