 From Hollywood. It's time now for Edmund O'Brien as Johnny dollar Inspector Traybert returning your call sir. Oh, yes inspector. Thanks very much. I wonder when I could talk with you about the Hannibal Murphy death Do I understand you've come all the way from the States? Yes, the news broke yesterday and his insurance company thought I'd better The reports weren't quite clear on whether or not it was accidental Then you haven't heard only that he somehow fell off a cliff Oh, then I hope you'll pardon my being a bit non-plussed at your time your rival mr. Murphy's death was definitely not accidental Examination this morning revealed a bullet wound in his head Edmund O'Brien in a transcribed adventure of the man with the action-factor expense account America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator yours truly Johnny dollar Expense account submitted by special investigator Johnny dollar to home office Plymouth insurance company Hartford, Connecticut. The following is an accounting of expenditures during my investigation of the Hannibal Murphy matter Expense account item one two hundred and sixty four dollars and eighty cents airfare and incidentals between Hartford and Kingston Island of Jamaica After checking into the Myrtle Bank Hotel and reporting my phone to the British Constabulary I went over late that morning and met the officer in charge Well, Mr. Dollar, it's a pleasure to have you. Thank you, Inspector Trayville Although news of the death of one of your countrymen is hardly the kind of invitation I should like to send you if it hadn't been mr. Murphy. I probably would have been invited to a murder someplace else It's a popular pastime What do you know about the Murphy's inspector? I understand. He's survived by a widow There's a brother also Paul Murphy and the stepdaughter Phyllis. I didn't know about them. You mean they're all here in Kingston Yes, the brother has lived here for the past two years has a cottage just outside town The deceased and his family were visiting him had been here for two months anyone else two servants an old cook and a young man Who has rather general duties? Do you have any kind of a theory inspector? Since the fact that the murder was proved only this morning No, except that it was murder the position of the wound and the head rules out suicide any suspicions then No, none that I wish to voice at the moment Perhaps you'd like to visit the scene of the crime or rather the point from which the body fell into the sea. Thanks inspector. I wouldn't Like most British police officers he was playing it close to the vest But on the way he did let me know that he considered the murtys Including the surviving brother the people who had been spoiled by too much money were completely selfish and quite possibly Could be hated by a number of people After a drive of few minutes we left the car and crossed through a strip of shaded pathway to a bridal path at parallel the cliff Some hundred feet in height at the bottom breakers piled in against the jumble of coral and rocks We wrote the section off in case we might learn something from the marks Oh, I doubt we will there you see on the edge the torn earth and the broken branches His body was found alone. Yes, it was discovered by a young islander who was searching for shellfish at an early morning Low tide. He said the Murphy College wasn't far away. Can you see it from here? No, it's beyond the trees there The path turns inland before it reaches the grove Does this cliff run near their place? Yes, I Believe so that you and I share a common bewilderment His killer met him here. Oh, I shoot him if he could have been pushed over the cliff and killed that way Precisely, we should have had a devil of a time proving the murder at all Unless the killer wasn't strong enough to get him over while he was alive like a woman Possibility that does present itself doesn't it? Yes, if he'd been shot and fallen here then dragged to the edge, there would have been signs No blood stains nothing. Yeah, so unless you were shot somewhere else and carried here We must visualize the victim and the killer standing side by side on the sheer edge of the precipice Gazing out to see a moment before the shot was fired. Can we go to the house now? I had planned to wait until I had a more complete report from ballistics Please feel free to pay them a visit if you wish to. Thanks, Inspector. I should let them know I'm here. Very good. Come along I'll drop you by The theory that Murphy was shot someplace else had holes in it, too The idea was to dispose of the body why dump it so close to his home The male servant answered my knock told me Mrs. Murphy was resting and left me on the veranda while he went to find out if she'd see me a Few seconds after he'd gone. I met another member of the household the daughter plain girl with short hair Gangling figure and troubled eyes He thought I'd better wait out here. What do you want? I came