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It's Wrigley's spearmint chewing gum The lively delicious flavor of Wrigley's spearmint cools your mouth helps keep your throat moist and gives you a nice little lift The good smooth chewing of Wrigley's spearmint helps keep you feeling fresh and alert adds enjoyment to whatever you're doing So for chewing enjoyment plus refreshment treat yourself often to Wrigley's spearmint chewing gum healthful refreshing delicious Expense accounts submitted by special investigator Johnny dollar to home office national all-risk insurance company Hartford, Connecticut The following is an accounting of expenditures during my investigation of the blackmail matter Expense account item one one dollar and forty cents cab fare and tip for ride from my office to Martin's gym After receiving what little information there was from you by phone I arrived at 1215 at 1084 6th Avenue in the heart of downtown and the second floor I found Dale Martin a very nervous adonis seated at a desk in his office a Policeman at the door and for me that a lieutenant Nathan of the homicide detail had stepped out for a minute and the coroner was expected soon Mr. Martin, I'm Johnny dollar from the national insurance company. Well, that's the outfit. I'm sure it was yeah I know that's why I'm here. I want to get the facts in case there's any claim Now tell me what happened. I don't know I went back to the locker room the check in a towels And I found them lying on the floor found who his name is Royal Frederick Royal has been coming up here for over a year Well, why did you call the police and not a doctor because I think he was murdered? Why murdered I've seen a lot of accidents around his gym, but never saw anything like this It wasn't an accident. What makes you so sure. Well, it looked like his neck was broken. I don't know how it happened So I call a police Let a publicity is gonna ruin what little business I have murder always ruined something You got any idea who might have done it. No Who was in the place when you discovered the body my three assistants and three fellows working out they all still here Yeah, all of them nobody else left or came in just the cops bit businesses real slow Does everybody know about it? No, I took the body and put it back in the rubdown room haven't even told my boys Well, the officer at the door won't let anybody leave. So let's have a look at the body and see what we can find out Martin left one of his boys to answer the phone and Everyone else was keeping busy wrestling with weights as he led me to the locker room The one man was taking a shower The end of the room he unlocked the door and we walked in Smell of rubbing alcohol was strong enough to give you a hangover There were white curtains separating two rubbing tables First one was empty In back of that curtain, mr. Dollar, okay Not very pretty Circus rubber man who'd need vulcanizing if he turned his head that far Busted neck or I wish the corner would get in and take him away. It hurts me seeing his head hanging like that Why don't you move it? Oh, no, sir. Not me. I caught a good from a little time for moving them in here Well, don't worry about mr. Royal. He can't feel a thing Lieutenant Nathan arrived with a corner and the latter confirmed our diagnosis Nathan had Martin keep his clients and assistant muscle men busy They started comparing biceps and forgot anybody else was there Nathan was an old friend. So I didn't have to convince him that I was there on business. You saw the corpse a dollar Yeah, I took a pair of pretty strong hands to do a job like that. Yeah, that makes everybody around here suspect Got any ideas? You'd have to know a man pretty well. Let him get that close to you without starting something Yeah, somebody could have been rubbing a kink out of his neck and got carried away with his work Why don't we start asking some questions? I'll go out and round up everybody might as well start at the beginning Nathan heard it everyone together and the questioning started The men were very unhappy This bad publicity that couldn't be helped Mr. Robert Wells songwriter mr. Michael Darling car salesman and the third and last mr. Patrick Mullins jeweler Three prosperous men three prosperous denials The assistants came next the three men who worked for Martin First Bernie carol the man who'd instructed Fred Royal the one who'd put him through his exercises and sent him in to take a shower Before he cooled off and got stiff sure. I worked him out and send him in to shower like always We tell him to take a good long hot shower to relax the muscles. He's never right deal. That's right lieutenant That's the way it works Bernie left them one over to start on mr. Wells. Bernie's a pretty strong boy Yeah, and they one of us could have gone to the locker room at one time or another lieutenant You found into mr. Martin. Yeah, why did you happen to go back to the locker room at that particular time? I do it every day checking a towel soap see