October 5, 2025 • 21 mins
Nick Carter, Master Detective was a radio crime drama based on tales of the fictional private detective Nick Carter, first seen in 1886, from Street & Smith's dime novels and pulp magazines. Lon Clark played Nick Carter and Charlotte Manson played his assistant, Patsy Bowen. Nick Carter ran from 1943 to 1955.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
At ten o'clock on a Monday night, a man in
the uniform of a sageant police walks down the dark
side street. And he's a small hardware store. Hey, anybody
in the store tell me coming?
Speaker 2 (00:15):
Gotta wait for certain will just put.
Speaker 1 (00:19):
Oh he smoked a cop. I'm looking for Lorry Evans.
He's my own man. But what do you want to
see him for it? And it isn't a pinch kid,
just a friendly visit. Laurie and I used to be
pounds a long time ago. Oh oh, I see they
call me Steve. Pop. Hey, Pop, come on out. You
(00:40):
got a visitor, Pop, pull down your glasses and take
a dander. Hello Laurie, Yes, yes, hello, hey Pop. Let's
be sup. But go to bed. Oh gosh, all right, Saw,
I'm charger, Can I Steve? Well guess you finally look
at here? Yeah? What's the cops you of them for?
(01:03):
This is a cover up for a job. Us two
are gonna pull to now. Can't you leave me alone?
I've been stay for ten years. I haven't done a
job since since a Saint Louis deal. Huh. I lost
my dumb in Saint Louis. But you lost your nerve.
Maybe anyway, I'm straight and I'm staying. Listen, Laurie having
a long time finding you don't think I'm gonna let
you back out now. All I gotta do is pass
(01:25):
some word that good old Laurie Evans is here. One
in a hardware joint. I may okay, what's the deal.
You're gonna help me crack a safe to night lorry
and there's not much in that, saint, but un list
of name, twenty thousand names, and you're gonna help me
grab every one of them. Got you all out. I
(01:48):
ain't want the money, but maybe I'll do. I'm trying,
mister CARDI will be able to see you this morning.
You'll see me good looking out for the government one side.
I will stay here. You can't force your way into
mister Carter's all. What's going on? Oh make me, mister Carter.
I'm from the government. I've got important business for you.
And it's dispatch case. Yeah, what's your name, Steve Evans? Evans,
(02:10):
you're lying? Dispatch case is new. The letter's unscratched, the
price tag it's still on it. Your closing new, your
army discharge buttoner's news. You're obviously your reasonably discharged soldier.
What are you up to? Goshan sure tag me, that's
my business. Ck to Connor, I've got something for you
in this case. Here, Hey, what's this me? It's eight
(02:33):
hundred bucks cash all I saved in the army. Well,
what's it for? If I decided I'm gonna learn how
to be a detective, and you're gonna teach me, mister Carter,
for the love of this is my entrance fee, and
of course more get on. He look here, Evans, this
is impossible. I'm flattered and Nona. You've got a suny
to watch veterans, mister Carter corse, but I really can't
discuss the rigonomous revens. I'm later in a case. Already's
(02:54):
gotta be running along, right, my first question, I'll go along?
Oh all right, come along, come along. We'll discuss this
on the way. Well, that's hey, I'll be down at
derving place of Maddie Safe Burgery and Murder. All right,
all right, I'm here. Well, it's about time. I've been
waiting a half hour for you. I who's visit? This
(03:14):
is Steve Evans wants me to teach him the detective business. Huh.
I haven't had time to talk him out of it yet.
Seesar's inside and leave. It's another homicide squad. I you okay,
Nick stacked the kid in the corner and get a
load of this case. It's a little to head. This
is the business office of United Veterans Incorporated. It's a
veterans organization that publishes a magazine for its boys. And
(03:36):
last night someone was admitted to this office and broke
into the safe by do you know he was admitted?
Neither of the lock of the door were touched. See
the safe there and the body. Yeah, watchman slugged over
the head and killed. Maybe you let the cook in
and this double course? Maybe I what's the protusier about
the case? One little hitch. There was five thousand dollars
in a drawer and that's safe and it wasn't touched.
(04:00):
You know. The only thing lifted the magazine subscription list.
He stole twenty thousand means and a driscus. That's who
the guimonds have been nuts? Who asked you mine? Let's
have a look at the safe. Very neat punch out
then marry yeah, dial knocked off of a sledgehammer, spin
(04:21):
will punch back and the small socket's broken. The way
of cracking a safe. I haven't seen him a long time.
Look at the edges of the broken sackets marches of rust,
not from the safe itself, but from the burglar tool. Yeah,
it must have been an old set of tools. How
can you tell a look at the greater sockets are broken.
Two blows of a chisel to each boat. Took a
(04:42):
strong man to do that. Yeah, I noticed that done
anything from the body. No, not the next sign that
the struggle. Two blows on the head. That's all watching.