to see Mrs. Murphy about What happened? Yeah, I'm afraid so my name is Felicia. I'm her daughter. I can let you in Thanks You're an American aren't you? That's right. My name is dollar. You've come here because of what happened my stepfather Why did you I was sent by his insurance company in the States? Oh, I'd forgotten about that Supposedly left a lot though. He's did everything so handsomely Boston an accident. You know who's murdered somebody shot him. Yes, I know that I suppose it'll be all sorts of trouble now Please will come ask all kinds of questions Well things like this are never pleasant Are you worried about answering questions? Why should I be just the way you mentioned it? Well, I'm not I'll tell them everything I know and everything I thought about him. I'm not ashamed. I had a right to hate it Please stop it Stop talking that way. It's true and you know it Every awful thing that ever happened to me is his fault. He was filthy around to stop it Go to your room All right, I'll go You won't be able to send me away when the police come. I have to get out of here. Yes, mother Oh Terribly sorry She really doesn't know what she says. I'm Terribly sorry, you don't have to be Mrs. Murphy But an outburst like that to a perfect stranger. I don't know what you must think I think she's a pretty upset young woman, but she has no right to be She's been an extremely difficult child. I Don't know what else to say to you. I'm Terribly ashamed for her Now would you come into the drawing room? Thank you Please sit down You are an insurance investigator, mr. Dollar. Yes, and if you feel up to it I'd like to get as clear a picture as I can of what happened the night your husband was killed. I Imagine that I shall have to Put up with it. Shouldn't I? Sooner or later. Yes, it probably would have been easier if your husband's brother were here to take part of the responsibility Oh, he went to make arrangements for flying my husband home I'm not sure when he'll be back, but I'll help all I can all right first, Mrs. Murphy Do you have any idea who could have killed your husband? Not the faintest idea, mr. Dollar. You'd been here in Kingston for two months. Is that right? Yes, could your husband have made any enemies during that time did he mention anything like that? No, he mentioned nothing We've been about very little. We only met a few people some of Paul's friends But he couldn't have made any enemies. Who was here the other night? No one but Hannibal and Paul and Felice and I and the servants of course your husband leave the house Yes, of course. He did Quite a strange question mr. Dollar considering where he was found. I'm sorry Why did he leave? Paul said he was going to take a walk He was in the house when I went to my room. What time is that little past 10? Paul retired a short time later, and you remember that Hannibal said he wasn't sleepy Perhaps he would take a walk and I take it your daughter had gone to bed, too Yes Do you mind if I talk to her? Oh, I'd rather you didn't why? Do you suspect her I didn't say that do you of course not Mother would hardly suspect her own daughter. Why don't you want me to talk to her? Because she's a poor unbalanced girl Who's filled with warped hates and misunderstanding? She'll say dreadful things about Hannibal And about me Things that are absolutely not true. You'll have to be a question. This is Murphy. Of course. I realize that There's nothing more like say I'll show you to her room But police wasn't in her room I found a waiting to be on the bridal trail along the cliff crying I heard it say you were an investigator, and I wanted to talk to him again I knew I couldn't and I saw it here. I'm glad you did. I don't know it's a matter with me. I Shouldn't have said what I did. I meant it when I said it No, I don't I don't think I know quite what you mean. I'm awfully mixed up Doctor tried to explain it to me With my real father died my mother was all I had and when He came along. I thought he was stealing her from me. I thought I didn't Didn't have anything anymore How long ago was that? 14 when they were but he did take her away. He chucked me into an old school and went off on a trip I Didn't do it just to hurt me But at night it would seem to me that he did Tried to get over it, but I never could That's why I'm glad he's dead. It's not a very wise thing to say Felice. I can't help it Do you have anything else you want to tell me? No, I Wanted to explain why I acted the way I did in the house. I Don't suppose you understand part of it. I think I do quite a few children Have to adjust themselves to step their hands these days. It's tough some do it better than others I haven't done it well at all Now I won't have to try anymore. I Am sorry for the way I act it. I want to help you everywhere Ken. How do you think you can help me? I'm not sure yet But when I am I'll let you know All right, I'll be talking to you again And what this strange mixed-up