Jerry Maddox, alias for Private Investigator Joe Flynn who faked his own death back in 1947 with Vera Mulqueen, now his wife Viola. He posed as the former bartender for the Penny Baker Club. In 1947, Joe was hired by a girl named Sally to locate her sister, Vera Mulqueen, who had fled to New York City in one of its clubs, but requested that he not tell her Sally is looking for her. Eventually, after searching every club in the city, Joe came to the Penny Baker Club and was able to identify Vera. However, he also fell in love with Vera, which was dangerous, since she was the moll of Tom Dempsey, an infamous mobster, who dispatched his two henchmen on Joe. Joe was briefly ruffed up before being thrown out of the club.