 Johnny dollar Carefully and it usually does minutes ago on WSPB when I heard the radio news report Ah, well, it was about a man who was found dead in his car on the edge of a swamp Oh, well, maybe that explains why he was found just off the Tamiami trail somewhere south of here I don't know exactly where and you think maybe that's what he went out to see about it No, no listen unidentified. They said the man I mean, but the car the description of the car It was exactly like Earl's Well, so what now take it easy Mike first you call WSPB Okay, then call them again ask them where they got that story Whatever news service they got it from knows where it came from what police department or maybe they got it from the police direct Sure and when you get the information you can call the police direct Yes, I'll do it. I sounded so upset. Oh, well, just stop worrying but go ahead and put through that call to the station anyway meantime Meantime, I'll find out how soon I can get a plane down there Yes, radio brings you Bob Bailey in the exciting adventures of the man with the action-packed expense account America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator yours truly Johnny dollar Expense account submitted by special investigator Johnny dollar Attention Earl poor man at the tri-state life and casualty company Sarasota, Florida The following is an account of expenses incurred during my investigation of the false alarm matter Expense account item one seventy nine sixty taxi and a plane out of Hartford flight connections were perfect The trip was easy and by mid-afternoon. I was at the poor man home on St. Armand's key and service over Johnny Okay, Mike you better tell me what you learn when you call back to that Johnny, I'm so sorry. I don't know what got into me being so worried about him You mean that Earl is okay, but the way he rushed out of here this morning without telling me where he was going or why and When I heard that awful report on the radio did check back with WSPB. They called me Yes, right after I'd finished talking to you and Johnny. They were wondering. How do you mean? Well, they'd realized I was upset because of my having called them before so they'd checked that news report all the way back to the Police who'd found that man dead in his car from a heart attack and well, it was the police and Vanita Springs That's down below Fort Myers. Yeah, and yes the car was like girls, but the dead man's name was Jensen or Denson or something. So all my worry was for nothing. Oh Well, I'm glad you kind of had me worried too on the way down here I love that guy Johnny like nobody else in the world. I don't blame you a bit and now you've come all the way down here for nothing Well, maybe I'll talk him into taking me fishing. Where is he then what? Well after all if he left early this morning You still haven't heard from him. No Johnny. I haven't And look after four o'clock easy down. This isn't like him not to at least call or something now Don't start worrying that pretty head of yours again over nothing But if he'd told me where he was going or why he was in such a hurry And with all these crazy drivers on the road this might behave yourself Johnny There's look now I kind of like that guy too and if you'd given me just one honest reason to be concerned about it. Oh Yeah, you see that's probably Earl calling you right now. Oh dear. I Sure, of course it is I'll bet on it Well go ahead answer it, but if it isn't If it's the police or something Look listen, I'm sorry not to have called But I've been tied up on a pretty serious matter down here. What kind of matter it could be a murder one of my policy holders So put in a call for me to Johnny dollar up in Hartford Ask him to get here as fast as he can you get that Mike? Tell him not to bother stopping there at the house, but to meet me down here down Maybe you couldn't meet him at the airport and driving What? What did you say? Well, I simply asked you down where oh well down here What? Who's that? Well keep talking girl. No wait. What is this? I mean who are? Johnny that's right Now look somebody's trying to do some kind of a gang just exactly where are you you haven't been very definite so far Okay, okay, it's 97 27 Sunnyvale Road. It's off the highway below Venice, but now listen well if Michael let me use her car I'll be down there in jig time. Okay Who are you? I told you but it isn't possible just keep your shirt on. How could it be? Why don't you sit there and patiently try to figure it out? But Johnny if you really are Johnny Look say something more talk to me some more else round out down in Venice. What? Yeah, try figuring that out, too I know I can Well, everything okay now Mike am I really sure But you rascal have you ever put Earl into the department of utter confusion? I try I'm sure you succeed so if I may use your car Maybe I better hit the road before Earl has a chance to call back. 