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Nick Carter: The Unwilling Accompliace (EP1086) · Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas

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seven dollars or more. Well, now it's time for today's episode of Nick
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Carter The Unwilling Accomplice. What's the matter? What is this another case for
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Nick Cotter, Master Detective. Yes, it's another case for that most famous
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of all manhunters, the detective who's ability it's solving crime is unequaled in the
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history of detective fiction. Nick Catter, Master Detective. The Night's Curious Adventure,
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The Unwilling Accomplice for Nick Carter, and the Mystery of the Society Burg.
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Oh, Lieutenant, what's new and interesting? Well, if it ain't
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my old friend, Nicholas Carter him that used to be a detective here,
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what do you mean used to be sure? My boy? Tell me how
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does it feel to be old and retired? Oh? Come now, Riley,
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I get it a little peel because I've turned down those few cases you've
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offered me lately. It's not a few separate cases, Nick, It's all
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been the same gang. I'm sure of it that the slickest bunch of this
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department's ever been up against. We need your help, Nick. Look at
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this came over the wire only this morning. Another society rabber. Oh yes,
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my boy, quite a hole. Seventy five thousand dollars in gems right
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out of the vault. When you say, now, Nick, really I
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think you're right. Looks like the same hand in every job. Well,
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well, I suggested for your criminal you look for someone who's accepted in the
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homes of society, and there's just about the greatest safe cracker in the country.
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Well, oh, thank you, Nick, that's a very great help.
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I'm sure. I'm sorry, Riley, but really I'm not interested.
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You know, I don't take a case. And that's well, what in
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the name that was close that stone missed you? By interest. Sure,
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somebody's trying to beat me, now, is it? Well, I'll fix
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that, that isn't it? This seems to be a little matter of communication.
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Communication. Yes, look there's a kno tied to that stone. Well,
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now hand that over here? Here you are, and I see what.
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Well I've listen to this, Nick, my dear Lieutenant Riley. Since
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the jobs I have pulled off lately have so completely mystified your department, may
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I suggest that you call upon the services of your very good and able friend,
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Nicholas Carter. It won't help much, of course, but at least
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I'll then have an adversary more worthy of my talents. You see, I'm
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very in the pattern and going on to much bigger things today. It has
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been the National Loan and Trust Company. It is not only theft, but
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murder as well. Well, Nick, what do you make of that?
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Very interesting? Interesting? Is it? Why the cheek of him? The
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National known in trust company, he says, And murder, he says.
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We're dealing with a conceited maniac. Give me that phone. I'm going to
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check up on this. It's now five thirty on Saturday afternoon. Riley.
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I doubt that you'll find anyone at the bank. Ah, yeah, lady
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and gentlemen had to see you, they say, it's most right. Well
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what are you waiting for? Show me? And yes, sir, that's
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right, Thank you Riley. Yes, but let me to introduce myself.
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I'm Butler Pierce and this is miss Olive Beldon. My fields. Pleased to
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make your acquaintance. Now what can I be doing for you? You can
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help us find Miss Beldon's father. He's missing. Oh missing, hen yestant
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j had been going for hours and I'm beginning to feel something dreadful me have
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happened. Oh excuse me. This is Nick Carter, missus Belden and mister
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Peers Carter the detective, the same as bel Oh. I'm so glad,
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mister Carter. Would you mean missing your alarms? I'm one unwarranted. Your
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father hasn't been missing very long. I take it that's true, mister Carter,
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only three hours to be exact. But under the circud Miss Beldon means,
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mister Carter, is that it seems as if her father had disappeared into
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thin air. How do you mean, mister Peers, Well, the last
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time she saw him it was through the living room window. From there she
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could look out over the court into his private office at the bank. And
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when she bank Did you say bank, mister Pearce, Why yes, Olive's
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father is Wayne Belden, president of the National Loan and Trust Company. Did
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you hear that, Nick is the National Loan and Trust Company? That's right?
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It not a minute to be lost. Come on, now, let
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me get this straight, miss Beldon. You say your father came into his
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private office here through that special passageway that leads from the house to the bank.
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That's right, mister Carter. Father often spent Saturday afternoons here writing letters,
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I see, And there was no one else in the bank at that
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time. No, this is Saturday, you know, and after banking hours.
