 From Hollywood it's time now for Johnny Duller Sergeant Rinoza Johnny. Oh, I was just gonna call you. Is he talked yet? Pete Steimer is dead What a few minutes ago. He almost regained consciousness for a few seconds and that was all there's no chance to question him Yeah, he might have been able to clear it up for us I think maybe it is cleared up Johnny or will be at least in the next hour. What do you mean? We picked up Marty midnight when where a few minutes ago at the bus depot with a ticket for San Diego in her hand Haven't talked to her yet. They're holding her downtown headquarters. Why don't you meet me there? Fine right away looks like to wind up Johnny I hope so. I really hope so Tonight and every weekday night Bob Bailey in the transcribed adventures of the man with the action-packed expense account America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator. Yo, it's truly Johnny Duller From special investigator Johnny Duller location Los Angeles to the home office Trinity Mutual Insurance Company limited Hartford, Connecticut assignment the Kailin matter expense account final page Item 12 a dollar and sixty cents taxi from Queen of the Angels Hospital to police headquarters and interrogation room 9 The police clerk showed me to the observation and a Roman left I paused for a moment and looked in through the one-way mirror window Sergeant Rinoza was already there and the girl Marty midnight sat facing him across a plain wooden table He was glancing through the arrest file and apparently hadn't started to question her yet She was younger than I'd expected not over 22 or 23 and she was obviously scared But her face was sep and ready sullen defiant I tapped on the door on the jailmaker and let me in. Oh, come on in Johnny. I'd take that chair if you will. Thanks When do I get to see a lawyer? You're going to the name Marty midnight. That's right. I said what's your real name? How long have you been in Los Angeles? Where'd you live before that? You see we got hold of here Johnny Yeah, I see one of those wise ones or so she thinks if you're ever arrested keep your mouth shut Somebody told her that back along the line. She thinks it's good advice. I want a lawyer. Don't talk They can't pin anything on you. She believes it. She'll probably still believe it right at the door of the gas chamber I haven't done anything. You've got to let me see a lawyer. It's a law. You'll see one at the usual time I know that law too Marty and you're not being deprived of any of your legal rights What's your real name and I guess we'll have to contact your folks and see if they have any influence Contact my folks. Who are they? Go on tell me. Well, let's see. Oh Yes, mr. Mrs. John R. Jack line of San Diego at four to six find out and you Her name is or was Jean Luan Jack line. Don't let my folks know, please I'll talk sergeant. I'll answer anything you want to know if you just won't use my real name If you won't let my folks find out, please Suddenly she was just a frightened kid not a hard-boiled little chorus pony a nightclub stripper But only a scared girl who didn't want her folks to find out She kept her head down and she answered Renosa's questions her eyes lowered like a repentant school kid who'd been caught playing hooky Then I remembered the charge here was murder Did you know that Eddie Kalin was married when you started going around with him not at first and later you found out But you kept on going with him. Well, he said he was getting a divorce He said he'd been trying to get free of his wife for six months, but she wouldn't let him. Did you believe that? Well, yes, I Don't know I I didn't until he came here that night. He said we're gonna run away to Mexico together the night He killed Mike Kelso. Yes, but I told you I didn't know about that until two days later And it was self-defense honest Mike was trying to hold him up to get back the money Eddie won in that poker game It was self-defense and why did Eddie go into hiding? Well, I told you that too. It was his chance to get away from Lila and where were you going when the police arrested you over there in the bus station San Diego to my folks Nobody here every knew me by any name except Marty Midnight. I Didn't think you could trace me and you didn't want to be traced. Well, of course not I came back and saw the police car at my apartment and Then I knew you'd found Eddie. I didn't want to be mixed up in it. Why'd you kill him? Marty Kill who? Eddie if wasn't Eddie it was Mike Kelso Eddie's the one who killed him in a fight I told you that it was oh, but you know it wasn't Eddie you picked him up at my apartment, didn't you? Yeah, sure. We picked him up in a basket. What he's across the street the morgue Why'd you kill him Marty? I didn't kill anybody. I didn't know Eddie was dead. I was coming home And I saw the police car. I thought you'd found him. That's all. I didn't know he was dead I didn't kill him. You gotta believe me honest Marty Midnight Sharp hard tough a strict tease dancer who'd been around knew all about it Marty Midnight a scared sobbing little child honest Cross my heart and hope to die Well, maybe she would I Left a few minutes later and sergeant granosa walked out with me to get a breath of air Was a cold gloomy night with a gray dawn just ahead Three people were dead and in the great stone building we walked out of the machinery was grinding away getting ready to take the Life of a fourth one. Well, I guess I better get back inside Johnny You're a surgeon