 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 Let's go my name You're choking me. Oh, I'm sorry Nick Look behind you can see all the way down to What that's too much all alone that car behind us great Scott and he's hanging half out of the car What's the matter with that guy Nick? He's leading way up. Look out Betsy. Where are you going? I've got to get back there before we go around the next turn Case of the Midway murders today's adventure starring Lon Clark as Nick Carter Brought to you by new post-war old Dutch cleanser It's a warm summer evening at the idle hour amusement park and business is even better than usual That's what they call a show folks a beauty and the beast and it's starting right away You see this lovely delicate little lady alone and single-handed subdue the ferocious man killing gorilla from the jungle to power Borneo it's starting right away. So get your tickets now Bongo the most ferocious gorilla in captivity and Lily Latour the little lady you alone And this is George Haley. Hey, we're in the world. I enjoyed the thought you're coming down to my place for dinner I'm in a phone booth at the idle hour amusement park and I've got to talk fast and Nick I can you get out here right away? Why yes, but what's up? I'm no detective Nick I've got to have help I've been following this guy ever since I recognized him on the bus and the way to your house But I have to wait a minute wait a minute George. Who are you following? Joe Lester at least that was his name when he was in Bayside penitentiary 12 years ago I think he's working here at the park now. He's not a customer. That's for sure. Hold on George You're going too fast. What's this all about? I want you to find out if he's a man I think he is and what he's doing now. It's terribly important to me Nick. Okay, I'll get there as fast as I can I'll find you at the park. They're waiting me by the whirlwind of what the roller coaster. I may be late Nick But I'll be there. I'll be there for sure Well, this is our last ride After this we'll wait for George out front We're out of it already Here we go up the first inclined I'm glad we're not gonna have those teenagers yelling in our years ago history I guess we have a car to ourselves this time I wish George would hurry up and get here. You know, I wonder who this Joe Lester is that he's following Nick Well George mentioned Bayside penitentiary used to be a guard there, you know here. Yeah, I know Didn't he get into some kind of trouble? Yeah, I was accused of helping some of the convicts escape George Oh, why that's ridiculous. I know it is but the evidence was against him and all the escaping convicts were killed So they couldn't testify in his favor What is it George and the car behind us? What? He's half out of the car I've got to get back to him before we go around that sharp chair. It's too late Nick. You'll be killed Oh Who's out on the valley? It's a wonder he didn't hit somebody and kill him that thing is a hundred foot high keep back everybody, please Let me through let me through here. Is there anything we can do no pets. He must have been killed instant Looks like every bone on this body broke golly. What happened here? What he what's the matter better ask slim The whirlwind is his concession a guy from out of the car, Mr. Braden going around a height turn good You're the manager of this park. I'm the only John Broughton Are you the police? I'm a private investigator. My name's Nick Carter. The dead man was a friend of mine And nothing like this has ever happened before mr. Carter your friend must have been standing up in the car Oh, he wasn't standing up and I talked to you and can I talk to the concession manager in your office? Why? Certainly, of course and you two didn't you say you saw what happened? Yeah I run the beauty and be sure right next to the whirlwind little miss mature here We was out on a ballet platform and you two come along to the office, please The park police can take care of things here until someone arrives from homicide homicide. Yes, mr. Broughton I've called sergeant Matheson. This was no accident. It was murder Folks, this is sergeant Matheson of homicide mr. Broughton the owner of the park Maddie Mr.. Broughton, how do you do sergeant slim Watson who operates the roller coaster? Hi Miss Lillian Latour an animal trainer in the show next door miss Latour pleased to make your acquaintance and woody Reeves Who operates the show in which miss Latour appears? Hello Reeves first of all, Maddie I'll tell you what I know Patsy and I were in the same string of cars as the dead man when he was thrown off the roller coaster George had Haley a friend of my father's were you together when it happened me? No We were trying to find George He was following a man who came up to the park on a bus about eight o'clock Someone George had known when he was a guard at Bayside State Penitentiary How do you know that? Well George phoned to ask Nick for help in finding out about the man Oh George knew whether he was probably a park employee. You see Patsy and I were supposed to meet him in front of the roller coaster So we killed time by taking a few rides Uh-huh, and I look back and saw George in the car behind us the man must have been standing up Sergeant I tell you we saw a mr. Broughton