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Nick Carter: The Drug Ring Murder (EP1056) · Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas

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support dark Great Detectors dot man. Today's show is entitled The Drug Ring Murder.
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What's the matter? What is this another case for Nick Cotter, Master
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Detective. Yes, it's another case for that most famous of all men hunters,
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the detective whose ability at solving crime is unequaled in the history of detective
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fiction, Nick Carter, Master Detective. The Night's Curious Adventure, The Drug
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Ring Murder for Nick Carter, and the Mystery of the Left Well, mister
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Nicholas Carter, are you going to answer your telephone? Are you going to
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take me out? To lunch as you promise. There's no reason why I
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can't do both, Pancy. Nick Carter speaking jig. This is Riley at
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headquarters, ohetenant murder when you're right in the middle of it, Nick,
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meet me at the City Mark as quick as you can. I'm waiting here.
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It's a matter rally, cam'p headquarters of this games without me? Who
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said anything about yourself and the keys? You get yourself down to the more
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right away, and that's an order, an order rally. What are you
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talking about? The body of a man was washed up on the beach this
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morning. Only he didn't die from drowning. It was murder. Yes,
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there was no identification on the body, not at all except one of your
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business cards, Nick Carter, Private Detective. I hit the card in my
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pocket as soon as I laid dice on it. But there's a chance one
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of the reporters saw it before I did. Now do I have to draw
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you a diagram? You've already done it. I'll be there in a double
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rally. Bye. What's up, plenty, Look, Patsy, hold on
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the office until you here for me. I'll call it within an hour.
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I knew you shouldn't have answered that song. Business before, pleasure, Patsy.
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And right now I've got business at the City Morgue where you got him
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rally on a slab out here. He's on nice on the bucks at the
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end of the room here, And I'm telling you one thing, you cut,
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It's lucky for you that I was here when he was brought here.
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Oh look, Riley, Shirley, you aren't trying to pull me into this
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thing just because the fellow was carrying one of my carts. Probably hundreds of
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people I never heard of were carrying my name in the vest party. If
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you'd rather be explaining to the captain how your car got on the carts?
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Oh and I'll take it easy, Riley. Oh no, what it means
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for an officer with a larger conceal evidence? Nick, how do I know
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one of those reportters a photographers isn't telling them the captain? Right now,
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let's worry about one thing at a time. He said. The body was
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washed up on the beach on the north shore of Long Island, as it
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was its tough Tenor Gunnis heck, with every bit of identification removed. Everything
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was ripped out, accept a concealed pocket. Yes, I know, with
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my card. Here we are last docs. Here. Take a good look,
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Nick. Did you ever see him before? Oh, yes, that's
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Stanley Phillips. Huh. Doctor Stanley Phillips is a research chemist, sort of
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an eccentric. Oh bomby huh. No, No, that's strange. He's
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assisted me in a few investigations and for the most part he was pretty much
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of a hermit. Didn't like to mix with people that don't make sense.
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People who mind their own business, don't get and go around getting themselves murdered.
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Where did he live. There's a big house on a long island sound.
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But his laboratory he was in his yacht, his anchor about half mile
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or so up in the house, if I remember correctly. Laboratory on a
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yacht. He was bomby, Hey, Raley, Look here and his neck.
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What did you expect? I told you he was tangled. The autopsy
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showed he was dead before he was put into the gunny's hack and thrown into
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the water. I know, but that isn't what I mean. Yeah,
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look at the prints in his neck. Closely looking him. Yeah, yeah,
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well, last I miss my guess. Rally it was murdered by a
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left handed killer. Say maybe you've got something there, Nick, I'll phone.
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The fingerprint takes forever. Rather let me at the phone first. I
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gotta be in my way. Hey, now do if you forget. You
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can't take long on this, Nick. The captain will be wanting to question
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you, but your card being found on the body, I can't hold off
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more than a few hours. Give me those few hours, rally and I'll
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wrap the murderer up in wax paper. Nicholas Carter's office, Allo, Panthry.
