 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 Don't move any of you Don. Where'd you get that gun? Never mind. Just don't make me use it. Don't be a fool Don I'm not I'm going out of here and nobody's gonna be too sure Anybody else want to try any smart tricks before I leave now the case of the forgetful killer Today's adventure starring Lon Clark as Nick Carter brought to you by new post war old Dutch cleanser in In the back booth of a dingy bar in the slum district a well-dressed young man takes a thick package of banknotes from his pocket and Passes it across the cigarette scarred table to the shifty-eyed little man who sits across from him That's every cent I have in the world whitey $6,000 I said ten. Where's the other four grand? I couldn't get anymore. You better get it Remember that letter I told you about if anything happens to me. It'll be in the hands of the DA within 24 hours That'll be the end of you but why meet you here tomorrow night, and you I can't come here again whitey if anyone should Okay, okay, I'll phone you at the office tell you where to bring it But why do I get the other four grand tomorrow night? All right go to the cops and You go to the electric chair For murder There were any way I could raise the money for you. I would you know that I know Chris Wouldn't have asked you except I've tried everything else. You're the only real friend. I've got sure Now when you need me, I can't come through. Oh, I don't know what I'm going to Why do you phone me about an hour ago? I promise to have the money at the corner of first and water streets at one o'clock tonight I've got to have it there. Why don't what's he got on you? You can tell me no Chris I I don't want to talk about that But if whitey ever tells the cops who I really am It's the end of everything And that little rats got me tied hand and foot mean that letter to the district attorney. Yes, but Chris Chris do you think you could be lying about that letter if I thought that on you're not getting any crazy ideas. Are you? Oh, I don't know. I don't know what I'm thinking There's only one chance left. Yeah, mr. Hughes gets back from Washington at 11 tonight You'll never get him to part with $4,000 if I know our beloved employer He'll never but he's got to it's my last hole. What if he won't then I'll be waiting for whitey just the same And it'll be a meeting. He'll never forget All right, it's you sunny boy, so dark on that doorway couldn't see you Okay, where's the foreground it's right here. Oh, no you don't Let go Nick hello, Patsy. Good morning, Sergeant Matheson. Mr. Hughes. This is Nick Carter and Patsy Bowen. How'd you do? Oh, thank goodness. You're here at last at last here's been exactly 17 minutes since Sergeant Matheson phoned and asked us to come down here to your office I haven't even had my breakfast yet. What's this all about? Mr. Connor my firm publishes children's and religious books an order. I had a scandal unfavorable publicity Anything like that can ruin us and you see Nick. There was a murder in the waterfront district last night Cheap little two-bit crook named whitey gear was shot to death. We found this slip of paper on whitey's body What why that looks like one of those slips of paper? They have in phone booths for people to write phone numbers on that's what it is That's a what's the connection Matty the phone number written on that paper is the number of the Hughes publishing house. Oh, I see All right, there's something else written here, too Don Mason 1 a.m. First Avenue and water Street, right and whitey was found dead at the corner of first and water Shot to death about 1 a.m. According to the medical examiner So don Mason wait a minute is who is this Don Mason that mr. Carter is the crux of the whole thing Don Mason is my sales manager. It's engaged to my daughter. Oh, I see And you think Mason kept the appointment with whitey and murdered him, huh? Of course, don't you I wouldn't know Matty This slip of paper with Mason's name on it certainly doesn't convince me Well, I don't get you what you tell me I doubt that whitey was the kind of man who'd make a memorandum about anything Oh, Fui. He did it this time and that's all I care about Nick. Maybe Look Matty has anybody else handle this piece of paper except you and me. I know I took it off the bottom of So what then let's put it in an envelope and see that no one else does touch it Uh-huh. Okay, if you want to But there's another thing Nick. Yeah, why do is a skinny little runt? But from the looks of things he must have put up a well of a fight before he was killed We found a couple of gray wool threads under his fingernails like