Who got it? Cabdriver? Police? Betting parlor? Uncle?
I'm gonna say that the money ended up with Larry Stephens! During his wrestling with the thief it slipped out of the thief's billfold into Larry's clothes without him knowing it. He found it later and started a newspaper business. Come up with a better story if you want.
Ed Brophy, the criminal partner of Paul Guillfoyle whom Dick Powell wrestled was tracked down and found to have some of the money left, and in exchange for Larry dropping charges of theft against him-he agrees to give Larry the scoop on some major criminal figures for big story leads-Larry goes on to write a series of mystery books under a pseudonym and the series will be called the Adventures of Nick Carter.
"It's the stuff that dreams are made of."
I like it cause you know who was who.
Let's see...a big time crook from New York, steals a wallet and later on it is found with all the money missing? Gosh, who could have seen *that* coming?
Seriously, what I wondered about here was that he had the wallet on him AFTER the money disappeared. Who keeps the peel after the banana's eaten? And it is incriminating evidence, too. It is not impossible though, it is later the same day of the robbery, after all. He could have stashed the cash and just been on his way to throw it in the river or something, or forgotten in the elation of a big score, whatever. But it is not a pro move.
Alright..what happened to the money?Winning the money is important to the story because it reinforces the accuracy of the information the paper provides. Even when attempts are made to manipulate and change the outcome of the race, everything ends up exactly as predicted. This is why Larry is so worried. He knows he's doomed; his fate is sealed.