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We got work to do, yes, Nick, I want you to
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go through the files, and they got all the stuff we have on doctor
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Stanley Phillips, that queer dog who did some work for you once. Yeah,
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that's the one research chemist. Get all the dope and I'm gonna beep
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you down in front of the office in ten minutes. I'll pick you up,
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all right, Nick, that's all where you headed for? Nick?
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The Phillips the state on Long Island. Sound meet me there as soon as
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you get the report on the finger prints. Stadt Phillip's Nick under parent Linny
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the He and his sister ever married. After the parents die, they continued
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to live in the big manor house. What did you say. The sister's
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name was Rose Phillips, Rose, go on. You know all about his
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laboratory being on his yacht. It's supposed to be one of the best private
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laboratories in the country. Used to do a lot of research work for big
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companies as a laboratory assistant. Tom Marx young man. And let's see what
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else? And oh, his hobby was writing scientific articles. They were usually
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about the effects of the habit forming drugs. Get an article in Popular Research
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last month entitled Morphine Exposed, So he wrote about habit farming drugs. Huh.
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You know, Patsy, this case might turn out to be more than
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just an ordinary murder. I guess nobody's home. Nick, You're wrong about
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pat Petsy saw the curtains at the window moved mhm. Bounding on the door
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isn't gonna do any good either. Whoever's in there everything he doesn't want callers
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today. However, what are you going to do? Open the door?
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This little lock picker of mine? That is all right? Come on,
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Patsy, there were going in. I don't see anybody. Stay behind me.
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Put your hands up over your head. She's got a gun. Nick,
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you're Rose Phillips. I'd take it. Miss keep your hands up.
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I'm asking the questions. Who are you? I'm Nick Carter, and this
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is Yes. And this is my assistant, Patsy Bowen. Nick call her
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the great detective when my brother often speaks. If you even she you'll wonder
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Nick. She doesn't know yet, Miss Phillips. I'm sorry I have to
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tell you like this, but your brother is dead. He dead, Yes,
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I'm afraid he was murdered, sadly murder. Now, if you'll just
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put that gun away, miss Phillops, we'll talk things over. Good mister
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car I'm sorry this is all such a shock. It was a fiendish killing,
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and I'm going to do all I can to bring the criminal to justice.
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You may be sure of that. A Rose Rose, I'm in here,
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Richard. Oh well, uh, who are these people? I thought
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Stanley told you never let strangers in the house. It's all right, Richard.
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This is Nick Carter, the detective and his assistant. Oh well that's
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different. How do you do, miss Carter? I am Richard Coles.
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I take it you've already heard about doctor Phillips. Yes, ghastly, isn't
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it. I can hardly believe it. The police say it was murder.
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For the life of me, I can't imagine who would want to murder Stanley.
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He was a strange man, mister Carter, very strange. He had
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a phobia about not letting anyone in the house when he was away. You
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seem to manage an entrance, all right, mister Coles. Well, I'm
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mister Cole's a very old friend of the family and has always had a cause.
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He's all lord Nick, this is the one of the window. He's
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got a gun. I can't get over it. Nick, You don't seem
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to be surprised that you were shot at back there in the house. I'm
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not Patsy. That's why I was standing beside that suit of armor that protected
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me by deflecting the bullets. Nick, your presence on the Phillips case is
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most annoying to someone too. Bad that window was frosted glass. Couldn't get
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a look at the gunman that tiny crack the window was open. Well,
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now did you find what I told you to look for? And the cottage
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occupied by Tom Marks, the lab assistant, Yes, I found a pair
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of his gloves. Good. I had to go through all his desk drawers
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to find him through. Let me see them. All seems to be heading
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up, almost too neatly, adds up to a pair of gloves. That's
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all. Look, Patsy Cole's told me back. There's something about the terms
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of Phillip's will. If you live to be fifty was to go to a
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foundation. He died before that. Rose was to inherit all the estate.
