 The final winners yes later in this program will bring you the names of the last week's winners in the Big Jingle Contest So stay tuned while new post war old Dutch cleanser famous for chasing dirt presents Nick Carter famous for chasing crime Every week at this time two great names are joined as new post war old Dutch cleanser Brings you one of the most resourceful and daring characters in all detective fiction Nick Carter master detective But mrs. Gray you're asking me to interfere in a family squabble I'm asking you to prevent a crime. Mr. Carter This girl is deceiving my father-in-law in order to get his money, but he's old enough to take care of himself Then you refuse to help me mr. Carter. I'm sorry, but I do very well if you won't do anything to stop them I will And now the case of the fatal redhead today's adventure starting long clock as Nick Carter brought to you by new post war old Dutch cleanser Dolores dawn Billed as the most beautiful redhead in show business has just returned to her apartment after a talk with mrs. Howard gray junior Daughter of an elderly millionaire, and she's reporting their conversation to one of her friends You know what you did Larry what she offered me $50,000 if I'd please not marry her dear father-in-law. Well, you took it didn't you are you kidding? I'll laugh in her face But but you're not gonna marry him Dolores. You can't Who can't all the old fools just waiting for me to set the day what you love me? You know you do Look Larry like I said you and me are finished through washed up Now will you get that through your head once and for all honey, please you don't mean that You think I pass up 10 million bucks for a two-bit trumpet player like you Brother for an ego Dolores. I'm not gonna let you marry him. Yeah, and how are you gonna stop? I don't know, but you're not gonna marry him and that's final That's why I asked you to meet me here at the 60 club as soon as possible I'm glad you did though. I haven't been to a nightclub in months and this looks like an interesting place, too It is fancy in fact I understand they also have a garden and back where people are served in the summertime. Oh, that's a swell idea Well, mrs. Gray. What's the emergency? It's my father-in-law Howard gray He intends to marry a girl who dances here Dolores dawn. She calls herself. You mean the bum with that gorgeous red hair Oh, I've heard about her. Yes Father gray has lost his head completely Well, he's even made a new will leaving her a million dollars in case anything should happen to him before the marriage Well, after all it's his money, you know, believe me. I wouldn't objected that we're someone in his own age But this girl is young enough to be his granddaughter She's nothing but a cheap bugger little gold digger even if you're right And I still don't see what I can do about it. You've got to stop them. I have I don't care how but you've got to do something and do it quickly I'm afraid they're planning to go somewhere and be married tonight. What did mr. Gray say so. No, but I talked with this Dolores dawn this afternoon. I lost my temper Then right after dinner father gray got a special delivery letter from her it must have been Because when he read it he got upset He might have something about coming here to the nightclub and rushed out of the house I asked him what was wrong, but he wouldn't even speak to me. Oh, Mrs. Gray Your father-in-law came in 15 or 20 minutes ago. He went back to Miss Dawn's dressing room 20 minutes ago I told you to let me know immediately if he came I couldn't get away any sooner my second trumpet man She used to be drowning as far as and drink tonight. He keeps wandering away from the bandstand. Oh very well Miss Vaughan mr. Carter. This is Mark Brennan. He owns the club The last time is the car to will you help me? I'm sorry, Mrs. Gray But your father-in-law is old enough to take care of himself very well If you won't do anything to stop them. I will good night. Lord's off. Didn't she? Oh, she's just upset. That's all You have to excuse me. I'm afraid I see that trumpet players gone again He'll go around him up by all means you want to stick around for the floor show It'll be on about 10 minutes. Oh, can we make why not along as we're here. I'd like to see what this delores dawn looks like The most beautiful red-headed show business Presenting the glamorous the lovely the enticing the largest dog Stand by Howard Gray goes for her. Oh, Nick. There's mr. Brennan waving at us where see over by the bandstand and the performance entrance Oh, yeah That's those plus drapes down the impossible seem in this light. Oh, honey, if you waving at us Yes, you think you'd be busy They