 Tanslate 107B This is Johnny dollar for broadcast Sunday, May 10, 1959 Johnny dollar Johnny. This is Ray Connelly. Oh, yeah over at continental insurance company. That's right. Yeah. Oh, what's the problem, Ray? Problem? See you tonight, Johnny. No, no plans at all. Well, you see my wife's out of town for a few days and Johnny Well, I wonder if you'd have dinner with me tonight. Can you do that? Why sure why not? Just name the time and place and I'll meet you there. Nice thick filet of prime beef in my refrigerator at home. And if you like steak, sure do. Well, why don't you run over to my place at say six six thirty? I'll put your couple of cocktails and we'll tackle that steak. Okay, Johnny? Ray. Yeah, you're sure there isn't something that's bothering you. Six thirty, Johnny. Yeah, okay, but now listen. Good. Good. I'll see you then. Well, why don't you? Hmm 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 Each weekday on CBS radio. 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Everything goes on expense account I don't want a dollar 40 for a cab to raise apartment. It was 6 30 on the nose when I pushed the doorbell Oh, and I decided that if he did have something bothering him, I'd let him get around to it in his own sweet time. I wished later that I had Johnny Johnny, I'm glad to see you. Come in. Yeah. How are you Ray? Well, you know how it is. Those ulcers been kicking up on you again. Yeah a little Sit on Johnny sit on sure Now what would you like martini Manhattan got a plain old scotch and soda lying around I certainly have have it for you in a second Never touch it myself anymore, of course. You mean you're not drinking with me Maybe I'll have a glass of milk and let's see. Yeah Time for me to take one of my pills There you are Johnny. Thanks But did it ever occur to you Ray that if you'd stop worrying so much about that gut of yours You might not have so much trouble with it Johnny it's easy to see you never had an ulcer. No, sir. I don't ever intend to well if you were in my end of the business There's something just happened that I want to tell you about oh Yeah later Incidentally the steak we're having is the most beautiful thing you ever saw well come on I'll show it to you while I get a glass of milk. Okay, I Guess my wife ordered some groceries sent over from Morris Bain's market before she left. I told you she's away. Yes Yeah left yesterday Well, this steak was delivered last night along with some other things Hey How about that? Hmm. It looks like you could cut that with a fork prime beef Excuse me. I'll get my glass of milk. Sure Hey, how do you like your steak by the way? Only one way blood rare Of course, I'll have to have mine rather well done I'll just cut the fillet in half. It'll be no problem at all Ray What about this thing that happened in the office? You were gonna tell me about later Johnny later Again looking back. I wished that I'd pressed the point Instead I had another drink watched him sip his glass of milk Listen to him complain some more about his peddler, sir, and then finally we sat down to dinner Isn't that the most beautiful steak you ever saw? Oh, no Ray didn't you hear me what? Oh? Oh Dear, I'm I'm terribly well brother. You ought to be that looks like a piece of shoe leather You said blood rare and I forgot all about all right. You are a dog You're sure you can't eat it this way rather chew up an old boot Hey listen now something bugging you now. What is it? Nothing Johnny look, but I'll go out and buy another one for you and let you sit here and get cold No, no, Johnny. I'm terribly sorry. That's okay. Go ahead Ray tear into it I'll go out in the kitchen and see if I can find the makings of a sandwich I Could have killed him over cooking a perfectly good steak that way But instead I made myself a sandwich and stuck around Because I knew that sooner or later he'd tell me his real purpose and having me come over and later he did At least he started to we had washed the dishes then gone back into the living room I had settled now with a third cup of coffee and a cigarette and he was sipping in another glass of milk It's just that I don't like being threatened Johnny Everyone knows I have enough trouble keeping this all surrender control with just the daily run-up problems I have to face at the office. Oh, what do you mean by you know, you know people are demanding more from their insurance than they deserve People filing claims when they aren't entitled to any insurance at all and then trying to oh What? Nothing nothing Johnny. I just I'll be alright You forget to take one of your pills, right? No, but maybe I better take another as me you're taking too many of them But now what was this talk about being threatened? Well Johnny this fella by the name of oh, oh, no Ray What's the matter this paper in my stomach It's killing me Medicine quick, please Now what medicine? Anything to stop this Johnny I Grabbed the telephone and called dr. Ransom But because of a traffic time was nearly half an hour before he got there Meantime Ray lay on the sofa getting paler and paler until he was white as a sheet The doctor completely familiar with Ray's ulcer problem did what he caught But after 40 45 minutes realized things were getting beyond his control. So he called an ambulance Another half hour and yeah by the time they got him to the hospital in spite of injections and oxygen along the way Ray Connelly was dead Act two of yours truly Johnny dollar in a moment Tibet in the news who's an expert on Tibetan affairs Who was the personal guest of the Dalai Lama in happier times at the top of the world while Lowell Thomas, of course Ask us another part of the world and there's every chance the