It is either tricked and then killed or was an
accessory and a double crossed. The kid was still nothing
but a list of names from the state, and that's
what he was after. Makes this a very serious case. Yeah, why,
(05:02):
mister Carter, Because Steve back in nineteen thirty two, when
Washington announced for the bonus was to be paid war
veterans and crooks broken to the office of the Veterans
Publication and stole a subscription list. Right after that, all
veterans were on that list were be sized with comments
for every known form of confidence game wholly smoke. Thousands
of vets were cheated out of their bonus dollars. And
(05:23):
this is the same setup he stole an names the
former circle list that will no co fortune from veterans
with must bring out paid. My list has got to
be located before it start circuit into the underworld. Well,
how for Pete's sake, you are the man who cracked
its safe. I'm identifying through my files and will may
be relocated. Come on till you get every card off.
Bad thing right, Nick, Well, matter explained to Steve how
(05:44):
we keep files on kirk Oh from a veteran sergeant.
All right, all right, now listen, kid, Every crook uses
a personal technique on the job. Steve, he never changed
it exposed like a autograph. Yeah, the car's Nick, thanks
that thing I do. We're looking for a burger who
opened stakes with a punch technique and a cracks boats
(06:04):
with a chisel rather than a wrench. Yeah, this technique
is so unfamiliar to me. I'm sure he hasn't been
acted lately. All right, let's have him pressing Adam. He's
no records in twenty eight specialty blow towards job bookman.
No records in thirty four specialty punch job take past
card matting. He's a possibility, okay, Dennison, no records in
twenty nine specialty chopping jobs. That's a technique, Steve, of
(06:26):
turning a safe over and chopping the bottom off. Dennison,
isn't that man right? You get in thirty seven specialty
ripping jobs. That's ripping open the safe with the kind
of giant pen open it. No chiding Docenter, man edg.
What's matter about it? You better read it when you're jest, Nick.
Maybe it's a coincidence. But then again, seeing what happened
(06:46):
this morning, I'll see Steve. What's your father's name, Laurie,
Laurie Evans? I see, why did you come to see
me this morning? I already told you I want to
be a detective. Yeah, sure, that's the reason. Not too
late to tell the truth. Well, why would I lie
(07:07):
to you? Mitter Carter? Where is your father? No hardware
store on Mayor Avenue. Hey, what is all this, mister Carter?
The nations will keep right now. We're all getting into
my car and driving out to the hardware store. I've
got to see Laurie Evans. Spread lit it, Steve. Yeah,
come on, look, Mick, what's the kids old man got
(07:29):
to do with it. You've seen Eddie open the door
street right stor Identy, where's your Crothers? Probably in the
back of the store. I call him, Hey, Pop, is
not somebody here to see you? Wait a minute, Nick? Yes,
what is it? The flory here behind the counter behind us?
Holy schmook, Mick, Pop, what's happened to him? Pop? He's dead.
(07:55):
Steve's been murdered behind the sales counter of the other
hardware stor in Brooklyn. Nick examined the body of Lurie
Evans while patting Mattie and Steve Evans. Watch. Laurie Evans
was in a fight before he was killed. Yeah, look
at the scratches on his hands and face and the
fight lay behind his car. And see the nail kegs
and tools knocked off the shelves. Yeah, and he was
thrown down here. I wish i'd been here. Head shruck
(08:18):
that sack of plaster pairs, putting it open. Keller grab
a screw diver and stabbed Laurie with premegdous force. Hear
him almost interested me. But why, mister Carter, Why Steve?
You'd have to know the truth sooner or later. Here's
the card for my files. That led me to ask
you about your father. Lorie Evans enacted since nineteen thirty
(08:40):
five specialty punch jobs further characteristics cracked safe boats with
chisel because not it isn't true My father and the
cook he never watched Steve. It's the truth. There's no question, kid,
your old man pulled the veteran job last night. That's
a lie. He's got an holibi for last night. What
(09:00):
else he was worth a friending? And the cop started
alone and kill me, answered to the burglar. Many. I
was wondering, how haven't got into that office to watch them?
A duked Evans was with a parent police unifor it?
Why do you know the guy with the cook? Why
would you real cop? Because you left the signature here?
What do you mean? Look said? The platter of parents
are stilled on the floor. That's a handprint on it,
(09:21):
a right hand with a thumb missing. The policeman can't
stay on the active courts for the right thumb missing.
You're right, Nick, maybe that's my high pressage your father
than are doing this shab Steve. But that is the
important thing now. The important thing is to find alone
and the twenty thousand nins. He's stolen the for he
pedals them to write a cook in the Country. Now
just a minute. Maybe Steve Evans fooled you, but he
hasn't fooled me. Huh, Nick, I want to know why
(09:41):
he came to you this morning after his old man
cracked a safe at Irving Pole. Why why this is official? Nick?
