▁Story ▁of ▁a ▁M ask ed ▁B ride ▁and ▁a ▁Hus band ' s ▁Qu est , ▁byl ined ▁“ N ich olas ▁Carter .” ▁The ▁proceed s ▁covered ▁the ▁birth ▁exp enses ▁for ▁the ▁C ory ells ’ ▁first ▁son , ▁Harold . ▁ ▁His ▁second ▁novel ▁featured ▁Nick ▁Carter ▁as ▁the ▁detect ive - pro tagon ist ▁and ▁was ▁also ▁byl ined ▁Nicholas ▁Carter . ▁The ▁Old ▁Det ect ive ' s ▁P up il ; ▁or , ▁The ▁Myst er ious ▁Crime ▁of ▁Mad ison ▁Square , ▁was ▁serial ized ▁in ▁th ir teen ▁consecutive ▁issues ▁of ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁Week ly , ▁the ▁first ▁dated ▁September ▁ 1 8 , ▁ 1 8 8 6 . ▁C ory ell ▁p enn ed ▁four ▁more ▁Nick ▁Carter ▁stories ▁and ▁then ▁the ▁series ▁was ▁taken ▁over ▁by ▁Frederick ▁Van ▁R ens sel a er ▁De y . ▁Nick ▁Carter ▁became ▁a ▁legend ary ▁fict ional ▁character ▁with ▁Street ▁& ▁Smith ▁producing ▁new ▁Nick ▁Carter ▁stories ▁into ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 0 s . ▁ ▁The ▁creation ▁of ▁the ▁famous ▁fict ional ▁detect ive ▁was ▁frequently ▁attributed ▁to ▁other ▁writers ▁who ▁had ▁author ed ▁Nick ▁Carter ▁stories . ▁These ▁claims ▁were ▁made ▁not ▁by ▁the ▁authors ▁but ▁after ▁their ▁death s . ▁They ▁include : ▁Frederick ▁Van ▁R ens sel a er ▁De y , ▁Eug ene ▁T . ▁S aw yer , ▁Thomas ▁C . ▁Har b augh , ▁George ▁C . ▁Jen ks , ▁and ▁Frederick ▁W . ▁Davis