girl was driving and I got the impression that she wanted to talk more than she had I was fairly sure the way to bring it out was to wait rather than press it too hard. I Checked in with inspector Tray that and his reactions are about the same as mine on the strength of them He called Paul Murphy into his office that afternoon The last time I saw him was when I went to bed We'd had a drink together and he said he wasn't sleepy and he might take a walk Did you know how long after that he might have left the house? No, I'm sorry. I don't I was dead tired I went right asleep. Was he in the habit of taking walks at night? Sometimes yeah, but you didn't hear a shot. No, I didn't hear anything How much time passed would you say between the time you left him and the time you were asleep? Not more than 15 minutes inspector, and he could not have left the house before say Quarter past 11 Yes, that'll be about it, and you're sure he didn't say anything about meeting anyone He simply said he might take a walk. I'm not quite sure that I understand the importance of these questions The importance of is this your brother was killed by a 25 caliber pistol fired at quite close range I'm afraid we must assume that if he did not meet anyone somebody either accompanied him or followed him You mean you suspect someone in my house. You're only stating the facts someone was with your brother We've ruled out the possibility of a robbery motive since both you and the widow have stated that none of his personal effects are missing You can see how the thing narrows down mr. Murphy. Yes, I can Don't know what to say. Do you mean that you suspect someone? No, no, I don't if you do mr. Murphy It would be do your advantage to come out with it I'm afraid the duty of making accusations is yours not mine a commendable statement As long as you don't mean that you're withholding information. I'm not I have no information at all. Very well mr. Murphy. You may go When Paul Murphy left we both felt that he too was holding back But it would be a long time before he offered any information But we were only half right. He phoned the office a few minutes after he had reached home Have you called in your own doctor and the dr. Drummond? Yes, I know him Now we'll send one immediately and come out ourselves Yes, thank you very much mr. Murphy Well the stepdaughter attempted suicide how serious mr. Murphy was quite beside himself and it was hard to know What did she do slashed her wrists a method that is really successful, but the question is why did she do it? We will return you to yours truly Johnny dollar in just a moment later this evening the gangbusters give a graphic illustration of what happens when the police are the criminal who is a perfectionist when a gang leader leaves no stone Unturned to commit the perfect crime. There's a rough man hunt ahead for the police Here are the exciting developments when you tune in gangbusters later this evening on most of these same CBS radio stations Now with our star Edmund O'Brien, we bring you the second act of yours truly Johnny dollar Inspector Trayvon and I went right out to the Murphy residence But I held back from police's room by both a private and an official physician. The latter was the last to leave her room Doctor, how is she? You can see her now as you might expect. She's in a highly emotional state. Yes Oh, this is mr. Dollar dr. Gurley. How do you do sir dr. Gurley? She's gonna be alright. Oh, yes I think so you didn't do a very good job of it. I I think she needs a good psychiatrist Very good one. She's evidently needed one for a long time. She's saying anything to you. No, nothing specific Only that she hates everyone Well, I wish you luck gentlemen. I've got to run. Thank you girly. Bye doctor. Good day Well, yeah, miss Murphy. We've been told we could see you. Don't call me miss Murphy. That's not my name It's never has been hello Felice. Hello, mr. Dollar Who's he you remember me Inspector Trey, but I spoke to you yesterday hardly remember yesterday Hardly remember anything. I don't want to I want to forget what do you want to forget everything my whole life It's been a waste. Nothing's been right. I hate please miss. I don't care. I'm going to tell the truth What is that they killed him my mother and Paul? I thought all happening you were a witness to the killing I saw what was happening here. I thought what was happening in England last summer I was glad I thought it'd go away and I'd never see him again Felice then we came here and I do it If it weren't him, it would be somebody else. I knew it would never stop. Please hold it slow down I'm afraid you'll have to be more specific young lady Do you mean that the marriage between your mother and stepfather was not a happy one? started last summer in England She was getting tired of him. I Had them fighting and calling one another names. They tried to hide it from me because they knew to make me happy But I heard them