That looks here you can worry about a sucker list
of twenty thousand indies. I'm worrying about two murders, and
Steve Evans is my number one lead. He better began
the headquarters with me for a long talk. Well, how
(10:02):
about it? Many? Will you try it in my way? Oh?
So daring to see you've ever come up with Mitch
and the instant? But can I swear I'm all Mary?
All right? Old line? What if the fact I won't.
If you stake it ow to I'll see it wasn't tackling. Yeah,
doesn't tell me, doesn't matter. The only way I can
see the locate alone in those pillomas is for you
(10:23):
to escape, so I gathered. But how do we work it?
We'll pay after you escape. Take the northbound subway to
Liceron Park. Yeah, get out of Ih'm gonna take the
ferry across the river from the Parilandic strike north along
the ridge of our road. Yeah yeah, but elsa town
called Hessian court House. Give yourself up to the police.
Put myself off. But I thought I thought you were
in the army. You have to understand all of the parliament. Well,
mister Carter, very well, you've got to get through the
(10:45):
Hessian court House. You've got to follow the rude that
schedule no matter what happens. Oh yeah, one important thing
where a pair of gloves a parent gage. All right,
I'll do it, mister Carter. Just pick what's coming up.
We'll get out of the car. We're got to put
a good show for the benefit. You hit me in
a drawn and look, I'll make sure to fall against
matage so it looks good. Stuck down on the subway,
goo're going catch here? Oh up, far as we go.
(11:11):
Marry you're a fool. I don't know whether Steve is
really or not. But the important thing I receive. Hey,
come back here, watch out, kids getting away. I'm going
way wo that's got to work, Ladies and gentlemen, this
(11:32):
is Nick Carter.
Speaker 2 (11:34):
I'm broadcasting from my car by short waves. Your local
station is kind of consented to relay this announcement to
help in the search for Steve Evans, says thanks. In
the murder of a watchman at herving place and his father,
Laurie Evans in a hardware store in Brooklyn. Steve Evans
has escaped police custody and it's as large in the city.
You're twenty years old, a medium, hype red hair, brown eyes.
Speaker 1 (11:56):
He's wearing gray suits, gray hats, blue over. He has
lost the thumb from his right hand. My last scene,
Steve Evans was on.
Speaker 2 (12:06):
The subway headed north toward Iceham Park. Please communicate any
information to me at once.
Speaker 1 (12:11):
There is a reward for his cast. Hey, buddy, you
got announcement on the air. Had won enough. I heard
it just before I got on the glass station. Nick
Carter's off with a big reward for a killer. Old
cities buzz around for the grabbit. Yeah, who's you looking for?
Guy named Steve Evans killed his old around me say
(12:34):
he killed his home man crdit said that, Yeah, and
a night watchman. Where's the guy? About the medium, I'd say,
like you, and he's he's got with her like like you.
True hey, let me see your right hand. What for
I'm gonna ride? What for? Kids off? I'm let me
see your right hand? Dying mac as it might say, along, Hey, salmon, salmon.
(12:57):
That guy is the killer nobody. I got a hide
out of the station, dark the dr Steve. Here, Chris,
who's rest have to go in? The Curtis secretary? Get
(13:19):
over here on the bench with me. Hurry up. But
how did you? I was on the train with you.
I got out of the head, but I heard the trouble. Steve,
this is an emergency. Make I through, my boyfriend. Put
your drown and keep your head down here they come right,
peace sake. Can't you forget a little privacy in a park? Yeah?
Guy ran pasty towards Broadway. All right, Steve, you can
(13:44):
break it up. Now. Who's going? You're out on the
ferry and keep going, following the swords. He's double crossing me,
telling people I killed my father and offering woman. Don't
ever double crossed anyone in his life. Just following structing seeds.
Speaker 2 (13:54):
Keep going, gentlemen, this is Nick Carter again. Steve Evans
was last thing edit for the ICEM Ferry, and it's
probably attempting to cross the river and escape into open country.
All officials and citizens in that videntity are warned to
keep a sharp lookout. Or a red haired man with
a thumb missing.
Speaker 1 (14:12):
From his right hand. He remembers mighty putty around desk.
Hey buddy, yeah, funny edit, this hair river looks so
calm and tathful. Which is the love happening on? Looks
like that? The arm guards and food signs yeah we'll come,
and you heard is aetila trying to get a chromos
(14:33):
into its permit kill his own manager the name of
Steve Evans. Everybody took me yeah yeah, and the carded
herself it's director of such by radios in come sign
it and loves as there is this Steve Evans. He's
a bitters, he's got red hair and he hey buddy, yeah,
why you eLearn clubs? Because I'm called That's why? Well,
(14:57):
I'd better be moving forward. Harry's good to dot now
just the minute whist he went tipped away two weeks
ers to revere him again? Are you ever seeing them
in has? Is this way? That what I ward on
the big because of the Disney. They're giving me my
truck here, hurry up, can get unto the tender from
the bank. I'll dive off the berylim I had to
(15:18):
hit or the play I'll comorfy. He just screaked over
right over, Wady and gentlemen, this is Nick Carter again.