from a gray tweed coat and whitey's coat was brown Then you think those threads came from the killer's coat during the struggle sure Patsy What else and mr. Hughes here tells me Don Mason wears a gray tweed coat and so do lots of other people You must understand mr. Carter this company simply cannot afford to have one of the minutes executives are accused of murder Now I want you to prove that Don had nothing to do with this this whitey person But what if he did have well? Well, then we'll publicize the fact that you's publishing I had the best detective it could get to see justice done even though the culprit is one of our own executives That may help some Well, how about it Carter before I give you an answer mr. Hughes I'd like to talk this over with Don Mason. He hasn't come down the office yet Nick I just waiting for you to get here before going over to his apartment after him a good idea matty Except that he may leave for the office before we get to his place Oh, I have an idea Don shares an apartment with my star salesman Chris Bentley I could phone Chris down to keep down there until you arrive Yeah, I suppose you do that mr. Hughes and unless he's got a mighty good alibi that young fellow is gonna move to another apartment a Small one in the city jail You Don Wake up Wake up you dope snap out of it Good morning Chris What's the matter old man Hughes just phoned that some people are coming to see he says to tell you to wait here until they arrive I feel terrible Don Where were you last night? Get with it Don you didn't get in until after I went to bed and that was three o'clock. Where were you? What I don't know I Can't remember did you get the money from old man Hughes money what money the money to pay off that blackmailer Did you get it good grief white? Yes, whitey. Did you see him? I I can't remember whether I did or not I mean you had another one of those blackouts. I guess I must have Now let's see. I Remember eating dinner here at the apartment with you. Yes, and afterwards. I went out for a pack of cigarettes When I came back you were gone and so was that gun you keep in your dresser drawer. Oh Chris no, what did you do Don? Why'd you take the gun you you've got to remember? Oh, I can't I can't remember anything all over town looking for you, but you just disappeared Oh from the way my head feels I think I must have been in some bar, but I don't drink wait a minute What are you doing looking for your gun? Yeah, here it is in the pocket of your top coat And down Three bullets have been fired from it. What do you mean three bullets? It wasn't even loaded last time I saw it. Well, it is now Don Are you sure you didn't meet that whitey fella? I don't know. I can't remember Hey, hey, maybe it's the police who are coming here. Maybe why do you turn me in? I'll get hold of yourself. We haven't much time What are you doing now? I'm putting the gun on this little shelf over the door in the coat closet Not much of a hiding place, but it'll have to do until we can get rid of it Chris I won't let you get mixed up in there. Don't be silly Now get this you never even heard of this whitey person. You were here all last night You never left the apartment understand. Yeah. Yeah, I never left the apartment after dinner You and I played gin rummy and listen to the radio until 3 a.m. And then we went to bed You were here all last night and I'll swear to it And you still say you didn't meet whitey gear at the corner of firsts and water streets last night Mason No, I never even heard of the guy sergeant and how come he had your name and phone number I don't know and you prove where you were at one o'clock down. I was right here in the apartment That's right. Mr. Carter Don never stepped outside all last night. You'll swear to them Well, sure I will we played gin rummy till 3 a.m. That sounds like a pretty good alibi sergeant Yeah, if it holds up frankly Don you don't look as though you'd spent a quiet evening at home I'd say you were suffering from a pretty bad hangover. Well, I Mason whitey gear was killed with a 38 revolver You own such a gun. No, you own a great tweed coat. Yeah, why where is it? Oh, it's in the closet Don isn't in any trouble Betty. No, honey. It's all right Wait a minute. Who's this Betty Hughes Don's fiance. Hey, you're looking fine Betty. That's a new hairdo, isn't it? Of course not Chris, but what a daddy I guess it's just because I haven't seen you for so long Talking about you saw me only last night, but what was that Chris came over to my house last night looking for Don He said Donna disappeared and he thought Don something is wrong. Well, you are in trouble, aren't you? You