Everyone is Traveling Today
The Isaacsons are on a train headed to South Dakota. Marcus (Douglas Smith) asks Lucius (Matthew Shear) if he thinks they will see any Buffalo. Lucius responds “if they’re not all dead.” When Marcus asks if they will see Indians, Lucius whispers the same response. On a different train we find Kreizler and Moore in a dining car. The pair are on their way to Newton, Massachusetts. Kreizler asks Moore what it’s like when you are first in love. I had predicted that Kreizler would decide the love between himself and Mary should not happen. I’m thrilled to see I was wrong. It’s wonderful to see Kreizler in love.
Unlike all the men, Sara is not traveling by train, but by River Boat, to New Paltz, New York. She is met by Eliza (Cassi Thomson) who was sent to meet her. Eliza will bring Sara to the Old Dury Place in the morning. When Sara tells her she works for the New York Police Department the girl is shocked. She has never heard of a woman working for the police before, especially in New York City. Sara tells her she is the first. When Sara spots some mountains with very sheer cliffs, Eliza tells her they are Shawangunk Mountain, also known as “The Gunks.” Sara asks her if people climb them and she says they do, that she has even climbed them. The killer is a skilled climber so it’s becoming obvious they are on the right track.
As Kreizler and Moore ride into Newton in a carriage and Moore mentions his grandmother loving a fig filled cookie made in the town. He thinks they sound “ghastly”. Fig Newtons are actually quite delicious, he should trust his grandma on this one and try some. Kreizler says they will go to see Adam Dury the next day. He doesn’t want Moore mentioning the name to anyone as he wants his visit to Adam to be a surprise.
John Beecham
Marcus is photographing Sitting Bull’s tombstone which Lucius finds very disrespectful. A man rides up on horseback asking if they are the men waiting to see Captain Miller. They are brought on horseback to see the Captain. Miller (Eric Johnson) is surprised they travelled so far to ask about Beecham. When they ask if he remembers the man he says “it’s been 10 years and I can’t get him out of my head.” He tells the Isaacsons Beecham was a good soldier; disciplined, attendant to detail, efficient. He was also religious, but did not get along with the other men because of their whoring and drinking.
Miller tells them that during the Haymarket Labor Riots in Chicago they were called in to keep the peace. Things got out of control and some rioters were shot and killed. Miller says Beecham had to be half-crazy to do what he did. Marcus asks the Captain what exactly did Beecham do. Miller found him sitting on a dead striker, a young man, in a back alley. He was stabbing the body over and over with a knife. Miller tells Marcus the worst part was Beecham was completely naked and covered in blood. The Captain then tells a shocked Marcus “down there between his legs he was stiff as a flag pole.”
Trouble is Brewing
Back in New York City Thomas Byrnes (Ted Levine) is talking to Connor outside his apartment. He gives a bag of candy to Connor’s son Thomas who was named after him. Connor must really look up to Byrnes to have named his son after him. Connor tells Byrnes that Kreizler and Moore had spent two days in Washington snooping around many buildings. I guess that explains why the mystery man was following them all around. When Byrnes asks what they were looking for Connor says “Cowboys and Injuns.” Byrnes does not want Kreizler to solve the murders, he says it will throw 30 years of police work out the window. Connor tells him he will let “The Swede” know of Byrne’s concerns. Is “The Swede” the man that was following them to Washington? What will he do now?
The Old Dury Place
Eliza is bringing Sara out to the Old Dury Place when Sara asks her if she knew the family. She tells Sara that the whole town knew the family. The Reverend and his wife, their oldest son Adam and youngest son Japheth. When Sara asks Eliza about Japheth being kidnapped by Indians she ignores the question as she stops the carriage. She leads Sara through the woods to the remains of the Dury’s house.
Sara is met at the crumbling remains of the house by Sheriff Early (Sean Bridgers). The Sheriff tells Sara that Roosevelt is a popular man in that area. I get the distinct feeling he does not like having to help Sara, but feels he has no choice. All that is left of the house is one full stone wall with a chimney. The rest of the walls are nearly completely crumbled to the ground. Sara asks Early if he was familiar with what happened there. He tells her he was a Deputy at the time and saw the bodies, that they were butchered like hogs.
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