Speaker 2 (15:32):
After eluding capture by swimming ashore from the action ferry,
Steve Evans has made for the reservoir Road and headed north.
I wonder wand all motorists, I guess picking up hitchhikers.
Please report any information to me immediately.
Speaker 1 (15:49):
For my hand. I'm going to keep going. I'm going
to keep on the head from the court house. I
promised mister Carter. Who's that? And so I'm buying that tree?
What nerves again? Cry? Let's come up the ruins. I'm
gonna stuck an a ditch again me all right, kid,
(16:21):
come out of the dish alone. Yeah, gas malone, how
have you? I've been up and down this road a
dozen times looking for your kid. I've been listening to
them Nick Carter reports like I was a coup myself.
Let him alone. Come on, get into the car, and
no argument. This ron ain't a water pistol, but malone
(16:44):
into the car, kid, I'm gonna drive you to my office.
It's a quiet place where we can have a nice
little talk. Doesn't even adapt their gas. Malone picked up
Steve Avans on the Reservoir Road. The kind of grows up.
It was a small building in downtown New York. Wait here, kid,
(17:07):
get out. Okay, don't get funny, Steve. I just as
soon drop you NW hours later. I'm not crying anything,
not as long as you've got that gun. Open the door,
go straight upstairs. You'll kill my father. Malone. Yeah, kid,
his conscience started bothering him about the way I knocked
(17:29):
off the Watchman last night. It was all performing the cops.
I had to shut him up. No hard feeling, kid.
It was business, Yeah, dirty business, just like I got
nothing against you, kid. Maybe you're a nice guy for
all I know. Open the door, go on in. No, no, kid,
(17:53):
I got nothing against you, but you might make trouble
for me. Let him alone. I got a nice set
up here. See quiet little office. Twenty thousand names of
XG Eyes the hunness suck a list an operator ever
got his hands on, And after I take the cream
off the list, I can sell them names for two
bits each. White there's fifty grand in this deal for
(18:16):
me and I saught. I gotta protect it. Listen, Malone,
you don't have to kill any of the cops want
you for the killings. I don't know how you got
mixed up, and I don't care, just as soon leading
to handle a mess yourself, except for one thing. What
how come they said you was miss the thumb? They
(18:36):
said I was missing a hot com What you tell
him I have? I told him nothing. Now, Look this
is the clutch kid. We're all alone here, you, me
and this gun. Now I want some answers. What about
the thumb? Honest Malone? Idel Hey, mischief that time, Steve,
(18:57):
But I'll take better ring the next time. Why the
cups say he was missing a thumb, Steven ceremony. I
won't think a gun see, okay? Sorry, I was like
getting up the stairs at the door of the luggage
compartment of Malone's cards end on it to tempt me
to get out. God stop your whining, Malone. And that's
(19:21):
put a bullet to your left hand. As Oh, maybe
you'll lose that thumb too. But I won't take any
difference to you when you're in a chair. That's the
car I still don't understand why I had to go
through that whole routine. You were dasty, you were might
just be, But why you see, Steve, it would have
been impossible to track Malone down in time to stop
him from using those stolen names. So instead of looking
(19:42):
for him, I made him look for me and lead
me to the stolen names. Yeah, but he was looking
for me naturally, that's what I wanted. So I started
up a big first made broadcast every fifteen minutes, kept
stressing the fact that you had a missing thumb. Well,
that's what I don't care. Malone believed the police were
after you, but he couldn't understand about that. Finally, it's
curiosity got the better of me. Had to find you
(20:03):
and ask you about it. Oh. I made sure he
didn't know where to find you, but he might have
killed me. I don't really found out what he wanted
to know, and I felt sure he wouldn't try anything
where he picked you up because I might be police around.
And don't forget, Steve, I followed you up the reservoir road,
hiding in a brush behind you, and that was you
behind that tree. Right as soon as I heard Malone
say he was going to drive to his office. I
(20:23):
slipped him to the baggage for Batman of his car
when he was talking to you, because his office was
what I wanted to locate. Attacked it seven times on
the road, Steed, I was in nick Felst my house. Fast.
You dove into the ditch, didn't you just puck me?
She's worried, Oh well, they'll pass you. Twice in that
truck when he d behind a dude when she got
behind a detour saying, hey, mister Carter's just what detectives
(20:46):
have to do all the time, most of the time,
which brings up the original question of your taking lessons
from me. Now, look, you don't have to say anything,
mister Carter, none of his business of being a detective
from me. You know what I'm gonna do, get myself
a nice easy job. I'm going to re enlist in
the army.
