 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 That's see your magnificent. Oh, well, thanks. You've just solved the mystery all we've got to do now is catch the killer Oh, but how do we do that Nick by turning you into a ghost by turning me into a what that's me I'm going to make you up into the scariest ghost that was ever seen and tonight. You're going to haunt a chess club Now for the case of the jeweled queen today's adventure starring Lon Clark as Nick Carter brought to you by a new post war old Dutch cleanser in his small basement apartment Cluttered with chess books and chess sets old Jeremy Hawthorne sits over a chessboard and listens absently while two hard-eyed men talk to him Well, you listen to me Hawthorne. Oh, yes. Yes, of course, mr. He told you his name twice already pal as here's my boss, mr. Monk. Oh, oh, yes Mr. Monk, I swear if you don't pay attention, I'll do cruise Okay Yes, Bishop to Queen Bishop or the only possible move Unless Knight I got a thousand dollars for you. Yeah, what's that? Well, a thousand dollars. I woke him up Look, you remember the old National Chess Club the old marble mansion on East 20th. Oh, oh, yes Do I not I'm the last surviving member What great old days we had at the club And it's been closed now for me see 40 years and it's been falling to pieces all that time That's right If it hadn't been for that terrible scandal the club would still be I'm not interested in the club or its scandals I'm interested in you. Oh You're a chess player, mr. No, no, I'm the guy with a thousand bucks. I'll pay it to you That's you for what for your right title and interest in the club my dear sir You're cheating yourself. There isn't anything in the club, but old books and old furniture Hardly worth fifty dollars. I'll pay you a thousand dollars for everything in the building Everything that your property is the last surviving member all you have to do is sign this release mr. Monk Ridiculous the place is a liability it may be so hot when you just sign the paper and take this thousand dollars I'll take the liability Oh by the way Pepsi, I haven't asked you to marry me for over two weeks Please don't you ever get tired of hearing me say no why? Hey Nick Nick stop the car quick I just remembered something a murder. Oh, yeah, although there were 10 murders with Arshen thrown in It's nothing like that. I just remembered old man Hawthorne Yeah, he lives right here that basement apart was cubby who what and why is old man Hawthorne. He's a guy I play chess with by mail. Oh Now I've heard everything. No, no kidding. Patsy. I'm up to my neck in a red hot correspondence game with Hawthorne I just remembered I forgot to mail in my latest move. Hey get back in the car chest champion. We're late for dinner already I'll lend you a postcard. We'll take a second Nick. I'll be right back. Oh He's probably fling open the door and howl check And fear old man Hawthorne to death Oh Patsy did I ever tell you the story about the man who won a chess game because he couldn't talk cannibal? Another Nick Carter special on the way. It seems this man was captured by cannibals down a new Guinea And while they were boiling the pot It's good at scubby. What's the matter with it doesn't sound as though he's making a chess move either Hey, Nick Nick you got to come into Hawthorne's place right away. This is awful. What's the matter scubby? You need advice on your next move. I'll say I do Hawthorne's dead. Oh, he's committed suicide No doubt about it Hawthorne's dead all right. He climbed up on a chair and hanged himself from one of the water pipes But why Nick scubby says he didn't have a problem in the world a lot outside of chess Well, he just lived for his chess problems. The old guy was happy. He was That's what's bothering me. What? Look at this note Hawthorne Apparently left here on the chess table neatly printed in ink I Made a years old and I'm tired Chess is a boy. There's nothing left Nick. Why did you say Hawthorne? Apparently left the note because the note is printed in ink so what Hawthorne's got an ink stain on his forefinger true enough scubby But tell me this where's the ink bottle the what the bottle of ink and the pen Hawthorne used or the fountain pen or anything That'll write an ink. Holy smoke. You're right. I've been through this room thoroughly and there isn't any ink So how could Hawthorne write that note? Well, maybe there's a pen in his pocket. Oh, no I've searched him. There's nothing on it, but some small change in a handkerchief Then he didn't write that note. No scubby. He positively did not Some kind friend obligingly wrote that