and he wasn't standing up. Okay, Nick But what makes you think it was murder? Well Maddie the body was badly smashed up and but not the back of the head and I found blood there Well naturally after such a fall as that it was dried blood mr. Broughton from a blow that had been struck some time before He fell out of the roller coaster and I wait a minute Nick The guy might have had some accident you didn't know about no Maddie That was the blow that killed him Otherwise it would have raised the lump the size of a hen's egg and there was no swelling at all What are you talking about a medical fact mr. Broughton swelling does not take place after death, right? And he must have been riding around and that thing did ever since he was slugged on how he wasn't sad I collect tickets before every ride and I'm sure I was certainly wouldn't miss seeing a dead guy then howling And howling Sam Hill did he get in there? I have an idea sergeant. Yeah at the beginning of the ride There's a dark tunnel if the murderer had been hiding in there with the body now. That's impossible Huh? Oh, there's only three inches clearance on each side of that tunnel one man couldn't possibly hide there let alone two of them Well, then somebody must have dumped him in there from someplace else or along the route Well, there he ain't you that track lit up right his day He'd sure need plenty of knife size Maddie from the time the car leaves the top of the first incline It's going a breakneck speed. Oh, well, let's forget about how we got in the car for a minute We'll try to find the guy he was after. I'll bet he caught this Joe Lester. Joe You'll recognize the name. I'm mr. Broughton why No, no, there's never been any park employee named Joe Lester, I'll swear to that Joe Lester. I've heard that name before Can you get through it little and me as quick as possible that guerrilla mine has been over there for almost an hour without any water in his cage And you better stay here Woody somebody else can take care of bongo mr. Broughton You know there ain't nobody but what do you mean can get near him anybody else try to walk into that cage? Terrible Look Nick, how about it? You need these folks any longer? I just want to ask them one question We found a ticket stuff from your show on Haley's pocket Woody, so he must have followed Lester in there Did you happen to notice anybody come in just before Haley? I didn't even notice him miss Latour I No, no, I didn't see the guy either Joe Lester By golly, I've got it. You know him Eddie I don't know him, but I remember who he is and if you think Joe Lester murdered Haley you're out of luck Nick What do you mean Joe Lester's been dead for 12 years dead sure drowned while he was trying to break out of Bayside penitentiary His body was swept out to sea Bongo back away from that cage door you big egg Can't you see I'm bringing you some water Shut up bongo, what's the matter little? You killed him didn't you Woody me? You're nuts. Don't lie to me Woody. You know I'm too crazy about you to ever tell but I gotta know the truth Whatever put a crazy idea like that in your head because you're the guy he's after you're Joe Lester Baby you're way off base Joe Lester was drowned They never found the body and Joe Lester was in Bayside pen 12 years ago And you done a stretch at Bayside 12 years ago. You told me so what of it? So did a couple of thousand other guys what he don't lie to me Said I hadn't seen the guy before but I did I think I'm talking to you during my act baby You need glasses that was problem. I was talking to I tell you I seen it was right after brown and left you and come back here And your face when you saw that guy It's like he was looking at a ghost You're dreaming thing now now. I'm not you're the guy he was after and you killed him. You're a Joe Lester. Oh, look Didn't you hear him say that Haley followed Lester out here on a bus about eight o'clock? Yeah, Woody that that's right And I began right here doing a show every 20 minutes since noon, ain't I just like you have Right, it ain't you after all oh honey. I was Hi, mr. Broughton Woody, can I use your car for an hour sure mr. Broughton here's the keys I drove into the city for dinner and something went wrong with my gas line had to come back on the bus. Yeah You come out on the bus tonight mr. Broughton. Yeah, you better get ready for the show about 8 o'clock wasn't it mr Broughton what if it was and you was talking to Woody just before what what are you getting at Lou? I Nothing She's kind of said Broughton, you know seeing a guy fall and everything are you sure that's all it was Keep your shirt on bongo. I'm coming. Yeah, go ahead and take care of the gorilla Woody. I Think I have something to take care of too Nick do you really think it was Joe Lester that Haley was following well, Mary You say yourself there was no real proof that Lester died in that prison break the body was never recovered Well, you know sergeant Haley was accused of helping that engineer escape and he must have thought but by finding Lester he could prove his innocence. Yeah, but Lester saw Haley first and kill him to keep from being turned in Yeah Yeah, it figures But how in the world that Haley's body ever get into that roller coaster? Maybe we'll find out when we catch the killer Well, I