lab boys making a paraffin test You know, it's too bad. She's just a kid Yeah I was hoping it'd be top O'Leanley that I'd love he's long overdue. Well, he's still on the loose It's a kid up there, you know it and I know it and anything else is just wishful thinking That witness saw a leave saw a wipe off the gun throw it back into the apartment. Yeah, I know Well, where'd you be Johnny the hotel I'm not for a while. I'm gonna stop by Lilac Kalen's at this time of night I should be waiting up. I promised her I'd see her and tell her what happened She's uh taken quite a beating out of this mess Why did they do it Johnny? Why did dames fall for a guy like Eddie Kalen? Philosophy at this time of morning I'll see you later Expense account item 13 $2 and 80 cents taxi fare to the Argus Terrace Apartments to talk to the widow and beneficiary Lila Kalen Oh Johnny come on in. Thanks, Lila I've been sitting in here in front of the fireplace all night long. I'd almost given you up. Well, a lot of things happen Coffee or a drink coffee, I guess black Is it is it all over now Johnny? Well at a monster that they've apparently got the killer who that girl he was hiding out with Marty midnight She's a striptease dancer. Why why did you do it the money? I suppose they haven't found it yet, but they will Thanks, I feel sorry for Maybe because I feel sorry for myself or anybody who ever got mixed up with Eddie Why do we do it Johnny? Why do we go blind when a guy like that comes along? I don't know You tell me I wish I knew Maybe a girl I met yesterday evening had a tag She said she knew what he was always lying But he made it sound so exciting. He did I Had four years of it Never knowing when he'd walk out and not come back never knowing who he was with Knowing only one thing for sure, but he was lying to me every hour of the day Now that it's over. I wonder why I went through with it But he did make it sound exciting Well the best thing you can do Lila as soon as it's cleared up Who can that be? Oh, it might be Sergeant Reynolds. I told him I'd be here Hello You were right. Thanks Yeah, hold on to your hat Johnny. It's wide open again. What do you mean? Negative what Marty midnight hasn't fired a gun in the last two days She was telling the truth witness and no witness. So it looks like top ball leanly is a boy Sergeant wait, huh? What was Marty wearing when they picked her up at the bus depot anything she was when you saw a skirt and sweater Did she have a coat on a short jacket? What are you getting at? Hmm Johnny? You're still there. Sorry. I was thinking and it figures Sergeant can you come out here right away? It's important believe me Lila with a cool black hair It's beautiful what? Thank you Johnny Papita has black hair too and Marty midnight Eddie only like dark hair girl, but Marty didn't have a white raincoats I'll bet you do though. What? Where is it here in the closet Johnny? Uh-huh What's it all about a witness saw a girl leave Marty's apartment right after the shots But it was dark and all the witness could make out was the black hair and the white raincoats What do you mean the witness saw the girl wipe off a gun on the front of her coat then throw it back into the apartment and run There are smudges on your raincoat Lila. It's grease off the door of the car Supposedly you haven't been out of this place since I talked to you yesterday evening But it hadn't started to rain then and the coats damp Why did you kill him Lila you're out of your mind Johnny. No use, honey. We're noses on his way out here They'll make a pair of intestine prove you fired a gun. They'll probably dig up the taxi driver who took you out there They'll search the place here find the money was that it the money Was that why you killed him? I didn't mean to When I went out there Yesterday evening while I was talking to you, I suddenly wondered if it might not have been somebody else's body in that car. I Knew about Marty midnight, of course. I Knew about all of them After you'd gone I went out there Waited until I saw Pete's time to leave finally Marty And I forced my way in So he was furious. We argued and fought Eddie drew a gun on me and threatened me We struggled that's gonna be a pitch. Huh, please self-defense. That's it Johnny self-defense Well, good luck You'll need it Expense account item 13 263 dollars and 35 cents incidentals etc in Los Angeles and playing fair back to Hartford Expense account total five hundred and ninety six dollars and eighty five cents end of expense account end of report remarks So the question still stands Why do they do it? Why do girls go blind when the Eddie Kalins walking? You might ask a strip teaser down in San Diego But don't look for her under the name of Marty midnight She's Jean Luann Jack line now a quiet kid Lives at home with her folks Yours truly Johnny dollar Now here's our star to tell you about next week's intriguing story Next week the case of a beautiful girl who refuses to see the man. She loves as he really is a killer Join us. Won't you yours truly Johnny dollar? Starring Bob Bailey is transcribed in Hollywood Written by Les Crutchfield. It is produced and directed by Jack Johnstone heard in this week's cast where Virginia Greg Lucille Meredith Alma Lawton Gloria Blondel Howard McNear Harry Bartell Peter Leeds and Byron Kane musical supervision by Amarigo Marino Be sure to join us on Monday night same time and station for another exciting story of your story Yours truly Johnny dollar This is Roy Rowan speaking