 It's another case for that most famous of all man-hunters the detective whose ability at solving crime is unequaled in the history of detective fiction Nick Carter master detective But mr. Sweet that sort of thing is entirely out of my line Yes, I suppose it is mr. Carter, but after all you are our official investigator I'll have one of my men take care of it now. Tell me again what you want me to do One of our clients is being sued as a result of an automobile accident in which a woman was very severely injured Our client got the name of one witness, but another witness got away before he could find out who he was now Our client says he was a very tall thin chap with red hair Probably in these late 20s a bystander told him that he thought this man lived just a couple blocks away That's all we know about him, but his testimony is extremely important to us in our defense of the case We must find him at once all right, mr. Sweet. We'll find him. Where was the collision? And second place on the normal side and this red-haired young man lives a couple of blocks from there in some unknown direction That's what we believe mr. Carter. All right. All right. I'll send mr. McGlynn out at once Thank you soon as we have something definite. I'll let you know So began a case the like of which had never been encountered by Nick Carter master detective a Search for a missing witness seemed like a simple routine job But Nick didn't know about the two old ladies who lived in the little house on the edge of town You'll learn all about it in the case of the little old ladies You say you don't know nobody was right here. No, I don't Keep on trying jobs for a great detective like me Going from door to door looking for a guy who probably don't even exist I never knew Nick to fall for such a dumb stunt before and he had to wish it on me I don't know why I don't quit 47 houses. I've been to nobody ever seen a guy like I'm looking for but they heard about every kind of fellow But the kind I want if I Who is it please a good morning? I wonder if you can tell me anything about a tall thin young man about 26 28 years old with red hair Well now let me see I know almost everybody in this neighborhood We've lived here great many years. If you'll come in I'll ask my sister if she recalls such a person I don't want to put you to no trouble. No trouble at all. We'll be glad to help you if we can do come in Of course I want to find this fellow so if you can help us you do It is Will you come here a minute dear? What is it Mary? Can I? It is this is mr. Wildo McGlin man chief assistant to Nick Carter Mr. McGlin. How do you do mr. McGlin? How are you, ma'am? Mr. McGlin says he's looking for a tall thin young man with red hair about 26 or 28 years old Do we know such a man? Well now let me see There was James Bond used to live down the block next to Moses But he moved away last year. Oh his hair was really almost blonde dear Do you suppose he could mean Walter Castle? Sister he must be nearer 35. I suppose you're right Edith. How about a young Ed Terence? He lives over on the next street. Oh, no sister. He's short almost as short as cousin Elmer is Oh, look lady see it's awful good of you to take all this trouble just to help me find this young man But I don't know what trouble at all. Mr. McGlin. We just don't seem to be able to do it Maybe mr. McGlin would like a cigar while he's waiting. Of course I'll get him one there in the box on the table behind him. No, don't get up mr. McGlin I'll get it for you. I hate to have you do on all this for me ladies. If you just Don't move just sit where you are What's in the name of his that's done you feel on the back of your neck and if you don't stay very quiet It'll go off and you'll never find this young man. You're not looking for not looking for Shall I tie him up now, Mary? Yes, he did tie him up right in his chair So he won't have to move at all and tight enough so he can't move very well Mary But the road is we plan I just want to find a fellow Mr. McGlin, we know why you're here You came here to try to trap us into a confession But we were too smart for you now that you found out where we live will have to go away, of course That's why we have to tie you up so you can't follow us. Oh Mary Bill isn't going to make this he trusted us and now look what has happened. We've failed him I know it. I can't imagine how this man found out, but I'm afraid Bill will never forgive us sister What is the name of all this holy are you dames talking about? You know well enough, Mr. McGlin You don't have to ask us what we've done If you didn't know why are you here? There now there he can't get out of that I'm sure Look ladies Carter ain't going to like this not at all. He says I always get things balled up and now he Worry mr. McGlin. He can't blame you. We're just too clever for you and you're mr. Carter Come sister. We must pack into Is it that all good thieves say? Oh, yes We must pack and There you are Waldo free as a bird. Oh, thanks cubby boy Can't move. I'm stiff as a board. Ah, you'll be all right in a minute or two Now listen Waldo you say these two old ladies tied you up so as to give them time to move out Yeah, that's what they said Nick. They thought I had the goods on them for something I didn't know nothing about couldn't you guess what that something was from what they said Not a single guess could I give Nick by there was all together to cage you for me One of them said something about thieves, but that was all oh, by the way, Nick If you got to ask you how did you happen to find me here? That was easy Patsy told us what route you were planning to follow or we followed you Oh, you had called at the house on the left, but you never got to the one on the right This house being empty. It was a good bet that you were here Nick unlocked the door and here you were waiting for it waiting for you And what else could I be doing between? You and your bum jokes Listen there's something going on