wired Bayside pen for Joe Lester's description and fingerprint classifications good I should be here in a couple of hours. Yeah, and once we get our hands on Lester Nick it's that girl from the sideshow the gorilla trainer looks excited Yes, what is it? I know he is Joe Lester. Yeah, a few minutes ago. Hey, she's right. I've got her. Give me a hand buddy Well, he's a great Scott. What's the matter? Look at my hand. Hey, that's blood. All right Just been shot And she's dead As Nick gently lowers the body of Lillian LaTour to the ground a curious excited crowd begins to gather around the murdered girl We'll see what happens in just a moment Oh back to the case of the Midway Murders today's adventure with Nick Carter brought to you by new post war old Dutch cleanser In the office of John Browden the park manager Nick and Matty have been investigating the death of Lillian LaTour I'm found at Matty. Thanks to the noise of the rides in the shooting gallery nearby We haven't found anyone who even heard the shot. I still can't believe it really happened Lillian me we was gonna be married. All right. Take it easy Woody. We'll get this Joe Lester. Don't worry And when we do why do you always come back to Joe Lester? You said yourself the man was dead. No, mr. Browden Sergeant Matheson said he was reported dead, but I have a hunch. We'll find him very much alive You said it Nick. This LaTour knew who he was. That's why he killed her But but she couldn't have known she'd have said something to me if she did Why me and mr. Browden was talking to her not five minutes before Before it happened Wow That's very interesting Because mr. Tours last words were that she had just learned who Joe Lester was Well, then she must have found it out after she left us Because there was no mention of him while we were talking was there Woody Was there Woody? Oh, no, no mr. Browden. She never even mentioned his name And that's what I want to talk to you about you ain't going to be so busy from now on What do you mean from now on I'll be doing half the work because you're gonna give me a Hair-fit wrist in this whole park now look Woody You've been bleeding me for three years This is too much. I'm letting you off easy pal What do you think the cops would say if I told him that George Haley Come up to me just after you left this afternoon and ask me if you wasn't Joe Lester. That's a lie. It's the truth Lil got wise so you had to kill her too. I didn't it's a lie I put on a nice act for the cops didn't they the poor broken-hearted boyfriend. Hey, that's me And now you're gonna pay for that act With half of this park I Won't do it You've bled me for the last time Might pull something like that I'll just turn this over to the cops to how would he listen not interested all I want to know is do I get half of the park or Do I tell the cops that you're Joe Lester when Woody? I love the papers drawn up tomorrow morning. Hey, I got it. You got the whole rollercoaster to the east cell Thanks, Slim Now I want you to run this car slowly as possible through the tunnel and when I yell stop it Okay Okay, but I still don't get the idea There ain't room for anybody to hide in that tunnel. That's the same. I want to see for myself. So let's get started, huh? Okay, here you go Idea you think Slim's lying. I don't know passing but since Haley's body couldn't have it put on the roller coaster from outside I can't see where else it could have been done, but in the tunnel Here it is a slower slim You have a flashlight fancy Here But I'll bet while we're pulling around here. Sergeant Madison has already caught Joe Lester Could be the description and fingerprint classifications got here from the Bayside PEN Maddie said he was gonna round up every park employee to see whether any of them resembled the description in any way See Nick, it's just a slim said this tunnel is much too narrow for anyone to hide in Especially if you were carrying a dead body that's it. Uh-huh the walls of this tunnel are bored Well, look at the two boards right beside us where I'm holding the flashlight But Why they look as if they've been taken out and put back again, and they're going to be taken out a second time Give me the crowbar. Yeah Here I haven't say Sounds like the gorilla. Oh what is concessionist next door? Well, you didn't accomplish much by taking those boards off look what's on the other side iron bars Yeah, that does sort of upset my theory what Nick we must be right up against the gorilla's cage. Let me put these boards down There he is on the other side of the case don't worry patsy. He's chain see must be an exercise cage too big for anything else Well, Haley's body couldn't have come through there the bars are too close together Unless Look patsy this bar is loose Don't take that ball down the gorilla is trained 20 feet away from us I'm going in the case maybe you better stay out here And it's exactly what I think but I'm going with you just the same. All right, come on then Hello, what do you just the person I wanted to see come inside the cage and I'll show you I wish he wouldn't do that I found out how you got George Haley's body into that roller coaster car. How are you wrong Carter? I didn't kill him. Oh, yes, you did woody when he came into your show You learned him backstage and