bet he is miss Hughes So he was with you every minute last night. Was he Chris? Well, I am not now look sergeant I'll talk to you later. Get your hat done. I'm taking you in for the murder of whitey gear I'm at a are you sure you have enough of a case to justify an arrest you bet I have Nick Why would he frame a phony alibi if he wasn't guilty? Only no I tried to tip you off Betty, but I guess I was pretty clumsy about it. You're ready done Yeah, I got my hat and I got this Where'd you get that gun? Never mind just don't make me use it because if I do somebody's gonna get hurt Unmindful of the fact that his action is practically a confession of guilt Don stands near the door Holding Nick Maddie and the others at the point of his gun in just a moment. We'll see what happens next Now back to the case of the forgetful killer today's adventure with Nick Carter Brought to you by new post-war old Dutch cleanser Holding Nick Maddie and the others at the point of his gun Don stands beside the door to the inner room of the two room apartment He shares with Chris now get into the bedroom all of you. Let's do as he says Maddie No use anyone getting shot. Thanks, Mr. Carter. I want to be sure nobody's gonna stop. I don't be too sure Keep your hand away from your gun sergeant. Okay, okay, you hurt Nick Oh Just got the wind knocked out of it went down through me. I Was quite a stunt down. I was a commando in the war Now Anyone else want to try any smart tricks before I leave your play in this awful dumb kid? I'm playing it the only way I can Now I'm gonna lock this bedroom door And then I'm getting out of here and heaven help anyone who tries to follow me So you both just stood there let him walk out did you a fine pair of detectives you turned out to be They didn't just stand there as soon as they heard the outside door close Nick and Sergeant Madison were after him Yeah, but by the time we got the door unlocked He was out of sight he left his wallet and the dresser along with some small chains keys and so on He won't get far without a scent in his pocket. Yeah, he left that gray tweed coat too I sent it down the police lab and if those threads under whitey gears fingernails came from that coat We'll know it in a couple of hours Nick that young scoundrel when I think of all I did for him What did you do for down mr. Hughes? Well, I gave him a job tonight He even promoted him to be sales manager when he wasn't in line for the job simply because Betty was in love with him And I guess she sees a mistake now. I doubt it when a girl's in love I love fiddle sticks before he came along it was Chris for him somebody else How long has Don worked for you? Ever since he came here from Toronto 1942 he was just out of the Canadian army. I thought I was being patriotic by helping a disabled veteran Disabled there wasn't anything disabled about the way he threw me clear across that room. It was a head wound That's why they discharged him from the army. He used to have periods when he'd black out completely You couldn't remember where he'd been or what he'd done for hours at a time even days That hasn't happened for a year or so now well according to Chris it happened last night That's why Chris tried to give him an alibi. He said whatever Don did. He wasn't responsible Oh, the guy's just getting ready for a plea of temporary insanity Nick, but he won't get away with it Maybe he will Maddie unless you can prove a motive. I'll prove the motive. Don't you worry about that? Hmm. It seems to me the first thing you've got to do is catch him. Yeah, well, I'll do that too Every carp in town is on the lookout for him and five will get you 10. We have him rounded up inside of 24 hours Oh Don is that you yes, are you alone? Yes? Darling, where are you never mind Betty? I need help and I don't dare try to get in touch with Chris The cops are sure to be watching the apartment if there's anything I can do there is I've got to have some money So I can get out of town a couple of hundred dollars. I'll get it. I'll bring it to you No, no, I won't let you take any chances Give the money to Chris Tell him I'll be waiting in the freight yards at the foot of 68th Street at midnight Nick we've got it got what Maddie the only thing that was missing in this case the motive look at this letter Who's it from sergeant from whitey gear? That's who righty? And let's see. Hey, huh? He was afraid down might try to knock him off So he left this with a friend to be mailed to the district at turning in case anything happened to him The a got it in the mail about an hour ago. What are those newspaper clippings Nick? I don't know yet had dated Portland, Oregon 