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He got straight to the point But now come inside Johnny. Yeah, sure It was dr. Crutcher who called me dragged me over here. Remember him sure do lives just up the street from you and Mike Yes Well doc is here now and he can probably tell you more about this than I can well Earl You said something about a possible murder Crutcher has been the family doctor has taken care of Linda ever since she was a little girl Linda Which is to say since long before she inherited the family chemical business Made it pay off and married Frank and built this beautiful home Frank Who Earl is wrong of marriage as there could possibly have been Frank was after Linda's money that's all and everybody in the world seemed to realize it But she yeah, but who's to argue when love comes along love Don't kid yourself It was out of pity for Frank that Linda married him made him president of the plant Typical of her though. What do you mean Harry Forester chief chemist and VP? Not because he knows anything about it But because she felt sorry for him after she turned him down in favor of Frank Jim Tarker Bill Price Art Higbee sitting there in their fancy offices collecting big salaries And only because she'd known them as kids heard their sob stories and wanted to help them and that plant makes money Only because Linda really ran things herself Now that she's dead and I'm sorry to have got so far away from why I'm glad you're here Sorry to all the more general background I can get in a case like this if it is murder Absolutely certain now that it is. I'm glad to see you John. How are you doc? Glad you could make it though. How you got down here so quickly well Maybe Earl will tell you about that later. Yes now look here Doc led me across the room to the bed lying there was the body of Linda Even in death, she was beautiful and I must have said something to that effect under my breath She was Johnny. She is now, but not when Earl and I first arrived Oh, her body was twisted the zoo in pain eyes wide the pupils dilated. Hmm. That sounds like cyanide Look at her now. That's right So I decided it must have been something far more subtle something that would leave no obvious indication after a couple of hours Possibly potassium thera-molysilate. I'm afraid I never heard immediate symptoms are much the same as for cyanide But now as you see the body is relaxed and what color is left Well another doctor not knowing her history might have come to the same conclusion as the maid when she called me and said that Linda was having a heart attack That's why doc had me come along with him Johnny in such a hurry. What do you mean a heart attack Linda? Oh, I see. So I immediately made some tests. I Well ever since you've got me interested in forensic medicine Johnny Well, I told you it make the best medical detective in the world I well I carry quite a bit of equipment about my car and I'll bet it even includes that ubiquitous microscope of yours Anyhow, I found definite indications now of potassium thera-molysilate. Well, how is it given to her? I said the indications Johnny not traces of it. So I doubt if even the autopsy would show traces of it But then how are we gonna? Well isn't poison usually given in food I've checked the silverware every piece of China every utensil in the house No sign of it and she hadn't been out of the house But now don't forget this John. Yeah, just one good breath from a PTM crystal could produce death in a matter of minutes What about the servants there must be servants in a place like this there are and I've questioned all of them nothing Do you mind if I talk to them by all means Johnny do so Most of all I wanted to see the servants see what they were like and Well, I must admit they all convinced me they'd been completely devoted to their mistress that not one of them could possibly have been accessory to this murder The last one I talked to was Irene Linda's personal maid who'd been with her helping her dress when the end came And I was at the closet getting her shoes for her. Where was she then sitting there at the dressing table poor dear She had fixed up her hair and she was putting some perfume on herself before getting into the right way to wait a minute Please and then she clutched at her heart and she screamed. Yeah. Yeah, Irene. Thank you. Thank you That'll be all she was gasping and I had to go over to the bed Hey, listen doc. Yes, Johnny. Let me see. Let me see. Yeah here this perfume bottle with the stop bar lying here beside it Yeah, doc. Yeah, no, no, I don't sniff it Looks to me like it's empty sure it is now But doc, can you run a task? Can you tell if it's ever had a crystal or that potassium thera stuff in it? Well, yes Okay, now we're all you seem to have known quite a bit about Linda whatever her name is well I should maybe you can come up with some idea about who might be suspecting this thing Of course, I can if you and doc will give me half a chance to get a word in it But it's the proof you've got to get for her. Oh, look I told you about her marriage the reason for it Didn't I huh and who else would have access to this rare drug that doc is talking about it And who else will get hold of the chemical plant now that she's gone Earl of course Johnny her husband Frank Hansen. He's the only suspect Then where is he he left here