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But that makes Rose. Oh no, no, no, no, I
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don't suspect Rose. Her grief seemed genuine. But there's something else I learned.
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Tom marks Philip's lab assistance in love with Rose. They even wanted to
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get married, but Phillips opposed the marriage. Now the field is clear,
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will loule the money to Booth. But that still doesn't make Tom Marx.
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Let's see, I'm almost certain Phillips was strangled by a left handed killer.
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These gloves of marks you brought me show that he's left handed. Oh,
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and that leads us where right out to the laboratory in the yacht. I've
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got to find Tom Marx. Nick, Why in the world do you suppose
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doctor Phillips said his laboratory way out here in the middle of the sound there's
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no mystery to that one. Patsy tell me why once? Well? Why
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so people couldn't bother him? I'd have used his technical knowledge a lot more
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often on cases myself had been more accessible. Hell, here we are,
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this is the Phillips yot. I'll tie up here. Never climbed up a
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rope ladder before, and you're not going up now either, not until I
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look around the boat myself. Oh, Nick, am I helping you on
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this case or not? You are that? I don't want you taking unnecessary
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chances. Nick, Please quite a minut aventure. Let's see if we can
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raise somebody from here. Hello there, Hello, aboard the Phillips yacht.
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It's funny. Tom Marx is the board. He's keeping quiet about it.
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I will find out right now. You better stay here in the motor boat
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and let you solve this case alone. Not a chance, okay, okay,
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but stay directly behind they remember, whew, climbing this ro plaid is
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no sinch. I'm glad I'm not a sailor. Can you make it?
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I'm coming. What do you think you'll find? Nick? Tom Marx,
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I hope here. Let me give your hand over the rail, all right?
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Oh, Hey, well, there's nobody to lay out the welcome rug
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deck of this voting laboratory. Oh that doesn't mean we're alone, Patsy.
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Come on, We're going down this companion way. Okay, I'm not mistaken.
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It leads to Phillips laboratory. Mm hmm, sus the laboratory. All
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right, Patsy stay behind me. I'm going to open the door and Marx,
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Tom Marks you in there? All right? Patsy wouldn't go in.
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Tom Mark seems to have vanished, but he certainly left a mess behind him.
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Yes, overturned retorts bunsen Burner October. Hm. Look here on the
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floor, broken ball, so furr acid spilled and eating into the floor.
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Yes, this is where doctor Stanley Phillips met his death, all right.
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And when the killer came at him, he was sitting at this writing.
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Well how do you figure that? And battle of ink tipped over? Wonder
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if he has any papers here that will tell us what we want to know.
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M desk been rifled, Everything of any value has already been taken.
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Still all adds up to Tom Marx, isn't it? Yep? Seems to
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we'll know for sure as soon as Raleigh gets the report from the fingerprint expert
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Nick. Nick. Come here, look what I fall in the sink.
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But this piece of paper I see now that's in doctor Phillips handwriting. Somebody
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tried to burn it up and they threw it on the drain board of the
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sink. Here part of it didn't burn. See if I can figure it
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out, like you to know. The man whom I have trusted and worked
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with these many years is I have discovered the head of a giant dope peddling
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ring and using my premises to carry on his business. This man is a
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light to go off. Patsy, Betsy, where are you? Patsy?
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You all right? Petsy? My head? Somebody hit me? Say where
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you are? I find the switch? You have your flash flat? Yeah,
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I'll find the switch in just a second. Oh, the lights won't
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work. It must have been turned off with the master switch in the hand
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room. And that means there's more than one person on this boat besides us.
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One of them turned off the lights and the other one shot at us
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in here. You were right when you said you felt everything wasn't okay on
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this yat You're able to get up, Patsy? Oh sure, I'm all
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right now, just a big hen's egg on my head, That's all.
