 Yes, it's another case for that most famous of all man-hutters the detective whose ability at solving crime is unequaled in the history of detective fiction Nick Carter master detective tonight's curious adventure Well, mr. Nicholas Carter, are you going to answer your telephone? Are you going to take me out to lunch as you promised? There's no reason why I can't do both fancy Nick Carter speaking Oh That's a matter Riley can't headquarter solve this case without me An order rally What are you talking about the body of a man was washed up on the beach this morning? Only he didn't die from drowning. It was murder. Yes There was no identification on the body none at all except one of your business cards Nick Carter private detective what I hid the card in my pocket as soon as I laid eyes on it But there's a chance one of the reporters thought before I did You've already done it. I'll be there in the double rally. Bye What's up me plenty look Betsy hold on the office until you hear for me. I'll call you within an hour I knew you shouldn't have answered that phone business before pleasure Patsy and right now I've got business at the city more Got him rally and a slab out here. He's on ice in the box at the end of the room there And I'm telling you one thing Nick Carter It's lucky for you that I was here when he was brought in now look rally surely You weren't trying to pull me into this thing just because the fellow was carrying one of my cards Probably hundreds of people I never heard of her carry my name in a vest box If you'd rather be explained into the captain how your card got on the corpse. Oh now take it easy Well, you know what it means for an officer of the larger concealed evidence Nick How do I know one of those reporters your photographers isn't telling the captain right now? Let's worry about one thing at a time He said the body was washed up on the beach on the north shore of Long Island as it was Stuffed in a gunny sack with every bit of identification removed everything was ripped out except a concealed pocket Yes, I know with my card Here we are last box here Take a good look Nick Yeah, did you ever see him before? Oh, yes, that's Stanley Phillips, huh? Dr. Stanley Phillips is a research chemist Sort of an eccentric. Oh Bar me, huh? No, no, that's strange. He's assisted me in a few investigations But for the most part it was pretty much of a hermit didn't like to mix with people Yeah, that don't make sense people who mind their own business don't get and go around getting themselves murdered Where did he live? There's a big house on a Long Island sound, but his laboratory was in his yacht His anchor about half mile or so up in the house if I remember correctly laboratory on a yacht. He was bar me Hey, rally look Here in his neck Well, what did you expect I told you he was tangled your top see short He was dead before he was put into the gunny sack and thrown into the water. I know but that isn't what I mean Here look at the prints in his neck closely. Look him. Yeah. Yeah, well, unless I miss my guess rally He was murdered by a left-handed killer Hey Maybe you've got something there Nick I'll phone the fingerprint expert right now. Let me at the phone first I gotta be on my way, you know now don't be forgetting you can't take long on this Nick The captain will be wanting to question you about your card being found in the body I can't hold off more than a few hours. Give me those few hours rally and I'll wrap the murderer up and wax paper Oh, we got work to do yes, Nick I want you to go through the files and they got all the stuff we have on dr. Stanley Phillips Yeah, that's the one research chemist get all the dope one. I'm gonna meet me down in front of the office in 10 minutes I'll pick you up. All right. That's all Where you headed for Nick the Phillips estate and Long Island sound meet me there as soon as you get the report on The fingerprints of Stanley Phillips Nick Leni the Henry sister ever married after the parents died they continued to live in the big manor house What did you say the sister's name was Rose Phillips Rose go on you know all about his laboratory being on his yard Mm-hmm. It's supposed to be one of the best private laboratories in the country used to do a lot of research work for big companies That's a laboratory assistant Tom Marx young man And let's see what else and oh his hobby was writing scientific articles They were usually about the effects of an habit forming drugs yet an article in popular research last month entitled morphine exposed So we wrote about habit forming drugs, huh? Hmm You know Patsy this case might turn out to be more than just an ordinary murder I guess nobody's home Nick you're wrong about that Betsy So the curtains of the window move Founding in the door isn't gonna do any good either whoever's in there. Everybody doesn't want colors today However, what are you going to do open the door this little lock picker of