 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 detections Over and caught fire. He was trapped inside. I'm afraid it isn't that simple share If you look at the right thing, but turn your flashlight inside the car See what I mean now the case of a man who died twice today's adventure starring long Clark as Nick Carter Brought to you by new post war old Dutch cleanser A case which calls me can pass it to a southern Florida has given them the chance to combine business with a winter vacation It's late at night now as they drive along in a rented car enjoying the warm tropical Oh Right behind Okay Right All right, you are nothing to be alive Oh If I did it in yet, sir No, he had any identification it was destroyed in the fire Well, you can find out who he was in the license plate today. He's in a nap. That's it This is one of Mike Talbot's driver to self rental from Bay City. He'll have a record of who took it out Maybe he was a tourist. I guess so away. I figured it He tried to take this curve too fast one off the road And when the car turned over and caught fire he was trapped inside. I'm afraid it isn't that simple What do you mean make it get it off the road that be tire marks on the pavement? I look they're under me. Well, maybe with all the other cars have stopped you watch the fire That isn't all that look inside the car sir. Huh, so your flashlight on the gear shift Why can't love Hello dear when you first got out exactly what I mean This wasn't any accident Look as if you have a murder case on your head Hey bell three more cups of coffee Oh, you better skip the coffee Dave. It's late. We have to get that early playing back for New York Nick I won't talk to you about that. This thing tonight got me worried All right, I'm not so sure being good carrot and being good detective with two different things If I fall down on this case, and here's the coffee chair or thanks, Bill And sure if I hear Sam Ritter's out to get his old job back. That's what I hear You're sorry days of they tell you that old food ever gets back in office again Be right with you Toby He used to be a sheriff for me Go with taxpayer line, but you might be good at handing out the old sad and lots of folks like you probably much like you better They wouldn't have you like to do all you know how dear I was just out of the army and a few medals and a few citations I guess that's why folks wrote it for me. It'll be different next time Wars ain't in history now and you think if you don't solve this murder where it'll be sure Nothing like that. It'd be all he'd need. Wow. He's already talking it around, but I'm too young and inexperienced Well, maybe I am but by golly at least I'm on it that's going for a lot Wait a minute, I know what you're going to say Nick. It'll mean a lot to me if you could stick around a couple of days and help That much time What chance do I have with the both of you mean you will make sure Always like to be sure a killer is caught. Well, now we get some action Tell you what you do Dave you find out from the drive at yourself place who hired that car Then have an autopsy before I'm to see whether you can discover the real cause of this I'll get on it right away and I'll cancel our plane reservation. That's great Nick. Thanks a lot I'll be around to your hotel bright and early tomorrow morning. Oh, no, you won't It's early tomorrow morning right now. And if you show up before nine o'clock, I'll start committing murders myself With you as a first victim It's your shirt on They kind of thinking What's the idea can't be nine o'clock yet. It's still dark outside. I know but I wanted to tell you what I found out That guy was poison with Diana. How do you know? I got the dock out of bed and made him perform the autopsy right away I see, you know who the man was. Yes. Yeah, sure His name was George Brennan. He was staying at the Bayview Hotel Anyway, that's what he told my Calvert when he rented the car. I hired it by the way Did you get Mike out of bed too? Sure. Why? Because here's one person you're not getting out of bed Here you at nine at the Bayview Hotel Here's Mr. Brennan's cottage Look at the coffee table over there Brennan evidently had a visitor before he went out last night. You know who that could have been Joey I couldn't say that's why Mr. Bren took one of the cottages instead of the seat in the main building I said he wanted privacy to find out whether anybody asked it to death for him No, they didn't sir I was on duty last night and if there had been anybody the trust would have sent me to show him the way Well, perhaps whoever was found and Brennan told him the number of the cottage. Yes, man That could have been there. Okay, Joey. Thanks. We'll let you know I'm with you. Oh, and that's just some of your troubles. Oh, thanks. Yes That's you see if there's anything in that bag. Well, I take a look at the closet over here He had plenty of money to send out luggage is brand new too All the labels that I'm taking out of the Here they have that funny Wanted to come see it was identity. Uh-oh You find something that I'll say I gave hidden under the lining of this Photograph of a girl Good-looking to welcome the