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Okay? Come on, Nick, did they take the note? That's what
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I want to find out. Let's see flash light down in the sink.
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Yeah it's gone, But wait, what are you going to do? Clean
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up the sink? A little? Ashes don't look well scattered around on a
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white sink. Carefully now any way? Are now? We're ready? Ready
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for what? To search? This yacht from stem to stern? What in
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places has been keeping you? Nick? I've been cooling my heels in this
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dock for the past half hour. Here I hoped you'd be here. You
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say, you look as if you'd seen a ghost on that yacht? And
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I did? Somebody cut the shout outs in the dark? Pat's I got
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knocked down? The track doesn't get a nasty bumping ray? Who did it?
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Nick? Whoever it was made a nat getaway? That? And I
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searched the ship after which the men are in, but didn't find a soul.
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Did you see anybody coming in from the yacht? Narius hose coming off
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that boat since I've been here? In fact, the only two people who've
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been here here was two fishermen are you sure they were fishermen are now,
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look, you don't be giving me that it was Bunna feid fishermen. All
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right. They put their little rowboat to short of ways down the beach,
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and I saw them bring in their catch and a nice thing of fish.
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It wise, Okay, okay, so they were really verre. What about
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your report, Lieutenant? Oh oh there, Nick was right now. Her
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fingerprint expert examined the marks on doctor Phillip's nick and said he was undoubtedly stangled
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by a left handed killer. And now all we've got to do is find
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a left handed man who had a reason to murder the doctor. We found
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him. What's that? Doctor Phillips laboratory assistant Tom marks left handed? Say?
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You sure worked fast, Nick, And it's a good thing too.
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The captain found out about your card being found on the body. Hey,
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what kind of a condon is this? Tom Marx? I don't know.
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I haven't seen him yet. Wasn't that his courage? And he wasn't in
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a lab in the yard? And let's make tracks, mister private detective and
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touched the grounds here. Wait a minute, it's one thing more you want
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to know? Huh? Whoever killed doctor Stanley Phillips is the head of a
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giant dope ring. Phillips was killed because he was about to expose the man.
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Hey, that would be the laboratory assistant. He'd have access to drugs.
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Who in tarnation is that Richard Coles, both friend of the Phillips and
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also the lawyer rally and in your pocket? Careful of it speece of evidence
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I picked up in the boat. Okay, mister Carter, I've been honeying
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everywhere for you. How much calls? This is Lieutenant Riley. I'm headquartered.
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Oh, I'm glad you're here. Lieutenant. We are up against the
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dangerous criminal. I don't worry, mister Coles. The law always gets its
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man. What do you want to see me about? It's called Rose Phillips.
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She's gone. How do you know? Come up to the house with
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me. I'll show you something has happened to her. I'm sure. Hurry.
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This is Rose's bedroom, Lieutenant. Yeah, somebody was making a fast
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getaway, all right, Yes, just look at the room. Close trown
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all over. One of our suitcases has gone, and this suitcase, half
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packed, was left behind. She and the laboratory assistant must have been in
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on this together. If she wasn't guilty, she wouldn't have run away.
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Oh, she must have been out of her mind. Of course Rose was
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in love with Tom and Nick. Does the matter? What are you frowning
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at? Rose Phillips didn't run away? Didn't run away? What are you
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sayings, No, go run away voluntarily and leave all her makeup behind.
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Look at that dressing table, nothing's been touched. You're right, Betsy.
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See do you suppose Oh no, no, what is it? Mister Coles?
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Do you suppose that Tom could have forced her to leave? Can be?
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Can be kidnapping? Well, he won't get away with it. I'll
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call headquarters and have a cordon thrown around this entire district. We'll catch Tom
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Marks before he gets to the next town. Get out of here, Riley,
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do that well, mister Coles, Yes, mis Carter, I guess
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Lieutenant Riley has this case alsowed up. His men will have Tom Marks and
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Rose Phillips within they are well, mister Carter. It was nice of you
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to take such an interest in my friend's death. Would you care for a
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cigarette? Oh? No, thanks? Uh you Lieutenant? Wait? Sure,
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sure I don't mind if I do? Course? Uh yeah. Thanks.
