 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 Miss Perry. I want you to take a look at this picture of Barclay's body No, please Nick wants to know is whether mr. Barclay was lying in that same position when you left the cabin Stop talking about it. I said I killed him. What more do you want? I want a lot more I want to get you out of this jail and the best way to do it is by putting someone else in here instead And now the case of the homely bride today's adventure starring Lon Clark as Nick Carter brought to you by new post-war old Dutch cleanser Agnes Perry is not a pretty girl and she's so painfully timid that the gossips predicted She'd never get a husband even with her father's millions, but you never can tell It's early evening in the Perry home as Tony Barclay handsome and self-assured Sits facing Agnes's father and her best friend Linda Forsyte mr. Perry I Dropped in to tell you that Agnes won't be home for dinner tonight You see we're eloping Tony not really. Oh, I'm so happy for you both. Well, I I need Lokeman isn't necessary my boy if Agnes loves you loves me She's mad about me Tony you clown give me a handkerchief somebody Thanks, and don't say I'm crying either. It's just that my glasses are getting misty Agnes And I plan to meet in a little town upstate and be married tonight In fact, she's waiting there for me now. Well, I don't understand Isn't it a bit unusual to inform the bride's father before any loopment? Yes, but in this case it makes no difference You couldn't stop us if you wanted to but I don't want to my boy Of course, I don't know you very well, but just before you came here from the West Coast We had a letter from my old friend judge Hamilton. I know a letter telling you that I was a fine young man Plenty of money good family. How did you know that? I wrote the letter myself what and since judge Hamilton has been Abroad naturally you haven't been able to check up on you wrote that letter. Yes Forgery is one of my many accomplishments You should ask the police about me. I'm quite a notorious character really you're joking not at all I have a very interesting record swindling fraud picking pockets armed robbery Of course those were when I was younger and my methods were more crude than they are now Incidentally, my real name is Tony blaze What's the point of all this? Well, I was thinking It's going to be a wonderful story for the newspapers Millionaires daughter weds Criminals I'm beginning to understand You think I'll pay you not to marry my daughter. Is that it precisely? The only way to stop the wedding now, mr. Perry is by writing me a check for $100,000 a hundred thousand while you're out of your mind mr. Perry You know what would happen to a sensitive girl like Agnes if she married this man You can afford the money for Agnes sake pay him and I'll give you ten thousand and not one cent more Oh, no marrying Agnes will be much more profitable than that Tony you're not serious. Oh, but I am my dear I've just decided in a few months mr. Perry will be willing to pay twice one hundred thousand for a nice quiet divorce If I make Agnes unhappy enough and believe me I can and will Linda call the police They where you are miss foresight that revolver doesn't frighten me if either of you charming people tries to stop me I'll show you. I'm not bluffing if you dare to marry her Suppose you tell me all about it when I return from my honeymoon miss foresight It's been almost an hour since he left mr. Carter, I tried everywhere to find you I'm sorry mr. Perry But miss bone and I were both out of the office you've got to stop them no matter what it costs Well, it isn't money that's important now mr. Perry. It's time. Well, they can't get married tonight Nick Even if they could get a license There's a three-day waiting period in this state if he doesn't have a license already Patsy And if they plan to get married in this state Oh, if there were only some way to warn every minister and justice of the peace in this part of the country and to tell them wait a minute There is a way by radio The station manager of WQXQ is a friend of mine and if he let us run an announcement every now and then No, we can't put the story on the air Carter think of the scandal mr. Perry the important thing is to keep your daughter from marrying this man, isn't it? Well, I Yes, of course All right Go ahead with the radio announcements Carter Agnes take the Anthony To be my lawful wedded husband To love honor and cherish so long as we both may live then by the virtue of the power vested in me Well, this is our cabin Agnes not much of a honeymoon cottage is it? Oh, I don't mind darling. Nothing matters except that we're married Tony I'm so happy here here stop there That's the girl. Oh, um, I'd better go put the car out of sight. I don't want anybody to spot it All right darling and while you're gone. I'll unpack your suitcase for you away from my suitcase What Tony I was only going to I know darling, but I'm rather fussy about my things Look, there's a radio in this cabin. See if you can get some music, huh? I don't want my bride feeling unhappy To be in the vicinity of the state line We ask all ministers and justices of the peace who may hear this broadcast Not to marry any couple answering the description We have just given you and to communicate with the station immediately The man has boasted that the marriage is merely an attempt to extort money from the girl's father and that he has a long Criminal record your cooperation may prevent a tragedy. We now resume our midnight music Why did he act that way about the suitcase Is if he had something in it that he didn't want me to see I've