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Of course. When is the last time you saw your father? About
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one o'clock, mister Carter, He was sitting at his desk here writing a
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letter. When I looked through the window again a few hours later, he
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wasn't there. Sure he hadn't returned to the house. Positive I'd have seen
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the passageway opens right into the living room where I was reading. What happened
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when you look for him and it wasn't there? Well, just about then,
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mister Pierce called on me. I told him about father's absence, and
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we both went to look for him. I say, by what time was
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that? Oh about four o'clock. And so you both went into the bank
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as soon as you missed your father. Yes, we found mister Beldon's office
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just as you see it now. Then we looked all through the bank.
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There wasn't a sign of him anywhore. I'll wait a minute, all of
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you. What mister prevent mister Belton from walking right out the front door of
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the bank as easy as that. That's not very likely, Lieutenant. He
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was wearing his house slippers at the time, and he had no colder hat.
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Oh and not only that, Riley. You see this letter here on
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Belden's desk. He was writing it when something interrupted him. M you notice
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anything peculiar about it? No, excepted he broke off in the middle of
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his hiddence more important than that rally. He stopped in the middle of a
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word. Belden was interrupted very abruptly. Oh that must be the cashier.
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Now, hello, mister cook In, how almost Beldon. I got here
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just as soon as I could. This is mister Carter and Lieutenant Riley now,
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what's all this I hear about mister Belton disappearing? That's right, mister
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Cook, but I have an idea he'll soon be found. What do you
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mean by that, mister Carter. I've asked mister Cook to come down here
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because it's the cashier of the bank. He's the only one beside mister Beldon
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who knows the combination to the large vault. And I want that vault opened
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immediately. But that's impossible, mister Carter. The Large Vault operates on a
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time mark. It can't be opened until nine o'clock Monday morning. We can't
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wait that long. It must be open now. I'm sorry, mister Cotter.
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That's impossible, and I'll do it myself. What did It's impossible?
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I tell you, you give me one hour and we'll see how impossible it
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is. You don't seem to be having much luck, do you, mister
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Carton. Don't you worry about that? Mister Pears. I never saw the
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luck yet that could keep it secrets from Nick Carter very long. Not that
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kind of luck, lieutenant. Why there isn't anybody in the world a good
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Why heaven see? Did it any way? Gentlemen? I told you so,
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Peers. Ray Eh, look there where is it? Nick? There
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in the corner? Yes, miss Beldon, your father's been murdered. Was
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Misspelton rally? No, she's all right now, Nick, mister Pears took
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her back to the house. Good. Well, mister Cook, have you
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finished examining the contents of the vault? Yes, mister Carter, and you
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are right there has been a robbery, fifty thousand dollars missing. Well,
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I'll be just as the note said, Nick. Remember theft and murdered,
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yes, Raley, But the theft, I'm sure it was just an afterthought,
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mister Cook. Did mister Belden have any enemies? Why not that I
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know of. What do you tell me about mister Pearce? What do you
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mean? Well? Was he friendly with mister Belden? Oh? Yes,
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yes quite they were very good friends. They known each other for years.
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And was mister Pearce in the habit of visiting mister Beldon in his office at
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the bank, Oh yes, yes, very often. He had an account
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here right, a large one, I might add, mister Pish, you
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know, is a very wealthy man. Indeed, yes, sir, Well,
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what's that you've gotten your hand in Nick, Oh, this is it's
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part of a cufflink, really, with a very interesting stain on it,
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a fresh blood stain. Where'd you find it, Nick, in the dead
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man's hand. But there was no blood on the body. He was done
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in by a crack on the sculdar. There was no bleeding exactly, Raley.
