 From Hollywood, it's time now for Edmund O'Brien as Johnny dollars Ralph Whedon again Johnny I'm glad I caught you before you left. There's almost two hours before I play leaves. It's on your mind Now the cable just came in from Manila the amount taken in the burglary is roughly $75,000 that's dollars and not pieces dollars. Yeah, they mentioned that a clerk has dropped out of sight native an American Name's Blake Daniel Blake Blake. All right. That's all so far. What's your hotel in Manila? Do you know yet? Oh, yeah, the Hotel Tondo Tondo good. I'll get word to you there if I learn anything you can use well Good luck on the trip Edmund O'Brien in another adventure of the man with the action-pact expense account America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator yours truly Johnny dollar expense account submitted by special investigator Johnny dollar to home office Columbia all-risk insurance company Hartford, Connecticut The following is an accounting of expenditures during my investigation of the Woodward Manila matter expense count item one eighteen hundred and fifty dollars airfare and incidentals between Hartford and Manila Oh Yes, these gentlemen are waiting for you. This is mr. Dollar sir. Oh, yes I'm Floyd McDonald mr. Dolemn local manager the Woodward company. Oh, how are you, sir? And this is Irving Morgan my assistant Morgan glad to meet you. I've made arrangements to have your luggage sent to your hotel Have you like to do it that way? Irving and I can drive you right in buying a star. Nice of you Well, I know it is the estate owner want to bother with the tails after a long flight like that You'll give me your luggage, sir. Oh, yeah, I'm right here. Thank you. Well, that's what I think The car is right outside. We can give you the details of the burglary on the wind He told me very little that I didn't already know the story manners one of Manila's largest hardware stores was part of the American Owned Woodward chain He had discovered the loss of the seventy five thousand dollars himself Monday morning when he'd entered his office and found the safe open Naturally, I feel very badly about it everything that can be done is being done I don't know who the main office is blaming it on but I think you'll find that Floyd and I were anything with careless We've got five years without a loss behind us to prove that and it only takes one failure to ruin a success Irving There's seventy five thousand Do I understand that it was all American currency? No, no, it was made up of pesos, too I stated the amount in dollars and cents when I reported the loss You're in the habit of keeping as much money as that in your office safe It wasn't my idea or to my liking It was because of a company rule They were worried about conditions on this side of the Pacific in order to stop banking our cash here Instead of the usual yearly transfer of our money. It has been going to the States once a month They didn't say much this time What about this clerk Dan Blake? Oh, don't get me started on him. No, there's nothing proved yet Irving What is it going to take to open your eyes, Floyd? We don't agree on just what to think about Dan, Mr. Despite of the circumstances I But I find it almost impossible to believe that Dan would do this to me could he have done it Of course he could. He had access to the office and he could have memorized the combination of the same. Yes Yes, that's true, but I Can't forget that he was a very good friend of mine. He was like a son to me Was he in any trouble that you know of or any money? I Hadn't heard of anything He's been out of sight for days now What kind of a search has been made for him? I understand that the police have been working very hard They class him as the chief suspect, too. Yes, but you've got to realize that the Philippines aren't like the states dollar It's not hard to drop out of sight here. It's a big world. I know I just watched a lot of it pass by Well, as soon as my luggage arrives and I can get into a fresh suit. I'll contact the police see what they've got Expense count item 2 350 including tip a pitcher of gimlets delivered to my room While I waited for my baggage to arrive. I relaxed in front of a window My hotel was two blocks from Manila's Great Bay in a section called El Puerto From my room. I could see enough of the Orient the native craft working the harbor to give even a common hardware store burglary an atmosphere of intrigue Expense count item 3 80 cents cab fare to police headquarters Where I was shunted into a side office to wait for the sergeant in charge of the Woodward case he finally showed up Yes, my name is Dalla. I know you come to talk of my burglary You are a policeman. Well, not quite. I've been hired by an insurance company to learn what I can about it What do you wish to learn from me? Well, you've made any progress You've gotten any place with your search for Dan Blake then Blake. No, I do not look for him now You don't know I have captured the teeth Who is it me? Well, no solid up You've recovered the money. You will not say where it is yet, but he will say Tomorrow, maybe what evidence do you have a sergeant? He cannot say where he was that night of the burglary Is that all he's by profession a thief he was arrested while he was robbing another store last night He speak English. Oh, yes, one of I could talk to him. Maybe he's afraid to confess to the police and Maybe I can get him to talk All right, you come with me You do not stay long only five minutes. That's good enough. Why you come here. I'll do you again What do you work? No