got to know I've got to a revolver Tony I told you not to open that suitcase Tony Why are you carrying this my eye? I always carry a gun, baby Don't lie to me It was on the radio that you're a criminal that you only married me because of my father's money. All right, so I did Why else would anyone marry a stupid little frump like you Tony? You said I said I loved you, huh? And you were sad enough to believe me, but it's cash I'm in love with darling Papa's cash. Oh Tony Good good. I want it that way you're going to hate me a lot more unless Papa pays up I won't stay here a minute longer. I'm going home. Oh, no, you're not take your hands off me Tony Why you little Slap me will you no dame can get away with that. Keep away from me Tony. I can play rough, too. Don't you touch me. I'll I'll kill you if you do Don't kid me you haven't gotten nerve enough to use that gun. I will I swear I will I'm going to give you a little lesson and Wife will you you little fool you you realize it's eight o'clock in the morning Been walking the streets for hours and we didn't hear anything by midnight. I knew it wasn't any use Well, it's a good thing somebody stayed here at the radio station Nick's on the phone now. You mean they've been found. I think so. Listen Who was it caught a justice of the peace from upstate heard the announcement of the morning newscast a justice of the peace You mean they're married. Yes. Oh, he said he performed the ceremony at 10 30 last night. I I see Well, I suppose there's nothing to do now, but go home and wait. Oh, I'll get it. That's it You better go tell the announcer not to broadcast any more of those notices Nick Carter speaking. This is Linda foresight. Mr. Carter is Agnes father there. Oh, yes Just a moment for you, mr. Perry miss foresight. Oh, I asked Linda to stay at my house last night Wonder if Agnes is called up. Hello, Linda. Mr. Perry. I have wonderful news Agnes is back She's there at the house now. Yeah, she must have come home during the night sometime Is that man with her? No one of the maids found Agnes asleep in her own room a few minutes ago But but she's locked herself in and won't talk to me. I never mind. We'll be home in 10 minutes I won't tell you anything about it, but miss Perry. We know you and Tony blazer a married night Naturally your father wants to know why you came home alone Nick Why don't you give her a chance to get control of herself before you start firing questions at her? Maybe you're right Patsy perhaps you'd feel better if you had some breakfast Agnes. I don't want anything Yes Gordon, there's a gentleman who insists upon seeing Miss Agnes my daughter isn't seeing anyone tell him to go away It wouldn't do any good if he did tell me mr. Perry Hello, Patsy. Hi, Nick. I am ready. What are you doing here official business? Nick? What do you mean official business? I didn't send for the police the police No, no, I didn't do anything. Of course not dare. He isn't here to see you. That's where you're wrong, mr. Perry I'm here to arrest your daughter on suspicion of murder Agnes Perry's despair is equal by the shock and grief in the eyes of her father as Matty makes the arrest We'll see what happens in just a moment Back to the case of the homely bride today's adventure with Nick Carter brought to you by new post-war old Dutch cleanser It's a couple of hours later and at police headquarters Agnes Perry is giving her version of what happened in the tourist cabin the night before When Tony admitted that that he only married me in order to get money out of father I said I was going home. He grabbed me and you had a fight That's when you fell against the chair near the bed and broke your watch wasn't no no there wasn't any fight I noticed the crystal is missing from your watch and we found thin pieces of curved glass near that upset chair I don't know anything about that. Okay. Okay. Go ahead What time was all this? Well About 1230 I think yeah, then what happened well I broke away from him ran outside to my car and drove home and during the time It took you to get in the car start the motor and put it in gear. Why didn't he catch up with you? Well, he he didn't try he only chased me as far as the door He chased you to the door yet. You still found time to stop and pick up your coat. No, I didn't I just ran I didn't stop for anything. Okay, okay now. I'll tell you what really happened You fought with Tony blaze about three o'clock not 1230 because the medical examiner says he was shot sometime Between three and four a.m. It was 1230. I tell you I mean that's when I left the cabin Oh, and when you broke away, you didn't run out the door you picked up that gun of his and Charlie Oh, no, I didn't after that you didn't need to hurry so you got your coat and purse walked out to the car and came It's a lie. I didn't shoot him. All right Then why are your fingerprints all over the gun and only your fingerprints told you I found it in his suitcase? I picked it up excuse me maddie. Yeah, Nick. I Suppose you've had ballistics check the revolver to be sure it's the one that killed Tony blaze Well naturally all three bullets came out of the same gun We dug two out of the wall the one that missed him completely and the one that grazed his head There was a third bullet in his heart and I see oh Why are you so sure it happened at exactly 315 because Nick something aroused the woman who runs the camp She realized later it must have been the shooting of course She looked out her window and saw miss perry here leaving wearing a coat. Yeah, a white coat You could see a mile off. That's how the woman knew who it was miss perry was wearing that same coat when she