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It's undoubtedly the murderer's own blood, Papa, Bytre's hand on the broken
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edge of the cuff link in the scuffle. Do you wear it? Won't
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be for anything else, mister Carror. Oh no, thank you, mister
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Cook. Well, good day, Oh, mister Cook. One more thing,
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Yes, tell me, is mister Pierce in the habit of wearing his
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gloves indoors? His gloves? Why no, never, dear wait, come
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to think of it, he was wearing them just now, wasn't he,
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Yes, he was. Well, thank you, mister Cook, Thank you
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very much. Confounded, Patsy, this is the strangest case I've ever worked
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on. Well, you've suently been acting strangely, Nick, pacing up and
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down, muttering to yourself. Just isn't the shred of evidence anywhere, Patsy,
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As far as I can see, no motive whatsoever. Yet I'm positive
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that Butler Pierce is our man, that he's not only the murderer of Wayne
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Belden, but is also the society Robert, there's been battling the police for
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months now. But Nick, he's a rich man and Wayne Belden was one
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of his best friends. I know, I know, Patsy, but it
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still adds up to Butler Pierce. Look, he was thoroughly familiar with the
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bank, thoroughly familiar with Wayne Belden's habits. He called at the Belden house
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after the crime had been committed. He wore his gloves indoors, which might
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have been to conceal a bad scratch from a broken cuplink. He arrived at
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police headquarters immediately after that stone had been thrown through the window. Nick,
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miss Belin was with him when he called to see Riley. Surely you don't
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think he could have thrown that stone, No, Patsy, but his schauffeur
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could have. While we're entering the building. His chauffeur, Yes, was
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he who set me thinking on this line originally. What do you mean by
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that, Patsy. I got a good look at that chauffeur, and I'm
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sure I've seen him somewhere before, a long time ago, and he wasn't
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on the right side of the law either. Oh, it all sounds like
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a big hunch to me, Nick. Yes, you're right, Patsy,
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it's just what it is, a big hunch. Although I have to admit
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your hunches are usually pretty good. Patsy, I feel so sure this hunch
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is right. I'm going to play for Llisworth. What are you going to
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do. I'm gonna start playing it right now. Let's cuppy for me.
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We're going calling on mister Butler Pierce. You're taking a long time opening.
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That's safe, Nick, And it's a tough baby, Scubby. But I've
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almost got it now, Oh, I sure hope. So, Nick,
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I don't think mister Pearce would like to come home and find us here in
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his library. And at this stage I grant you that wouldn't be a trifle
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embarrassing. But when I get through, Ah, I did it. Now
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let's see what we have here, Stubby. Look at this Why, it's
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full of jewelry and that's the real stuff. Yes, unless I miss my
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bet, every piece of it. And for the description of some stolen gem.
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Wow, let's see what else now? Oh, what's that thick?
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What does it look like? It looks like a package of bills, and
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all big ones too. Exactly what it is, Scubby. Let's see how
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much boy? Look at those thousand dollars bills on it. Fifty thousand dollars
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Scubby, the exact amount stolen from the bank. Well, of course it
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could be a coincidence. Yes, it could be, but I doubt it.
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Ah, this does it, Scubby. We don't have to speculate any
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further. Oh, this letter I found on the drawer here clears up everything.
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Listen to this, dear butler. This is a warning to you to
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permit you to escape if you care to do so. I have definite proof
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that you are a thief, and on Monday morning I shall place that proof
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before the proper authorities. You haven't to let time to escape, Signed Wayne
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Belden Gosh. Nick, Yes, Scabby Gosh. And there we have the
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motive of Wayne Beldin's burder. So your hunch was right after all, Nick,
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The rich mister Pierce is nothing but a thief and a murderer. Scubby.
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Oh look, Nick, you better get out of the Scuy. It
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just came to me what Butler Pierce's chauffeur is really Jim Martin. I knew
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I've seen him before. Jim Martin, I never heard of him, Nick,
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Now that was before your time. I tangled with him many years ago
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on the West Coast, one of the cleverest cracksmen in the business. He
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could open almost any safe I could. Oh, so that's it. He
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and Pierce have been working together. Yes, he's with the front and real
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brains, while Martin supplied the technical skills, so to speak. Oh I
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see, well what now, Nick, Scubby? Yeah, I want you
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to clear out of very quick. Take Wayne Beldon's letter with you, get
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it to Lieutenant Raley immediately and tell him to pick up Jim Martin. Oh,
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well, what about Butler Pierce. Don't you worry about him, Scubby.
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I'm staying right here. I want to tackle Butler Pierce myself. Good
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evening, Nick Carter. What are you doing in my house waiting for you?
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Mister Pierce? What do you want? I want you to be reasonable.
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I'm not making any fuss. This isn't the water pistol I've got in
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my hand. Have you gone mad? What in the world are you talking
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about? It? Now? Go Piers, you can drop the act.
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I took the liberty of going through your safe. Oh so that's it.
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You're pretty clever at getting into safe, aren't you. Yes, as good
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at it as your pal Jim Martin. Oh I see, I guess I
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underrated you, Coder. No, Pierce, you overrated yourself. Perhaps what's
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your next move? My next move is to turn over to the law.