1939. It's all there even a picture of Don Mason His real name is Jimmy Burke and he's wanted from murder murder. Yeah, Patsy He was mixed up with a juvenile gang in Portland that robbed a warehouse and shot the night watchman And Don was the one who killed him. That's what this clipping says The gun that killed the watchman was positively identified as belonging to John He must have escaped into Canada and joined the army there under the name of Mason, huh? You wire Portland for confirmation Maddie. Sure. Sure. I did no answer yet, Nick Hey Look at the handwriting on this note that was with the clippings. What about it? That's whitey gears handwriting. At least his name is signed to it. So what? Well, it's nothing like the handwriting on that memo you found in his pocket. Nick, you're right. Hey Maybe Don wrote down the time and place he wanted to meet whitey and then gave it to it. No, no I don't think so Maddie I Have a hunch that memo was planted. Yeah Well, the laboratory boys tested those gray threads under whitey's fingernails Nick and they're definitely from Don Mason's coat It's an airtight case. Yeah, sure. You seem to have everything except a prisoner You haven't found any trace of Don yet. Have you? No, no, he won't make a move until after dark But like you said he's got to have money Probably he'll try to get it from Chris and I've got all my men around that apartment I don't think you'll go back to the apartment, Maddie. What my hunch is he'll try to contact Betty Hughes Hey, maybe you're right. Well, I'll just plant some of the boys around the Hughes house, too You won't have to Maddie. I phoned Walter McGlynn. He's watching the place now. Oh Well, okay Then we got him no matter which way he jumps. I think I'll go on home Nick It's been a long day. Yeah, it's almost midnight. Oh, no, but I wanted to stick around the office Hold it. Nick Carter speaking. Oh, Waldo What I See what she meet him Betty met on somewhere. No, she met Chris. Where? Why that's the freight yard Nick what's happened good boy Waldo. We'll get right on it Betty just met Chris in the cafeteria in the east side and gave him a roll of bills But get away money for Don that's what Waldo figured so he trailed Chris out of the cafeteria and heard him tell a cab driver He wanted to go to the foot of age 68th Street, so that's what you meant when you said the freight yards Yeah, Chris just left a couple of minutes ago. We hurry. Maybe we can get there first That was Chris ahead of us. I know it was yeah I got a good look at him when he passed under the light. Where'd he go to? Maybe he went around the other side of this boxcar There are a couple of hundred boxcars in this part of the yards. You can stop right where you are Carter Don thank heaven. We found your Donna was afraid you did it Chris yeah, don get he's gone. Okay. I'll wait a minute Chris You're in trouble already you help him now. That's gonna make you equally guilty Oh, what can I do? Mr. Carter Don's making me do this at the point of a gun. Aren't you Don sure I am You got it. You bet don't listen to me. Don't be a fool You give yourself up. I think I can prove you're innocent innocent, but I I'm not I killed whitey because he was blackmailing me I must have do you remember killing him. Oh, no, I don't remember anything that happened last night I don't think you did kill him down. In fact, I'm positive you didn't don't listen to him Don It's a trick look down There's only one person who knew where and when you were going to meet whitey only one person who could have drugged you Yes drugged you That's why you thought you had a hangover this morning So that's it. This person drugged you then kept your appointment with whitey wearing your gray tweed coat Chris. It was you Okay, let's quit playing games You you met whitey and you kill you don't drop your gun stupid. I'm going to use this gun I took from Carter J Now you're being sensible, but but I don't get it. You were my friend I trust sure I was your friend I didn't mind a bit when you got the sales manager job I should have had and I was tickled to death when you took my girl away from so that's sure With you out of the way, I'll be the new sales manager and I'll be the boss's son-in-law, too Someday I'll own the whole business You're gonna have to work awfully fast to do all that before you go to the chair for killing whitey Aren't you gonna send me to the chair not any of you three because when Carter and Don get through fighting it out I'm afraid there won't be any survivors. What are you talking about? It'll be easy Carter I've got your gun to shoot down with and then I'll take his gun to finish