hatches wearing I say this is taken about 10 or 12 years ago. What's that right moment? Griffin with all my love Linda That's an odd first name I never heard it before. Hey, wait a minute. Look at this Just a book of matches, isn't it? Yeah, I found it under the coffee table Still full of matches, but they've all been burning you. That's not what I'm talking about Look at those little indentations around the edge of the match book. Yes, I see probably made by a fingernail They look too neat and regular for that some people do that sort of thing unconsciously never said but you know Hmm. They're usually very careful to keep the pattern regular. It's the advertising on the cover. I'm talking about look Little field construction company modernville, Ohio keep on reading TJ little field president Griffin Christian Buckley executive vice president You see it's the same name as the one on that picture and I'll bet down many people in the world with Griffin for first name But he's right miss if George Bennett and Griffin Buckley were the same person It would be only natural in to carry matches advertising the company He works for that explain how these matches got more higher down here to fly It's jumping to conclusions matches like these get sent all over the country But there is one thing why the initials are the same GB George Brennan, Griffin Buckley people have a tendency to keep the same initials even when they change their names Let me see that picture again And here I make What time do you say those matches came from? What you know how? The photographer's mark on the back of this picture the eighth portrait studios Mortonville, Ohio Yeah, if you've hit on something well, it's this guy once you have some buckly how you're gonna find out for sure Do you think in the world? That's it put through a long distance call to the little field construction company Mortonville, Ohio Yes, this is little field my name's Nick Carter mr. Littlefield. I'm calling you about mr. Griffin Buckley What about him is he about 40 years old five feet eight dark hair and I is wait around 175 Is he in Mortonville now? And I'm afraid I have some bad news. I hope I'm wrong But I think mr. Buckley has met with an accident. Is this some kind of a joke? I know he met with an accident You do this car went over to the bank when it burst into flames with him inside it But but how could you know? It only happened last night a few miles out of Bay City, Florida What are you talking about that accident happened right here in Mortonville the week before last she didn't know Riff was buried ten days ago Nick Carter hangs up the phone a puzzled expression on his face The same man seems to have been killed exactly the same way in two different places We'll see what happens in just a minute now back to the case of a man who died twice Today's adventure with Nick Carter brought to you by a new post war old Dutch friendship Nick decided the body found an erect and blazing car along the Florida highway Is that of Griffin Buckley of Mortonville, Ohio? But I'm foaming Mortonville Nick is told the bucket died there ten days ago Trapped inside a burning car Nick and Patsy are now in Mortonville Talking to Buckley's employer a PJ little deal Car there just couldn't have been killed in Florida two nights ago He's been buried right here in Mortonville for ten days. Did you see the body? No, it's pretty badly burnt But it was in drift car that told her griff see watch and ring and besides Mrs. Buckley herself made the identification No, it's mad Well, you're probably thinking of Linda Harris. Grip was engaged to her a long time ago Well, I see now she died shortly before they were to be married. I don't think I know he was the only thing he took with him from here That is if we're right and thinking that body in Florida is Griffin Buckley So we must have had a reason for hiding out under an extreme man That reason may have something to do with the death of that man who's buried here If you're suggesting anything dishonest or criminal, I don't believe me not just Buckley No, it's some kind of strange coincidence entirely two strength to be a coincidence But I was no accident in Florida It was murder Grifberg is poisoned with cyanide I was that on fire an attempt to cover up the stats fantastic. No one had any reason to kill griff How about insurance? Well, he did carry a large policy $50,000 I believe they able to home his wife Can you give me your address? Well, yes, of course. I'll write it down for you What's the matter? I set the door on my thumb. I could hit you. That's a shame. Pinched it pretty badly too. Oh, uh, instead of our going alone, suppose you take us to her. That is, you could spare the time Well, I'd be glad to But surely you can't think that either griff or Mrs. Buckley would get too soon for me to think anything about this case But the fact remains that she's sure to collect $50,000 on her husband's death and murder has been committed for a lot less Crazy. I don't know who the man in Florida was but my husband is buried right here in Woodlawn Cemetery It is rather personal, Mrs. Buckley, but were you and your husband happy together? Happy? I hated