mine? There it is All right, come on Patsy. We're going in Don't see anybody stay behind me Put your hands up over your head. She's got a gun Nick your rose Phillips. I'd take it miss keep your hands up I'm asking the questions Who are you? I'm Nick Carter and this is yes, and this is my assistant Root Patsy bone Nick Carter the great detective where my brother often speaks of you He thinks you're wonderful Nick. She doesn't know yet miss Phillips. I'm sorry to have to tell you like this But your brother is dead He's yes I'm afraid he was murdered. No, if you'll just put that gun away miss Phillips. We'll talk things over Was a fiendish killing and I'm going to do all I can to bring the criminal to justice. You may be sure of that rose Rose I'm in here Richard. Oh Well, who are these people? I thought Stanley told you never let strangers in the house. It's all right Richard This is Nick Carter the detective and his assistant. Oh Well, that's different. How do you do miss Carter? I'm Richard Cole's I take it you've already heard about dr. Phillips Yes, ghastly isn't it I can hardly believe it the police say it was murder For the life of me, I can't imagine who would want to murder Stanley He was a strange man. Mr. Carter very strange Yet a phobia about not letting anyone in the house when he was away You seem to manage an entrance. All right, mr. Cole's will I mr. Cole's a very old friend of the family and has always had a Key to the house. He's our lord. I can't get over it Nick You don't seem to be surprised that you were shot at back there in the house I'm not passing. That's why I was standing beside that suit of armor that protected me by deflecting the bullets Nick your presence on the Phillips case is most annoying to someone to bear that window was frosted glass Couldn't get a look at the gunman that tiny crack the window was open Well now did you find what I told you to look for in the cottage occupied by Tom Marks the lab assistant Yes, I found a pair of his gloves good had to go through all his desk drawers to find them, too. Let me see them Mm-hmm all seems to be adding up Almost too neatly adds up to a pair of gloves. That's all look fancy Cole's told me back. There's something about the terms of Phillips will If you live to be 50 his estate was to go to a foundation He died before that rose was to inherit all the estate, but that makes rose. No, no, no, no I don't suspect rose or grief seemed genuine, but there's something else. I learned Tom Marks Phillips lab assistants in love with Rose They've been wanting to get married, but Phillips opposed the marriage now the field is clear Well, who does the money to boot? But that still doesn't make Tom Marks. That's me. I'm almost certain Phillips was strangled by a left-handed killer These gloves of Marks you brought me show that he's left-handed. Oh, and that leads us where right out to the laboratory in the yacht I've got to find Tom Marks Really suppose Dr. Phillips had his laboratory way out here in the middle of the sound there's no mystery to that one Patsy told me why once well why so people couldn't bother him I'd have used his technical knowledge a lot more often on cases myself a bit more accessible Well, here we are. This is the Phillips yacht. I'll tie up here Never climbed up a rope ladder before and you're not going up now either not until I look around the boat myself Nick am I helping you on this case or not? You are that I don't want you taking unnecessary chances Nick, please I'm quite a minute better Let's see if we can raise somebody from you Hello up there Hello aboard the Phillips yacht. It's funny Tom Marks is aboard. He's keeping quiet about it I will find out right now You better stay here in the motorboat and let you solve this case alone not a chance. Okay, okay, but stay directly behind me remember Climbing this rope lad is no cinch. I'm glad I'm not a sailor. Can you make it? I'm coming What do you think you'll find Nick Tom Marks? I hope here. Let me give you a hand over the rail Thanks Well There's nobody to lay out the welcome rug and the deck of this floating laboratory. Well, that doesn't mean we're alone fancy Come on. We're going down this companion way. Okay. I'm not mistaken. It leads to Philips laboratory This is the laboratory. All right, Betsy stay behind me. I'm gonna open the door Marks Tom Marks you in there. All right, Betsy. We can go in Tom Marks seems to have vanished But he certainly left a mess behind him. Yes overturned retorts Bunsen burner knocked over Hmm look here on the floor Broken bottle sulfuric acid spilled and eating to the floor Yes, this is where dr. Stanley Phillips met his death. All right, and when the killer came at him He was sitting at this desk writing. Well, how do you figure that and bottle of ink tipped over? Wonder if he has any papers here that'll tell us what we want to know Desk and rifled everything of any value has already been taken still all adds up