here. That's bigger than the lost witness, and I'm going to find out what it is But what can we do Nick? Waldo doesn't know what it's all about and the old ladies have gone So what do we have to go on nothing? I'm gonna find something the best place to start looking is right here in this house So search every room thoroughly don't miss a thing. I'll get busy both of you And all you found was that burn paper. That's all Patsy And what good that is I'm done if I can see When a piece of paper is burned as bad as that was so you can't even see if it had right now not or not They give up. Oh, that's where science comes in Waldo Science can tell Nick what was on that paper. They'll take me hat off to it You will all seem Carter couldn't do that the use of infrared light and reading the writing on a burn paper is one of the new Developments that are coming. Did you find anything worthwhile? Maybe yes, maybe no Fortunately that burn paper we found on the astray was a good grade of paper and didn't crumble before I could look it over But what'd you find Nick that piece of paper was really two separate pieces of paper One was a wrapper off a bundle of bills showing that the package is put up by the first mutual bank on Canal Street And had contained a hundred dollars probably in small bills the other was part of a letter Oh, what did it say all I could make out was Another month here and it'll be safe to use the money. So we and that's all That's not a help that is Fancy do we have any record of the first mutual bank being robbed in the last year or so? Oh, I'll see Nick the money this wrapper was on obviously came straight from the bank. No nothing on the first mutual at all But the record show there was a payroll robbery about six months ago Which the payroll messenger was robbed of a hundred and fifty three thousand dollars that came from that bank What was the firm that was robbed? It was the Brownson Industrial Corporation just across the river You know that big plant on Market Street. All right, let's call on the Brownson Industrial Corporation I'm going to see this thing through to the end You want to see me mister I do You're the payroll messenger. It was robbed about six months ago. How are you? This is Nick Carter. Tell him what you know about it. Oh Okay, yeah The guards that came with me from the bank left me at the side door the office building as usual and I came along inside There's a short corridor there about ten feet long with a turn at the end leads into the general office Well, I was just coming to the turn when a couple old ladies stopped me Later later You say two old ladies. Yeah, this couple old ladies stopped me and asked me how to get to the metal shop I stopped to tell him when all of a sudden I got a sock on the back of their head not make cold Then what happened? How do I know I was out cold and when I came to the assistant cashier was bending over me Trying to wake me up my money bag was cut open the money was gone every nickel of it Did anyone else see these two old ladies around? Yeah. Yeah, the gate man who let him in They said he was coming to see the nephew Walter Baskin a clerk in the office here So he let him go by without waiting for an okay, but Baskin never saw him He says he ain't even got an end and he didn't leave his desk all afternoon when they seen after the robbery Oh, they was out at a gate before the alarm was give out the gate man saw him go and you describe them Well, they looked like a couple of sweet little old ladies, maybe like your pet grandmother One was short and chubby the other was about middle-sized kind of kind of slender like the same Nick They're very same you're sure of that water couldn't be no mistake Nick look You didn't find any clues as to who slugs you no suspects at all No, not a one but it must have been somebody works in here couldn't they happen like it did no other way Okay, thanks. Well so long Well, Nick looks as if this is as far as we go. No matter. There's just one more chance I have the photograph I made of the piece of burned letter we found at the old ladies place Yeah, the writer was the thief it seems very probable and if he does work here as that messenger seemed to think They might compare the writing on the letter with samples of the writing of the employees and the plan Oh, but Nick that would take forever. There are several thousand employees here Them two days to die of all age before we got that job done like is not Nick Yes, well, I just happened to remember when them two old names just had me up They kept talking about somebody named Bill, huh? You sure that sure I'm sure they said this bill was going to be pretty solid them for getting found out Oh Nick, it's nice to search for the thief a whole lot easier. Why sure We just look at the handwriting of every guy in the plant named William There may be a lot of them, but it'll be a whole lot easier than checking up when everybody who works it Walter would look as if you remember that name just in time. Come on the personnel manager ought to be able to dig up a specimen of this bill's handwriting for us Much as I regret to say it isn't this William either. You mean to say that out of 347 guys named William who signed these employment cards the personnel manager gave us there ain't one that writes like the sample in the photograph To the train die. There's not one of them. That's the same Oh Nick that means the whole theory that an employee stole the money is out the window. Yeah, that leaves us exactly Nowhere Nick maybe the guy's name ain't William at all You could stand for some other I of course one of us the answer it must be his name was Come on, let's get busy. We only have a few hundred more names to look through This is it. All right. Who is it? Wilfred Bergen works in the stock room. Mr. Brown, where's the stock room? I'd like to talk to this Bergen And she's in the next building back of this one. You'll probably find him in his desk It's just to the right of