kill him with a blow on the head Then when the roller coaster went through the dark tunnel you turned out the lights in here and dumped the body into one Of the cars to the same opening we just came through maybe that's the way it happened But it wasn't me to done it. It was problem. He's Joe Lester from how do you know? Him and me was at Bayside Penn at the same time Browden got away in that break and everybody thought he'd been killed He came here got his hands on some money and started this park go on well Haley spotted in the day He asked me about him and Browden brought him back here to talk it over that must have been when he done It how about miss Latour little scene Haley come in she thought it was me He was after and when I proved that I couldn't have been lester She knew Browden was and when he learned that she knew he had to kill her too Bongo shut up woody if you're lying. I won't do you any good Joe Lester's description and fingerprints was sent here from Bayside Penitentiary, okay, so let him take me and brought him down to headquarters and fingerprints will prove He's the guy one thing more woody Why haven't you said this before? Even after you thought Browden killed your girlfriend you kept quiet I didn't know that he'd done it did I and besides Keeping quiet has paid off pretty good for me. You mean you've been blackmailing Browden Yeah, I've been shaking them down for plenty, but I sure ain't gonna go to the chair for them No, you're not you're going to the chair for your own crimes not his huh You've just supplied the one thing that was lacking woody a motive You killed Haley and mr. Tour because of either of them had exposed Browden It would have put an end to your little blackmail racket. That's crazy. You can't prove nothing like that I think I can mr. Tour said that no one could go near bongo, but you and her Oh, what's that got to do with it the killer had to bring Haley's body through this cage But bongo was chained up where he could reach the door and anybody who came through it You had to drive him away yourself a minute ago to get in here It's a sense that mr. Tour didn't kill Haley and then murder herself So that leaves only you okay smart guy So you think bongo would have torn anybody apart that came here near except me and live huh well I'm gonna show you that you're right behind me Even as Nick frantically pulls the trigger He knows that revolver bullets can never stop the 500 pound gorilla charging furiously toward him and patsy We'll see what happens in just a moment Now for the conclusion of the case of the midway murders today's adventure with Nick Carter Brought to you by new post-war old Dutch cleanser in the gorilla's cage at the idle hour amusement park Nick and patsy realize that revolver bullets may slow up the attacking monster, but never stop him Got through that whole of the cage where the bar is missing hurry But if you thank the gorillas too big to squeeze through that whole They were you are Woody I still have a couple of bullets left you take another step. I'm gonna shoot Right and tell him we've got mr. Woody reams where he'll be for some time to come behind bar Sergeant yeah I'm really glad it's over Ever since I escaped from the penitentiary. I've been living in fear Paying blackmail. Yeah, it must have been pretty rugged Broughton or maybe I'd better call you Lester I after I finish my sentence I can really be free. You've been a pretty good citizen these past 12 years Broughton I think the pardon board may take that into consideration Especially since it was your first offense or whether they do or not I'm glad I can clear George Haley. I haven't had anything to do with the break Believe me. He didn't know a thing about it. I never thought he did but mr. Carter Why did you believe I was innocent to kill and George after you found out that I was Joe Lester? Why when I first mentioned that George was on Lester's trail? Surprise and shock was written all over your face, but that's what I mean I must have looked guilty you did and I figured you either were Lester or knew something about him But if you'd killed Haley for that reason you wouldn't have been surprised. Yeah, you know There's also one thing that's bothering me Nick what Betsy How could Woody have been so sure Haley's body would be thrown out of the roller coaster so that his death would look like an accident What he didn't plan it that way. His only idea was to get rid of the body Oh by the way mr. Broughton You'll be glad to hear that the vet says your gorilla isn't seriously wounded. That's good. I only fired at his legs hoping to stop him I didn't want to kill him Yeah, but there won't be any more beauty in the beast show without miss Latour to appear in the cage with him Oh, I don't know. Maybe Patsy'd like the job. What? Well, you've already made one appearance in this case I've made two appearances Nick my first and my last Believe me Nick Carter master detective is presented each week at this same time by the Cuddehy packing company It is produced 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 Parsons and directed by Charles skank 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 Michael Fitz Morris saying when minutes count use new post war old Dutch cleansers This is the mutual broadcasting system