checked Into the place. She's lying. I left my coat at the cabin when I ran out. It's not there now miss perry Wait a minute. Let's forget the coat a minute maddie. Huh about the time element According to the woman be mistaken now not a chance Nick in the first place She looked at her clock in the second place. She wasn't even home until after 2 30 You see Nick none of the other cabins were rented last night. So the woman went into town to a party. I see now look miss perry Everybody knows Tony blaze was a king-size heel. So maybe if you would admit the truth You're trying to trap me Okay, then I'll have to hold you for the grand jury and I hope you've got a better story then and you have now Can't believe it Agnes accused of murder policeman here in my home searching for evidence Please don't worry. Mr. Perry. No jury will ever convict Agnes under the circumstances Maybe they won't miss foresight if she'd admit the circumstances and if she sticks to the story She told it headquarters. She may be charged with first degree murder. You're probably right Carter Even I can see that Agnes is lying. But why should she lie about such unimportant things? The time and whether or not she was wearing a coat. Well, she's hysterical. That's all You don't know Agnes as I do mr. Carter. She's always been terribly shied frightened of everybody How long have you known her miss foresight? Well only about six months really, but but we've been like sisters What's the matter Patsy? I asked Gordon of the butler, you know Oh, yes, yes, I know well I asked me to come down here and tell you what he just told Sergeant Matheson Tell him Gordon well, sir. It's just that I heard miss Agnes come home last night And why didn't you tell somebody Gordon you knew how frantic we all Well, I'm sorry mr. Perry, but I didn't know it was miss Agnes at the time I thought it was you sir Why should you think that could have been miss foresight here or one of the servants Oh, no, sir The only persons with a latch key are miss Agnes mr. Perry and myself sir Anyone else would have to ring the doorbell to get in what time was this about 430 mr. Carter. I see How did you happen to be awake at that time Gordon? Well after I locked the house at 1 o'clock, sir I didn't sleep well to worrying about miss Agnes That's how I happened to be awake at 430 and heard the front door open and closed then a moment later I heard her open the door to the basement basement. Why should Agnes have gone down there? That's what Sergeant Matheson wanted to know so he went down to have a look Agnes was telling the truth about leaving the tourist camp at 1230 or one She'd have been home long before that, but if she left at 315 the time would be just about right That's what I was thinking well Nick Nick. I found it what Maddie the white coat miss Perry said she didn't wear home She tried to burn it in the furnace, but there's still plenty left for identification and look at those blood stains Is that Agnes's coat mr. Perry? Yes, I I'm afraid it is and it's the last piece of evidence needed to smash that story of hers to smithereens What's the use yes, yes, yes, I shot him Please miss Perry don't look on us as enemies Patsy and I came here to the jail hoping we could help you That's the truth miss Perry. Why don't you tell Nick just what happened? Well, he was going to hit me I warned him to stay away, but he kept coming with that awful look on his face I was almost out of my mind with fear. I didn't even realize what I was doing Look you mustn't get excited You see Nick it was self-defense. Yeah, but the next thing is to prove it. Oh, how can you with everybody lying about me? Nobody's lying about you. They're all lying that woman at the camp the police even Gordon They lied about the coat about the time it happened even about by breaking my watch wait a minute wait a minute Do you still insist that the shooting took place at 1230 and that you came back home without your coat? Of course I do because it's the truth and you didn't fall against that chair and break your watch Chris. I didn't fall against anything Look miss Perry how many times did you fire that revolver? Oh, I don't know I don't know wait I Have a picture here that the police photographer took of the body. I don't want to see it. You've got to this is important All right now tell me was this the way he was lying when you left the cabin No No, it was more on his side and not next to the bed. He was over by the easy chair He must have lived long enough to crawl a few feet. No, that last bullet killed him instantly I want a lot more miss Perry I want to get you out of this cell and the best way to do it is by putting someone else here instead Hello, Sergeant Matheson. This is Patsy. Nick just got back to the office And he wants to know whether you have any report on those fingerprints yet and the broken glass too. Oh, yes the glass fragments too, Sergeant Okay, I'll hold on He's gone for the report now me good. Why are there sudden interest in fingerprints? You know the only prince on the revolver that killed Tony blaze was Agnes's I know but these are different I got one of them from a teacup and the other off the lock button on the Perry's front door Oh, if the what a little button on the lock that you press when you want to leave the door off the latch But what the oh, yes, Sergeant They were and how about the glass I See Yes, yes, I'll tell him goodbye What did he say those fingerprints were both made by the same person, but it wasn't Agnes Perry That's what I hope for and how about the pieces of glass? Well, it seems that Agnes is telling the truth about a watch at least those fragments weren't