 Johnny dollar. Oh, I beg your pardon. This is Earl Perman's residence. Well, it better be who's that Earl? Who else? Listen, Johnny, the idea of speaking out of the house on me this way and at the crack of dawn Where are you? Well down here at my office. What why not? I thought you and I were going fishing this morning Yeah, we are look when you got down here to Sarasota. When was it a week ago today? That's right, and you promised me this was one trip to Florida for nothing but fishing well not Johnny So what happened? I wasn't here more than 15 minutes before you had me involved I know I cleared it up what happened you turned on a few days of windy rainy weather and all I can do is sit Well, you listen the one sunny day you picked to spend there in your office my pal Did I say I've come down here to work? What else? Well, are you you remember that item in the hurl tribute in the other day about your being here? Yes, and the one in the evening paper and the blurb on WSPB, and I thank you for the publicity Oh, right. What does that got to do with the weather and the fishing when I said will you listen to me? Okay, and it better be good. Well, it is You're gonna love it Now all that publicity you just mentioned as every fishing guide within miles make an office to take you out on the gulf You know to prove to you once and for all that the fishing down here is just as good as Todd's mom and his chamber of commerce Advertise so so I came down here to look over these offers and decide which one we take advantage of today now that the weather's clear And have you I have Old captain Barney B. Good. He runs a half-baked fishing camp down at Lemon Bay And there's not only a good skipper, but he happens to be a client the policy holder Ah, and he guarantees to find a snook sea trout blues Bonito Pompano Kings anything you want So if you'll hop into my car and pick me up, we'll be on our merry way Now you sure there isn't some teeny little unimportant insurance matter that maybe I'd better just kind of look into before we head For the briny deep. No, sir Johnny. I swear it. I promise cross my heart and hope to die Well coming okay, I'm coming But if he tries to get me involved in another mess The CBS radio network brings you Mandel Kramer and 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 a special investigator Johnny dollar to tri-state life and casually insurance company branch office in Sarasota, Florida Where I thought I had gone for a few days of fishing But following is an account of expenses incurred during my investigation of the guide to murder matter Spends account item one Well after all as long as I was on expense account why not be nice about it So item one is 438 to fill up the gas tank and Earl poorman's fancy air-conditioned car Five minutes later. I walked in on him at the office. Come on Johnny Help me up in my crutch and we'll go fishing. I'm with you Captain Barney Bill down there at Lemon Bay was quite a character about 65 I'd say Paul lean and wiring his skin tanned of the color of Cordeman His deep-set eyes were that peculiar blueish gray that made you wonder if they were looking right on through you and Sharp enough to spot a seagull diving after bait a half a mile away It's both the Barney be looked as well weathered as he did and the faded lettering across the stone showed the old craft To come from Blastom mass which helped to account for his speech instead of a southern drawler was pure New England Yeah, oh and in New Hampshire, Mr. Dollar But I learned my sea fishing down off the Cape Cape card captain. Yes, sir After George's bank and the dang tuck of shoulders Develops a kind of instinct in the man it does well. I hope that instincts working today yet Not an all the seven years. I've been a guy down here to this country Now you see that long stretch up ahead With the mangrove islands on to either side. Yep Snoop alley, they call it Now then Let's see if we can hook up one or two One or two we took no less than seven biting Snoop out of that spot and all of them over ten pounds Then out on the gulf there were Pompano and Jackson Kings and just about everything else you can think of By mid-afternoon, I was completely and happily exhausted from hauling him in Earl meantime had laid himself across the floor and slept So we went on back to the dock selected a couple of nice Pompano to take home then trudged wirrily over to where I'd parked Earl's car That's your mighty pretty car you got there, Mr. Foreman. Oh Lot of good. It's doing me these days with us muster danko Having to depend on Johnny here the speed demon to get me around That's more fancy than my old max worth is did you say max well? Yeah Go over the old way down here from New Hampshire, and I did 1922 max world and it's still running. Yeah Had it up to Venice after