 From Hollywood, it's time now for Johnny dollar you place to call to the Universal Adjustment Bureau in Hartford, Connecticut. Yes, I did we have mr. Pearson on the line now Go ahead, please. Thank you Hello, Johnny Niles Ben Abbott's rating with Dunn and Brad Street is very good. He doesn't need any money I still haven't determined if there was really an accident Oh, and no one seems to know what happened to Thomas Warner Who's that the trainer who was supposed to be with a horse when Abbott destroyed it? One his father called me from Baltimore. He doesn't know where he is either Something just occurred to me Niles What Abbott's claim was filed over a week ago yet? He hasn't threatened to sue us or go to the insurance Commission No, and that's usually pretty standard procedure with a man like Abbott. It is if he has a just claim Tonight and every weekday night Bob Bailey and 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 location San Pietro, California To the Universal Adjustment Bureau Universal Building Hartford, Connecticut The following is an accounting of expenditure is during my investigation of the Duke red matter I had a strong suspicion that the death of Duke red a racehorse had not happened as reported The one man who could possibly answer my questions was missing He'd left the Abbott ranch in San Pietro without collecting a month's back pay and without telling anybody about his forwarding address Hello Kelly You can make this pretty hard for me. Mr. Abbott told me I shouldn't let you on the ground Well, now you didn't strike me as the kind of fellow who took that order too seriously. What do you want, sir? I want Thomas Warner wherever he is. Well, he isn't here. I know that Kelly I want to find out where he is probably went home. I talked to his father in Baltimore. His father hasn't heard from him. Oh Wouldn't you like to know where he is? Men come and go mr. Dollar your friends with him for a little while and you never hear from him again. I Recognize where we have to look at it up Maybe you better go now mr. Dollar suppose. He didn't want to go without saying goodbye. Suppose. He didn't have a choice What do you mean? I mean a man doesn't pass up a month's pay just to make a fancy exit We can't talk here, sir. Why did Thomas Warner stay? He had a room off the stables his own place. How about there? All right, mr. Dollar you wait for me, sir I walked on down to the stables again and found the little apartment Thomas Warner had used for living quarters The door was locked and I waited outside looking over the workout tracks and the acres of rolling green turf that made Abbott farms Little while Kelly appeared. I shouldn't be doing this mr. Dollar Mr. Abbott had skin me alive if he knew I was having any truck with you after that big row you had with him yesterday Well, I'm not about to tell mr. Abbott Kelly. I appreciate your help This is where mr. Warner stayed all the time he worked mr. Abbott You can see for yourself. It's all cleaned out not a stitch left. Yeah Did you happen to see Warner leave here that night right after accident he was gone Mr. Abbott came up to the house about nine o'clock He told us all that Duke red had been heard he had to shoot him and that he had taken care of the rest You mean destroying the carcass. Yes, sir. That's a pretty big job for one man Well, I believe doctor gory helped him with it, sir. He was with mr. Abbott Then mr. Abbott told us that mr. Warner was to blame for the accident and that mr. Warner wasn't with us anymore Wonder if any of the others saw him actually leave the premises. Well now we talked about that amongst ourselves Nobody saw him go mr. Dollar We thought it was kind of funny Tom was a friendly quiet sort of man, but he had a lot of friends here. Mm-hmm. It's kind of disappointing us all I guess Do you have many things in this room clothes mostly? He was a light traveler mr. Dollar Horse training was just one thing. He worked on ships and in mining camps and lumber mills I know that much and he read a lot always seem to be studying Finding himself Did he have a temper? No, sir. No, sir. That's one thing mr. Tom didn't have Good horse trainer can't afford to have a temple even mr. Abbott. He could handle all except that night, I guess Mr. Abbott got powerful mad. I'm sure mr. Mr. Abbott is not an easy man to work for How long have you been with him Cully? 23 years, sir We were together in Maryland before he moved the stables California his bad temper hasn't bothered you Mr. Abbott was different than he is now. I mean when miss Abbott was alive But then when she died and raising mr. Terry he hasn't had it so easy. I mean easy with himself You know what I'm trying to say yeah, I think so I Worry about mr. Abbott mr. Dollar He don't seem to run himself. Well sometimes You know what I mean. Yeah Maybe Duke Redd being gone now help Mr. Abbott counted on that animal a lot Counting on a race horse is not just being anxious overnight or for a week But being anxious for years from the time their colts to when they first step out Now he don't have that worry at all Maybe do him some good. What about his other horses then? None of them like Duke Redd not the same at all they'll raise and make money But nothing like Duke Redd. Yeah, mr. Warner said he was a fine horse Tell me what kind of a car did mr. Warner drive? Well, he didn't have a car mr. Dollar How do you suppose he left here? He must have been carrying luggage I reckon so we could have lugged him out the highway and flagged himself a ride or waited for the bus They come by all the time think he might have called a cab in town didn't use a