from a watch crystal after all They were optical glass that makes things more interesting got to get your hat Patsy. We're going to travel It's awfully nice of you to drive us up here, Miss Forsyth. Well naturally if talking to this woman at the tourist camp will help poor Agnes's defense I'm only too glad Is it straight ahead on this road? No, you turn left at the next corner and follow the river road turn left Yeah, haven't you ever been up this way before? No, I had no idea it was so mountainous Do you really think you can do anything to help Agnes mr. Carter? I do as matter of fact I intend to prove that Agnes Perry didn't kill her husband, but but she confessed I know she did but I found a fingerprint on the last button of the front door that's going to convict the real murderer I don't understand. Here's the turn miss Forsyth. I Almost missed that yeah, and you turn right miss Forsyth. I told you to make a left turn. Oh, oh How stupid of me? I'll turn around. No, never mind the tourist camp is on this road But how did you know what? I didn't Go over the cliff. It's all right. I just swerved to avoid that dog. I didn't see it until it was almost under our wheels You you almost gave me heart failure must be a hundred feet down to the river Miss Forsyth probably didn't notice the dog because she doesn't see so well without her glasses Patsy my Glasses, how did you know that I usually wear them while driving? Don't you of course? I do but but they're broken Aren't they miss Forsyth? You've broke them last night in the tourist cabin where you killed Tony blaze. That's utterly ridiculous You say you've never been over this road before I haven't yet because you were excited you took the right hand turn Even though I purposely told you to turn left that doesn't mean anything I'd say it means you made this same trip before Last night when you slipped the latch on the front door of the Perry home so that you could get back in unobserved I did no such thing. Oh, yes, you did your fingerprint was on the push button of the automatic lock the same print You left on a teacup this afternoon Suppose I did touch that push button you still can't prove I was ever in that cabin I think we can by having an oculus compare the pieces of broken glass found in the cabin with a prescription for your eyeglasses All right smart boy So I did kill him, but I won't go to the chair for it. I'd rather die this way I Linda foresight twist the wheel of the speeding car toward the edge of the cliff with its hundred foot drop Intended to kill not only herself, but Nick and Patsy as well. We'll see what happens in just a moment Now for the conclusion of the case of the homely bride today's adventure with Nick Carter brought to you by new post-war old Dutch cleanser Rather than take a chance on the electric chair Linda foresight turns the wheel of a fast-moving car Toward the side of the mountain road where there is a sheer hundred foot drop We hit a tree instead of going over yeah, I Managed to twist the wheel enough to avoid that yeah, but even hitting a tree at that speed I mean why aren't we smashed up more managed to get my foot on the brake and jammed it down hard Why did you have to go snooping around? Made of a quitted Agnes, but what it made me a different story for you Why did you kill Tony blaze anyway? He double-crossed me? I was the one he was going to marry not Agnes He said it would only be a bluff to get money out of her father Then you were in on the whole scheme. Of course. I was Tony would never have been able to meet Agnes if I hadn't made friends with her and introduced him And then you stayed right with us so that you could encourage the courtship, huh? I did it because I loved him And he said he loved me We were going to take the money get married And then and then he decided to be more profitable in the long run to marry Agnes and collect afterwards. Yes, I Knew where they'd gone so I came up here to have it out with him And then he got nasty. He hit me so it was you who fell over the chair and broke your glasses. Yes, I Must have gone crazy. I grabbed up the gun Agnes said she shot him She did one bullet went wild and another grazed his head and made him unconscious He just come out of it a little while before I got there You got the idea of putting the blame on her, huh? Yes, I was sure her fingerprints were still on the gun Tony was still groggy. He didn't notice what I was doing So I picked it up with my handkerchief and finished the job Then you put on Agnes's white coat before leaving the cabin so that if anyone saw you that think it was she That's right. Oh, Mr. Carter. What do you think they'll do to me? I don't know miss Fortsight, but since you're so fond of wearing Agnes Perry's clothes We'll see how that prison uniform of hers will fit you Well Nick what about the adventure new post-war old Dutch cleanser will bring us next week It's a story Mike about a politician who found an oriental dancer in his bathtub dead and Nick didn't like the costume The corpse was wearing because it exposed an uneven suntan, but what suntan got to do with murder It had plenty to do with this one Mike along with a jealous wife and a sideshow Barker in an old-fashioned political rally Well now that sounds like quite an adventure. What do you call it Nick? I call it the case of the candidates corpse Nick Carter master detective is presented each week at this time by the Cuddehy 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 Matty 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 Michael Fitz Morris saying when minutes count use new post-war old Dutch cleanser This is the mutual broadcasting system