groceries just a week ago at our Saturday You'd like to see it. I sure would Earl. Would you mind waiting? No go ahead Johnny? Right over here in the garage. Mr. Dollar 1922. Yep, and the finest car I have owned Time to think of it. The only one Real cheap to run to That's why I keep it Now Well, sir, there's it My mr. Dollar Who is he? What's happened to him? The he that Captain Bonnie spoke of was slumped there in the front seat of the ancient Maxwell His face against the wheel and turned in our direction The face was gray a mask of death Are we being the CBS radio network to be able to bring you on this station each weekday the songs of Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney In addition to the sparkling Bing Crosby Rosemary Clooney show We're equally delighted to present at this same time each weekday the assorted talents of art link letter the house party man Gary Moore and Irwin Kirby and the rousing Arthur Godfrey time There's no business like show business and nowhere else such a fine sampling of same than on this blockbuster CBS radio network entertainment fest the nicest thing about it is should you miss any or all of these great stars on a Monday You can catch right up with them the next day or any weekday. You're so minded Remember nowhere else can you enjoy each and every weekday the Bing Crosby Rosemary Clooney show The conversational gifts of Gary Moore and his foil Derwood Kirby the kids comedy and cut-ups of art link letters house party and The air of Glee with gusto that's a specialty of Arthur Godfrey time quick examination of the body made it pretty evident that the man whoever he was had died of carbon monoxide poisoning What's more the ignition switch of the old Maxwell was in the on position? The gasoline gauge set empty More important I could find no marks on the body that might have indicated a struggle of any kind My my mr. Dollar. This is a terrible thing terrible You know who he is kept money. Oh can't say I ever saw him before in my life But he's certainly dead isn't he? He's certainly dead and some man too Can't be more than maybe 50-55 years of age Look at that beautiful head of hair Nice clothes to you better not touch him. Oh, don't you worry about that? When did you say you last use this car of yours kept me to go last Saturday? You fill the gas tank then by any chance. Yep, there's up the top See Empty now. Yes And the garage has been locked ever since ever since mr. Dollar Nobody else but me he has a key for it Now look if I don't touch anything. I won't I won't I won't You see here That's on this window is open. Let's see Yeah To these spider webs all over it though, so this must be the way that he got into it to do this to himself I Yeah, I know that should have always kept the keys this car Captain do you have any idea who the coroner is for this neck of the woods? Yep old up hill It's over to the side of Kate Martin and you better call him have him get over here right away Yes, sir Do that right away and ask mr. Porman to come in and have a look Look for yourself there behind the wheel of the old Maxwell, huh? Yeah Mr. Dollar I'd say about Day I see or maybe two or or maybe even three So for the sake of the record, I'll say it's been two days. Yes, and the cause Well exactly what you said mr. Dollar carbon monoxide poisoning no question of it, sir That's what it is. That's what I'll put on the certificate any idea about who he might be doctor No, and I'll tell you this sir There's no patient of mine would ever commit suicide this way. You're sure it's suicide Well, well, of course it is you don't see any marks on the body to indicate otherwise do you know? Well, of course you don't but I assume you'll do an autopsy anyway, won't you Autopsy no, sir. No need for it. No need for it. Oh, no I'll be on my way. Just one minute doctor. Are you just stop worrying about it, mr. Dollar I'll have the boys come along over here and pick him up and take him to the market keep Martin where I keep my office and Anybody wants to claim them all well and good just the same so nobody claims him Why they'll see that he gets a decent burial in the potter's field and that'll be that So you just stop worrying about it, huh? Okay. You're the doctor. That's right Good day. Good day, mr. Pullman Well, mr. Dollar You're absolutely sure you don't recognize him captain Barney now that you've had another look at him absolutely certain mr. Dollar Well, I know he isn't any client of ours. So The doctor says Johnny why worry yourself about it. No point in it. Yes Maybe you're right or sure leave it up to local police if there is anything to investigate and you don't really think there is I hope Come on come on Johnny Let's come on back to Sarasota before you start trying to blame me for getting you involved in something Oh, why don't