Brains Benton Encyclopedia

The Lab		The Madden House
Secret Headquarters of the Benton and Carson International Detective Agency. Located on the second floor of Professor Benton's garage. It had been a coach house in the horse and buggy days (MM, Pg 12) Second floor used as servants quarters (CC, Pg 21) Description of entrance procedures (MM, Pg 12),(CC, Pg 21),(RR, Pg14) Description of the interior (MM, Pg 13),(CC, Pg 21-22 ) (RR, Pg 14) Given full use of second floor (MM, Pg 14) BB had a uncle in the city who sent him some things (MM, Pg 14) had a revolving wall with a bunk on the other side (MM, Pg 102) Bugler alarm system in lab operated by photoelectric cells (MM, Pg 103)		MM really got started here (MM, Pg 18 - 19)

Lake Carmine		Cabin 14
Located between Middlebury and Crestwood, first mention in MM (MM, Pg 126) Otto held Skeets hostage here (MM, Pg 154) About 20 miles north of Crestwood. (MM, Pg 155) NOTE: Dan, a member of the Brains Benton Group on Yahoo.com, asked about the pronunciation of the word Carmine. This led me to look the word up in a dictionary. Carmine is a shade of red. Lakes are blue not red.		Borkin's gang had there secret meeting here at the "Edgewood" motel (PD, Pg 121)

MacNab Real Estate Co.		General Store and Post Office at Lake Carmine
Otto rented a fishing lodge here. (MM, Pg 155)		Place where JC and BB got directions to the lodge that Otto had rented (MM, Pg 162) Note: Four men are listening to a ballgame on the radio. In the original 1959 edition this game is said to have been played in Milwaukee. In subsequent editions this reference to Milwaukee was removed (MM, Pg 160)

Paulson Lodge		Safron's Drug Store
Fishing lodge that Otto rented (MM, Pg162) Other lodges nearby, "Angler's Haven", "H.T. Morris" (MM Pg 165)		Located in Bleeker City. JC would stop here every Saturday when he was making collections for his paper route (CC, Pg 11)