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Thief and a murderer. Turn around, get your hands behind you. Uh
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huh, so there is a scratch on your wrist, just as I expected.
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I guess those handcuffs at to hold you for a while. Sit down
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on that chair. Stay there, Riley, This is Nick got the murderer
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Wayne Belding for you, work butler Pierce, Nikka, are you sure you're
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not making a quite sure? Scobby should be at my head quarters in a
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minute now with all the proof you want from Pierce's home. He's sitting in
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a chair right behind me with a pair of handcuffs on him. I'll expect
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you. Oh, Nick, are you all right? He's coming to now?
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Patsy, I'm all right. I guess rather my head. That was
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a nasty bump you got, my boy. I'll take it easy. Here,
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give me your hand. Can you stand up? All right? Boy?
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Yeah, I guess I'm okay. Now what happened, I guess is
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as good as mine, passy. All I know is that I had Butler
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Pierce in my hands, and he's going, that's too bad. Nick,
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Hey, look at the safe. It's empty. Naturally it would be good
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and leave all that evidence lying around. Yeah, it's a good thing we
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got that letter at least that's But the important thing is to find Peers.
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He must be pretty clever, Nick, getting away from you like that,
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Yes, Ptcy, he's all of that more you got away this time.
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But I'll bring him to justice if it's the last thing I ever do.
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Well, Nick, we got Jim Martin anyway, picked him up late last
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night. Good work, Riley. That's half the gang anyway. Yeah,
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I know if we only had Butlo Peers, Yes, but I think it's
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gonna be a lot easier now with Jim Martin in our hands. What do
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you mean, got an idea? Rally? It works. It won't be
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long before we catch up with Wayne Beldon's murder rally. Well, Martin,
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we meet again. Yeah, it's been a long time, ain't it.
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Corner. Yes, but I never forget a face Martin, no matter how
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much it's been changed. I must say, though, the doctor did a
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really good job on you, but it just isn't quite good enough. Yeah,
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you're a smart aggle, right. I guess the boss knows that.
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Boy. Now it's a pretty keen one himself, Martin. I had him,
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but he got away. Yeah, eh, boy, he sure it
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is slick one. I thought him. I had the cuffs on him.
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You didn't make the mistake of trying to hauld him with a pair of handcuffs,
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did you. Yes? Why the rate a pair maid that could hold
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Butler peers? He's a regular whiz. Maybe so, Martin, You're in
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a pretty tough spot. Murder, serious business, murder, Harna, you're
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barking up the wrong tree, Carter. I didn't have nothing to do with
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that. But you did open the vault at the bank. Sure, like
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I don't know all the job for Pierce after he paid the weight, But
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murder, that ain't my rocket. Maybe not. It'll go a lot easier
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with you, Martin if you play ball, meaning you know where Pierce's hideout
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is. Sure, what about it? They want you to help us put
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the finger on him. Now, you want to know me better than that,
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Carter. That's what I thought you'd say. I have a proposition for
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you, Martin. He will help us track him down. We'll set you
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free. The answer is still the same. I'm no stool pigeon. Well,
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Martin, we're going to let you walk out of here anyway. What
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do you say to that? I say it won't work, Carter, What
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do you mean, mesten, I'm out of your game. You're gonna set
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me loose so you can tail me. That is because that's the last thing
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I'd ever do. And I'm telling you that right now. And yet,
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Martin, that's exactly what you're going to do. Lead us right to Butler
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Pierce. You must be off your nut. I wouldn't even try to go
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near him. In fact, I do everything I could to throw you off.
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I know that, Martin. And yet, inspired of yourself, you're
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going to help us catch Butler Peers clerk, Yes, sir, anyway of
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for me today? Names Martin, James Martin, just a minute, I'll
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see Oh nothing, mister Martin. Thanks hello Martin. You expecting a letter
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from someone? Who are you? I'll give you one guess that ough'll be
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enough. Oh you must be the guy that's following me, one of the
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guys, Martin. I'm Scubby Wilson. I work with Nick Carter. I'm
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great to see you. You know, I've been getting sort of anxious the
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last few days to know what you guys look like. Yes, I can
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understand. That must have been quite a strain on you, knowing that you
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were being watched every minute of the day and not knowing who was doing the
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watching. Yeah, it was sort of getting me done a little. Well
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that's what mister Carter was figuring on I guess. Oh, yeah, not
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a good it is gonna do him. You never know, Martin. Hey,
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I can't figure this thing at all. Oh you're not supposed to,
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Martin. No, you just keep on having a good time, that's all
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you bet. I will. And as for Nick Carter, you can tell
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him for me. Whatever his scheme is, it ain't working, to see.