you and Captain Barney load those fish into the carton? Well, I take just one more look at this instead of wasting time on further examination of the body I went back for another look at the window that Captain Barney appointed out with a dead man Had apparently made his entry carefully closing it after him One of the pains was a brand new one put in only recently By whom No, why? There were several shards of glass from the old pain there on the floor So I picked up one of them cleaned it very carefully and then by the simple expedient of moistening the corpse's hands Took a set of fingerprints Then I joined the others at the car Oh, at least let me pay you something for the trip today Not a big of it. Well, I thank you, mr. Foreman It was a pleasure and a privilege to be a guide for a famous man like mr. Dollar Rit up and all them papers and all and on the radio Well, we're certainly much obliged then aren't we Johnny? Of course Next time I'll have to make my regular charge. Don't you worry Captain Barney. We'll be down here again Right, maybe very soon pleasant day But I told you I'd get you some good fishing Johnny And if you meant that about coming down here again, I'm all for it Of course, that means you'll have to stick around a bit longer than you may have planned because tomorrow I thought we might take my boat out and maybe just Excuse me. Oh, no, of course Um, see Captain Barney again, you said Now, well, that's uh almost well. I said Look, what's bothering you anyway? You mean maybe the kind of casual way that he took the finding of that body in his own garage Among other things Hey, wait a minute. We better go back there again We forgot to look and see if there was a wallet or any papers or anything to identify the doctor and I both looked very carefully There was nothing Well, I suppose a suicide wouldn't want anybody to know who he was. That's wrong They're almost suicides practically advertised their identities and almost all of them leave a note of some kind But if you're thinking in terms of murder Johnny Are you? I'm not sure yet But you said yourself there were no marks on the body or anything like that and I know And I'm the chode If only that old dr. Hill would make an autopsy after I find out who that body belongs to Oh now look Johnny, what's the point of it? And you're supposed to be down here on vacation and you're supposed to What? What's the matter? What the devil was that you having in your pocket? Oh careful Earl The little piece of window glass I picked up on the floor of the garage A little piece of what? Who knows? Maybe it'll give us the key to a murder Back in Sarasota after leaving Earl at his home on Oyster Bay. I drove into police headquarters The man I went to see was another Barney Lieutenant Barney Phillips He'd been of tremendous help to me many times before and I knew that he would be again if he could Well, sure Johnny be glad to cooperate. Oh, we can all of us But aren't you kind of shooting in dark on this one? Well, maybe and maybe not The point is that unless the police down they show a little more interest than old dr. Hill Look if you can have your lab crew photograph the prints that I have on this sheet of glass Will you well then send them on to washington? Yeah It might take a little time Johnny to get a report back on them. Good. I'll spend it profitably fishing Two days later that lieutenant Phillips called and asked me to drop in on him again Yes, sir. You're a suicide adder record. All right, Johnny His name was morris pincere morris pincere Yes, sir. He used to operate up in new england along the coast dealing mostly in fishing boats. I see Haven't heard from him or uh, that means he hasn't been caught in trouble though for a couple of years He said dealing in fishing boats Racket as old as the sea itself he had steal a boat sneak it into a yard Repainted and disguised it pretty well and pass it off on some sucker who thought he's getting a bargain That's been pretty active too because Well, he sure had enough aliases You look at this Morris pincere alias pincere morris and alias rusty spangler alias boldy spangler alias say boldy Oh, here. I completely forgot to show you this picture This man you're a suicide Well, well, there um, there is some resemblance here, but um, I'm not sure I see a little ball spot on top of his head I'm dead Come on. Look, johnny if those prints were his this has to be him Of course Plastic surgery Huh if he had the record you say he had wine not plastic surgery Well, sure an awful lot of crooks have done it, you know Now wait a minute though here in the picture this this bald spot And body had bushy hair all over his head. Well, I never heard of plastic surgery for that and barny even went so far as to mention it himself That nice head of hair Okay, lieutenant. Thanks