At ten o'clock on a Monday night, a man in
the uniform of a sageant police walks down the dark
side street. And he's a small hardware store. Hey, anybody
in the store tell me coming?
Speaker 2 (00:15):
Gotta wait for certain will just put.
Speaker 1 (00:19):
Oh he smoked a cop. I'm looking for Lorry Evans.
He's my own man. But what do you want to
see him for it? And it isn't a pinch kid,
just a friendly visit. Laurie and I used to be
pounds a long time ago. Oh oh, I see they
call me Steve. Pop. Hey, Pop, come on out. You
(00:40):
got a visitor, Pop, pull down your glasses and take
a dander. Hello Laurie, Yes, yes, hello, hey Pop. Let's
be sup. But go to bed. Oh gosh, all right, Saw,
I'm charger, Can I Steve? Well guess you finally look
at here? Yeah? What's the cops you of them for?
(01:03):
This is a cover up for a job. Us two
are gonna pull to now. Can't you leave me alone?
I've been stay for ten years. I haven't done a
job since since a Saint Louis deal. Huh. I lost
my dumb in Saint Louis. But you lost your nerve.
Maybe anyway, I'm straight and I'm staying. Listen, Laurie having
a long time finding you don't think I'm gonna let
you back out now. All I gotta do is pass
(01:25):
some word that good old Laurie Evans is here. One
in a hardware joint. I may okay, what's the deal.
You're gonna help me crack a safe to night lorry
and there's not much in that, saint, but un list
of name, twenty thousand names, and you're gonna help me
grab every one of them. Got you all out. I
(01:48):
ain't want the money, but maybe I'll do. I'm trying,
mister CARDI will be able to see you this morning.
You'll see me good looking out for the government one side.
I will stay here. You can't force your way into
mister Carter's all. What's going on? Oh make me, mister Carter.
I'm from the government. I've got important business for you.
And it's dispatch case. Yeah, what's your name, Steve Evans? Evans,
(02:10):
you're lying? Dispatch case is new. The letter's unscratched, the
price tag it's still on it. Your closing new, your
army discharge buttoner's news. You're obviously your reasonably discharged soldier.
What are you up to? Goshan sure tag me, that's
my business. Ck to Connor, I've got something for you
in this case. Here, Hey, what's this me? It's eight
(02:33):
hundred bucks cash all I saved in the army. Well,
what's it for? If I decided I'm gonna learn how
to be a detective, and you're gonna teach me, mister Carter,
for the love of this is my entrance fee, and
of course more get on. He look here, Evans, this
is impossible. I'm flattered and Nona. You've got a suny
to watch veterans, mister Carter corse, but I really can't
discuss the rigonomous revens. I'm later in a case. Already's
(02:54):
gotta be running along, right, my first question, I'll go along?
Oh all right, come along, come along. We'll discuss this
on the way. Well, that's hey, I'll be down at
derving place of Maddie Safe Burgery and Murder. All right,
all right, I'm here. Well, it's about time. I've been
waiting a half hour for you. I who's visit? This
(03:14):
is Steve Evans wants me to teach him the detective business. Huh.
I haven't had time to talk him out of it yet.
Seesar's inside and leave. It's another homicide squad. I you okay,
Nick stacked the kid in the corner and get a
load of this case. It's a little to head. This
is the business office of United Veterans Incorporated. It's a
veterans organization that publishes a magazine for its boys. And
(03:36):
last night someone was admitted to this office and broke
into the safe by do you know he was admitted?
Neither of the lock of the door were touched. See
the safe there and the body. Yeah, watchman slugged over
the head and killed. Maybe you let the cook in
and this double course? Maybe I what's the protusier about
the case? One little hitch. There was five thousand dollars
in a drawer and that's safe and it wasn't touched.
(04:00):
You know. The only thing lifted the magazine subscription list.
He stole twenty thousand means and a driscus. That's who
the guimonds have been nuts? Who asked you mine? Let's
have a look at the safe. Very neat punch out
then marry yeah, dial knocked off of a sledgehammer, spin
(04:21):
will punch back and the small socket's broken. The way
of cracking a safe. I haven't seen him a long time.
Look at the edges of the broken sackets marches of rust,
not from the safe itself, but from the burglar tool. Yeah,
it must have been an old set of tools. How
can you tell a look at the greater sockets are broken.
Two blows of a chisel to each boat. Took a
(04:42):
strong man to do that. Yeah, I noticed that done
anything from the body. No, not the next sign that
the struggle. Two blows on the head. That's all watching.