the door. Would you like to have me call him and tell him you want to see him? No, thanks. We don't want to warn. We're coming. We don't want him to get away before we have a talk with him Job sure was a neat setup this Bergen watches the messenger sees how he goes to this little corridor Every time he comes back with a payroll Tells the old Danes that they're what did they do and it all works out just as slick as grease Yes, the old lady stopped in the right place and Bergen sucked him and they shielded him while he cut open the money bag And they call me went home taking their money with them probably in one of those shopping bags women carry and Bergen went back to work and that was that and they're waiting until the money cools off so they can spend it I wonder where they hid it while they're waiting. I hope Bergen will answer that for us There is You're well for Bergen. That's right Bergen. This is Nick Carter. He wants to ask a few questions questions about what Bergen What did you hide the money you got from the payroll robbery six months ago? All right? I Don't know what you're talking about. Oh, I think you do You and your aunts knocked out the messenger and stole the payroll amount into $153,000. Now. What did you do with it? You're crazy. I had nothing to do with that a con clean Bergen We got you dead to rights. You think you can make me confess something. I didn't do your nuts Bergen Is this your employment card? Yes, it is. What about it as this photograph show part of a letter you wrote your aunts recently Let me see it. Hey, come back here stop or I'll shoot Maybe isn't hurt bad you won't die Bergen. You only got shot in the leg My neck I Can't move let me see Huh, huh? Shot him in the leg all right Maddie Falling downstairs. He broke his neck. Oh Nick. No smooth. Now Bergen see here. I'm afraid you haven't long to live Before you go Tell me where's the money? Oh, isn't there something we can do for me? I'm afraid not fancy Bergen, where did you hide the money? I Buried Where you never find you might as well tell us why you're buried at Bergen. We can get your ranch to tell They'll never tell you I Did it alone? Find it if you can I Store Can't have it No one Is it going like? Yes, Maddie He's dead And the secret of where he hid the money died with him Well, look I ain't giving up yet if he buried it like he said it's probably buried somewhere around that house where his aunts live Now I'm gonna have a gang start digging there bright and early tomorrow morning. Good luck to you Maddie I'll drop in on you later to see how you make out Hello sergeant having fun. Hi, Maddie. How are you making out as if I couldn't see for myself? I ain't making out Nick We've been over this whole dog gone lot and not a sign of the money Apparently Bergen was to buried it outside the limits of the property Well, if he did it can stay there for all of me Do you realize Nick that this is the last street in this section from here out? It's open country and the darn stuff could be buried anywhere for the next five miles How do you if I can tell you right where to dig for the money will just write once more Nick Carter You've been holding out on me again, so help me out. You know, I haven't been holding out on you. That's answer my question Yeah, I'll try it once more But look if it don't work keep away from me next time I see you okay, Maddie Meet me here in the morning about 10 o'clock. I may have something for you so long so long sergeant You really have an idea I do I believe I can come back here tonight and look at the exact spot for Well, tell me Nick, what's your plan? I'm going to get hold of an army officer I know and have him help me help you what locate the money is that all you're going to tell me that's all for now I like to surprise you Patsy. Oh Someday you'll tell me something and I'll surprise you. I'll probably drop dead at your feet Sorry, this is such a blind search lieutenant But as I said, we have no idea where the money was buried. Oh, that's all right, mr. Carter I'm used to working like this not too dark for you. Was it? Oh, no indeed I've worked this gadget on darker nights in this and got results as opposed to swing over this way for change We pretty well covered the ground on that side. Okay, mr. Carter, whatever you say Over here, maybe yes We don't find anything in this trip. I'm afraid wait a minute Found something I think so Yes, yes, this is it. I'm sure no question about it. None at all. I'm certain that if you dig here You'll find the money. Well if the money is there Matty, you'll find it, but we don't want your matty to find it. Who are you? We want to find it always Of course we do the money belongs to us now I have cross Yeah, the two old ladies are tied Waldo up and left him in the house the other night Well, what brings you back here now the money, of course I mean, how did you know we were out here? We didn't but we read in the late evening paper last night that the killing of our nephew bill had Salved the payroll robbery and that the case was closed So we said that it would be perfectly safe to come back here and get our money And when we did we found you here. We've been watching you for a long time from behind the trees Oh, yes, and now that you're here. How do you propose to go about digging it up? We can persuade you to do that for us, Mr. Carter. Oh, really? What makes you think so? Hey, they got a gun, Mr. Carter We have two guns one for each of us and we both know how to shoot very straight Dear departed father taught us when we were girls. Now look ladies. You better let me have those guns Somebody might get hurt nobody's going to get hurt mr. Carter if you start the game now look here a joke's a joke This is getting too hard to put your hands up over You do so do you put your hands up? What do we do? Mr. Carter? We don't do anything. We just hey Went right past my ear. Are you putting your hands above your head now? I'll see here. This is all very I guess we