work Get hurt in bombing. No work. You have any children see To daughter. Why do they work? Is either one work at the Woodward hardware store work in prison Both work in prison Sergeant Malva says you stole some money from the Woodward store. No You'll make it easy for yourself if you tell the truth and give up the money I don't got money If I got money then why steal five pesos from other place why? You tell police why if I got lots money why steal a little more why? Because I don't got lots money. It's good enough for me Miguel Sorry, I took a good time. You do not stay long. I think he wants to sleep What would he say to you? Well, he didn't do it How to be hand you wouldn't have caught him stealing five pesos because he wouldn't have needed it He need a kick in the head for his lying. You have any connection between him and the Woodward place He tell you he got two daughters in prison. Yeah, he lies They come out, but they do not go back to him because he's still their money The daughters of connection with Woodward's connection if we need connection with by one all right tomorrow, maybe I have an idea Sergeant Malva's philosophy reason that it was a lot easier to grill the whiz and little prisoner Then it would be to continue the search for Blake, but I left him to his own devices and cab to the Woodward store I was told that neither Floyd McDonnell nor Morgan were in but that a secretary would help me Oh, how do you do mr. Dollar? I knew that you were coming out. My name is Charlotte Page Donald's my uncle. I didn't know that he had to go out to her meter with an order for a house. It's being built there Can I help you in any way? I want to look at the office. I know where the safe were. I can show you I'll check this door first I See only entrance Mr. Dollar, I know you've been here only a little while, but have you learned anything not much, but All of it looks bad for Dan Blake Just can't believe that Dan would do a thing like this How well did you know it? Evidently not well at all. He stole the money We're the same aid found something in common working here together I've had dinner with him occasionally go to the beach Know if he was in any kind of trouble debts or anything. No, I thought he was very happy and comfortable here. He seemed to be Where's this safe now? It's under the rug You have to lift the corner the rug Did Dan Blake know where it was? Oh, yes, everybody trusted him. He'd been here for years Did he know the combination? No, I don't think so. Uncle Floyd handled the cash Could he have memorized it? Well, I don't know that either. I hadn't given it a thought I guess we didn't put the rug back Oh We got to get Blake's address from the police You happen to know what it is. Oh God it's somewhere on Samplock, I can find it on the payroll. It'll be right here. It's too easy to find him there Wouldn't it mr. Dollar? That's too easy that I might pick up a chroma to the here it is 307 Samplock 307 Sampline. Thanks Tell Mr. McDonald. I was here. Would you please and I'll be in touch tomorrow The fair biography of Dan Blake in his rooms I learned that he was born in Duluth, Minnesota 26 years ago His father wrote him occasionally that he had sailed with the merchant marine during the war and had made a few into Island trips after that Floyd McDonald had said he was a student of the Philippines And that was born out by photographs and receipts from steamer and airlines I made a list of the places he'd visited But that was all I could do for that day wasn't until the next morning that I went to police headquarters and waited again for Sergeant Malva We do very good without your help. Well, pardon me. I don't want to buddy and I just wondered if you knew that Dan Blake Spent a lot of time learning these islands Oh, do you know that he'd spent some time in San Jose on Mindoro Don Maren Duke and in Palo and Lady I did not know might pay to check those places or more to Here clear down to Mendenau the search is finished. What do you mean? Then Blake has been found he was adrift and he dug out until I was very He was taken aboard a ship and then he died. I killed him. He was shot many times What about the money? It has not been found. Not yet. Yeah, sure, but maybe tomorrow We'll return you to the second act of yours truly Johnny dollar in just a moment With winter in the wind driving becomes more hazardous every day Not as much for you in your car as for the people walking across the street or along the edges of a highway A shoe touches a tiny strip of ice Someone loses his balance falls in the wrong direction and there is sudden death Check your car carefully. Make sure your brakes are good. Make sure your tires have a heavy tread check your steering wheel Someone's life may depend upon the efficiency of your automobile upon the care of your driving Now with our star Edmond O'Brien we return you to the second act of yours truly Johnny dollar Sergeant Malva Manila police was again taking his inimitable approach to a subject believing what he wanted to believe When I asked him how he knew the body was that of Dan Blake He told me the ship captain who had picked him up said so. How did he know? The man had mentioned the name before he died That was all and it wasn't enough for me I put in a call for Floyd McDonald the Woodward Company manager. This is Johnny dollars mr. McDonald there No, he stepped out for a moment. This is shot at everything I can do. I'm calling from police headquarters They have a body down here a body picked up by a ship someplace They claim it's Dan Blake, but there wasn't any