 Johnny Duller Duller, this is Peter H. Fillmore at the Office of Surety Mutual Insurance Limited here in Denver Mr. Fillmore Duller, I want you out here. I've just uncovered a racket that has been costing our company a lot of money What kind of a racket? Robberies. Grocery store robberies. Whole series of them What's being taken? Cash or goods? Cash. On Saturday nights. With most discouraging regularity But, Duller, with all the facts I can give you Well, I see no reason why you shouldn't be able to round up the gang that's doing this in short order You think there's a gang involved? That's my conclusion, and I'm certain you'll agree with it when I give you the information I have I see Which means there may be some danger involved in this investigation No, that's the understatement of the week However, I understand your quietness to our company of putting a stop to these robberies of bringing the criminals to justice Now, Mr. Fillmore Well, we shouldn't quibble on any extraordinary expenses you may incur Now, look And, Duller, there will also be the customary fee The commission for any recovery of actual money you may be able to afford Listen, would you please? More than ample compensation, I would say For the fact your own life may be endangered So, Duller Mr. Fillmore, I'll expect you out here on the first possible plane flight Goodbye, sir Huh? Oh, sure, goodbye Maybe forever, huh? CBS 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 Duller Thirsty people everywhere prefer ice-cold Pepsi Cola And because it's light, it refreshes without grilling Charlie, be sociable I am, Kay Pepsi is a favorite of thirsty people from Maine to Hawaii, from Alaska to Florida Charlie It's perfect for parties or picnics So serve Pepsi to your guests That's helpful This is the sociable part Keep plenty of Pepsi ice-cold and ready Remember, it goes fast because everybody likes Pepsi Singing still sounds more inviting May I? Be sociable, long smart Keep up to date with Pepsi Drink light, refreshing Pepsi Stay young and fair But singing doesn't say Pick up an extra carton of Pepsi today Better yet, get a case You do that And now, Act 1 of yours truly, Johnny Duller Expense account submitted by Special Investigator Johnny Duller To Surety Mutual Insurance Limited Denver Office Following is an account of expenses incurred during my investigation of the Saturday night matter After including an extra box of 38 shells in my luggage I spent Item 1, 77 dollars, plain fare, Hartford to Denver, Colorado Item 2 is a dollar 95 for a cab to the Office of Surety Mutual and Mr. Peter H. Fillmore Here in Denver, no dollar, all over the state In a regular pattern A pattern that is finally, today, enabled me to realize there's a connection between these robberies Well, you better tell me all about it, Mr. Fillmore Well, in the first place, you must understand that insurance against loss of actual cash Well, not many companies issue it Without limit, that is So I understand However, since virtually all of our accounts are the commercial type You understand what I mean by that Yeah, I think so Instead of individual life and home policies and down months, that sort of thing Exactly Manufacturing plants, merchandising organizations, that sort of thing Including a great many stores, both large and small Including 50 or more grocery stores, supermarket I see However, it was my own idea to ensure them against unlimited loss by robbery And I must say it's increased our number of clients considerably Yeah, I think so But don't the premiums for that kind of protection have to come pretty high? Oh, very high As a result, the company has shown a very nice profit over the past couple of years But of course, if these robberies continue Yeah, you say there's been a definite pattern to them Yes To begin with, darling, every one of them has occurred on a Saturday night When the markets are likely to have more cash on hand than usual, huh? Exactly How many robberies have there been? So far, eight Oh, it's about time you were catching up with them Exactly So, all of the pattern The robbers have forced their way in at gunpoint Just as the owner alone was about to lock up and leave In each case, there have been two of them Wearing nylon stockings over their faces by way of disguise One of them, tall and husky, the other one short and thin That's about as much description as we've been able to learn from the store owners And don't forget, darling There's been no real coordination of police effort in these robberies Because they've all occurred in different towns Exactly And that brings us to the important part of the pattern Which I only realized this morning Whereupon I called you immediately Well The first was right here in Denver The next in Pueblo Then Colorado Springs, Aurora, Lakewood, Englewood, Greeley Last Saturday, a week ago tonight The Casey Market over in Boulder was robbed True to pattern I'm afraid I don't quite see it Denver, the largest city in the state Then Pueblo, the next largest I'll take your word for it Then Colorado Springs, next in size to Pueblo Then Aurora And so on down the line Exactly, darling Exactly And the last robbery was in Boulder Just a week ago So there may be another one tonight All right If you know the population of the various towns in the state as well as you seem to You ought to be able to tell me where they'll go next Whether it's tonight or next Saturday or whenever Well, that's just the trouble What? Until I get the latest population figures Well, I don't know It'll be either in Wheatridge Barely northwest of Denver here Or in Grand Junction How far away is that? Some 260 miles Oh, great Now the last figures I have show 18,014 in Wheatridge 18,021 in Grand Junction But that may have changed by now And there's no way of checking? Not before tonight When there may be another robbery Yet somehow you must decide on one of those towns and be there to prevent it I must decide Of course And I'm certain you realize how important your decision is Oh, sure Very well, then, darling Which is it? Wheatridge or Grand Junction? Well, come on, man There isn't much time Well, let me see if I have a quarter in my pocket Yeah, here we are I'm afraid I don't understand Pretty important decision, huh? It certainly is Okay, then Heads I go to Wheatridge Tails I go to Grand Junction What? Can you think of a better way? 