It is either tricked and then killed or was an
accessory and a double crossed. The kid was still nothing
but a list of names from the state, and that's
what he was after. Makes this a very serious case. Yeah, why,
(05:02):
mister Carter, Because Steve back in nineteen thirty two, when
Washington announced for the bonus was to be paid war
veterans and crooks broken to the office of the Veterans
Publication and stole a subscription list. Right after that, all
veterans were on that list were be sized with comments
for every known form of confidence game wholly smoke. Thousands
of vets were cheated out of their bonus dollars. And
(05:23):
this is the same setup he stole an names the
former circle list that will no co fortune from veterans
with must bring out paid. My list has got to
be located before it start circuit into the underworld. Well,
how for Pete's sake, you are the man who cracked
its safe. I'm identifying through my files and will may
be relocated. Come on till you get every card off.
Bad thing right, Nick, Well, matter explained to Steve how
(05:44):
we keep files on kirk Oh from a veteran sergeant.
All right, all right, now listen, kid, Every crook uses
a personal technique on the job. Steve, he never changed
it exposed like a autograph. Yeah, the car's Nick, thanks
that thing I do. We're looking for a burger who
opened stakes with a punch technique and a cracks boats
(06:04):
with a chisel rather than a wrench. Yeah, this technique
is so unfamiliar to me. I'm sure he hasn't been
acted lately. All right, let's have him pressing Adam. He's
no records in twenty eight specialty blow towards job bookman.
No records in thirty four specialty punch job take past
card matting. He's a possibility, okay, Dennison, no records in
twenty nine specialty chopping jobs. That's a technique, Steve, of
(06:26):
turning a safe over and chopping the bottom off. Dennison,
isn't that man right? You get in thirty seven specialty
ripping jobs. That's ripping open the safe with the kind
of giant pen open it. No chiding Docenter, man edg.
What's matter about it? You better read it when you're jest, Nick.
Maybe it's a coincidence. But then again, seeing what happened
(06:46):
this morning, I'll see Steve. What's your father's name, Laurie,
Laurie Evans? I see, why did you come to see
me this morning? I already told you I want to
be a detective. Yeah, sure, that's the reason. Not too
late to tell the truth. Well, why would I lie
(07:07):
to you? Mitter Carter? Where is your father? No hardware
store on Mayor Avenue. Hey, what is all this, mister Carter?
The nations will keep right now. We're all getting into
my car and driving out to the hardware store. I've
got to see Laurie Evans. Spread lit it, Steve. Yeah,
come on, look, Mick, what's the kids old man got
(07:29):
to do with it. You've seen Eddie open the door
street right stor Identy, where's your Crothers? Probably in the
back of the store. I call him, Hey, Pop, is
not somebody here to see you? Wait a minute, Nick? Yes,
what is it? The flory here behind the counter behind us?
Holy schmook, Mick, Pop, what's happened to him? Pop? He's dead.
(07:55):
Steve's been murdered behind the sales counter of the other
hardware stor in Brooklyn. Nick examined the body of Lurie
Evans while patting Mattie and Steve Evans. Watch. Laurie Evans
was in a fight before he was killed. Yeah, look
at the scratches on his hands and face and the
fight lay behind his car. And see the nail kegs
and tools knocked off the shelves. Yeah, and he was
thrown down here. I wish i'd been here. Head shruck
(08:18):
that sack of plaster pairs, putting it open. Keller grab
a screw diver and stabbed Laurie with premegdous force. Hear
him almost interested me. But why, mister Carter, Why Steve?
You'd have to know the truth sooner or later. Here's
the card for my files. That led me to ask
you about your father. Lorie Evans enacted since nineteen thirty
(08:40):
five specialty punch jobs further characteristics cracked safe boats with
chisel because not it isn't true My father and the
cook he never watched Steve. It's the truth. There's no question, kid,
your old man pulled the veteran job last night. That's
a lie. He's got an holibi for last night. What
(09:00):
else he was worth a friending? And the cop started
alone and kill me, answered to the burglar. Many. I
was wondering, how haven't got into that office to watch them?
A duked Evans was with a parent police unifor it?
Why do you know the guy with the cook? Why
would you real cop? Because you left the signature here?
What do you mean? Look said? The platter of parents
are stilled on the floor. That's a handprint on it,
(09:21):
a right hand with a thumb missing. The policeman can't
stay on the active courts for the right thumb missing.
You're right, Nick, maybe that's my high pressage your father
than are doing this shab Steve. But that is the
important thing now. The important thing is to find alone
and the twenty thousand nins. He's stolen the for he
pedals them to write a cook in the Country. Now
just a minute. Maybe Steve Evans fooled you, but he
hasn't fooled me. Huh, Nick, I want to know why
(09:41):
he came to you this morning after his old man
cracked a safe at Irving Pole. Why why this is official? Nick?