better do it. I'd rather be silly than dead That's very wise of you. Okay. Okay. My hands are up You'd better see if either of them is carrying a pistol sister I'm writing a book that that's always the first thing to do in such cases The soldier doesn't have one oh Look he did mr. Carter has two pistols aren't they beautiful oh put them over by that Don't marry where they'll be safe Now will you start digging mr. Carter? I can't I haven't a shovel I'll get you one I remember seeing one in the cellar of our house. It isn't a very good one, but you can use it You wait right there He'll wait for you sister Won't you mr. Carter it looks that way But now look here. It's no good the police will be here before I can possibly get the hole deep enough to find the money It's three o'clock already. Oh, then I'm afraid that will mean you'll have to hurry mr. Carter We must have the money before the police come back So you'd better take your coat off and get ready to dig real fast Look sister the soldier has gone to sleep. Yes, poor dear. He must be all worn out watching mr. Carter What time is it? Oh dear, I do hope we can find the money before the police arrived Yes I have the satisfaction of knowing we found the right place I'd be here by now You too still up there I don't have to dig anymore. I found it So just got to get the box out of the hole, please. You mean he's found it. Yes. Yes, I found it Oh, here it is. Can you reach it just a little higher? Yeah, that's it. I've got it Why I believe I could carry that myself, of course we can Soldier, I'll take it Thank you now, please jump down into the hole with mr. Carter. Do what jump into the hole with mr. Carter It's big enough to hold you both I think we'll be gone by the time you get out the hole is over You better do as she says lieutenant, you know how loudly that gun of hers can speak okay watch out How do you do? Oh, thank you both very much. Yes. Thank you so much I hope we meet again sometime. Goodbye. Goodbye. Oh, I hope this story never gets around Nick Carter on a lieutenant in the US engineers made prisoner by two little old ladies and two little old guns You can't forget those. Well, come on. Let's get out of here. Give me boost. Will you yeah? I'll haul you out. I rather think they won't get very far Oh, I'm so glad we found this money before those hollied policemen got here. Oh, yes We can go in the house and wrap it up. So no one will know what it is Yes, then we can go back to our old home and live comfortably for the rest of our days Yes, dear Watch out for that first step. That'll be far enough Stand right where you are. Where did you come from? Watch out for the matter. They're dangerous. I know What do you want with us? I want you and I want that box of money you got there and don't try reaching for your gun It won't be healthy for you. Oh, look sergeant. There comes Nick and that army man. Oh, dear They must have gotten out of the hole You mean Nick and the other guy was in the hole where that box was? Yes, we hope they wouldn't get out till after we'd gone that nice Mr. Carter dug the money up for us all by himself Nick dug it up Well, I never hey Mary you got the money Yeah, the money in the dames both and they won't get away from me I gotta say one thing for all of them Carter. He never let a couple of old dames get him and all He knew how to handle women he did What happened to all your science make the science was on their side this time in the form of a couple of guns And they could shoot them too believe me You both stop ranting Nick. He did the best he could didn't you Nick? Yes, Patsy. I did the best I could I stalled around with the digging until time for matter to show up Of course if they hadn't been two old ladies, I got a yeah sure sure we know They hadn't been so weak you could overpower them both single hand. Hey, Nick. Tell me How'd you ever find where that money was buried? Patsy said you were using some kind of a trick device It's just a mind detector Waldo same as they use in the war to find hidden mines Oh, they can find hidden metal even when it's buried as deep as this box was how deep was it Nick eight feet And if they don't believe me look at these bliss Oh Nick look see that chap standing there watching us certainly. I see him. What about him red hair tall thin Must live in this neighborhood or he wouldn't be standing there kippetsing Isn't that the witness Waldo started out to find are you right Patsy? And it's Maddie has the thieves and the money and we have our witness we can consider the case closed except for these blisters of Nick boy your old father used to say never be ashamed of honest toil Remember that Nick never be ashamed of honest toil even if you do happen to be doing it at the point of a gun Well Nick how about a few highlights the next week show just to whet our appetite good idea Ken My story next week is about a man who was killed by a rifle shot But the bullet came from the wrong gun and the ladder was too long the which was what the ladder was too long So what that's the story together with the fact the boys club met very late that night. That's enough That's enough. What do you call this weird combination of clues? I call it the case of the wrong clue Nick Carter master detective which is produced and directed by Jock McGregor is copyrighted by street and Smith publications incorporated Pictured stories of Nick Carter appear in every issue of the shadow comics in the return of Nick Carter Master detective Lawn Clark is starred as Nick Charlotte Manson is featured as Patsy Matt He is played by Ed Latimer Waldo by Humphrey Davis and scubby by John Kane Original music is played by George Wright script is by Jock McGregor Any resemblance in these programs to actual persons living or dead or to actual places is purely coincidental Nick Carter Master detective is presented over most of these stations each week at this same time This is Ken Powell saying so long until next week This is the new