 The Blue Beetle Weeping down upon the underworld, a smash ganglin comes The mysterious, all-powerful character who is a problem to the police But a crusader for law In reality, Dan Garrett, a rookie patrolman Loved by everyone, but suspected by none of being the Blue Beetle As the Blue Beetle, he hides behind a strange mask And a suit of impenetrable blue chain armor, flexible as silk, but stronger than steel Today's episode of the Fox feature, The Blue Beetle Is part two of the story entitled, The Nest in Diamonds The famous banister diamond necklace, valued at $500,000, is missing Lucy Ridgeway, Mrs. Banister's social secretary, is in jail Accused of being implicated in the set So far, two necklaces, both fake, but resembling the real necklace, have been discovered One which was stripped from Mrs. Banister's neck by thugs, as she was leaving the Starlight Club And another by the Blue Beetle, which he found in the possession of Don Ricardo, leader of the Starlight Orchestra And a man called Max, whom the Blue Beetle suspects of being McCaffrey An investigator for the Acme Insurance Company As our story opens, patrolman Dan Garrett, who is secretly the Blue Beetle Is discussing the case with his friend and covenant, Dr. Franz the Chemist You could have knocked me over with a feather when I picked up that necklace at Ricardo's apartment And discovered it was a fake I can well imagine that makes two fakes Yes, what about McCaffrey, Don Ricardo and Trigger, as you say he was called? I imagine I'll run into them again shortly Couldn't you arrest them? Only on suspicion, remember I caught them with a fake necklace as the Blue Beetle The Blue Beetle can't testify in court That's right, but it seems a shame According to this morning's paper, Ricardo was sailing for South America tonight What? Are you sure? Well, as I remember, it said Don Ricardo, popular Starlight Club officer leader Is sailing tonight on the crystal ball for South America Well, I've got to stop him somehow Yeah, but how? The ship sails at midnight, doesn't it? I believe so I've got it We'll pick him up just as he's sailing And hold him as a material witness in this case At least it'll give us a little more time to run down the real thief Won't Ricardo's arrest scare off the others? I'll wait until the last moment before sailing In the meantime, I've got a busy time ahead of me Can I help you, Danny? Ah, yes, Doc You might have your recording equipment hooked up to your telephone But if I should call you at any time on my portable wireless telephone You could record anything I pick up All right, Danny Where are you going now? To get the combination of a banister safe from Lucy Ridgway I'll be back shortly and pick up the camera and photoelectric equipment I may catch a thief with a camera If you think you can double-cross me, Mrs. Banister And get away with it, you're mistaken But do yourself suggest that the plan for hiding the necklace So I could collect insurance and pay off my gambling debt Yes, but the necklace you left in the safe was a fake A fake? What do you mean? Just that I took that necklace from the safe myself The fence examined the necklace and declared it a fake What's the thing? A man who disposes of stolen goods But you said nothing about disposing of the jewels You said they were to be hidden for a while until I could raise the money To refund the burglary insurance payment Later, when the jewels were found Don't be a fool, Mrs. Banister Where could you ever hope to raise money to pay back the insurance? My husband, he would... He would divorce you if he knew the facts in the case Big pardon, madam But there's a police officer outside to patrol him and get it Who wishes to speak to you Wishes to speak to me? What shall I do? You must have been waiting some time, madam I didn't see him come in What do you think, Mr. McCaffrey? Oh, see him It won't do any harm Very well You may show him in, William Very good, madam You don't think he overheard anything, do you? No, he's only a cop He'll patrol and then get it Good evening, Mrs. Banister Oh, I see you're not alone This is Mr. McCaffrey of the Acme Insurance Company He's as much interested in my missing necklace as I am I can well imagine I just wanted to ask you to identify this photograph I have here Oh, that's my husband And he's standing in front of our wall safe What's that he has in his hand? It's my necklace When was this photograph taken, officer? Late this afternoon by a secret device at your country estate And he had the real necklace all the time And he's just putting it back in the safe Perhaps Well, Mr. McCaffrey, I suppose this will clear up your part in this case A law will interview Mr. Banister later Yeah, yes, of course Well, I'd better be going I have a lot of details to attend to Goodbye, Mrs. Banister Goodbye, Officer Garrett I'll be seeing you Yes, I'm sure of it, Mr. McCaffrey Did you record the Banister-McCaffrey conversation early this