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How do you know it isn't working. I haven't led you to pearce
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yet, have I pound? No, not yet. But you will your
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nuts too. You're all nuts night? Good night. Oh but Martin,
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knowing Nick Carter as I do, I don't think we're the ones that are
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nuts. Well, Nikki, you don't look like that little plan of yours
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is going to pay off that, does it? Know? Be patient,
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Riley's a question of time and all. But Martin's been on the loose now
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for over two weeks. How much long are we going to wait? Nick?
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As long as necessary? Are we? Now? Yes? Rany,
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you agreed. I'm positive what we're doing is the one sure way of getting
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on Pierce's trail. They sure don't seem very positive to me. You've got
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plan, clothes men and detectives outlooking for the manteer. Sure we set out
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a general alarm just as soon as Pierce got away from you, have they
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brought him in yet? Well? No, But I mean my way is
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slow, Riley, But it's sure. Well nickoll I can say? Is
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I wish I was as sure of that as you are. If we don't
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get Pierce this way, they're going to laugh me right out of the department,
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using ugh, valuable men and time. Just keeping an eye on this
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counter that should be behind bars this very second. You will be Riley.
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Just as soon as we got pierced too. They keep you company the police
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headquarters. Lieutenant Radley speaking, Yeah, yeah, yeah, he's here for
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you. Nick, Yeah, thanks very oh oh yes, Kevy yeah uh
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oh you did it? Okay, it's fine, Skeby, good work,
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so long, Skeby, Well, Rally, it looks like this is it?
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Yeah? What happened? Did Martin finally get in touch with Pierce?
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No, Raley, it happened as I expected. The mountain came to Mohammad?
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Who did what? Unless I'm very much mistaken? Pierce has finally got
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in touch with Martin? Oh? Is it? It's me him? Oh?
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Don't you recognize my boys? Hell, Jimmy, whow wore you?
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May? I come in? H Look, lady, I'm afraid that some
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mistake you got the wrong party. There's no mistake, Martton, Holy Mac
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got you Pierce. Yes, it's me much boys. I've seen most of
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your disguises, but this beach more really look like a woman. Thanks.
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Hey, you shouldn't have come here, though, boys. It's dangerous,
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yes, Martin, very dangerous for you. What do you mean boys?
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I don't like a squealer, Martin? A squealer? Me? Hey,
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you got this all wrong? Have I? I never read it on anyone
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bors, I wouldn't start now, not even to save your own neck.
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You were in this thing as deep as I you know, sure, I
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know that. But whatever gave you the idea i'd rat on you? What
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gave me the idea? Oh? I get it? You mean? Why
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am I on a jail? Honest? Boys, this wasn't my idea.
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Carter let me go? You see, he got enough mutton. I think
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I'm a fool. Let you go? Uh? Just like that? Well,
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I won't be so generous stool pigeon. Hey, what are you doing?
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Boss? No? Oh, he ain't gonna use that cat on me.
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Yes again, see, look you I'm making a mistake. Boys,
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Please, you gotta listen to me. Let me tell you how it happened.
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You listen to me, and I'll tell you. Carta didn't have a
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thing on me, not a thing, do you understand? Yes? Sure?
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Then he spotted your ugly mug. Put two and two together. I
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didn't think anybody would recognize that pan of yours anymore, but somehow Carter did.
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So he had you picked up, and what he got out of you
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must have been plenty of Why else would Carter have let you go? I
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don't know. I'll tell you why. Because you spill the works, Martin,
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spill the works and got your freedom for it. No any why they
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let me go. It was all a scheme they had. What are you
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talking about? Sure, Boss? They told me they'd let me go if
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I steered him to the hide art. But I wouldn't do it, not
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me. No, so they let you out anyway. Yeah, Yeah,
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that's it. Okay, squealer, I've heard enough now, no boss,
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no shooting, Nick, You're not the gun right out of his hand,
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Nick Carter. Yes, mister Butler Peers, we meet again. You are
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right, Martin? Yeah? I guess. So you didn't get here any
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too, soda. Oh so I was right you you were expected. Relax,
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Martin wasn't expecting anyone. He played square with you right along. Yes,
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And what was he doing on the loose? Just a temporary arrangement.