answer again would be Lowell Thomas The roving raconteur has been just about everywhere seen just about everything So when a story breaks he has that extra edge of intimate first-hand experience to give extra dimension to his reporting One of the most colorful men in the industry one of the most striking different sounds on the CBS radio network is Lowell Thomas Heard every Monday through Friday evening with his fascinating reporting only a network could bring you a Lowell Thomas Only the CBS radio network does Remember the keen-mind and formidable experience of this noted world traveler Lecturer raconteur and CBS newsman is an exclusive with the affiliated stations of CBS radio Monday through Friday evenings. Don't miss Lowell Thomas And now act two of yours truly Johnny dollar and the fatal filet matter Dollar I knew that Connelly's ulcer condition was serious. I've been treating him for a couple of years But I certainly never believed this could happen. What it means is that he bled to death. Is that it doctor? Yes internal hemorrhage, but of such such intensity. I don't understand it and yet Well, let's face it dollar this sort of thing has happened before has happened before yes Doctor you may be right about that. Well, of course I am but not in the way you think I Went back to raise a pardon let myself in with a key I'd filched out of his pocket then went over every inch of the place and I came up with nothing Nothing that is until I went into the kitchen There I saw for the second time the bag of groceries that his wife had had delivered from Bain's market from which ray had taken Only one thing so far as I knew the steak. He'd eaten that night Yeah, and he had eaten every bit of it. I dumped them out on the table made a list of Then I noticed something else on the table. It was a cheap gold-plated cufflink with the initials xd on it Hmm Early the next morning. I talked with Morris Bain proprietor at the food market Insurance investigative. That's right. Mr. Bain. Oh, George. Just call me Morris. That's what my customers do. Okay, Mars Well, of course, I'll be glad to cooperate. Mr. Dollar every which way I possibly can good On the left Julius right over the salad dressing. I gotta keep Can snails I gotta keep for some of my special customers, but how people can eat those I don't oh good morning, Mrs. Beckman It's a lovely morning. Isn't it now Morris? Oh, yeah, you wanted information. Yes. Oh, Mrs. van der Sloot How are you? How's your nice little doggy this fight? No, no, no, no, no, no get him out of here before he does Get outside out out What's your problem with dogs in the store? Yeah, I'm sure but now do you have a customer by the name of Connelly on Mrs? Connelly sure lovely woman. She was in here only the other. Oh, how do you do miss Keena? That's my little sweetheart today, huh? We got a special on those fans Mrs. Connelly was in here when the day before yesterday Oh, how's her husband mr. Dollars. He's still suffering from those terrible ulcers. No, not anymore. Oh, it's a miracle Party the point is she ordered some stuff from you. Yeah, that's right. We delivered it to day before yesterday. What what did she? Well right here in the office mr. Dollar. I'll tell you exactly what went over there Exactly good. You wanted breakfast cereals madam right there in the second aisle. Yeah, you're welcome now Right here in this pile of bills is the one For whatever the ah here. We are mrs. Ray Connelly. Good. Let me compare with a list. I sure Julius Julius take care of mrs. Free band there by the cheese But your time I have with the help and such an exclusive client tell you I've no idea But did you find what you're looking for? Yeah, everything checks except for one thing the steak you delivered Steak, that's right a prime fillet, but it's not on the list. We don't sell me What? No, of course not Sadie Sadie double check the after I order somebody made a mistake last week. Wait a minute. That's a good You're sure your delivery boy didn't take a steak to the Connelly. How could he? No, we don't know it's a pleasure any time. He's seeing you. Yes So now I try a different tech Item two or three whatever it is a dime for phone call to dr. Ransom. I Suggested he take whatever steps were necessary to make a complete examination of the stomach of the now deceased Ray Connelly Item 485 cents for a cab to the office of Continental Insurance Ray's secretary had obviously been crying Leave it mr. Dollar. I know Gracie now listen did any of the people who've come here to see him ever threaten him That's right. Lots of people have threatened lots of things when they didn't feel their claims were met properly But he was the fairest the most honest man When mr. Dollar somebody in here yesterday, maybe yes, there was a man in here yesterday He was very angry about something. I could hear him pounding the desk in there and swearing was he I don't know He must have come back with mr. Connelly after lunch and I didn't see him leave, but look He lost a coupling Xd what Gracie this is the man. I'm looking for can you find me a policy with this man's name on it just from these initials with All the policies on fire probably a beneficiary whose claim was settled or refused you say the man mr. Dollar Yeah, Gracie the man who murdered your boss Act three of yours truly Johnny dollar in a moment Smart Drink When friends drop in let your hospitality show your sociable in the modern manner Pepsi you know is the favorite of the smart and young at heart To date with Pepsi Have you tried a Pepsi lately and now act three of yours truly Johnny dollar Expense account item five another dime for another call to dr. Ransom. Yes, the autopsy had been made