evening, Doc? Yes, Danny It wasn't very loud, but it's intelligible Good I had the mouthpiece of the portable wireless phone against the wall while they were talking in the next room The butler almost caught me Well, you've got enough to make it hot for McCaffrey Yes, and I'm going to make it hotter yet for him if my hunch is right What are you going to do? Well, as they say in Brits, I'm going to make it hotter yet for him if my hunch is right Well, what are you going to do? Well, as they say in Bridge, the blue beetle is going to finesse in diamonds Now, Trigger, you keep watch outside while I go in and rifle the safe I've still got the combination Mrs. Banister gave me Okay, Meg If you hear anybody coming, give me the hoot owl call Sure, Mac, I got you I'll pick up the real necklace this time and we'll join Ricardo and beat it for real on the crystal ball tonight I've always wanted to go to South America Well, you're practically on your way Now, keep your eyes and your ears open This is a library There's the wall safe This is going to be easy What's that? Any of these old houses are certainly spooky Well, now for the safe Right to 12 Left, twice to six And right to 10 That's got it That's Trigger's call Well, here's the real necklace And now to make our getaway The blue beetle Yes, the blue beetle Your game is up, McCaffrey You double-crossing insurance investigator So you know The blue beetle knows everything Hand over that necklace Try and get it That's just what I intend to do Trigger Call your gunman, I'll take him on, too That's for justice And that for Lucy Ridgway And that for law and order And that's for the blue beetle He's out cold Hey, Mac, come on, let's pray him Hey, come on, get up The cops will be here any minute Help me up Okay You got the necklace? Yeah That's all the floor Where's the blue beetle? Over there on the floor I count them Yeah, good work Give me the necklace and let's go We've just got time enough to make the boat So long, blue beetle I'll tell Ricardo you couldn't join us For a hand of bridge Hello? Vanessa speaking Who? The blue beetle What? McCaffrey has the real necklace Where? The steamship Cristobal, Pier 46 Well, I'll be right down What? Well, all right, I won't call the police I'll come along Goodbye One minute to go And we'll be on our way to South America One minute, that's a very long time here Don't worry, boys Look, those men down there They're ready to take in the gangplank And they hope they make it snappy I mean, Noives is all of a Twitter Don't lose your nerve now, Trigger We're in the clear Look, the gangplank, she's going away They're off On our way to Rio with a half a million dollars worth of jewels in our pockets So we go below and make the game with the gods That's a great idea Good for relaxing the nerves How about it, Triggers? Well, if we only had a fourth, we could play bridge The blue beetle Your fourth at bridge And diamonds are trumps Look out, Mack, while I rub them out Hold it, Trigger That's the UC's, got it We can't get off the ship A wise decision Now, let's go up and visit the captain Just a minute, please Are these the men blue beetle? Yes You're Mr. Bannister I am These are your men And here's a photograph I took earlier this evening With my photoelectric camera Of McCaffrey here at your wall safe Oh, that was the click I heard That's right Enough evidence to convict you Now, hand over the necklace to Mr. Bannister Here it is Are these the real diamonds, Mr. Bannister? Yes, these are genuine I put them in the safe myself When I got back from the West I had them in a secret hiding place I had a duplicate made And apparently Mrs. Bannister had one made also And we'll turn these men over to the captain Who will send them ashore with us Under guard on the pilot boat You can prosecute them I don't wish to prosecute I have the real necklace My wife has confessed And I have forgiven her I wish to avoid scandal And forget this case as quickly as possible Will you see that Lucy Ridgway is released from jail? And her name cleared? It shall be done immediately And I'll see to it that she will lose nothing By her unfortunate experience That's great Well, the Blue Beetle's job is done You cooks are getting off easy Take the Blue Beetle's advice And stay away from York City And so the Blue Beetle ended another racket Saved a foolish woman from the consequences Of her first misstep And restored the good name of an innocent young girl The moral of this story is One falsehood leads to many And one misstep may lead one father and father Along the path of crime Further adventures of the Blue Beetle Will be presented in the next episode Of the Blue Beetle The Blue Beetle is a copyrighted box feature Appearing in Mystery Men comics magazine And the Blue Beetle magazine The Blue Beetle is on the air Twice a week on this same session Consult the broadcast schedule In your local newspapers And don't forget to listen in to The Blue Beetle