note for Hawthorne with his own pen and then kindly helped Hawthorne commit suicide You mean that someone murdered him go to the head of the class fancy. Oh, but he was harmless Why would anyone want to kill a nice old man like that? That's scubby is what I'd like to find out So would I where do we start? Well Here's the picture as I see it now someone was here with Hawthorne just before he was murdered Someone who had the pen that Hawthorne used to write with accounting for the angst ain't on the finger right But what did Hawthorne write? Well, certainly not the suicide note. That was written for him after he was killed Now when this something this is interesting, huh? Why here on the floor under Hawthorne's feet The rhinestone medallion see The letter M in the center a medallion with a letter M recognize it scubby sure I do that's from the club mark The nightclub on the west side. Yeah, there's a dancer there named Jenny Valentine She does a solo tap dance and throws the souvenirs to the customer Oh, what would an old chess player be doing in a nightclub catching souvenirs? You mean what would a nightclub dancer be doing in Hawthorne's rooms playing chess Nick? Maybe that medallion the key to this murder Could be scubby Hey, look you kids stand by and wait for Matty in the homicide squad. Uh-huh. Well, what are you going to do? I'm going down to the Monk Club and try to catch a souvenir Anything but love Mr. Monk, Mr. Monk. Oh, hi. Yes, come on in. Is it okay, Mr. Monk? Is what okay? Well the money I owe you the five grand. Oh, uh, no, but I told you how to get the queen Didn't you believe me? Yeah. Well, did you see Hawthorne? Did you buy it from him? Yeah You owe the club $6,000 now. What do you mean? Listen, Sonny You come here to the club and you drop five grand You can't pay so you hand me a story about this this bequest your uncle left to the chess club Oh, it's true I swear if the club was closed before they had a chance to find out what he gave them they never knew what they had Mr. Monk that queen is worth $20,000 maybe 30 Well, that was the deal if I steered you into it you'd cancel the money I owe you listen punk the word was if it's what you said I look I haven't got the queen yet It cost me another grand already if I get it. You're clear get that through your head Hopkins I don't suck her so easy for fancy stories. Oh sure, but after all I went to William everybody in the club can hear you you're making so much noise. Oh, hi, Jenny Oh Don't you love me anymore? No Now that's a man for you Chasing after me for three months solid and all of a sudden bump the freeze Don't be mad at me. I'll be you played me for a sucker Jenny $5,000 worth of sucker Go ahead and Korean. I'm going to the bar, and I hope I never see you again Monk baby. Yeah Get the dope and Hawthorne Everything's okay, honey And we got the queen tonight, baby. I'm going over with Cruz. Are you gonna? I'm gonna take care of it You just leave that to me, honey From tomorrow on it's just gonna be you and me and 40 grand Okay, but I've got the addressing room now Cruz may get ideas if we see this Say it again about you and me monk you and me and 40 grand You say the sweetest thing how we say An admirer very good-looking You like my dance I haven't seen it so I wouldn't know And what are you hanging around my dressing room for miss Valentine? I'm Nick Carter the detective. That's right Now get out of here. I'm not quite ready to leave yet miss Valentine. I'd like to ask you about this medallion Well, what about it? Why'd you give it to Jeremy Hawthorne? Jeremy? Hey, hey, look, I I throw hundreds of those things around every night, but how should I know who catches them? Of course miss Valentine, but you do know Hawthorne. All right, so don't deny it You showed her on your face when I mentioned his name Get out of here. I Came up here to ask you what you know about a chess player who had the misfortune and at Carter I'll ask the questions around here. Oh Hello, Monk Do I also say hello to the 45 you're playing with make one fancy play Carter You can get intimate with a slug don't you knock when you sneak into dressing rooms. I know Besides you and I are gonna sneak right out. Monk. I think this is my play Jenny. Let me take it Okay, okay, but listen get on your feet Carter We're going up to my office. All right It's nice and sound proof up there We can play just as rough as you want to and if you want to play some parlor games, that's all right, too I've just one game. I'm not in the mood for Monk. Oh, what's that two men played with a gun or a rope? It's called murder. Oh Nick was right