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Thanks. Also, I'm block, Patsy. Where's the telephone? There's
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one right over here on the table. Yeah, Patsy, we got what
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to do. I thought you said the case was finished, not by a
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long shot. I said that for their benefit. You and I are going
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over this estate for the fine tooth comb. I'm not satisfied yet. You
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say anything, need come on in, shut the door. Do you think
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anyone saw us headed for this boat house? I hope not. Oh,
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be carefully, don't step off in the water. Nick, there's a small
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speedboat in the water. Would you think they put it in dry docks so
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late in the season? Depends, Patsy. Look up there, mounted in
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the bow a machine gun. Mmm, this boat was used for business?
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Gee? Who'd ever think of quiet little chemist like doctor Phillips kept a mounted
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machine gun on a speedboat. I believe this set up down here was news
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to doctor Phillips. Tool hold on my arm. We look around, Oh,
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Nick, don't step on the fish string of fish? Well, Nick,
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those fishermen Riley Song must have come in here, Betsy. His catch
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isn't fresh. What those men used the string of dead fish just to fool
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Riley? And those were the men who made trouble for us on the yacht.
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Yea, they must have been plenty of life preservers stacked up in here.
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Yeah, that's strange. Yeah, Betsy, take the flashlight and play
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it on this one. Okay, what are you doing taking it to pieces?
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No, just examining it. Ah, there we have it. What
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a small waterproof pocket's been sewn in here? Yes, and it extends all
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the way around inside life preserver. I think, clever? What is it?
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These secret compartments are filled with dope. About every one of these life
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preservers are filled with drugs. Nobody would ever think of looking in a life
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preserver for evidence. I think doctor Phillips did, and that's why he was
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murdered. Nick you okay, Patsy, I can't stop crying. That's not
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surprising. Somebody threw a tear gas bomb through the window. That's right,
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friends, it was who's there? Pretty clever of me using that those of
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my trade that way, isn't it, mister cutter? But Tom Marks is
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always clever. So you're Tom Marks? Huh. I've been waiting to set
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my eyes on you. It's too bad your eyes are filled with tear gas
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because now you'll never have that pleasure. Okay, Pete, come in and
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get the lady. I'll take care of mister cut on myself. Come on,
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let you got those iron weights in the bag, Pete, Sure both
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of them. This guy will never be washed up on the beach like the
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duck was. Good. See you're tied a peg, good and tight.
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You know. I think he's passed out. He ain't moving none. I
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did a job on him before we put him in the bag. I listened
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to that game when you it sounds like a hoodo with a cold in the
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head. Shut up, Okay, Okay, that'll do it. Say caught
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it right dead? What does it take that you'll let guy choked him like
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a rat? And he's still talking? All right? All right, speak
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your piece, mister cutter, because you don't have much longer. You're not
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gonna get away with us. I doubted, mister Cutter. You're going straight
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down to Davy Jones. Luck. Okay for this lad of your hand bars
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but the twenty four hours listen to him. What do you fellas think you're
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gonna do a patsy bone? He's worrying about its dame, but he's gonna
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lose his own. Nick, is your whether. I'm warning you. Come
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on, let's get rid of him. Okay, it's dark enough, now
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you cut him, all right? I came as soon as I got your
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flashlight signal from the short Nick, you think the criminals are aboard the yacht
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here? Now you'll see in a minute, laboratory is right down this companion
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way you're dipping with from head to Footnick, What happened? I tried to
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pull the same trick on Nick did they pull on doctor Phillips. Only it
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didn't work because Nick can expand his neck and wrist muscles. Yes, I
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had my hands free before I hit the water. There was no crick at
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all to cut my way out of the sack. And then I clung to
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the back of their motor boat until it reached the oat. Here I waited
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for the would be killers to get a board on tied Patsy, and here
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we are. Are You're lucky, Nick, he's smart. That's all quiet.
