What did he mean by murder? Howley did not spell it out, but The Evening Telegram did. It said Howley meant the coopers had murdered one of their own. It said he was talking about William Pender. Howley said the strike forced him out of work. Forced him to wander over the South Side Hill. Forced courage out of his heart, until he lay there and perished.

What did the archbishop mean by the word murder?

Why did he tell working people not to "disturb the social order of things?"

What was the social order of life in St. John's, in the winter of 1904-1905? Would it ever change?

What was St. John's like for a working man or woman in the winter of 1904- 1905? What did William Pender's city feel like? What did it smell like? What did it sound like? What did it look like? And what did it taste like?

And what about William Pender himself? Who was he? What kind of man was he? Did he have courage in his heart or not? What can his life tell us about lives of other working people in St. John's at the turn of the century?

And what really happened to him on the strange day in 1905 when he wandered over the South Side Hills and never came back?

These questions are the heart of this story. Only William Pender knows everything, and his story is hidden in the past.

But real life stories of today are like that. You never find out everything, do you?

There is always a hidden part of the picture. There is always something undiscovered.