that everybody has everything you need Question after question trying to nail down alibis trying to make them stick or tear them apart According to everybody so far. It was a big mystery Next man Jack Olson, yeah, I went back by the locker room several times why well There's an electric coffee maker on a table against the wall back there. I want to get some coffee The other times Well once to look at the appointment board to see was coming in later to get some chalk my hands chalk for your hands Yeah, keeps your hands from aspiring making blisters, you know when you work with heavy weights You're fairly new here. Aren't you Jack? Three weeks. How'd you know that dollar? The other boys all have heavy calluses. They don't use chalk You know quite a bit about this weightlifting stuff, huh? Oh sure. I used to lift candy bars when I was a kid All right. All right calling the last one The last man Johnny Morgan and his story was no different than the others Yes, he'd walked back past the locker room. No, he had not slipped in and pop Mr. Royals knack while he was preparing to take his shower The coroner removed the body and all the rest went down to the precinct to sign formal statements They were all released and sent home pending further investigation. I hailed a cab and rode home with Dale Martin You like some apple or carrot juice Well, let's try anything once good for you. Yeah, I figured that You didn't kill him. Did you Martin? Be silly It was the best customer I had I wouldn't kill off my business here Thanks You have any ideas darling No, how long did you say Fred Royal been coming to your gym over a year? What do you know about him? Not much. He was a wolf like the girls always talking about the galley was out with the night before I got tired of his gabbard. I put him straight. You know what business he was in whatever it was You had a lot of money or a new suit every time he came around Excuse me. Oh, just a minute for you, darling. Oh, thanks Hello You know where he lived we're checking. Oh, wait a minute Martin you wouldn't buy any chance to know where Fred Royal lived, would you? Well, it's built to him every month. I got my books here in the apartment. I'll get you a dress. Oh Nathan Martin's got his address. I found something else in his personal effects key to a safety deposit box Boys are checking to see which bank is the address dollar Fred Royal six seven three east weeping willow circle I told Nathan I'd meet him at Royals place Down my liquefied carrots said goodbye to Martin Half an hour later the lieutenant and yours truly Johnny dollar. We're tearing mr. Fred Royal's apartment to pieces Yeah, I came up empty tool. What's the matter? Good Maybe we've been working on a holiday Here's a name Barbara Carol Carol That's the name of one of Martin's muscle trainers Bernie Carol Same name and some of the other pages the fifth Barbara six o'clock Get on the second Barbara eight o'clock again on the 28th and 22nd wonder if there's any connection. Oh might be a sister Let's give it a try Bernie and Barbara Carol sounds like something they'd play at the palace. Well, let's go see their acts Here's the apartment they live with that new fellow Jack calls. Yeah, you're the quiet one police I'm lieutenant Nathan homicide this Johnny dollar. How you do? We'd like to talk to you miss Carol Thank you I was just making some lemonade. Would you like some? Yeah, thanks. It is pretty hot up Maybe you'd like something stronger. No, thanks the lieutenants on duty. I Yeah, I guess you've heard about the accident Eliminate sweet medium please Here you are. Thank you Your brother didn't mention anything about you're going out with Royal Protecting his little sister the lieutenant found your name written in Royals datebook. I've been out with him six or seven times You know what his business was he never discussed it. Did you ever meet any of his friends? No Did he ever mention any of the other fellows at the gym at the gym? I don't think so Jack Olson lives here doesn't he that's right Whose picture is that on the piano? Oh, that's Jack's father. You don't have any idea why anyone would want to kill Royal No How did Jack Olson happen to move in here with you and your brother Bernie asked him to When he went to work for Martin, he was living in a terrible place One small room. I told Bernie he could move in here if he shared the rent How well did also know Royal? He'd seen him at the gym Seen him here when he came to pick me up Where's also now working I think well, thanks, miss Carol. 