were passing it sounded so they came from backstage. I think they better have a look look in the back dressing room Mr. Carter's there's nothing wrong back there. How about this door better than it's locked? Well, there's nobody in there That's my office. Here's another locked door. That's Dolores. There's dressing room What's going on? Oh, that shooting broke up the show. We're trying to find out Dolores open a few dressing room Well, yeah, our shots couldn't have come from my dressing room Why not because mr. Gray's in there besides the door isn't locked. You're wrong mr. Don it is it is for that. That's funny unlock it. Will you please how it'll let us in how to unlock it? You don't think anything's happened to it. Do you hope not unlock the door and we'll see all right Is it in the lock now on the inside? Yeah, give me your key. I'll knock the other one out That mr. Gray. Yeah, yeah, that's him. Yes. You're right about that mr. Don and shot three times probably with his revolver on the floor beside him Oh, that's my gun. It was in the drawer of my dressing table Evidently the murderer was smart enough not to leave any fingerprints. This gun looks as old as been wiped clean Mr. Carter, shouldn't I call the police? Oh, yes, Britain. Get homicide ask for sergeant Matherton. Tell him I'm here Right, I'll call next door from my office only a few minutes ago We were talking about getting married I know Do you suppose this black silk handkerchief could mean anything? Where'd you get it? I was lying over by the door to the corridor smell it Smells of machine oil That's Larry michael's handkerchief. What Jesus is it to polish his trumpet? What I've seen him do it a thousand times Mr. Ben's boy Okay That noise is coming from mr. Brandon's office Now the door is locked again Watch it, Patsy. I'd like to break it in Mr. Brandon, what happened? He was hiding in here. He slugged me. Who did? He's he's there behind the desk I didn't mean to shoot him but he had a gun. We were fighting for it. Oh, is he Brandon? Well, he used to be Dolores's boyfriend. His name's Larry lorry michaels Within the space of a few minutes two men have died violently backstage at mark brennan's 60 club And both of them were in love with beautiful red haired Dolores dawn. We'll see what happens in just a moment Now back to the case of the fatal redhead today's adventure with nick Carter brought to you by new post-war old dutch cleanser Sergeant matheson of the homicide squad is in the manager's office of mark brennan's 60 club Questioning mark and Dolores dawn as nick Carter and patsy. Listen Uh, you say this lorry michaels threatened you only this afternoon miss dawn. Yes Yes, he he was in love with me. Yeah, he said he'd keep me from marrying mr. Gray No matter what he had to do lorry been drinking all evening sergeant I had to take him off the bandstand just before the floor show and uh, uh-huh Well, it looks like he came back to miss dawn's dressing room found gray there Grabbed this little 22 of hers out of the dressing table You I kept it there sergeant even asked me about it once Okay, so he shot gray wiped the fingerprints off the gun with this black silk handkerchief He dropped near the door Then he heard someone coming and ducked in here to mr. Brennan's office. Just a minute matty Huh, what is it nick the door to this office was locked. He couldn't just duck in that's right sergeant The door has a spring lock you shut the door it locks automatically. Oh Well Look sergeant. What this story is blocked. Hey, where does that go Brennan outside? Yes, it leads into the garden And I saw a door like it in miss dawn's dressing room too Okay, so michael's got in here through the garden Uh-huh, and then mr. Brennan came in and caught him and there was a fight yeah, and this larry guy gets killed Well, does that sound logical to you nick the only explanation we have so far matty Now hey, wait a minute if he killed gray with miss dawn's revolver Where did he get the one he attacked brennan with well that gun belongs to me sergeant I suppose he found it the drawer of my desk Well, this sure is a convenient place for a killer Just pull open a drawer any place you happen to be and there's a loaded gun for you Can I go now sergeant? It's almost time for the second show Yeah, you and mr. Brennan are both excused for now, but you'll have to appear at the inquest, of course We'll be there sergeant. Yes, we'll be there. All right. Well, come on nick. Let's get back to town This is one case we washed up in the hurry Officer bryan speaking. Hello brian. This is sergeant mathison. I'm on my way down on the morgue and nick Carter's car Yes, sergeant Now I want you to have a lab man