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And I'd take it you're Johnny Dollar Now look here, Dollar, this is the most Easy, easy pH Oh, uh, Dollar, this is Albert Berry, my assistant How are you, Johnny? How? Albert is the one who really built up this plan of mine for ensuring the stores against loss of cash I see And if you want my opinion, pH, and I've said this before We'd better stop issuing any more such policies right away No Cancel those that are outstanding Give them a rebate and forget this whole thing No, Albert Admit that we're beaten by a bunch of crooks You know I wouldn't Yes, I know you wouldn't But I still think you should If we have to face any more of these losses Let me worry about the losses You just keep running up your nice big commissions on those policies And be glad you're getting them No, sir What do you mean by that? I mean that I won't let you pH No pH, I, uh, I'd rather leave the company Than have to continue feeling responsible as I do Responsible? For what? Don't you understand, sir I'm the one who sold the policies And if any more of these robberies occur Ah, don't worry, my boy, they won't Thanks to my perceptive mind, little ingenuity, my own deductions Dollar here is going to put a stop to them Well, I knew you were sending for Mr. Dollar But how do we know where the gang plans to operate next? Well, of course he will At least Well, very easy, Al Look here What? Tales Okay, that means that I'm about to head for, uh, uh-huh Yes? Where? Dollar, good heavens, ma'am Keep your shirt on, Mr. Formore What if these criminals If they hit the other town on the list They won't stand a chance of getting away with it there either How? How can you be sure? Just leave it to me, huh? Dollar Now, I'll see you later I gotta get busy The coin had come up tails That meant I was to head for Grand Junction Yeah, I know it's crazy, but that's the way it was Since it was afternoon I'd have to make good time to get there before dark So, expense account item 350 bucks to pass it on a rental car But first I drove to Wheatbridge To the police headquarters there I talked with the Sergeant Keesley Oh, sure, the supermarket's just a couple of blocks south of here You must have passed it Yeah, I did Don't worry, Dollar If they hit again tonight And that's their target, they won't stand a chance We'll have that place so well covered Good, good Well, I'll wait What if they pick Grand Junction? You want me to phone the boys in the department over there? No, that won't be necessary I'm heading on over there right now Good It's better than me trying to explain this complicated pattern You've stumbled on Yeah The man there in Grand Junction is Lieutenant Dick Spital You tell him you've talked to me and he'll do anything you want A nice, cooperative guy and he knows his way around First, we can't be sure they'll operate again tonight Maybe they'll skip a week We'll still be ready for them If they follow their pattern So will the boys in Grand Junction Okay, thanks, Sergeant I'll be in touch I picked up Route 6 and headed on west Fortunately, the traffic was light And I made good time over the broad winding highway And I'll say this It's a mighty beautiful drive through that country More than once I spotted clear, cold streams where I... Well, I knew darn well There were plenty of fighting trout to be taken during the season And maybe with luck I'll be able to go back some day and wet a line There in the shadow of one of the imposing mountain peaks I stopped at Glenwood Springs long enough to gas up and grab a sandwich That's item 4, 5 and a quarter Then drove on hoping an early sunset Wouldn't spoil the view of the scenery But you know something? Keeping at that scenery was my undoing Yeah Too much attention to it It caused me to disregard another car on the road following me And it finally caught up with me At the beginning of a short detour Only a few miles from Grand Junction About where Asbury Creek joins the Colorado River The highway was wet from the melted snow It slowed down to cross a narrow, temporary wooden bridge When the other car pulled up to me Then swung into my left rear And threw me into a skid Hey, what the devil? 