The Epic Casebook - Warnings Anonymous

Old Time Radio Mysteries

The telephone call came through just as Inspector Carr is about to leave for home at approximately 5:30 one Friday afternoon. The Inspector picked up the phone and says "Carr speaking". The dispatch says "There's someone on the line that says he wants to talk to you personally, sir. He says he's got a tip off". Carr says "A tip off? That's not my department, put him through to the X Branch". The dispatch says "He insists on speaking to you, sir. He says he knows you're the Murder Squad, and it's a matter of life and death". Carr says "Oh, one of those. Trying to trace the call are you?" Dispatch says "Oh, yes". Carr says "Good, well I'll try and keep him talking". Dispatch says "Right, sir. You're going through, speak up please". The anonymous speaker says "Inspector Carr?" He says "Yes, what can I do for you ?" The speaker asks "Does the name of Gunner Kane mean anything to you?" Carr says "Gunner Kane, should it?" The speaker says "It was you that got him life imprisonment. Fifteen years ago it is". Carr says "Oh, Gunner Kane, of course. Well, what about him?" The speaker says "I just want to tell you he's out. He's going to kill the judge that sentenced him and the lawyer that double-crossed him". Carr asks "Why do you want to tell me all this? Is he going to kill me too?" The speaker says "Ain't that enough? Oh, I see. You'll keep me talking. I'm speaking from a call box. I'm leaving now. Tell your boys don't even bother looking for fingerprints on this telephone. There won't be none, goodbye". Carr says "Just a minute....he's hung up." The dispatch gets back on the line and says "That call came from a telephone box in Leicester Square station, sir. A car is on his way" Carr says "Radio them and tell them not to bother. He's run off. There is something else you can do for me. I want you to get me all you can on the Gunner Kane case some time ago. I was a sergeant at the time. He shot and killed a constable, and I helped to get him convicted. He was a lucky man". The dispatch says "Lucky, Inspector?" Carr says "Very lucky. The government suspended capital punishment for a time".