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This is the door. Keep your gun ready, right, Good evening,
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mister Coles. What oh? Nick Carter? Well, him and miss
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Carter, these two friends of mine and myself were just discussing whether you had
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found the criminals. I think we have, mister gold good good. Is
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that one thing more? I need to make sure I have the criminals,
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Riley, Yeah, give me that envelope I asked you to keep for me.
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Oh sure, sure, Nick, here you are. Thanks. Now,
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I'll just take the piece of burnt paper out of his envelope. Are
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those the pieces you gathered from the drainboard? Yes, Betsy, they were
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from the note Stanley Phillip's throat just before he was murdered. And I'll just
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use some of the these chemicals and the burnt paper. You see, gentlemen,
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even though this piece of paper has been burned, that is possible by
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using the correct chemical solution to bring out the writing that was on the paper
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before it was burned. In this case, I expect the writing will give
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the name of the man Phillips designated as head of the giant drug ring and
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his killer. Ridiculous, absolutely ridiculous. Yes, here it comes. The
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chemicals are beginning to act, the writing is beginning to show up. Good
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the name is And I got these tools, hugs, Nick, not much
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cold. Sorry, I had to plug in the shoulder coals, but I
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had to put you out of action. Rally, that's your murder. So
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to his coals, who did it? All right? Color I kill him?
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The powers be paised, nick, I thought Tom Marks who was the
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killer? Coals had me food too rally until this afternoon when he came running
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down from the house, and then I noticed his feet will win as if
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you'd been in waiting. Then he was one of the men on the yacht,
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one of the fishermen Raleigh saw right, Betsy and another thing. The
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man who strangled me in the boat I was claimed to be Tom Marx,
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but Tom Marx is left handed. The man who tried to strangle me,
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he used his right hand. And you knew Phillips was murdered by a left
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handed man. That's right. I knew I was after a left handed murderer.
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O'Riley, em did you notice that mccole's landed your cigarette for you this
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afternoon? And Rose's room he used his left hand, she payed cully he
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did. Then he's left handed too. Right. When I saw him do
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that, I knew he was a killer, but I had to make him
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prove it. Well. You did that alright. That business about making the
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writings tand out on a piece of paper after it's burned is a new one
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to meeting? Nick? Can you actually do that? Well, it can
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be done under ideal conditions, but this time I was just putting on an
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ec for mister Coles's benefit. You mean you didn't actually make any writing appear
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on the burned paper, not a word, mister Coles, and I fell
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for it like a sap. Nick, what's that? I'm not sure if
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Patsy and I have a hunch it's locked, Nick, Oh, Patsy,
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since wein did a locked door? Ever? Stop? Nick Cartter? Quite
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right, Riley, when did it? This is no time for it to
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start. So this one ought to do the trick that we are, Nick
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Catt, Oh, fank head Rose. This man with you is Tom Marks,
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Miss Pillips, Yes I am. They were going to kill us,
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mister Carter. Have they tied us up and threw us in here? We
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heard them planning to throw us overboard? If you've been imprisoned in here all
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this time, mister Marx And no, not quite. I got a telephone
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call last night summoning me into the city to pick up some chemicals doctor Phillips
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and I needed in an experiment. I was slugged as I stepped out of
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the car, and when I came too late this afternoon, I was in
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here and so was Rose. That cause was a smart one, throwing suspicion
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on you and then trying to get rid of you in order to make it
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look as if you'd run away. Smart but not smart enough for Nick.
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Well, Riley, you've got your murderer. I have that, and Rose,
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you and Tom are safe, Yes, thanks to you. And I
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guess that's that? Oh no, Nick, you still have to sell my
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kids? Or what's that? Betcy? That luncheon date you promised me?