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Pierce. There's a trap we set for you, and you obliged us by
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walking right into it. Very clever of your cutter, not at all,
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you see, mister Pierce. I based my plan on the belief that at
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bottom you were not so clever really, And how do you mean that?
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Because instead of doing the really clever thing, getting as far away from you
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as you possibly could. I felt sure that your personal vanity would lead you
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to expose yourself to almost any risk in order to get the man you thought
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it'd betrayed you. All gangsters react that way. You can hardly consider me
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a gangster, mister Carter. At heart, that's exactly what you are,
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and that's what I counted on. So you had it all figured out.
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Yes, I also counted on your pal Martin doing exactly as he did after
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we let him go. He laid low for a while to pray to what
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we were going to do. But after a few days of that, he
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got bored doing nothing, just as I figured he would. Made a lot
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of money out of jobs you two did together, and now we wanted to
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spend something, so we stepped out visited the high spot state at Divine Hotel.
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So I heard, Yes, I knew you would. Matter of fact,
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I counted on him. You figured we got him loose, and I
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paid him well for squealing on you. Help is you put two and two
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together, all right, But you got the wrong answer, and the wrong
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answer you God is going to send you to the electric chair. It is
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the end of the road for you, mister pears. Mister Carter, I
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gotta take my hat off to you, really, Mart, and to what
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am I undebted for this great honor? Who you said i'd lead you to
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Pierce and I said I wouldn't, and you made me do it. You
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even know what I was thinking all the time I did it. Yes,
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Carter, you're cleverer than I thought you would. Thank you, gentlemen.
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I'm very happy I can't stay the same for you too. This has been
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another of the strange adventures off Nick Carter, Master Detective, which are brought
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to you regularly at the same time each week by w R Mutual. Oh,
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what's your story going to be next week? Nick? The title of
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the story that I want to tell you next week really gives you the clue
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to the whole thing. I call it the Corpse of the Cab. Oh
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you mean, I suppose that you're going to tell us how the corpse got
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into the cab, who the corpse was, and so on? Is that
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the idea? That's the idea is the Scott. But it's not nearly as
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simple as it sounds when you tell it. There were no clues on the
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corpse, no means of identification at all that isn't quite true, Passy.
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It would have been literally true if you hadn't been called in on the job.
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You know, Lieutenant Riley was completely down. Yes, but I'm not
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sure just how little it takes to stump my friend Raley completely. Anyway,
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Missus Scott, if Nick hadn't been able to apply a little real deductive reasoning
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to the few bits of evidence he could find, the case would still be
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a nitsy. I know that well, Passy. However that may be to
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show you that next week's story will keep your guessing right to the very end.
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And until then. So long folk, So long everybody, and solong
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to you, both Nick and Patsy. The strange adventure you have just heard.
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Nick Carter was impersonated by Lon Clark, Patsy by Helen Choke, Scubby
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by John Kaine. The story was written for Nick Carter by Ralph Burkey.
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Original music was played by Lou White. The entire production was under the direction
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of Jack McGregor. Next week, at the same time, listen to another
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curious experience of Nick Carter entitled The Corpse in the Cab for Nick Carter and
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the Mystery of the Murder in the Park. This story is a copyrighted feature
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in the studios of WR and is broadcast over most of these stations every Saturday
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evening at seven o'clock Eastern walktime. And don't forget the adventures of Nick's adopted
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son, Chick Carter, are broadcast over most of these stations Monday through Friday
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at five point thirty pm Eastern wartime. This is mutual welcome back. Well,
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it's rare for a detective show to episode to end with the detective being
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praised by you men who are headed up the river and possibly to the electric
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chair or his cleverness and cunning. But I think Nick does earn it here
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saw where he was going. But I still had to appreciate how he played
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the two off against each other to trap the other criminal. Though if Nick's
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psychological profile had been just slightly off, well then maybe you're looking at a
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different ending. But anyways, another episode in the books. We did have
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some comments and praise from Juliet regarding episode ten seventy four, nine Hours to
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Live. Juliet said, this was so good. Love this story. Thanks
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so much, Juliet. Jim says, love the shows. I injured my
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superb shows. Thanks well, thanks so much, Jim, And then a
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comment from podcast ally doing a great job at him well, thank you very
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much for your kind comments. We will be back tomorrow with the conclude usion
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