meet me at the morgue with equipment for a paraffin test Okay, anything else. No, that's all but tell him to hurry right Well, the lab man will be waiting for us nick, but I'll be dog gone if I know why you want him Because I think that larry michael's didn't kill harvard gray, and I want a chance to prove it Yeah, but what makes you think he didn't need? Well, how could you if you found patsy, huh? I figure it was planted in delores dawn's dressing room I can't see any when he's here any reason why anyone plant evidence on a gilly man What do you mean the handkerchief was planted? How do you know because when a musician has a cloth which he uses to polish his instrument He usually keeps that cloth on the instrument case not in his pocket. Oh, that don't mean a thing, nick Maybe this time he did have it in his pocket. Uh, maybe Well a paraffin test of michael's hands will prove whether he fired a gun recently. Yeah, well, that's true All of them let's wait and see what the test shows Nick you're right We tested both of michael's hands and it's a cinch. He didn't fire any gun tonight And he couldn't have shot gray right, but if he didn't why did he hide out in brennan's office? Yes, and why did he attach brennan when he was caught there? Hey, I've got an idea Oh, what is it this larry michael's was jealous of delores, wasn't he so she said well Maybe he thought brennan was making a play for her see so he don't know no no no no no No, I doubt that mary I talked to the other performers and they all said that brennan never showed the slightest interest in delores. Oh, you did Well, I guess that eliminates any motive brennan might have had for killing gray too Oh, he couldn't have killed gray anyway He was in the performer's entrance when the shot was fired nick and i both saw him But the larry's was doing all right when you heard the shots, wasn't she? Yeah, that's right, ready? Okay, so delores didn't kill him brennan didn't kill him and michael's didn't but somebody did and I want to know who it was Nick What about mrs. Gray? mrs. Who's she the old man's wife? No, his daughter-in-law She told nick that if he wouldn't do anything to keep mr. Gray from marrying delores She would hey wait a minute waited all this happened at the club. Mrs. Gray left us about 10 minutes before the floor show went on and was she mad Patsy, I'll bet she did it. Well, it won't do any harm to find out whether she did or not You're darn cute and it won't and the garden door opens in as well as out right We better take the paraphrase test equipment with us maddie Oh, now don't tell me you think she's innocent too Well, I just mean that if we're going to call her mrs. Howard gray jr. We ought to give her the same test We gave larry michael's that's only fair Do you accuse me of such a thing now look I didn't say you killed him mrs. Gray I simply said you had a reason but that's ridiculous. Okay, okay But you knew mr. Gray was in the larry's dressing room and after you left nick and patsy You could have gone outside and gotten in there through the garden door Perhaps I could have but I didn't well after we make this paraphrase test We'll know whether you did or not a paraphrase test. What's that? What's a paraphrase test? Yes, it's like this mrs. Gray After a person's fire to revolver there are always a few invisible powder specks left between the thumb and the forfeit Yeah, so we coat that patch of skin with mullet paraffin let it harden and when we peel it off The powder comes with then by spraying the paraffin with a nitrate solution the powder shows up as little blue specks Yeah, okay, mrs. Gray. Hold out your hand now just a minute officer Am I under arrest? Well, uh, no then I refuse to submit to any such humiliation. I won't be treated like a criminal mrs. Gray You want us to find the person who killed your father-in-law, don't you? Yes, of course I do Then you should be anxious to help us eliminate every innocent person including yourself Well, yes, but you see this isn't a test to prove that you're guilty firing a gun isn't evidence of murder It's a test to show that you're innocent. I'm sure that you can't object to that. Well No, thanks mrs. Gray. All right. Maddie go ahead. I'm sure mrs. Gray will let you give her the test now Well nick the paraffin doesn't show a thing of course it doesn't Well, that lets mrs. Gray out. Yeah, I guess Hey Maybe you were wearing gloves, but I wasn't I left the house in such a hurry I didn't even take any gloves with me and she wasn't wearing gloves when she was with us sergeant It was that girl I tell you She killed father gray to get the money he left her in his will all that don't make sense She'd have got a lot more