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Oh? Where are you and I going to have lunch at this hour?
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Why? That's easy fancy? And I was swell place in town, right
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across from the Boardue. Come on, this was another strange experience. If
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Nick Carter master detective called the Drug Ring Murderer or Nick Carter and the Mystery
28:30
of the Left Handed Killer another of the curious adventures of Nick Carter, which
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are brought to you regularly at the same time by W O R. Mutual
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And Now, Nick, what can you tell us about next week's story?
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When a young man who was a very good friend of mine arrived in town
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to claim his bride. He suddenly became aware that she was not the girl
28:48
to whom he had become engaged. You mean she wasn't his fiance. That
28:51
was the question that started off the whole case. Yes, indeed, because
28:53
we couldn't be sure whether the girlely love was really the gurly love, we
28:56
prevented two murders and save the gigantic fortune from disappearing. You didn't save me
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from disappearing me. Oh, quite true, Patsy, But after all,
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you weren't gone very long before we found you. But I'm sure glad you
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found me when you did, or I might not be here now. So
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long, folks, get the rest of the story next week, right,
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So long, and so long to you Nick and Patsy in a strange adventure
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you have just heard. Nick Carter was impersonated by Lon Clark, Patsy by
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Helen Chote. The story was written for Nick Carter by Bart Connery. Original
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music was played by Lou White the entire production, who was under the direction
29:26
of Jack McGregor. Next week, at the same time, listen to another
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curious experience of Nick Carter, entitled The Substitute Pride or Nick Carter for the
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Smith Publications, Incorporated. The Return of Nick Carter is produced in the studios
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of WLR and is broadcast over most of these stations every Wednesday evening at eight
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thirty Eastern wartime. This is mutual welcome back. Well. I believe this
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was actually my first first episode of Nick Carter that I actually saw or heard,
30:45
and it was fun. I think, particularly the adventure element kind of
30:51
makes this work to me. The prime solution of who done it? While
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I wasn't sure of all the intricate sees, just the way the actual villain
31:07
behaved, just the characterization, I think, probably more the acting than anything
31:11
else, really gave you a sense that this is really probably the villain.
31:18
Neck brings kind of the pulp feeling to it, which I think is Lilly,
31:23
you have just a lot going on here, so great adventure, mystery
31:29
not so much, but in some of the other weeks it's a bit better,
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all right. Listener comments and feedback. We start out with Debbi,
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who wrote who writes, thank you for all your hard work. I listened
31:45
to every episode and I miss hearing them on the weekends. I guess that
31:48
means I'm hooked. Thank you well. Thanks so much, Debbie. We
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do have great detectives of old time radio on Saturday hand been having them on
32:01
Sunday as well for a row weeks though, taking a break from that until
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we get to about our eleven d episode special. Appreciate you listening and supporting
32:12
the show. Cheryl comments high. I've been listening to your program since it's
32:15
inception and love it commentary at all. Love how you pay the programs from
32:20
beginning to end. I'm especially glad to hear that Philip Marlow is coming up
32:24
like you. It's my very favorite, I think the best. I wanted
32:28
to ask if Broadway is my beat is on your lineup? I would love
32:30
to hear that from start to finish. Another favorite program, though it's not
32:35
really a detective series, is Rocky Jordan. I owe on all that's available
32:39
on CD, but would love to hear the beginning series, which I think
32:44
we're fifteen minutes and took place in Istanbul prior to Cairo. To have access
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to your early programs, thanks again, love what you do well, Thanks
32:52
so much, Cheryl. First, an answer to your question regarding Broadway as
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my beat. I do have it on my list of programs to do.