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Yeah I've seen it someplace before It's a news story connected with it. Yeah, I'll drop you off I got to get back to the precinct see if the boys have found the safety deposit box that fits fred royals key Nathan dropped me off at the newspaper and I went down to the morgue to do some hunting The air conditioning made the job easier And by four o'clock I was headed for Nathan's office We found the bank and the safe deposit box. Oh Anything turn up? Yeah. Yeah, royale was doing some pretty fancy blackmailing. Here's a bundle of evidence and a list of names Well, I can understand why someone would pay to keep these out of circulation. Yeah Lousy battalion What'd you find out? Here Newspaper clipping Oh picture jack oz's father Same as the one on the piano prominent banker leaps to death William bar... William Barrett the boy's name is Olson That's what he calls himself William Barrett Barrett give me that list we got out of the deposit box. I just been looking at it William Barrett's name is on here. All right That article you've got in his suicide mentions to be left to son and a wife Yeah, well, let's go pick up jack Olson or Barrett or whatever his name is Well, it might not have meant a thing but At least we had found one person who had a strong connection with Frederick royal other than socially The boy who called himself jack Olson was the son of one William Barrett The ceased and one of Fred royals blackmail victims Barrett had jumped off a tall building and according to the newspaper he had left no reason for his actions There was a possibility that Fred royals blackmail had driven him to it And if that was so his son would have had a very strong reason for wanting to break mr. Fred royals neck We climbed into a squad car and hurried back to Barbara Carroll's apartment where jack Olson lived as a boarder Now let's go. Hey, wait a minute. No, what's wrong jack Olson coming out of the building. All right. We pick him up on the street He's hailing a cab Oh, let's see where he's going. Wouldn't it be easier to just ask him? Oh, stop trying to ruin my afternoon You know, there's nothing more relaxing than a pleasant drive through quiet peaceful old new engine We started tailing jack Olson's cab across town along the Merrick parkway across a bridge He's had it for a long time Well, your Connecticut badge won't be much good over there We kept going across the sound Past the outskirts of a couple of waterfront towns and onto a long highway Pretty expensive cab ride pretty expensive pretty important. Yeah, well they're turning off on that road Hope we don't lose him We took the road to the right off the highway and spotted the cab up ahead Pulling into the entrance of a large white building The sign over the tall iron gate read Lakeview sanitarium We waited for him to go in I'm looking for a man. Oh Any particular man? Oh, who's in charge of this place? Dr. Fedder. Well run him out. Please. I want to talk to him Which one of you is the patient patient? Can't you tell look just go get dr. Fodder Fedder. Oh Fedder. Okay. Go get him and tell him lieutenant. Nathan wants to talk to him lieutenant Uh of the cavalry. What? Oh Well, I'll get him right away Lieutenant hey, you think that's funny. Oh, well, I liked it Let's see what kind of a reaction it gets out of dr. Fedder cavalry nice thing to say in a place like this Uh lieutenant, Nathan. Yeah, that's right. I'm dr. Fedder. Oh this mr. Dollar. How do you do? How do you do? Now are you related? No, but we've been friends a long long time. Haven't we made? Yeah, I'm a police officer, dr. Oh, we've been following a man. He came in here a few minutes ago Isn't that right? The lieutenant thinks he might be a killer. I can handle this dollar Doctor, I'm with central division homicide. This isn't my territory, but I'd appreciate it Which one of you is the patient now? Look, this is getting a little ridiculous here my credentials Oh the man we want came in here a few minutes ago Well, mr. Barrett is the only one and his real name is barrett. Who's he seeing his mother? What's wrong with his mother? This is barrett is seriously ill Have anything to do with her husband's suicide? Everything to do with it. I doubt if mrs. Barrett will ever recover We went back out to the car and tried to put it all together Jack's father had jumped off her roof. He was being blackmailed and couldn't take it The shock of his suicide had driven mrs. Barrett into a permanent breakdown And fred royal had been responsible for the whole thing I'm old enough for jack to get a job with dale martin so he could get his hands on fred royals neck Cavalry. Oh stop groaning Tell me what you think of my theory. We still need a confession Who'll get it? Mine if I make a pest of myself and ask how? Let's ride back to town and see dale martin You're gonna come up and take a workout and a rub tomorrow, huh? That's right, martin And I want you to make sure that olsen takes care of me Did he do it dawning? I think so But why he seems like such a nice kid. He had a pretty good reason But we need a confession and dollar has an idea how to get it I want olsen working on me through the whole workout, especially when I get on the rubbing table You're in pretty good shape mr. Dollar. Well, I'm carrying a few extra pounds I will knock that off of you in a hurry. Don't try to talk while you're using the pulleys. All right. Hi martin He's in pretty good shape. Mr. Martin. Now, let's