Nick Carter Stories No. 156, September 4, 1915: Blood Will Tell; or, Nick Carter's Play in Politics

Nick Carter is summoned on a brisk October morning after a frantic banker‑turned‑congressional hopeful reports a woman’s body discovered on Columbus Avenue. He and his trusted aide, Chick Carter, rush from his Madison Avenue home in a sleek motor car, already piecing together a tangled web of past accusations and looming elections. The victim, Matilda Lancey, is linked to a prominent family, and the prime suspect—a reform candidate named Arthur Gordon—is suddenly under arrest, his political future hanging by a thread.

As Nick drives toward the crime scene, he muses that the timing is too perfect to be mere coincidence. He suspects a calculated scheme aimed at toppling Gordon and clearing the path for his rival, Jack Madison. With his sharp instincts and relentless determination, Carter begins to untangle motives, alibis, and hidden alliances, setting the stage for a high‑stakes chase through New York’s underbelly before the final vote is cast.