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It's going to be a while till we actually get to it. I made
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a list of the shows with the biggest most programs in circulation. Number one
33:16
is Yours Tooley Johnny Dollar. Number two is Dragged At. Number three is
33:21
Boston Blackning. Number four is Let George Do It. Number five on the
33:25
list is Broadway as My Bait. Words of one hundred and sixty episodes,
33:30
so it takes about three years to get through, so we have to clear
33:34
a lot of time on the schedule. Not so many episodes for Rocky Jordan,
33:45
and I do consider that eligible for the series and I have it on
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my list. In terms of the early episodes of Rocky Jordan, Rocky Jordan
33:54
was originally you're right, It was an Istanbul and the title of the series
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was a man named Jordan, and it was a fifteen minute serial. Like
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a lot of the fifteen minute serials. It just didn't make it too long.
34:09
There are two episodes in circulation. However, there are two episodes from
34:15
two different basically not tying into a complete storyline. So it's not something I
34:22
could play. It's worth noting though we've been listening to the five part of
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Yours truly Johnny Dollar serials on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, But Rocky Jordan
34:34
was actually considered to come back as a five day a week serial that was
34:40
given a pilot and Jack Moyles, who had left the program and been replaced
34:45
by George Wrath, actually came back and recorded two pilot episodes for that.
34:50
And as for Rocky Jordan being a detective series, even though he's not officially
34:54
a detective works at the Cafe Tambourine, there's still a ton of mysteries.
35:01
He basically goes out in gum shoes. Many of his plots were actually written
35:08
by E. Jack Newman, who writes so many Johnny Dollar stories, and
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he also he also actually rewrote several Jeff Reagan stories for Rocky Jordan. Though
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it's on my list, it's gonna take a while to get through. There's
35:27
about eighty ninety episodes, so that's about two years worth of material. But
35:34
you can go over to big List dot Great Detectives dot net and you can
35:40
see all the programs we hope to someday air. But those are definitely some
35:46
bigger, some bigger order shows. So all right, and we have a
35:52
question from Twitter, this one coming from Let's let's see here, coming from
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Tom. Have we ever been told what I A and I A Moto stands
36:06
for? Well, thanks so much for the question, Tom. In answer
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to the question, John Mark One, who wrote the Mister Moto books,
36:15
originated the character with the name I A. Moto. When it went to
36:20
Hollywood, he was given the name. I believe it was a Kiote Moto,
36:25
an actual name, so no tie into I A. But back for
36:31
the radio show, back to I A and I find no record of what
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it stands for, and I don't think it was something that he developed that
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for. If somebody has read all the books and knows what I A stands
36:49
for, let me know. But as far as I know, no,
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we don't know what I A stands for. Finally, I have a comment
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from pastor Lisa Martin. I love Mister Moto and the opportunity to tune into
37:02
several archives over the weekend and really enjoyed them since I discovered your podcast during
37:07
the last few airings of the series. I also saw Mister Moto on TV
37:12
with Peter Laurie when I was a Child a few times and loved it.
37:15
I was not aware that this was also a radio series. Thank you so
37:17
much. Keep up the great work. Well, thanks so much, Pastor
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Lisa, and I think that Mister Moto is definitely underrated. And the film
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series I found all about the first the last one to be really just fantastically
37:37
made movies. And probably a lot of these vintage detective series, so many
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of are not considered, are not considered or known by younger fans. But
37:54
they really did have. Hollywood in those days had a way to make so
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many great series, whether it was Mister Moto or I've been listening to watching
38:09
the Michael Shane series, the Basil Rathbone, Sherlock Holmes series. This was
38:15
some great talent, a lot of fun, twist, adventure excitement, not
38:21
quite at the freendicks pace we get today. So I'm glad you enjoyed the
38:24
radio series, and I hope a lot of people are able to enjoy Mister
38:30
Moto in the archives. All right, Well, that will do it for
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today. We will be back tomorrow. We are wrapping up the Jolly Roger
38:38
fraud matter, and then we'll also have an episode of Doctor Tim Detective and
38:44
then join us back here next Thursday, when we continue on with Nick Carter.
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In the meantime, send your comments to Box thirteen at Great Detectives dot
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