to Tom Marks, doesn't it? Yep seems to We'll know for sure as soon as rally gets the report from the fingerprint expert Nick Nick come here. Look what I found in the sink. What this piece of paper. Let's see That's in dr. Phillips handwriting somebody tried to burn it out Then they threw it on the drain board of the sink here part of it didn't burn see if I can figure it out Like you to know The man whom I have trusted and worked with these many years is I have discovered The head of a giant dope peddling ring and using my premises to carry on his business. This man is Oh Fatsy Fatsy, where are you? Fatsy You all right Fatsy My head somebody hit me. Stay where you are. I found a switch Yeah, I'll find this which is just a second. Oh The lights won't work. It must have been turned off the master switch in the Andrew room And that means there's more than one person on this boat besides us One of them turned off the lights and the other one shot at us in here You were right when you said you felt everything wasn't okay on this yard. We're able to get up at sea. Oh sure I'm all right now. Just a big hen's egg on my head. That's all okay. Come on Nick did they take the note? That's what I want to find out. Let's see flash a light down in the sink Yeah, it's gone But wait, what are you going to do clean up the sink a little ashes don't look well scattered around on a white sink carefully now But Yeah, there we are Now we're ready ready for what to search this yacht from stem to stern What in places has been keeping you Nick? I've been cooling my heels on this dock for the past half hour here I hope you'd be here rally. Oh, oh Patsy, you look as if you'd seen a ghost on that yacht. I did somebody took a shot at the dock What that's a good knock down the fray doesn't get a nasty bump in there So who did it Nick whoever it was made a neat getaway That's a nice search the ship afterwards from end to end but didn't find a soul Did you see anybody coming in from the yacht? Now there is always coming off that board since I've been here Thank the only two people who've been near here was two fishermen. Are you sure they were fishermen am I sure and now look Nick Don't be giving me that it was bona fide fisherman. All right They pulled that little robot to shore away down the beach and I saw him bring in there to catch and a nice string of fish It was okay, okay, so they were really well. What about your report? Oh, oh that when Nick was right our fingerprint expert examined the marks on dr. Phillips neck and said he was Undoubted list tangled by a left-handed killer and now all we've got to do is find a left-handed man who had a reason to murder the doctor We found him. What's that? Dr. Phillips laboratory assistant Tom Mark has left-handed See you sure worked fast Nick and it's a good thing to the captain found out about your card being found on the body Hey, what kind of a scoundrel is this Tom Mark's? I don't know haven't seen him yet. Wasn't that his cottage and he wasn't in the lab in the yacht And let's make tax mr. Private detective and such the grounds here. Wait a minute. Wait a minute There's one thing more you want to know huh whoever killed dr. Stanley Phillips is the head of a giant dope ring Phillips was killed because he was about to expose the man Hey, that would be the laboratory assistant. He'd have access to drugs Who in tarnation is that Richard Cole's most friend of the Phillips and also the lawyer Rally yeah, there's an open your pocket careful of it piece of evidence that picked up in the boat. Okay, Nick Mr. Carter, I've been hunting everywhere for you. I'm it's cold. This is lieutenant Riley from headquarters. Oh, I'm glad you're here lieutenant We're up against a dangerous criminal. I don't worry mr. Coles the law always gets its man What do you want to see me about mr. Cole rose Phillips? She's gone. How do you know come up to the house with me? I'll show you something. It's happened to what I'm sure hurry This is Rose's bedroom lieutenant Somebody was making a fast getaway. All right. Yes. Just look at the room Close true and all over one of her suitcases is gone and this suitcase half packed was left behind She and the laboratory assistant must have been in on this together if she wasn't guilty She wouldn't have run away. Oh, she must have been out of her mind Of course Rose was in love with Tom and Nick. What's the matter Betsy? What are you frowning at? Rose Phillips didn't run away. Well, who went to it didn't run away. What are you saying, Betsy? No girl will run away voluntarily and leave all her makeup behind. Look at that dressing table. Nothing's been touched You're right Betsy say do you suppose? Oh, no, no, what is it mr. Coles? Do you suppose that Tom could have forced her to leave to me to me kidnappers? Well, he won't get away with it I'll call headquarters and have a card and thrown around this entire district We'll catch Tom marks before he gets to the