see Yeah, better not do too much on the stomach the first day I'll see you later, mr. Valley Nice fellow martin. Yeah very nice Tell me have you found out anything about mr. Royals death. Oh police have got a few ideas Lieutenant I went up to see your roommate sister. Yeah, bobber told me I hope you don't suspect her. She kind of liked mr. Royals She wouldn't have any reason to kill him All right, let's go back to the rub table before you cool off You don't mind going in there, do you? No Why should I oh Some people are funny about rooms where the It's been a dead person, you know doesn't bother me mr. Dollar Martin's got all his towels piled on the other table. I can move them if you like. Oh, no, no, it doesn't make any difference Royals wasn't killed in here anyway. All right Up on your back Yeah, give me a good brisk rub. Let me relax for about 10 minutes. All right, slide down a little. Yeah Uh, what'd you do before you came to work for martin jack? Oh, not much I went to school finally decided look for a job found this one. You ever study this sort of thing? No No, it was really not much to it Martin shows us how to use the machines to help the clients and rub the neck and back Well, all you need is a good build a strong pair of hands, huh? Yeah, I guess so Your family live in Hartford? No I noticed the picture of your father on barbers piano Why looking man He's dead now Oh, sorry Your mother's still living No, oh, oh, I'm sorry. Am I rubbing too hard? Oh, that's okay Well, you've certainly got the strength for the job. Yeah, I'll turn off the vibrate and just use my hand Did the police find out anything about mr. Roy? Yeah He was a blackmailer. Oh, I'm awfully sorry a little nervous today Maybe I better get one of the other fellas to finish your rub. Oh, no, no, no, that's all right I'm just a little tied up the neck is stiff Try and relax Yes, I keep thinking about royal and his broken neck You who think I might break yours mr. Dower Well wouldn't be hard If I was good and relaxed you could snap it in the second. Yeah Yes, I could So mr. Roy was a blackmailer Yeah, had a record They're the farthest people on earth. Yeah, they certainly are I could ruin a lot of lives Probably why he was murdered You think he was blackmailing someone here in the gym? Oh, not necessarily Well, if he wasn't then no one in the shop would have a motive for killing him Well, I've got a theory about that I think someone in this gym hated them so much that they waited until no one was looking and royal was all alone And they slipped in on him and twisted his neck until it broke and He strangled Why would they hate him so much if he wasn't blackmailing him? He might have been blackmailing someone very close and dear to the killer Maybe the person royal was blackmailing couldn't stand it Committed suicide It's an interesting theory Take your family for instance. Oh, I'm sorry. You weren't relaxing Supposing royal was blackmailing a member of your family Your father for instance, I can't rub your neck unless you relax more Maybe your father couldn't take it Maybe he couldn't pay him anymore and Instead of disgracing his family. He committed suicide. Just turn your head a little to the side, mr. Dolan That better much If that happened to my family mr. Dalla, I guess I would kill mr. Royal not mind a bit How does your father die jack he jumped off a roof Now if you just turn your head a little more, I'll try to pop you vertebrae, huh? We followed you out to long island yesterday jack. I'm gonna adjust your neck mr. Dalla. It's better if you relax or won't hurt Well, if you wanted to you could pop it anyway, I couldn't stop you in time. I don't guess you could Then I'll the other side Did you kill fred royal? Yes, relax All right, mr. Dalla Let's go down to the police station Lieutenant's outside with martin After you mr. Bears Nathan took jack barrett down to the station and got from him a signed confession I went with martin With every drink I saw another barrett So finally I gave it up and came up here to my office Expense account item two four dollars and 53 cents one fifth of very dry gin Martin forgot his health and hygiene for a couple of hours and finished what I didn't drink Item three sixteen dollars seventy five cents Cab fare for a ride up through the country all by myself Expense account total twenty two dollars and sixty eight cents yours truly Johnny dollar Remember friends wriggly spear mint chewing gum refreshes you Wrigley spear mint chewing gum gives you real chewing enjoyment The lively full-bodied flavor of wriggly spear mint cools your mouth freshens your taste sweetens your breath The smooth pleasant chewing of wriggly spear mint helps keep you feeling relaxed and satisfied Makes whatever you're doing more enjoyable Yes for refreshment plus chewing enjoyment treat yourself often to wriggly spear mint chewing gum Millions and joy at daily get a few packages and always keep some handy. 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