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No trouble at all over there But I sure wish you hadn't skidded off the road Listen, there was another car It came up behind you So far, we haven't been able to get a lead on it What if they didn't hit the market over there? Yeah, Dollar It was the Bluebird supermarket right down the street from here Over 3,000 bucks This set of tire marks Same as from the car that ran you off the road But that's all Except for one thing What's that? Now, look, you're in no shape to worry about this thing now You said except for one thing You need a lot of rest What is it? But when you're up and around again What is it, Lieutenant? Well, when Barnaby Shultes came out here from the west And opened that market Well, always when somebody comes here with a lot of money I run a check on him Shultes has a record of stock manipulations Of phony bankruptcies across the country As long as you're armed Sure, sure So when his market gets robbed After he's made sure of collecting a lot of insurance for it Worth thinking about, isn't it? Oh, you bet you're sweet So you lie here quietly and think about it, Dollar Oh, wait a minute, Lieutenant And in case you're thinking about getting out of here And doing something about it Now you're okay again Listen, would you? Well, it just happens I have a man outside the door To see that you don't Not until the doc says you can't Lieutenant You take care of yourself Munch, munch, munch of Frito Corn chips It's not polite to smack your lips But you can't help it with Frito's corn chips Munch, munch, munch of, munch of Frito's corn chips Frito's are the perfect after-school or between-meal snack Golden chips of corn just made to munch A nutritious treat for children and grown-ups alike Frito's corn chips are full of such good, crisp flavor Such good for your nourishment There's contentment in every munch Munch, munch, munch of, munch of, munch of Frito's corn chips Whenever you want good munching Get Frito's corn chips Whenever you want to add zip to a lunchbox To salads, soup or sandwiches Serve Frito's corn chips Their America's favorite Golden chips of corn just made to munch F-R-I-T-O-S Frito's corn chips Munch, munch, munch of, munch of, munch of Frito's corn chips Now, act four of yours truly, Johnny Dollar The next morning, I was out of the hospital and back in Denver at the office of Peter Fillmore I was sure I had a lot of the answers to this case and told him so Yes, go on, Dollar Well, sure, it's an open invitation to robbery Well, don't you see, the market owners could arrange these robberies themselves Not only collect the insurance, but get a cut on whatever was taken Good help Yeah, sure And look, didn't you tell me the owners couldn't seem to come up with a very good description of the crooks? Couldn't? Or wouldn't They've done it themselves Every man has a price No, that isn't the answer Well, not all of it Each one of them arranging themselves wouldn't account for a whole string of them in various different towns So it means that somebody's been getting to them that somebody's been running a robbery ring But that means Why, don't you see, Dollar That means the ringleader must be someone who knows exactly which of the markets has bought this type of insurance from us To quote you, Mr. Fillmore Exactly So you'd better start thinking of somebody right here in your own office Exactly Sure No, I mean You mean exactly because he could clean up on this operation both ways By getting a nice fat commission on all the policies that he sold But the only way Then by arranging the robberies then taking a cut on them Good heavens, I simply can't believe that Al Berry Collecting both ways Real smart about it too He told you he wanted you to give up this silly insurance But he knew that you wouldn't Albert But even if you did, he wouldn't care because he's already cleaned up enough to walk out of here a rich man And you'd better not move either one of you Albert Well, hi Al I heard everything, Dollar Good for you You should have made it so obvious that you went through my files before I got here this morning Well now that's right, I did To see how your list of policies compared with the markets that have been held up it was a dead giveaway, Al Was it? I mean you're pulling those jobs in the same order as the insurance you sold Starting with the biggest accounts and the biggest towns and working on downs Pretty stupid, Al All right, Dollar Oh no Have you seen a gun with a silencer? Oh look, don't be silly, please Do you think I'd be foolish enough to have come over here alone knowing what I know about this? What are you talking about? The police, what else? Oh sure, standing right outside the door waiting That's right Don't try to be cute, Dollar It won't work Huh? That's right Listen, Sergeant Yes? Relax, Al Enough to let that thing drop out of your hand Gently Thanks, Sergeant Sure In the hope it might make things easier for him Al produced the punks who'd been working with him who'd actually pulled the jobs and then he came up with most of the dough from the robberies But you know something I doubt if it'll do him any good nor the store owners who'd played along with him Expense account total including hospital bill on the ride back to Hartford 30101 And I'll leave the car that was wrecked to you Yours truly, shiny dollar Our star will return in just a moment Constipation is something people don't talk much about but it can be a problem for anyone even doctors And when constipation occurs it's interesting to see just what doctors consider important about a laxative they might use or recommend Now, a majority of the doctors we heard from had this to say A laxative should be effective, gentle close to natural acting a medicine that can be used with complete confidence Well, pleasant tasting chocolate at x-lax is effective overnight it helps you toward your normal regularity x-lax is so gentle so close to natural acting there's no obsess that's why many doctors and millions of people use x-lax with complete confidence x-lax the laxative that helps you toward your normal regularity gently overnight Now here is our star to tell you about next week's program Next week down to Sarasota, Florida to a case of the almost perfect crime Join us, won't you? 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