next town. Good idea Riley do that Well, mr. Coles. Yes, mr. Carter. I guess lieutenant Riley has this case all sewed up His men will have Tom marks and Rose Phillips within the hour Well, mr. Carter. It was nice of you to take such an interest in my friend's death Would you care for a cigarette? Oh, no, thanks You lieutenant. Why are you sure sure? I don't mind if I do of course Like yeah, thanks. Thanks. Well, goodbye, mr. Coles. Goodbye. Come on Betsy There's a one right over here on the table hurry up. That's it. We've got work to do I thought you said the case was finished not by a long shot I said that for their benefit you and I are going over this estate for the fine tooth comb I'm not satisfied yet Do you see anything good come on in shut the door Do you think anyone saw it headed for this boat house? I hope not. Oh, well be careful. You don't step up in the water There's a small speed boat in the water When do you think they put it in dry docks or late in the season the pens Betsy look up there mounted in the bow But machine gun. Hmm. This boat was used for business Who'd ever think a quiet little chemist like dr. Phillips kept a mounted machine gun on a speedboat I believe this set up down here was news to dr. Phillips to hold on to my arm. We'll look around Oh, Nick, don't step on the fish string of fish Nick those fishermen Riley's all must have come in here Betsy This catch isn't fresh what those men use this string of dead fish just a fool Riley And those were the men who made trouble for us on the yacht. Yeah, they must have been Plenty of life preserver stacked up in here. Yeah, that's strange Yeah, Betsy take the flashlight and play on this one. Okay What are you doing taking it to pieces? No, just examining it There we have it what a small waterproof pockets been sewn in here Yes, and it extends all the way around inside this life is ever pretty clever Look Betsy and what is it these secret compartments are filled with dope about every one of these life preservers It's filled with drugs. Nobody would ever think of looking in a life preserver for evidence I think dr. Phillips did and that's why he was murdered. Are you okay, Betsy? Yes, but I can't stop crying. Well, that's not surprising somebody threw a tear gas bomb through the window. Oh That's right friends. It was to get who's there Pretty clever of me using the tools of my trade that way. Isn't it mr. Carter? But Tom Marks is always clever, so your Tom Marks, huh? I've been waiting to set my eyes on you It's too bad your eyes are filled with tear gas because now you'll never have that pleasure Okay, Pete come in and get the lady. I'll take care of mr. Carter myself Come on At those iron weights in the bag Pete sure both of them this guy'll never be washed up on a beach like the duck was Good see you tie the bag good and tight. You know, I think he's passed out. He ain't moving none I did a chop on him before we put him in the bag I Listen to that game, would you? Sounds like a hood all over the cold in the head. Shut up Tighten your gag Pete. Okay That'll do it. Hey Carter ain't dead. What does it take to kill that guy? I choked him like a rat. He's still talking All right. All right speak your peace mr. Carter because you don't have much longer. You're not gonna get away with this I doubt it mr. Carter, you're going straight down to Davy Jones luck You'll pay for this I'll have you behind bars within 24 hours. Listen to him What do you fellas think you're gonna do a patsy boy? He's worrying about a dame when he's gonna lose his own neck Come on, let's get rid of him. It's dark enough now You got him all right I came as soon as I got your flashlight signal from the shore Nick You think the criminals are aboard the yacht here now? You'll see in a minute Elaboratory is right down this companion way. You're dripping wet from head to foot Nick. What happened? They tried to pull the same trick on Nick that they pulled on Dr. Phillips Oh, you didn't work because Nick can expand his neck and wrist muscles. Yes I had my hands free before I hit the water There was no trigger all to cut my way out of the sack And then I clunked to the back of their motorboat until it reached the out here I waited for the would-be killers to get aboard untied patsy and here we are you're lucky Nick He's smart. That's all quiet. This is the door Keep your gun ready Good evening, mr. Coles what oh Nick Carter Well, come in mr. Carter. He's two friends of mine and myself were just discussing whether you had found the criminals I think we have mr. Coles good good. It's just one thing more. I need to make sure I have the criminals Riley, yeah, give me that envelope. I asked you to keep for me. Oh sure sure Nick Here you are. Thanks Now I'll just take the piece of burned paper out of this envelope. Well those are the pieces you gathered from the drain board Yes, Betsy They were from the notes Stanley Phillips wrote just before he was murdered