him. Myra. And he hated me. This never loved anybody in his life but that terrorist girl Perhaps you and Griff weren't ideally happy in Myra, but now that he's dead As far as I'm concerned, it makes no difference whether he's dead or alive From Buckley I'm going to ask the court to open his grave Why? Because I think the auto accident was a fake And if I'm right, you may find yourself facing a murder charge Lee? What are you talking about? You're the only person who profited by your husband's death And that $50,000 insurance policy is the motive any jury would take notice of So that's it. You're going to try to pin it on me, are you? Well, you can't. It was Griff. He killed him He killed whom? That man in the car. The man who was buried here under the name of Griff and Buckley Myra, what do you say? That what wasn't your husband? All right, it was Then who was it? I don't know and I don't care Myra, why did you say it was Griff? As soon as I saw the body, I realized that Griff was probably seen to get away from me And if that's what he wanted, why should I stop him? Especially if I said to make $50,000 I admire him Did you think I was going to say, no, that's not my husband It's some of my husband murdered I'm the wife of the thief and the murderer I'm not that big a fool What do you mean? The wife of the thief Griff had been stealing from the company for years From my company? Of course You mean to say that your husband killed some unknown person Put him in a car and set fire to it In order to cover up his theft from the Littlefield Company That's the only thing it could be If everyone thought Griff would dare, he'd be safe You had your books examined since Buckley's disappearance Mr. Littlefield? Well, no But would you tell anything if you went down and looked them over now? Well, it would take several days to make a complete check-up But we might discover something from the bank statement which came in this morning I'll bet you'll find that your accessible Griff Cooked everything that wasn't nailed down Let's go, Mr. Littlefield And Mr. Buckley, you better not try to leave town Don't worry If Griff was killed in Florida, it's just as good as if he'd been killed here That insurance hasn't been paid yet And I'm staying right here until I collect every cent of it How about it? Find anything out of the way, Mr. Littlefield? Yes, this check for 23,000 I didn't authorize that Any others? Here's one for 19,600 Another for 40,000 He begins to look as though Mrs. Buckley knew what she was talking about Here's another one I never should have given him the power to sign checks He must have gotten away with at least 100,000 of the stockholders' money in the last month alone That's a pretty big loss for a business this size, isn't it, Mr. Littlefield? Well, there won't be any loss to us The bonding company won't have to make good But it's the fact that Griff would do the thing like this, but... I just can't understand it Mr. Littlefield, could you make a trip to Bay City, Florida with me? Of course, but why? I want to make sure the man there is really Buckley And you can identify him Shall I get plane reservations? That won't be necessary, we can go in my plane Oh, you fly? It's been a hobby of mine for years I'll call the airport to get the plane ready And if you're not afraid of night flying, we can be there by midnight Good That sooner the better See you later What a good dinner, Mr. Littlefield I'll say it was No, Carter, I've been wondering if we shouldn't stay over here in Atlanta tonight I'm more tired than I realize It's been a terrible day for me I'll take over the controls if you want me to Oh, do you fly? It's a wonderful pilot, Mr. Littlefield Have my license with me if you're not afraid to take a chance No, go right ahead I'll move into the back seat and relax It's beautiful in here, Mr. Littlefield Yeah, you actually don't need a hand on the controls at all for straight flying Oh What's the matter? I'm trying to find a match and I caught this sore thumb in my pocket Is this cigarette? No thanks I guess I don't have any matches Miss Bowen, would you get me a pack from the map compartment up there? Oh, of course I have some paper matches in there What are your own advertising on them? Those matchbooks were a good idea One of the last things he did was order 100,000 of them The day the shipment arrived I just come from the funeral You mean the matches weren't delivered until after Buckley disappeared? Yes, sir I get all choked up at this item And it makes it all the time Look at the edge of this matchbook You have a nervous habit of indenting the edge of a book of paper matches with your fingernails, don't you, Mr. Littlefield? Why, yes, why? How'd you get that sore thumb? I pinched it in my desk drawer You saw me do it? Oh, no, I didn't I saw you go through the motions But that's not a bruise, it's a burn You sure you didn't burn it when a book of matches went up in your hands? Of course I'm sure Those matchbooks weren't delivered until after Buckley left Mortonville Yet one of them was found in his room in Bay City A matchbook with the edge indented just like this one With all the matches still in the