identification on him you tell mr. McDonald I want him to come and look at him Notified mr. McDonald's sergeant Malva was playing it close to his chest. Where is sergeant Malva didn't tell me where he Was going he left word that we could look at the body and he left I Name is dollar corporal see you're going. Thanks. I know this is unpleasant. We have to find out Is this Dan Blake? Yes, cover him up, please. Where do they find him a dugout canoe? someplace called Ty Abbas Bay, I think yes Ty Abbas Bay southwest of here Who found him man by the name of Kovar. He's the captain of an inter-island schooner Could we leave here? What happened do you know not first-hand shot in the back four times? It was alive for a short time after Captain Kovar pick him up. The money has not been found. I see Then there's no explanation yet Not but I know a schooner is anchored offshore just south of the Pacific River. You know what that is. Yes I'd like to talk to this Kovar. I Guess I can hire a boat to take me out there I'll drive you down to the docks As a matter of fact, I'd like to go with you. It's a good idea if you have the time. Well, I'll take the time That's my car there That's it Skipper, that's the one there the CNM. That's a little precious for a wreck like that, isn't it? Some are even worse I don't know how they stay afloat. There's somebody on deck. You Captain Kovar. I want to talk to you about the body You brought in the McDonald and Blake work for him the police sergeant would tell me is that I got the money And I better give it to him. I'll take some door. Take the chairs you two. I'll take the bonkers Now what's this all about? There's a little over $75,000 missing. You didn't have anything when I picked him up He was in a dugout canoe. That's right. Look like a moral craft to me. Oh I see what you mean. I was empty. I looked it over. How long did he live? Well 15 20 minutes Maybe not that long. I don't think taking him aboard did any good for him But I didn't know he's saying anything about the shooting nothing that I could understand. What did he say? I? Told you I couldn't understand Just some noise but you were able to understand you're beginning to sound like that police sergeant mister And I don't like it. I thought I was doing right when I brought that boy. Wait a minute captain. We don't left him there Police right now we're getting papers to search my ship and now you start I'm not making any accusations, but you were the last person to see him alive. I'm interested in what he said Well, he said Blake Blake It's all I can understand Tell you the truth. I wish I'd left him there But you know what I think what's that if he went from Manila to someplace on Tayobas Bay where he had his dugout plenty could happen It's about 60 miles You heard about our hucks our rebels. Yeah, I've read about them a bunch of cutthroat scum And they don't think twice when they get the chance to kill an American $75,000 so much the better What do you think mr. McDonald? Well Certainly a possibility The hucks are active. I Guess there's not a chance of putting our finger on it. That's what happened not a chance All right, and let's leave that possibility until the last I Wasn't sure of captain Kovar if he was telling the truth. He was doing so without tact And if he was lying he seemed to be doing that with complete confidence I didn't bother questioning his crew I knew that sergeant Malva if he hadn't already would take care of them when he returned to search the schooner I spent the rest of the morning and part of the afternoon and routine legwork on the case and at four o'clock I got the sergeant's report. There was nothing from one end of the ship to the other end my man Look, I know it is there, but it was not found you talk to the crew. Yes I talk myself to them. They do not hear then Blake say anything The captain is the only one who hear him. What have you done with them? What is there I can do nothing I leave his ship and that is all What now what now? There is nothing now So the hooks killed him then that is all I Learned a few things about Floyd McDonald this afternoon. So He's up to his neck and debt. Did you know that? So I don't know about the Philippines, but in the States It's an old pitch to have a patsy found full of bullets, but without the missing money Do not know what you say, but maybe it looks like Dan Blake is the thief when somebody else is I haven't been able to find a reason for the kid Who have done this now I find that McDonald needed money. I did not know that It would not be wise for me to question him in Manila. Mr. McDonald is not the man to suspect He is known as a man with honor. Yeah, so I gathered that's probably why he could get so far into debt I think it would be wise at that point for me to question Floyd McDonald either I waited until his store closed that evening and until his assistant Irving Morgan had gotten to his home Mr. Morgan. Oh, hello, Mr. Tyler. I've been thinking about you. Come on in. Thanks Well, how's it going? It's hard to tell from what I hear the money is gone. Good Did McDonald tell you there? Yeah, isn't that right? Maybe I Don't make it a habit to go around switching the values of national problems But it's a cut to me that these hucks could be pretty handy people to have around. I Don't get you. Oh when a killing outside the city can't be explained any other way. It's marked off to the hucks Oh, you don't think they shot Blake. I'm not as sure of it as everybody else seems to be just what do you mean, mr. Tyler, how much did you know about McDonald's personal