Originally Aired: February 28, 1934
Calling All Cars #14, "Killer Hudson," begins with a robbery that turns deadly just days before Christmas. Alfred Kahn, owner of a malt and bottle shop on South Sermon Avenue, is confronted by two armed men demanding money. When Kahn cries for help, the robbers flee into the street where they encounter a deputy. What follows is a brutal double murder as one suspect stabs a bystander to death while the other shoots the deputy. Detective Lieutenant Frankie Ryan arrives within moments to find the carnage, and witnesses describe the black-haired killer's terrible, mad eyes.
Chief Detective Joe Taylor assembles a team including Inspector David and Detectives Joe Felkis and Bill Baggett to track down the murderers. With few solid leads—a dropped billfold containing a suspicious receipt and smudged fingerprints that prove useless—the detectives race against time. Taylor warns his men that these are no amateurs; they're dealing with hardened criminals willing to kill rather than be arrested. As the clock ticks through the night, Detective Baggett pursues the one tangible clue they have: a receipt from the Great Western Furniture Company that might lead them to the killers' whereabouts.