book, but burned I see That was very careless of me, wasn't it, Clark? No, you did kill Buckley And I'm rather proud of the way I worked When I discovered that Griff had been robbing the company I gave him the choice of going to the penitentiary Or helping me make a real cleanup Some choice And your scheme was that he could take all the cash on hand And presumably be killed in a wreck so that the police wouldn't even look for it Right Bonding company would repay the loss Griff could go to South America, so he sought And we'd each be richer by a very neat sum Who was the man who was buried in Mortonville? I have a police idea Just a hitchhiker who answered this general description What? I picked him up, offered him a drink of liquor Played with style That's right Then I phoned Griff that everything was ready So he met me outside his town with his car Changed clothes with a dead hitchhiker The rest was easy But when you killed Buckley, why did you do it exactly the same way? To war in Europe The method I'd tried, if it worked perfectly So I flew down here Friday night When I was supposed to be spending the weekend in Chicago And took care of it Food connected auto wreck in Florida Was one in Ohio Nick did What did you do with it? It appealed as soon as we land I'm going to have to Have to live island, Jimmy Played you and Mrs. Bowen are getting out now You forget I'm at the control And you forget that this plane will keep itself level Even with a dead man at the control This is a revolver at the back of your neck, Carter So keep your hands on that with you And don't pick from you with Bowen I think we're over a rather large swamp now And I doubt that your bodies will ever be found After I drop you out of the plane You're out of your mind Sorry, Carter But I'm afraid I'll have to put a bullet through the back of your head From his position in the backseat of a three-seated plane Littlefield presses the revolver against the back of Nick head And his finger slowly begins to close on the trigger We'll see what happens in just a minute Now for the conclusion of the case of a man who died twice Today's adventure with Nick Carter Brought to you by a new post-war old Dutch cleanser With Nick at the control, T.J. Littlefield Is in the rear seat of his private plane A revolver at Nick's head The plane will fly itself, Carter For long enough for me to dispose of you two And dump your bodies into that swamp below it So I'm afraid I'll have to put a bullet through the back of your head Yes, the plane will fly itself, Littlefield In the same direction as headed on your chute So let's try a power dive Carter You fool Pull out of this dive No, no If Patsy and I are going to die, we'll all go together Carter, pull out! We'll crash Oh, you'll get up my feet, Littlefield Pull out, quick First the gun We're almost to the ground All right There's the gun Now pull out Here's my gun Keep it on it I'll try, Nick It doesn't matter You look so green That's good Sort of a destiny You'll feel okay in a minute or so I sure hope so And now, Mr. Littlefield, we'll try a safer landing At the Bay City Airport Where you can tell your story to the sheriff I think you'll enjoy hearing it We've got a confession all right, Nick The whole story Work has been a very clever scheme Not half as clever as the way you figured it out I only hope it will help you, Sheriff Head to hurt? Sam Ritter's giving it out all over town That he's not even going to run against me next election Oh! Oh, good Yep, says if you've got to hire a big New York detective To hold the job, you don't want it Well, that's a break for the taxpayers of this county From what I've heard, it certainly is What's going to happen to Mrs. Buckley? Oh, she'll probably get a jail sentence For attempting to defraud by making That false identification Yeah, but what about the money? Oh, by the way, Nick I made reservations for our trip back to New York Oh, good My plane? No, Mr. Carter Bob told me Our last plane trip was exciting enough To satisfy me for a long, long time Nick, what about Nick's weekend? Bob, it was very exciting Is we at all... Hmm, excuse me Hello? Oh, super Two-eight-four-eight That is all Now, see you here Nick, that wasn't yes, Robert Was that same mysterious woman She was saying, call super-two-eight-four-eight Look out the window at that billboard Well, I'll be done Call super-two-eight-four-eight What the dickin' is this all about? I don't know, but I'm... Look, Nick I wish I knew what it means, too, but... What about next week's show? Oh, yes, yes Well, Bob, next week, Happy and I Get mixed up with a bottle of cologne You mean, like, perfume? Oh, I'll say And that bottle of cologne Almost made an angel out of me No crooks, man Nick Carter, master detective Is presented each week at this time By the Cuddehy packing company It is produced and directed by Josh McGregor, and is copyrighted By its Freedom Smith publications Incorporated Charlotte Manson is featured as Catsy Today's script was written by Jim Parsons 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 Bob Martin saying When minutes count, use You post war All that's cleansing This is the Mutual Broadcasting System