Now I'll just use some of these chemicals in the burn paper You see gentlemen even though this piece of paper has been burned It is possible by using the correct chemical solution to bring out the writing that was on the paper before it was burned In this case, I expect the writing will give the name of the man Phillips designated as head of the giant drug ring and His killer ridiculous absolutely ridiculous. Yes, here it comes The chemicals are beginning to act Writing is beginning to show up Good the name is And I got these two such Nick not to much cold so I had a plug in the shoulder cold but I had to put you out of action And Riley, there's your mother so it was cold who did it. You're right Connor. I Killed him and the powers me praise Nick. I thought Tom works was the killer Those had me food to Riley until this afternoon when he came running down from the house And then I noticed his feet were wet as if you've been in waiting And he was one of the men on the yacht one of the fishermen Riley saw right Betsy and another thing The man who strangled me in the boat house claimed to be Tom Marks But Tom Marks is left-handed the man who tried to strangle me used his right hand and you knew Phillips was murdered by a left-handed man That's right. I knew I was after a left-handed murderer All right, you didn't notice that McColl's landed your cigarette for you this afternoon in Rosa's room. He used his left hand By a colleague he did then then he's left-handed too, right when I saw him do that I knew he was a killer, but I had to make him prove it or you did that all right that business about making the right And stand out in a piece of paper after it's burned is a new one to me Nick Can you actually do that? Well, it can be done under ideal conditions But this time I was just putting on an act for mr. Cole's benefit You mean you didn't actually make any writing appear on the burn paper not a word mr. Cole's and I fell for it like a sap What's that? I'm not sure Betsy, but I have a hunch It's locked me. Oh Patsy since when did a locked door ever stop Nick Carter quite right Riley when did it? This is no time for it to start so This one ought to do the trick there. We're on Nick Carter. Oh, thank her bro. This man with you is Tom Marks Miss Phillips. Yes, I am they were going to kill us mr. Carter They tied us up and threw us in here. We heard them planning to throw us overboard Have you been imprisoned in here all this time mr. Marks and no not quite I got a telephone call last night summoning me into the city to pick up some chemicals Dr Phillips and I needed in an experiment I was slugged as I stepped out of the car and when I came too late this afternoon I was in here and so was Rose that cause was a smart one throwing suspicion on you and then trying to We get rid of you in order to make it look as if you'd run away smart but not smart enough for Nick Well, Riley, you've got your murderer. I have that and Rose you and Tom are safe. Yes, thanks to you and I guess that's that Oh, no Nick. You still have to solve my kids. Well, what's that Betsy that luncheon date you promised me Oh, where are you and I going to have lunch at this hour? Well, yeah, that's easy Betsy And it was swell place in town right across from the board. Come on This was another strange experience of Nick Carter master detective called the drug ring murder or Nick Carter in the mystery of the left-handed killer another of the curious adventures of Nick Carter, which are brought to you regularly at the same time by w o r mutual And now Nick, what can you tell us about next week's story when a young man who was a very Good friend of mine arrived in town to claim his bride He suddenly became aware that she was not the girl to whom he'd become engaged You mean she wasn't his fiancee? That was the question that started off the whole case Yes, indeed because we couldn't be sure whether the girl he loved was really the girl he loved We prevented two murders and saved a gigantic fortune from disappearing But you didn't save me from disappearing Nick. Oh quite true Betsy But after all you weren't going very long before we found you But I'm sure glad you found me when you did or I might not be here now So long folks get the rest of the story next week. Right so long and so long to you Nick and Betsy In the strange adventure you have just heard Nick Carter was impersonated by Lon Clark Patsy by Helen Chote. The story was written for Nick Carter by Barth Connery. Original music was played by Lou White. The entire production was under the direction of Jock McGregor. Next week at the same time listen to another curious experience of Nick Carter entitled The Substitute Problem. This story is a kiperated feature of Street and Smith publications incorporated. The return of Nick Carter is produced in the studios of WOR and is broadcast over most of these stations every Wednesday evening at 8 30 Eastern wartime. This is mutual