dough by marrying That's just it. He wasn't going to marry her. What's that? He went to the club tonight to break off the engagement What makes you think so because I found that special delivery letter. He was so upset about you did yes When I came back from the club, I went into the library and there it was crumpled up on the floor where he must have thrown it Here you can read it for yourself Well, I'll be darned. It's signed by larry michael and this must be what he was planning when he threatened to stop the marriage Ah, I sort of looks that way maddie. You see I was right about her She's a criminal a common blackmailer. What's it say, nick according to this letter delores was convicted of blackmail a couple of years ago Got off with a suspended sentence father gray would never have married a woman like that He must have broken the engagement after he read this but delores couldn't have killed mr. Gray She was doing her dance when he was shot. Are you sure of that? What do you mean, nick? I mean, I'm beginning to see what happened maddie. Huh? And if I'm right, I'll call you what headquarters in about an hour Okay, petty or where are we going back to the club 60 the last floor show must be just about over and I have a hunch It'll be the last one for a long long time Now is this where brennan was standing when we heard the shots passing yes He was leaning against those plush drapes and we've got the answer look what the traits are scored And those holes are bullet holes brennan fired those shots himself Now we were looking straight at him. You mean while he was waving to us with one hand The other hand was holding a gun behind these drapes Probably where the drapes wound around it in order to muffle the sound to make it seem farther away Look he shot into the floor. You see the bullet holes sure, but but why did he do it? Delores must be still in a dressing room. Let's ask her the answer to that It's a lie I was out there on the dance floor when hard was killed and you know it You heard the shots everybody did the shots we heard were fired by mark brennan. Delores. You're crazy Why would mark be shooting off a gun during my dance for a very good reason to cover up the fact that Howard gray was dead when the floor show started And a naked look as though both you and brennan were in full sight of a lot of people when the murder was committed It was larry michael's who killed how it now it wasn't You killed mr. Gray yourself and you and brennan framed michael's and brennan murdered him that fight in brennan's office was a fake You can't prove that oh, yes I can brennan said that he took his gun away from michael's that michael's got it out of the desk drawer But i'm going to prove that brennan had that gun in his pocket all the time By digging out those bullets he fired into the floor during your act I have an idea a ballistics test will show they came from the same gun that killed larry michael's I don't know anything about that But you haven't got anything on me We'll see what a jury thinks about that when they learned that howard gray had reason to break off your engagement and cut you Out of a million dollar inheritance now carter. I don't think any jury is gonna hear about that brennan Sure, I've been outside the door all the time listening mark Mark you gotta do something. Don't worry, baby. I'm gonna do plenty Just keep your hands in plain sight carter. I don't need to do any more shooting around here tonight I'd give the club a bad name All right, brennan. What's on your mind? Well, it's a nice night. Suppose we all take a little ride All four of us I um thought you said de laurus was coming with us mr. brennan He's following with my car. I thought it'd be cozy if I rode along with you folks Going right with the next crossroad carter here are the boss brennan his gun in my hands the boss the next crossroad That state highway 84 Isn't it? Yeah There's a little summer resort out that way. I want you to see Summer resort sure With a nice deep lake Camp carefree they call it. It's nice and lonely This ought to be a swell night for a swim Um, swim? What did I tell you? You two are going to set a new record for staying under water As nick drives his car along the lonely road every turn of the wheels brings him and patsy nearer to the deserted resort Where mark intends to carry out his threat of murder? We'll see what happens in just a moment Now for the conclusion of the case of the fatal redhead Today's adventure with nick carter brought to you by new post war old dutch cleanser At the point of a gun mark brennan has forced nick to drive to a deserted summer resort while delores dawn follows in mark's car Well, here we are