in his guest that Hawthorne was known to both Jenny and Monk We'll see where that leads him in just a moment when we hear what Monk has to tell him in his private soundproof office Now back to the case of the jeweled queen today's adventure with Nick Carter brought to you by new post war old Dutch Clencher at the point of a gun Nick is ushered into Monk's soundproof office on the second floor of the Monk Club Monk closes the door sharply and Sit down Carter. Thanks. Now listen. I had trouble with you before I know you're a smart cookie And I know you're dangerous. That's why I use a rod when you're around put your cars in the table Monk Carter This is one deal that's on the level What deal the deal with Hawthorne? Oh Wow, this is very interesting Go ahead Monk sing your song. Well a rich kid named Hopkins got in the red for me for five grand So so he couldn't pay and so his old man wouldn't hand over the dough So Hopkins tears me into a deal a squared what deal you going for history any? I've read a book or two. We'll get a load of this back in the 1500s. There was this English Queen Elizabeth I've heard of her. Oh, no, there was a tournament held in her honor once a kind of Joust our Elizabeth was impressed with a way a guy by the name of Sir Charles Blunt what she was so impressed that she sent him a present the next day a chess piece It was a jewel Queen. I think I've read the story. Well now according to the books Essex was a jealous of a gift he ups and fights a duel with Blunt and afterwards the chess Queen disappeared So I've heard a quarter that Queen's worth of fortune and I own it all legal all fair all Square how so? Well Hopkins uncle uncovered it 50 years ago. He sent it to the National Chess Club as a request along with some books and stuff Well, but he died right after that and the club went bust before they knew what they owned that jewel Queen is stored away somewhere in the club cellar and You own it. I do I bought it fair and square from the last living club member old Jeremiah Hawthorne I got a bill of sale of the club property signed by him this afternoon for a thousand bucks So that's how we got the ink stain on his finger. What? Nothing at a night. I'm going down to the clubhouse and get what I own all legal and above board, right? Except for one little detail monk Name somebody murdered Hawthorne. Well, I it's a dirty double-cross and Hawthorne's been murdered And he didn't have a thousand dollars. I told you to get out and if you know what's good for you Carter Don't try to hang this wrap on me. I won't have to monk. I'll just help you hang it on yourself Thanks, don't you like the month club, Mr. Carter sure sure like it fine, but I don't like the people in it Good night. Good night, Mr. Carter. Come again soon. Just a minute. What? Wow Mr. Alfred Cruz isn't it? How are you Alfred? Last time we met. Carter, what do you want with Jenny? Take your hand off me, Alfred. Well, we should don't a Jenny's dressing room Don't see why that's any of your business. It sure is. She's gonna be my wife That's so when in a couple of months the beautiful kid everybody's chasing her like that kid Hopkins even monk I don't want you around her too. I have no intentions of chasing her Alfred And I will you please get out of my way. You don't bluff me with fancy talk Carter I swear I'll break your neck if you go nearer. You want a sample? You don't step aside Alfred. I see how you like this When you get up again, I hope you'll have more sense It's a matter scummy. I was coming down to meet you and I saw your car just on We'll take a look inside. Don't tell me you've discovered it Jenny Valentine Oh stop pacing Nick. You're making the office whirl around in circles Nick. I'm scared Why'd you bring Jenny back in the car? Why haven't you reported her murder to Maddie? I'm going to just as soon as I figure this out. Oh, but maybe I was meant to find her and report it But she's still out in your car if anybody finds her. I know I know It was in the back seat with a neck twisted strangled Oh, she'd come to the car and was waiting to speak to me after I left the club only the killer came along and spoke to Her first Nick you've got to do something. I know I know I do I'm trying to think well my money's on monkeys army Maybe oh, what did Jenny tell you anything that could help? No Although she was friendly enough till she found out who I was This I already know How oh, I know a clue when I see it see that big smudge of powder and makeup. She left on Nick's leave Harder than makeup. I'm a patsy. You're magnificent. You've solved the case I've solved you just told me