That looks here you can worry about a sucker list
of twenty thousand indies. I'm worrying about two murders, and
Steve Evans is my number one lead. He better began
the headquarters with me for a long talk. Well, how
(10:02):
about it? Many? Will you try it in my way? Oh?
So daring to see you've ever come up with Mitch
and the instant? But can I swear I'm all Mary?
All right? Old line? What if the fact I won't.
If you stake it ow to I'll see it wasn't tackling. Yeah,
doesn't tell me, doesn't matter. The only way I can
see the locate alone in those pillomas is for you
(10:23):
to escape, so I gathered. But how do we work it?
We'll pay after you escape. Take the northbound subway to
Liceron Park. Yeah, get out of Ih'm gonna take the
ferry across the river from the Parilandic strike north along
the ridge of our road. Yeah yeah, but elsa town
called Hessian court House. Give yourself up to the police.
Put myself off. But I thought I thought you were
in the army. You have to understand all of the parliament. Well,
mister Carter, very well, you've got to get through the
(10:45):
Hessian court House. You've got to follow the rude that
schedule no matter what happens. Oh yeah, one important thing
where a pair of gloves a parent gage. All right,
I'll do it, mister Carter. Just pick what's coming up.
We'll get out of the car. We're got to put
a good show for the benefit. You hit me in
a drawn and look, I'll make sure to fall against
matage so it looks good. Stuck down on the subway,
goo're going catch here? Oh up, far as we go.
(11:11):
Marry you're a fool. I don't know whether Steve is
really or not. But the important thing I receive. Hey,
come back here, watch out, kids getting away. I'm going
way wo that's got to work, Ladies and gentlemen, this
(11:32):
is Nick Carter.
Speaker 2 (11:34):
I'm broadcasting from my car by short waves. Your local
station is kind of consented to relay this announcement to
help in the search for Steve Evans, says thanks. In
the murder of a watchman at herving place and his father,
Laurie Evans in a hardware store in Brooklyn. Steve Evans
has escaped police custody and it's as large in the city.
You're twenty years old, a medium, hype red hair, brown eyes.
Speaker 1 (11:56):
He's wearing gray suits, gray hats, blue over. He has
lost the thumb from his right hand. My last scene,
Steve Evans was on.
Speaker 2 (12:06):
The subway headed north toward Iceham Park. Please communicate any
information to me at once.
Speaker 1 (12:11):
There is a reward for his cast. Hey, buddy, you
got announcement on the air. Had won enough. I heard
it just before I got on the glass station. Nick
Carter's off with a big reward for a killer. Old
cities buzz around for the grabbit. Yeah, who's you looking for?
Guy named Steve Evans killed his old around me say
(12:34):
he killed his home man crdit said that, Yeah, and
a night watchman. Where's the guy? About the medium, I'd say,
like you, and he's he's got with her like like you.
True hey, let me see your right hand. What for
I'm gonna ride? What for? Kids off? I'm let me
see your right hand? Dying mac as it might say, along, Hey, salmon, salmon.
(12:57):
That guy is the killer nobody. I got a hide
out of the station, dark the dr Steve. Here, Chris,
who's rest have to go in? The Curtis secretary? Get
(13:19):
over here on the bench with me. Hurry up. But
how did you? I was on the train with you.
I got out of the head, but I heard the trouble. Steve,
this is an emergency. Make I through, my boyfriend. Put
your drown and keep your head down here they come right,
peace sake. Can't you forget a little privacy in a park? Yeah?
Guy ran pasty towards Broadway. All right, Steve, you can
(13:44):
break it up. Now. Who's going? You're out on the
ferry and keep going, following the swords. He's double crossing me,
telling people I killed my father and offering woman. Don't
ever double crossed anyone in his life. Just following structing seeds.
Speaker 2 (13:54):
Keep going, gentlemen, this is Nick Carter again. Steve Evans
was last thing edit for the ICEM Ferry, and it's
probably attempting to cross the river and escape into open country.
All officials and citizens in that videntity are warned to
keep a sharp lookout. Or a red haired man with
a thumb missing.
Speaker 1 (14:12):
From his right hand. He remembers mighty putty around desk.
Hey buddy, yeah, funny edit, this hair river looks so
calm and tathful. Which is the love happening on? Looks
like that? The arm guards and food signs yeah we'll come,
and you heard is aetila trying to get a chromos
(14:33):
into its permit kill his own manager the name of
Steve Evans. Everybody took me yeah yeah, and the carded
herself it's director of such by radios in come sign
it and loves as there is this Steve Evans. He's
a bitters, he's got red hair and he hey buddy, yeah,
why you eLearn clubs? Because I'm called That's why? Well,
(14:57):
I'd better be moving forward. Harry's good to dot now
just the minute whist he went tipped away two weeks
ers to revere him again? Are you ever seeing them
in has? Is this way? That what I ward on
the big because of the Disney. They're giving me my
truck here, hurry up, can get unto the tender from
the bank. I'll dive off the berylim I had to
(15:18):
hit or the play I'll comorfy. He just screaked over
right over, Wady and gentlemen, this is Nick Carter again.
