 From Hollywood, it's time now for Johnny dollar Johnny dollar speaks What maybe you don't remember me, but I remember you I was there last night and got banged on the head by a pair of hoodlums I know nothing about it. I can't talk now. Well, then you can listen. I'm coming over there in about an hour I hope your two hoods are there when I show up. Would you tell him that for me? Do that Tonight in every weekday night Bob Bailey in the transcribed 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 To Sam Rubin and associates insurance brokers majestic building Hartford, Connecticut The following is an accounting of expenditure is during my investigation of the Salt City matter Expense account item eight ten dollars medical bill for two stitches in my scalp Item nine ten cents one more phone call to the prettiest insurance broker in San Francisco Something's come up Item ten two dollars more of that ever-loving cab fare this time I kept the cabby waiting outside Eleanor Stober's apartment. Hi, Angel I didn't want to be a witch, but I did want to see you if only for a minute come in can't my cabs waiting downstairs I argue a little bit with two of Ed Julian's hired hands. He has a little muscle around him these days No, I don't worry Johnny. I feel responsible why like a big dope I was the one who sold him that insurance policy now you have to mix into it and try to keep him alive You look like the one who needs protection. Well, don't look at it that way If you hadn't sold in the policy, I'd never have come to San Francisco, and I'd never have met you And you wouldn't be here right now I'll call you later Ellie yes, I didn't tell you this part. I'm gonna serve a subpoena on him and try to get him to appear in court I don't expect you to pay any attention to it, and then they'll issue a warrant for his arrest for contempt of court I figured he'd be as safe in jail as anywhere else. What's a peanut an attorney who worked on a few deals with him a man named Ray Gumbay Take care I went back to my cab and told the driver to take me to the skyline apartments When we pulled up in front the same kind of things were going on in the same lobby Well, hello moisture. Oh, mr. Swift. Let me Swiftie Swiftie you're in here looking for trouble, and you're going to get I thought you found that out once I sure did and I sure am Where's your tall skinny friend is coming look You How many times we have to push you out of here you've hit your quota I only get tossed out of one place at one time. What floor is Julian on the fourth, but they don't get out of my way They're not so fast. I have to mess you up all over again. All right wise and high. This is a nice. This is a gun Oh that way. Yeah, put that thing away boys. I got two stitches in my scalp from you boys last night I'll always have a little scar from them and somehow I think you should have the Under the circumstances it seemed like the honest thing to do I Left both of them in the lobby and took the elevator unescorted up to the fourth floor But I was disappointed once more Edd Julian didn't answer the door, but a small blonde girl who looked like she might have been having a good cry did Swiftie what do you want? You're not swift is Edd Julian here Swiftie didn't let you come up here. He won't let anybody up here How'd you get inside? Why don't you invite me in and I'll tell you all about it Are you a policeman? No, ma'am All right, why not come on in Whoever you are. Mr. You're taking some awful chances. Well, let's say I'm a friend of Edd's Edd hasn't got any friends and I know all of them What's your name Johnny dollar, where do I find him? I'm Edd's wife My name's Lorraine. I know you. I mean, I know a friend of yours all on a strobe her She said she went to high school with you about ten years ago Million years ago at least How did you know her? I'm in the insurance business. You expect Edd back soon. I Don't expect anything anymore. No What do you want to see him about business? I'd like to wait for him You got this far you might as well What about Swifty and Luke downstairs? They uh They were glad to see me come up. You want a drink or something? You ought to take off your hat and coat it'll be cold for you When you did they do that? Yes, it wasn't too easy getting in Those dirty punks Can I? Can I fix it or something? Dr. Just tuck two stitches in and it'll be okay I'm sorry You seem like a nice guy Well, you seem like a nice girl. I said you seem like a nice girl Nobody said anything like that to me since I married it They aren't supposed to be nice when I love somebody like Ed Julian Well, my job is to protect him from who or what I don't know but to protect him. I want to find him You won't protect him here. He hasn't been here for a couple of days. Where is he? How should I know where he is? How should I know? I'm only his wife's the hired girl There was others came in town one of us those from the East ugly men with Yesterday No, I guess it was a day before It was here with one of them man named chilly winters They sat right there drinking talking Then they both went out together I didn't like the way that chilly looked He where they go. I don't know I'll get out of here Johnny. You're not gonna find him here ever