early this morning ostensibly to go to the plant. He hasn't been seen there That means only one thing he skipped But if you can find him if you can prove he did this There was potassium thera-molyslate in this button wait a minute Hansen what she said a name like Jensen or Benson or something who what are you talking about Earl? I'm sorry, but I got a hunch this prime suspect of yours is also very dead Three of yours truly Johnny dollar in just a moment Here's a reminder to you that March is Red Cross month There are a lot of facts in print about the effective broad battle the Red Cross wages to overcome human problems all year around It's not likely at this late decade that anyone has to sell the Red Cross It might be an order however to remind our listeners to send that annual check to your local Red Cross chapter Now act three of yours truly Johnny dollars. I made a phone call to police lieutenant Paul briscoe at Benita Springs Yes, it was the body of Frank Hansen. They found in that car off the Tamiami trail Apparently he'd just been driving along in his way to the plant smoking a cigarette when his heart suddenly Huh, that's right. The cigarette just fell to his lapman burned up to ash I told him to run a test on the other cigarettes they found with the body a test for PTM About an hour later the lieutenant called me back Then I talked with doc and Earl about the personal side of Linda's life about her love affairs over the years And yeah, sure enough the one man who threatened all sorts of things if she married somebody else But there was still the matter of getting proof for a confession What is it Johnny? What are you thinking of doc? I'm gonna need your help. You know I'll do anything I can let me think let me let me think for a minute. Yeah Hey, listen, can you can cocks something out of those chemicals you have there something that will say make a Kind of stain after a few seconds if you put it on your hand Yes, maybe there is yes a combination of this colorless style the small amount of Ferris had Yes, of course it will a combination going but what for Johnny because I'm gonna play this hunt your mind to the end But we need some or and doc yeah a tiny sponge or a piece of gauze that'll absorb one of those two chemicals That I can well, I can tape it inside a finger on the left hand. Why anything you see the other chemical Well, just keep it in the bottle until I'm ready to use it Johnny Do you mind telling me what you're up to sure I mine just get that stuff ready for me doc and we'll take off a Few minutes later the three of us and Earl's car drove down to the chemical plant Fortunately the chief chemist Harry Forrester was still there. I was introduced shook hands with him with both my hands Then we took him into a private office, and I went to work on him. I'm afraid I don't understand what this is all about Mr. Dollar insurance investigator. Did you say that's right Forrester now listen to me? Oh very well if Linda Hanson were to die Linda die Heaven forbid. Oh I Was in love with Linda one time Very much in love With Linda or her money. I beg your pardon. You know that's true Harry Pullman I resent best sit down Forrester and take it easy Okay now If Linda were to die I would assume that her fortune including this plant would go to her husband Frank Frank well Well, of course it would but what do you bring up what? Suppose Frank were to die too You'd kind of be next in line wouldn't you? I of course you would after all you were next in line in her affections. Weren't you dollar? I don't see smart ambitious guy like you You mean you didn't even rate next to Frank of course I did then you'd be next in line wouldn't you and suppose I were What difference does it make and you just happen to know where to get your hands on PTM? PTM potassium theorem a cellulite you do have it here, don't you why you I would assume so She is a chemist and you aren't sure well, of course we have it But I've never had occasion to go near this stuff never You sure that absolutely Quite frankly I'd be afraid of any proximity to such a drug never touched the stuff on never May I have the bottle, please dr. There you are Johnny That is PTM now you know it comes in crystal form. Oh Yes, no for us do this is just a harmless. Oh, I'm afraid I spilled some of it on your hands You certainly did all that's all right wipe it off. It's already begun to do its work What that bluish tin positive proof that you've been handling PTM you You sure yeah that you somehow got into Linda's perfume bottle on some of Henry cigarettes Well You know that's right Want to call the police or sure no So you're right So I killed them both But I'm not going to be dragged through the filthy courts and neither you nor anybody else. Oh, you don't Here look this tiny capsule he was about to swallow. Yeah, what do you think doc? Hmm. Well, of course, I can't be sure with those crystals certainly look like it PTM PTM It'll be up to the courts whether Harry Forrester likes it or not Believe me. I'd hate to be in his shoes. I Keep wondering why don't they ever learn? 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