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Carty was a member of Jojo Nidle's gang of train robbers. He had light wavy hair and dark eyes.

Carty hid between two railroad freight cars as they left the depot. As the train was moving, he climbed to the top of one of the cars, then used a collapsible ladder to climb down the side. He opened the door to the car and began to throw out large boxes holding cartons of cigarettes, which would then be collected by Jojo Nidle and another member of the gang in a truck.

Unbeknownst to Carty, he had been watched in the train yard by Dick Tracy and Railroad Police Chief Weegel. Tracy and Weegel had ridden in the locomotive with the engineer and observed Carty entering the freight car. The two police officers then crawled towards Carty on top of the cars, planning to surprise him.

Tracy was able to confront Carty just as Carty's confederates in the truck pulled along the side of the train. Carty pulled a gun on Tracy, but Tracy shot Carty. Injured, Carty dropped his gun, and Tracy then used Carty as a human shield to prevent the other gang members from shooting him.

Tracy became briefly distracted and the injured Carty managed to pull away and jump off the speeding train in an attempt to escape. The fall broke Carty's neck and crushed his skull, killing him.

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  • It is not known how big Jojo Nidle's gang was. The first time members of the gang appeared in the strip, most of the members were depicted in silhouette and none of them were addressed by name. It is possible that Carty was among them, but this cannot be confirmed.
    • Additionally, it is not known how many other members of the gang Carty had interacted with, other than Nidle and Jake. It cannot be confirmed if Carty was the man who engaged in the automobile tire theft with Jake, wherein freight car identification numbers were switched.