And yes, they had found enough ground glass in the stomach of Ray Connelly to kill three men That's why Ray with his ulcer condition had gone so fast Well, certainly they don't think I did it Yeah, well Okay, okay doc I'll get in touch with him Item 6 10 cents for another call to Ray secretary at continental insurance nice going grace. What's his name? Donato and the address Sunset got it Yeah, but it's mean. Yeah, Donato couldn't collect Gracie your adult Item seven two bucks and a half for a taxi to the address far out on Sunset Avenue It turned out to be an old ramshackle rooming house in a pretty lousy neighborhood Sure look for yourself, but I tell you ain't here anymore one day to leave yesterday morning bag and baggage There you are see for yourself. Now. Don't tell me he's still living here. I can't say that I blame it What's that? Have you any idea where he might have gone? If I did I'd send the cops to get the radio's me the cops will want him for a lot more than your rent lady Yeah, what's more than that? murder And I made another phone call to police headquarters I talked with Sergeant Jimmy Maxwell and homicide only I listen more than I talked That's right Hey look, that's another thing dollar if you suspected murder why didn't you call us in instead of having a doctor order the autopsy? You're trying to hide something. Are you kidding you anyway? We've been coming to city for you as if you didn't know you got a little explaining to do Listen who do those initials xd stand for well if you let me get a word in edge wise I might tell you well The d stands for Donato the x for Xavier Xavier what kind of a name is that Xavier if you want to say it that way When you got his address he just left the place where he was living so he's probably a thousand miles away, but Xavier of course and right under my nose Maybe I should have told him more everything I knew but I didn't want to have to wait for the police or anybody else Ray had been a friend of mine to bring his killer to justice was all I cared about as for that name Xavier Of course, I'd heard it only a few hours before and for some stupid reason It had never occurred to me that it began with a letter x I had a nine a buck and a half for another taxi this time to the yeah, you guessed it Excuse me, please Morris come over here Back so soon listen when I left you early this morning just as I was leaving I heard you call somebody by the name of Xavier Yeah, yeah, you mean that slow poker that dumb stupid. All right. Is he still here? What's his last name his last name? Yeah, what is it? Well his last name? It's Sadie. How many times I gotta tell you when a customer has got a complaint Well, this one has No Xavier Xavier to not Your Xavier to not oh, yeah, I just want to show you a couple of cuff links here Are these yours? Yeah mine And don't try to pull a gun me. I got no gun mister I found one of these in Ray Connelly's office. You sure I got mad I slammed bang on the desk at him I found the other one at his apartment where you delivered that steak to him that steak full of ground glass What'd you get that steak Wilson's prime market along the way to his place then you put in the glass and took it up to yeah That was pretty good, huh? Say you from the cops you're expecting the cops. I don't know but you didn't run you didn't leave time sure Because I'm smart you leave time. They know you've done it. They chase you they catch you Honest I didn't know it was going to kill them You know now, but I had to get even You know because he wouldn't give me that insurance because my old man killed himself So did my grandpa and his old man Just because they didn't get something they want you mean they all committed suicide sure Because it was all you know often ahead But not me you understand because I'm smart Somebody does something against me like that insurance. I get even with them. You understand I don't go kill myself. I get even with them And you think they're gonna find out No, you think they're ever gonna catch me What do you think oh? You did didn't you yeah Gee I Guess you're even Smarter than I am mr. Come on save you Prison I doubt it now with a family history like that But there are institutions for his kind I'm sure he'll spend the rest of his life and one of them and maybe by studying his case The doctors the psychologists can learn more about helping such people before they go off the deep end Expense account forget it Ray Conley was my friend yours truly Johnny dollar Our star will return in just a moment a Good college education has a lot to do with your future whether you're a student a parent a college alumnus a prospective employer Or just an average citizen you have a stake in the future health of our colleges The future security and well-being of our nation depends on them now is the time to help by contributing to the college of your choice Just as our elementary and high schools have become overcrowded So now our colleges are threatened by the increased school population Funds must be forthcoming now to expand college facilities and hire more professors Otherwise our colleges will be unable to handle the millions of future students seeking entrance If we are to keep pace with the Russians in scientific developments If we're to improve our standard of living and maintain our free way of life We must have greater college facilities and have them now for more information Right for a free explanatory booklet to higher education box 36 times square station New York 36 Now here is our star to tell you about next week story next week a pair of twins and believe me They bring me a double dose of trouble join us. 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