who murdered Hawthorne and Jenny Valentine Now all we got to do is catch him. But how? By turning you into a ghost by turning me into a what patsy I'm going to make you up into the scariest ghost that was ever seen and tonight. You're going to haunt the chess club Store down in the cellar. Okay. Come on You said it's a big see and I kid said the size of a cigar box What's in here is you or I got news for your cruise. You're not taking it out of here What I'm taking the Queen cruise and I'm leaving you behind. Oh, you're dirty No, I'd rather Jenny wants it that way cruise. It's too bad pal. Give me the Queen dirty double cross You and Jenny ain't gonna cross the cellar staring up at the head of the stairs in horror We'll hear what happens next in just a moment today's adventure with Nick Carter brought to you by a new post war Old Dutch Glendier as Monk and Cruz stand Transfixed in the cellar of the National Chess Club Nick whispers to patsy who stands at the head of the stairs in a glowing green drape And patsy smokes as Jenny pay for the love of mud day What are you trying to do play the Phantom of the Opera? Daddy Jenny, what is like a seer face? It can't be a fool Only the man who killed her couldn't know that what if Jenny said who's this my assistant Patsy Bowen made up to look like Jenny This bad light. She was able to fool you just as I planned Crossed me up with her, huh? Make a sucker out of me like she made out of Hopkins. Well, I showed you and I show you more Shot just went through your arm. It'll heal by the time you're due to take 40,000 volts sitting down That's right. Patsy the old story of thieves falling out. Huh? What do you mean, Nick? Well Cruz knew he was being double-crossed by Jenny and Monk so we decided to return the favor and double-cross them. Oh Well, is that why he went back and killed Hawthorne after Monk made the deal tried to frame Monk by dropping that medallion Then to fix Jenny he strangled her and left her in my car And in that way he figured Monk would take the rap for Hawthorne's murder and Jenny would be dead and both would be out Of his way exactly it collected Jewel Queen and live happily ever after Nick I still don't understand how I solve the case Why Patsy you did it when you saw that smudge of makeup on my arm. Will you please explain? I most certainly will explain Patsy the only person who could have touched me while I was in the Monk Club Who had makeup on his hand was Cruz remember? I told you how he knocked my arm Yeah, just before you hit him and knocked him down. That's right They must have smudged my arm with makeup which means he must have got it on his hands from Jenny's neck Well, I'll be darned so we had to be the man who strangled her Yeah, but what about the Jewel Queen the Jewel Queen goes to Monk you bought it legally so he's entitled to it Oh shucks. Oh don't feel bad Patsy if you want one I'll buy you a dozen tomorrow a dozen at the price Mr. Monk is out $6,000 dear the velvet box contained one very elaborate chest Queen made of wood Value about one dollar and fifty cents, but it wasn't the real Jewel Queen. No Patsy. It wasn't Queen Elizabeth's chest piece is still at large somewhere in the white white world Well, maybe Cruz will be able to ask her majesty where it is after he sits down in the hot seat Why Patsy that's not a nice thing to imply it isn't why not well I certainly hope good Queen best isn't in the same place Cruz is going Besides by then it'll be too late to do him any good Well Nick it's time you told us something about the adventure that new post war old Dutch cleansers going to bring us next week Right you are Bob It's a story which began with the theft of a priceless Egyptian relic from the art museum one night and during the robbery The watchman was killed in a strange and mysterious way Yes, and it took a device which records earthquakes to catch the murderer hold on a minute Nick I don't get the connection between such a device and an Egyptian relic. Oh, well neither did the killer Bob not until it was all Over what do you call this story Nick? I call it the case of the exploded alibi Nick Carter master detective is presented each week at this time and over these same stations by the kadahi packing company makers of new post war old Dutch cleanser Nick Carter master detective produced and directed by Jock McGregor is copyrighted by Street and Smith publications Incorporated Charlotte Manson is featured as patsy today's script was written by Alfred Bester Original music is played by Henry Sylvain. 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 new post war old Dutch cleanser