off you and miss Bowen Chris because you're crazy. The cops will think Carter tried to arrest you and you shot it out Why that's ridiculous. Someone will hear the shot. That's freight engine is gonna pass on the other side of this Box car in a few seconds. It'll make enough noise to cover anything even gunshots With a passing freight engine to cover the sound of gunfire Chris's finger tightens on the trigger We'll see what happens in just a moment Now for the conclusion of the case of the forgetful killer today's adventure with Nick Carter Brought to you by new post-war old Dutch cleanser in The freight yards at the foot of 68th Street Chris Bentley is holding Nick Patsy and Don Mason at the point of a gun Waiting only for the noise of an approaching engine to cover the sound of his shot before he fired About time you got here Maddie You're not gonna take me in So fast That'll hold you for a while. Good work done What did you do to it didn't you recognize that stunt Maddie? It's the same one he used on me and I can tell you from experience that Chris isn't going to do any more running away Not for a minute or two Can't thank you enough for what you did Nick, but well, I guess it wasn't much use They'll only send me back to Oregon to stand trial for for the killing that night killing the night watchman back in 39 Oh, no, they won't don Sergeant Madison wired the Oregon police about you and they wired back that the charge had been dropped That's right down about a year later The real killer was caught and he confessed the love of Pete you were completely cleared But if Chris wanted to get rid of me, why did he kill whitey to do it? Well for all he knew he only had to sit tight and let whitey turn me in he said you were going to mr Hughes for the money and he was afraid you might get it and he couldn't turn you in himself because you Wouldn't tell him what whitey had on you or even what your real name was Yeah, yeah, that's right But even after he killed whitey to make sure the DA got that letter Chris tried to give me an alibi All right, it just doesn't make sound that was only a part of his scheme to put himself in a good light with Betty Hughes He knew that alibi wouldn't stand up in fact He made sure it wouldn't stand up by going to a dozen places looking for you He knew someone would remember that he'd said you disappeared and couldn't be found and to think you figured the whole thing out From that piece of paper with my name art and the time and the place where I was supposed to meet whitey Just a minute down. That's not quite true That slip of paper looked a bit phony to me But that was all when Chris tried to incriminate you by putting that piece of paper in whitey's pocket He was actually furnishing the evidence that was going to convict him. But what do you mean? He forgot a very important thing Fingerprint fingerprint. Yes whitey's fingerprints weren't on that paper. So obviously he couldn't have written it But Chris's fingerprints were all over it. Wow. He did forget something important didn't uh-huh, but uh say Nick You didn't know about those things until an hour ago. Why were you so sure Don was innocent? I became convinced the minute he threw me across the room in his apartment. What'd that have to do with it? Well, whitey was a scrawny little fellow yet. Maddie said he put up quite a fight before he was killed Oh, I see what you mean if Don could put you flat on your back in two seconds A little guy like whitey would have been licked before he started right fancy Oh, this is the first time in my memory that a man has made a friend of me by knocking me down How about the adventure new post-war old Dutch cleanser is going to bring us next week, Nick Oh Ralph It's about a young fellow who wanted to buy his wife a diamond ring and almost bought himself a one-way ticket to the electric chair instead And he completely ruined my new look not to mention almost giving me pneumonia. Oh, that was my fault You see Ralph the only way I could keep Patsy from being shot was by pouring cold water on it Sounds as though you had a rough time Patsy. Oh, I did. Oh, what do you call this adventure Nick? I call it the case of the clue called egg Nick Carter master detective is presented each week at this time by the Karahi packing company It 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 Maddie Today's script was written by Jim Parsons Original music is played by Henry Silver This program is fictional and any resemblance to actual persons living or dead is purely coincidental This is Ralph Camargo saying when minutes count use new post-war old Dutch cleanser This is the mutual broadcasting system