go on Beat it. He'll kill me if he found me talking to anybody I didn't want that to happen. So I left No one was in the lobby to say hello fire a bullet or use a blackjack. I Spent another hour downtown at the Hall of Justice looking up the record of chilly winters a list of felonies Ranging from armed robbery to assault with a deadly weapon He'd been convicted twice on the latter charge once in Michigan and once in California It seemed likely that tracing him might prove helpful in locating at Julian But he was not to be located either About three o'clock in the afternoon after a fruitless day of trying to locate winters or Julian or both I went back to my hotel room. Oh Mr. Dollar Mr. Dollar now watch do you remember me the desk clerk at the skyline? Yeah, I remember you I must apologize for what happened. I mean all the trouble you had with mr. Swift and mr. Luke They didn't handle the matter very well. No, they didn't. What's on your mind? Well, I'll be very blunt two things are on my mind Ed Julian and your problem in locating him I'm just a desk clerk. I need every penny, you know, I hope you're solving it away I took an awful chance coming here You asked for mr. Julian twice yesterday You found him neither time come on get to it with you. Well, I know you are a thug like those others I mean, I didn't know until mrs. Julian told me you were an insurance man Well, anyway I know where mr. Julian can be found where And I'd hoped you'd be able to uh Here this is all I'm able to now. Where is he? Thank you, mr. Dollar Now I just happened to over here this morning when I was working the switchboard mr. Julian Well, he's in salt city, california the salt city smelter company I believe one of his enterprises It seems he went there with the mr. Winters because there's going to be a kind of a big meeting of all of them there Mr. Reno and others sometime this week. Does that make sense to you mr. Dollar? It might Yeah All right, you've got your money. Oh, yes. Thank you, mr. Dollar. Oh, and please please don't mention to anyone that I was here That I disclose this to you. I'd lose my job if it got out A local filling station furnished a map of california which located a place called salt city about 300 miles away in the desert I decided to ask a man who might know about it ray gumby attorney at law Oh, oh what I've handled correspondence from there not on the beaten path Well, that doesn't tell me much as near as I can gather. It's an enterprise town lock stock and barrel Mm-hmm. That Julian's going over there Let's forget all this at least my part of it. Why I don't want you to go that far and trying to get him back here Salt city's real bad news. Yeah, sounds like a mr. Gumby Let me ask you something Why are you going this far on this case? Sounds like a loser to me I don't know mr. Gumby. I don't know But I've had the feeling ever since ed. Julian's name was first mentioned that That something was happening Something way off somewhere, but so close I could touch it That's funny. I've had the same feeling Expense account item 11 38 dollars transportation by train san francisco to salt city in return It was just coming up dawn when the conductor nudged me out of a restless sleep and told me the salt city stop was 60 seconds long I took my bag and stepped off onto the dry sunbaked clay that served as a station platform Then I looked around and saw a yellow grimy little town stuck along one side of a yellow grimy little mountain The stacks from an immense smelter rising up to the skyline the smell of phosphorus and coke in the air It had been a bad trip to what was obviously a bad place And naturally enough bad things began to happen right away Taxi mr. Yeah, sure Where to salt city smelter works know where they are Oh, yeah, I know where they are, but I ain't taking you there What yeah, get your hand off of my cab door. Hey, look at your hand off the door call a cop You better do like he said Oh, sure You ever been here before? Nope It's the end line pal. I've been here twice Both times I promise myself I'll never come back again And what are you doing here now accident? They kicked me off there free I get nightmares about this place I remember the first cop I ever met here in salt city While I was spelling my name to him. He hit me in the face several times. I was by mistake, of course But don't risk any mistakes friend. I'm not gonna be here long. That's good. That's good. That's real good You know what? what Somebody made this dump and then forgot about it. Just plain forgot about it I'll see you No bird saying No dog barked No cock crowed nothing Nothing but that feeling inside of me and something saying It's going to happen here It's going to happen here Now here's our star to tell you about tomorrow's intriguing episode of this week's story tomorrow Well, maybe I was psychic or something because tomorrow is when that feeling that hunch turns into action Join us. Won't you yours truly johnny dollar? Yours truly johnny dollar starring bob bailey is transcribed in hollywood written by john dawson It is produced and directed by jack john stone Be sure to join us tomorrow night same time and station for the next exciting episode of Yours truly johnny dollar roi roan speaking