brennan. I guess this is camp carefree of it. It's so deserted out here Yeah, isn't it? I couldn't have picked a better spot for a murder myself. That must be delores You want us to get out too? Now i'm gonna leave you here in the car And run it off the end of the pier. Oh, no. That lake's 40 feet deep here sweetheart. Everything all right mark? Everything's fine Hey, look brennan What's on your mind cutting? Oh, it's just thinking Wasn't hard to figure out that delores shot howard gray. Oh, it wasn't a no. No, it wasn't It was going to break off your engagement and cut you out of his will But I still can't dope out how you got into this brennan. That was simple I was in my office and I heard shots in delores's dressing room So I walked in there just in time to see the little lady with a gun in her hand and you covered for it Why not? I didn't want to see her lose that million bucks. She was going to inherit sure you covered for me for 50 percent So that's it. And what did you do after that brennan? Well, we locked the door leading into the corridor and then went back into the club by way of the garden And framed larry michael's by planting his handkerchief from delores dressing room. That's right We had him a fall guide, didn't we? All I had to do was yank larry off the bandstand like him on the head and leave him in my office And then when you went in to phone the police you pretended he attacked you and you killed him Indeed wasn't it? Oh the lover peat moth will you quit this yapping and get it over with? Well, you heard what the lady said folks Any last words? Yeah There's just one thing I want to say brennan go ahead if you're here maddie come on out Hey, what's up that gun brennan get your hands on the air mark it's the coast That's right sort of a reception committee rennan. Where do they come from? We took a short cut It saves time I don't get it you couldn't have known where we were headed for it and nobody knew why you told them yourself brennan I told sure there's a two-way radio and nix karn has been turned on ever since we left the club And maddie's had a man standing by at headquarters ever since I left him a radio You dumb bell letting him get away with a stunt like that all the time you are giving me directions and how to get here You are broadcasting direct to police headquarters What do you think of looking for bullet holes in those crushed drapes at the club? Well, patsy I was already suspicious of brennan because it looked as though he framed that fight in which larry michaels was killed And after mrs. Gray showed us that letter it was pretty clear that delores had a strong motive for killing gray Yeah, but they both had such perfect alibi. I know but when I began thinking back I realized that even though we heard shots during delores act We had no way of knowing that those were the shots that killed gray Well, I thought it was funny that brennan should be waving at us during the floor show when he'd only just met us Yes, I thought so too until it hit me that he probably wanted us to see him at that particular moment so we could establish an alibi Well, I'm glad it's over anyway and nick the next time you want to take me out Yes, patsy. What do you say? We got to a movie, huh nightclubs can be just a little bit too exciting The winners of the four 1948 super deluxe ford v8 four-door sedans In the final new post-war old dutch cleanser jingle contest which closed march 27th Well, mike, this is the day a lot of people have been waiting for it sure is nick And you know, I wish I could give a ford to everybody who entered. Oh, come nick They don't make that many forts. So what do you say you present those one in the last week's contest? Okay, and without any further ado, here they are Brand new 1948 fords go to the following people mrs. Cp. Burnham 1816 albert street jacksonville 6 florida mrs. Marvin capel 1207 north trenton ruston louisiana william h mountain 1410 south street toledo 9 ohio And mrs. Johnny wallar 3644 south elmwood avenue berwyn illinois Congratulations, you lucky people and congratulations to all the other winners in this great contest Nick Carter master detective Presented each week at this time by the kudahee packing company is produced and directed by jock McGregor and is copyrighted by street and smith publications incorporated Charlotte Manson is featured as patsy ed latimer plays matty today's script was written by jim parson's Original music is played by henry silvern This program is fictional and any resemblance to actual persons living or dead is purely coincidental This is michael fitz morris saying when minutes count use new post war old dutch cleanser This is the mutual broadcasting system