life? Well, I see him socially if that's what you mean. We're good friends Are you any money? It seems to me. That's a very personal question. I have to ask that kind once in a while I've learned that McDonald's a lot of money to a lot of people thousand here 1500 there loans gambling debts Heat be ruined to this became common knowledge, mr. Tyler. He loses position everything How far do you think McDonald's go to save himself? Are you telling me you think Floyd arranged this theft? Well, it's something to think about and kill Blake to cut No, no, he didn't you're sure that I couldn't have he's not that kind of man He might be desperate. Yes, but he'd never do a thing like that Would he be at home now? I don't think so. It's it's only seven. He usually has dinner at the club. What club? They're the merchants club Mr. Dollar, don't question him down there wait until he gets home I can count on you not to tell him I'm waiting for him. I certainly can I want to stay as far away from this thing as possible On a half later a cab dropped me in front of Floyd McDonald's home The residence at least was a picture of propriety Said in a fashionable suburb. It was with any a shot of a bellboy somewhere in the bay I followed a sidewalk across a neatly hedged lawn and halfway to the house I stopped to watch a man come out of the front door What are you doing here? Forget it. I can't what's your part in this never mind. I get you saw me. Come here. Go Here yes, I came to talk to your uncle. Is he here? No and Captain Kovar was with you. Yes, Captain Kovar was with me You're hurt. What did he do to you? He hit me why because he's insane. He thought he had to hit me one of the money Gave it to him you gave him the money. Yes all of it every penny of it I didn't want it anymore. It's not what I mean. You were holding the money for Dan Blake for us We were in it together Kovar learned it from Dan before he died Dan kept calling for me while he was dying so this Kovar thought he could black me on me He thought I gave him the money to keep him quiet Dan and I were trying to get away from this place have a life of our own Tried I don't care what happens to me Where's the telephone through that door, but you don't have to call I'll go to the police by myself I just wanted to wait Uncle Floyd got home. I'm not worried about your personal problems Charlotte. That's not my job Kovar and that's $75,000 is all I want Not to waste a minute, but time slipped by 15 minutes on the phone 25 to get back to me never When Sergeant Malva finally arrived at the harbour police dock a boat was ready for us Come as quick as I can his ship is not the thing. I checked it. He moved out about 20 minutes ago. We go then And I We don't find him he do not get out of the way both their colleagues are right now waiting The girl she was an accomplice she held the money so if he was picked up you couldn't prove possession She's gonna meet him later. They hooked shot him. That's what Kovar told her so But they also do not kill him. What's that? Police doctor. He said bullets do not kill Blake Blake choked to death I think Kovar choked him to learn the secret. I think we could prove that sergeant You get any more speed out of this thing? Come on. Let's get inside out of the spray One of the schooner with auxiliary power is matched against a police boat With our speed and the beams from four searchlights fanning out around us We covered every possible course that Kovar could have set it took us less than 30 minutes We go outside. Show this man. We are strong I Had in front of me church is ship No, sir, then Malvary curse back The doctors works for him or not. All I can see is his weight now do not get the way We move in right now go on board. He's shouting something. How'd you have your men stop him? Come on there? He's running forward. I do not like the killing go boxy dentists I'm your witness. Now if you'll put me aboard. I'd like to find that stolen money blanket item covering hotel Transportation, etc. Item for same as item one expense account total $3940 remarks After the arrest of Charlotte Page the stolen funds were counted in front of witnesses and the amount was not as large as was Plained by McDonald. I don't know what you can do about it Everybody seems to be out after something these days yours truly Johnny dollar Johnny dollar stars Edmund O'Brien in the title role and is written by Gil Dowd with music by Wilbur Hatch Edmund O'Brien's latest picture is the Paramount Pictures production Warpad Featured in tonight's cast were Bill Conrad, Lillian Bayef, Robert Griffin, Bill Johnstone, High Everback and Jack Crushan Yours truly Johnny dollar is produced and directed by Jaime Delvalle This is Dan Cumberly inviting you to join us next week at this time when Edmund O'Brien returns as yours truly Johnny dollar You can sing it again on CBS tonight for a whole hour of fun packed music packed entertainment And maybe Dan Seymour will be calling you to solve one of the tuneful little riddle songs That lead to a chance at radio's largest cash jackpot $5,000 plus 10,000 more in wonderful prices Allendale Judy Lynn Bob Howard the Riddlers and Ray Block orchestra are on hand to sing and play the riddle tunes leading up to Dan Seymour's coast-to-coast calls Be listening again later tonight when sing it again comes along on most of these same CBS stations Now stay tuned for Von Monroe's caravan, which follows immediately on most of these same CBS stations This is CBS where you laugh with Lucille Ball and my favorite husband on Saturday nights the Columbia Broadcasting System