Speaker 2 (15:32):
After eluding capture by swimming ashore from the action ferry,
Steve Evans has made for the reservoir Road and headed north.
I wonder wand all motorists, I guess picking up hitchhikers.
Please report any information to me immediately.
Speaker 1 (15:49):
For my hand. I'm going to keep going. I'm going
to keep on the head from the court house. I
promised mister Carter. Who's that? And so I'm buying that tree?
What nerves again? Cry? Let's come up the ruins. I'm
gonna stuck an a ditch again me all right, kid,
(16:21):
come out of the dish alone. Yeah, gas malone, how
have you? I've been up and down this road a
dozen times looking for your kid. I've been listening to
them Nick Carter reports like I was a coup myself.
Let him alone. Come on, get into the car, and
no argument. This ron ain't a water pistol, but malone
(16:44):
into the car, kid, I'm gonna drive you to my office.
It's a quiet place where we can have a nice
little talk. Doesn't even adapt their gas. Malone picked up
Steve Avans on the Reservoir Road. The kind of grows up.
It was a small building in downtown New York. Wait here, kid,
(17:07):
get out. Okay, don't get funny, Steve. I just as
soon drop you NW hours later. I'm not crying anything,
not as long as you've got that gun. Open the door,
go straight upstairs. You'll kill my father. Malone. Yeah, kid,
his conscience started bothering him about the way I knocked
(17:29):
off the Watchman last night. It was all performing the cops.
I had to shut him up. No hard feeling, kid.
It was business, Yeah, dirty business, just like I got
nothing against you, kid. Maybe you're a nice guy for
all I know. Open the door, go on in. No, no, kid,
(17:53):
I got nothing against you, but you might make trouble
for me. Let him alone. I got a nice set
up here. See quiet little office. Twenty thousand names of
XG Eyes the hunness suck a list an operator ever
got his hands on, And after I take the cream
off the list, I can sell them names for two
bits each. White there's fifty grand in this deal for
(18:16):
me and I saught. I gotta protect it. Listen, Malone,
you don't have to kill any of the cops want
you for the killings. I don't know how you got
mixed up, and I don't care, just as soon leading
to handle a mess yourself, except for one thing. What
how come they said you was miss the thumb? They
(18:36):
said I was missing a hot com What you tell
him I have? I told him nothing. Now, Look this
is the clutch kid. We're all alone here, you, me
and this gun. Now I want some answers. What about
the thumb? Honest Malone? Idel Hey, mischief that time, Steve,
(18:57):
But I'll take better ring the next time. Why the
cups say he was missing a thumb, Steven ceremony. I
won't think a gun see, okay? Sorry, I was like
getting up the stairs at the door of the luggage
compartment of Malone's cards end on it to tempt me
to get out. God stop your whining, Malone. And that's
(19:21):
put a bullet to your left hand. As Oh, maybe
you'll lose that thumb too. But I won't take any
difference to you when you're in a chair. That's the
car I still don't understand why I had to go
through that whole routine. You were dasty, you were might
just be, But why you see, Steve, it would have
been impossible to track Malone down in time to stop
him from using those stolen names. So instead of looking
(19:42):
for him, I made him look for me and lead
me to the stolen names. Yeah, but he was looking
for me naturally, that's what I wanted. So I started
up a big first made broadcast every fifteen minutes, kept
stressing the fact that you had a missing thumb. Well,
that's what I don't care. Malone believed the police were
after you, but he couldn't understand about that. Finally, it's
curiosity got the better of me. Had to find you
(20:03):
and ask you about it. Oh. I made sure he
didn't know where to find you, but he might have
killed me. I don't really found out what he wanted
to know, and I felt sure he wouldn't try anything
where he picked you up because I might be police around.
And don't forget, Steve, I followed you up the reservoir road,
hiding in a brush behind you, and that was you
behind that tree. Right as soon as I heard Malone
say he was going to drive to his office. I
(20:23):
slipped him to the baggage for Batman of his car
when he was talking to you, because his office was
what I wanted to locate. Attacked it seven times on
the road, Steed, I was in nick Felst my house. Fast.
You dove into the ditch, didn't you just puck me?
She's worried, Oh well, they'll pass you. Twice in that
truck when he d behind a dude when she got
behind a detour saying, hey, mister Carter's just what detectives
(20:46):
have to do all the time, most of the time,
which brings up the original question of your taking lessons
from me. Now, look, you don't have to say anything,
mister Carter, none of his business of being a detective
from me. You know what I'm gonna do, get myself
a nice easy job. I'm going to re enlist in
the army.
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