a lot. Well, we're to now johnny. Maybe to prove that suicide was a murder Not much point in it anymore than there is in the autopsy you suggested Yeah, right in there Hope you don't mind the cold in this place. Where's the light switch? Right is uh No, sir. No autopsy be just a waste of time. What it uh, which drawer doctor? All right here and let's see now Hey, hey, there's no point in you trying to pull the hair off this head Isn't there Look doctor Great day This man had himself a top piece. That's right a small two-page just big enough to cover that little bald spot Boy, it's such a good one Do you see what's under it doctor? Well, that's a hole That's a wound there in the skull like from an ice pick or something or maybe from the point of a gaff A gaff hooker the sort of big game fishermen would use It could be a fishing guide and it wouldn't necessarily have killed him instantly We would have been that particular spot one no sir unless it was deeper than this seems to be but it certainly would have rendered him unconscious Yes So that he could be propped up in that old car The engine turned on the garage closed up And the actual death would be as you said it was due to carbon monoxide poisoning. Yes, sir Okay How would you like to round up a couple of the boys on your police force and have them follow us? Yes, sir Us mr. Don or Earl Pormans with me waiting outside in the car But following you to where sir? Well, I thought we might take a little run down 11 day again To see captain Barney He was a murderer. I'm afraid so I helped me though Johnny I never can figure what makes you suspicious in some of these cases Well, there are half a dozen things Earl captain Barney himself for instance. Oh, how do you mean the old shack? He lives in falling apart at the seams broken windows filled up with cardboard and it probably hasn't been painted since he moved in Yes, even his old wreck of a boat in spite of the fact he depends on it for a living held together with bailing wire And his car that old Maxwell Do you see what i'm getting at Earl? No, but go on he doesn't spend a cent that he doesn't absolutely have to Oh, no, I get the message So he's not the type to be giving anything away not even a fishing trip right Unless he has a purpose In this case, he wanted me around so there wouldn't be any suspicion of him Even when he led me to that corpse on the excuse of showing me the old car And he's the one who brought up the subject of cars. Remember you're right, but even so other things too In spite of the way that he neglects the house and the boat in the car He was very careful to replace the broken glass in the window of the garage to seal it up Why? To hold any exhaust fumes after he turned on that engine. That's enough for me. I suppose I Should have known I couldn't fool a smart young fella like you mr. Dollar I don't think you really could have fooled anybody for long captain bunny. No Maybe not Kind of I guess I didn't reckon on my conscience And oh dear It's been the torture and me Yes, I kind of thought it would be seemed like such a smart idea Avenue round when I made out that I discovered his body Such a good way to keep anybody from thinking that I could have done it, but I guess I just forgot that I would always know Why did you kill him captain? Well, I had to mr. Dollar When I thought of all the people he hurt When I note him down east That is up to new england All the fine old fishing man they rocked and cheated And then sweet talk his way out of it Time after time then When he come down here as bold and brazen as he ever was When he showed the nerve to suggest that I helped him in his filthy work Well, don't you see mr. Dollar Somebody had to stop him Somebody had to keep him from hurting all the nice fine people That I've gotten to know here abouts Well I guess I done the wrong thing. Didn't I? Yes captain Barney. I'm afraid you did Like everybody who tries to take the law into his own hands The police will be here in a few minutes Shall we go out and meet him? Yeah Guess we'd better Who am I to judge? But I hope they handle the old fellow as gently as possible in spite of what he didn't must pay for Expense account total Well this time it's only plain fare and incidentals for the trip back to Hartford Call it 85 bucks Yours truly Johnny dollar Here's our star to tell you about next week's story next week a city held at bay by a single man with a time bomb Join us. Won't you? Yours truly Johnny dollar Yours truly Johnny dollar is written by Jack Johnstone produced and directed by Bruno Zirato Jr. Music supervision by Ethel Hubert Johnny dollar is played by Mandel Kramer also featured in our cast where Ivor Francis is captain Barney Beale Ian Martin is Earl poorman Lawson Zerby is dr. 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