house for me But the one down in stable office Maybe someone drove him in Cully mr. Terry mitre sir. Oh, mr. Terry drove mr. Warner round down here Did mr. Abbott approve of that? No, sir. He did not After my talk with Cully I took a chance around the stables trying to get a line on Thomas Warner Ben Abbott's belligerent attitude seemed to permeate the whole farm the horse handlers I talked with were grumbling and complaining. I Was able to learn nothing from them. I Decided to tackle Abbott himself again. He wasn't in but his daughter was The right time mr. Dollar. We haven't had too much excitement around here all day long I think they're supposed to toss you out on your ear when you show up. That should be interesting Would you like a drink? No, not right now. Thanks. Not right now. Thanks Now isn't that the end the bitter end? So precise so efficient so determined so anxious to do a good job to be a sober steady substantial expert boar Now what is it? Who are you mad at Terry? Tom Warner Why should I be mad at him? Horse trainer because he left and didn't say goodbye Maybe you know when I first came in this house two days ago. You were arguing with your father. I couldn't help overhearing it Was that about Tom Warner? Yes Dad said he wasn't good enough for me I'm all right now something else that day that business you were telling me about before It'll have to be looked into Why for heaven's sake because you went to make it that your father and dr. Gory might be lying about the whole thing Do you realize that if there's any truth to it your father'd be liable for criminal charges? I know I Was just trying to put dad in a bad light with you. It was just for good old-fashioned first-class spite I'm telling me about not seeing Tom and all we've been arguing for weeks about it When I saw you the other day, I thought it was a good chance to get back at dad. I see Tell me about the trouble over Warner Why tell you well, let's say I'm an interested party. I like you Terry Well Tom and I saw quite a bit of each other and dad never liked it. I suppose because I'm all he has left Mother and Bob. He was my older brother were killed in an airplane accident a few years ago Dad's always expected me to marry one of the Long Island horsey set the turf something. I don't know Anything but a horse trainer He's been looking for an excuse to get rid of Tom Your father doesn't strike me as a kind of man who'd have to give an excuse to fire someone he didn't want around Well, he found an excuse He blamed the accident on Tom Do you think he's mad? What's that? Nothing Do you suppose your father will ever calm down so I can talk to him? I don't know the Abbots have always been a terribly angry group of people very emotional Doesn't seem to be much of a let-up these days Terry Is that what you meant when you asked me if I thought your father was mad? I Suppose so It's almost as if he's been on the verge of Something lately something desperate his moods frighten me sometimes they didn't used to I don't easily frighten But looking back two years ago. Daddy bought a new car We were out driving one day right after he bought it and something went wrong the gear shifter some little thing Well, daddy was so angry. He just backed the car up and smashed it into a cement wall and left it That was when he first frightened me The first time that I can remember Have you been frightened much? since then oh Yes, many times That's why Tom was so nice to have around he never became angry never did things like that like the men the men I know Tom sat quietly and he let me sit beside him reading talking I'm not that kind really of course, but I liked it with Tom. I liked it very much You asked me about him Johnny I'll tell you If he'd come to say goodbye to me There would have been no goodbye. I would have gone away with him anywhere. I Was in love with him from the first day he came to work here. I Still am I always will be That's all there is to tell did he know this Terry Yes, and he knew I meant it I do Hi What can I do for you constable in I mean I'm the constable tadpole my name's Johnny dollar. I'm from Hartford Mm-hmm, but you trouble miss dollar Well, I'm worried I guess mr. Polk. I walked around for a long time before I came in here. Yeah sit down And hardly anybody drops in this time of night unless they're drunk. How about you? No, no, I didn't do so Mr. Polk, I'm an insurance investigator I've been in San Pietro three days now trying to get the facts about a claim filed by Benjamin Abbott Mm-hmm. I suppose about his horse Duke red. That's right. Mr. Polk. I can't seem to locate a man named Warner Thomas Warner Worked as a trainer for Abbott up until the day of the accident. Go ahead, sir Warner and Abbott had an argument over the accident Warner left. He was fired His folks in Baltimore haven't heard from him and they're worried I can't seem to get a line under myself and I need to talk to him. Yes Well, what exactly do you want me to do for his son? Help me find him. You sure he's missing isn't around You want to make out a missing persons complaint that it I suppose so. Yes. Yes, all right Now you just sign here all right there You guarantee results. I might surprise you mr. I'll let you know what happened Now here's our star to tell you about the final intriguing episode of this week's story tomorrow Well, it all hinges on a decent man who knows he's loved and never said goodbye Join us. Want 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 Johnstone Be sure to join us tomorrow night same time and station for the next exciting episode of yours truly Johnny dollar Roy Rowan speaking