She wanted to divorce him and he wouldn't let her what happened the other night Felice I knew what was happening here, too. I heard them arguing the other night after they sent me to my room Then I heard mother go to her room Then they left the house your stepfather and paul at the house. Did you see them leave? Yes Then I heard the shot. What time did you hear it? Do you remember? Yes? I remember It was quarter past 11 Remember because I was lying in bed awake When I heard it, I sat up and I turned on my lamp and I looked at the clock Then I turned the lamp off again and went to the window And in a little while I saw Paul come back alone. Why haven't you told us this before Felice? I don't know. He was awfully mixed up She's my mother. At first I thought I should protect her And I thought of everything she'd done to me She never wanted me. She threw me away She's never been a real mother I've always hated her That's why I'm telling you Because I hate her and I want her to be punished for everything. I shall expect you to repeat this in the form of a sworn statement Miss Felice. I will, but you've got to take me away from here now. I can't stay here. I'm afraid. I'm afraid of what they'll do The show has moved to the police hospital and later that day repeated her statements under oath But about the time she was doing that, there was another development Inspector Traybot received a call from the proprietor of a secondhand shop that specialized in fishing tackle and guns After you sir Good afternoon Are you Mr. Innes? I am Inspector Traybot How? I thought you were placed when you came in This is Mr. Dollar, an American investigator How do you do sir I'm glad to meet you Mr. Innes. We want to thank you for phoning about the gun Well, I thought it was my duty. I've been reading about the murder And when this chap came in here to tell me a pistol what was the same caliber as the missing weapon I said to myself, you up to the phone and tell the police Could we see the pistol please? I've got it right here behind the case Here we are Wait a moment. Have you handled it much? Handled it? Of course I've handled it I had to look it over before I paid him for it If this is the murder weapon, I'd like to protect any fingerprints that might remain Let me pick it up A webby, Mr. Dollar And it's been in England Would you recognize the man who brought it in, Mr. Innes? I think so There's not much trading guns here, you know, fishing gear mostly I think this is the first gun I've bought in six months Yes, yes, I'd remember him Would you describe him, Mr. Innes? I'll try He was about my size, I'd say, a little heavier He had what you'd call brown air He was tan Is he English or American? He was English as I am Well, thank you, Mr. Innes It's possible you may be called upon for identification Happy to oblige, Inspector But what about the money? I paid four pounds for that pistol If you and Felice's sworn statement from Inspector Travert was forced to make an arrest So the last time you returned to the Murphy residence I have to remind you that anything you say may be held in evidence against you You mean that you're arresting us for Hannibal's murder? There's nothing else I can do, sir I have a statement given under oath to the effect that you and the deceased left this house together the night of the murder That's not true That the sound of a shot was heard and that you were then seen returning to this house alone That isn't true There's not one word of truth in it I didn't leave the house with him Can you prove that, Mr. Murphy? Alice, you know I didn't leave, don't you? Of course he didn't Can you prove it, Mrs. Murphy? I understood you to say you were in your room That you went to sleep immediately and heard nothing My daughter made that statement, didn't she? Under oath and before witnesses But she lied I told you she would, Mr. Dollar She'd do anything to hurt me You've got to believe that Alice, wait What did she say was my reason for killing my own brother? Because of your love for his wife Oh, she's insane How can you believe these things? You're men of intelligence My men were used to working with evidence A sworn statement is admissible evidence Unless it can be proved false Neither one of you seemed to be able to do that Paul Don't say any more until we've legal counsel No, I won't let her do this to me We can't, Paul I think she killed him She hated him She's the only one in the house that had reason to kill him It's no good, Alice What are you going to do with this, Inspector? I shall have to take you to jail Sorry Oh, you can't Oh, dear Give us a few minutes to get ready Of course Come on, Alice Oh, you can't Go get your things Everything will be all right What do you think, Inspector? To be quite honest, I'm not sure But I know my duty as a policeman The strength of that statement And their innocence or guilt Are up to the courts to decide Less formally, though It's a pretty frightening thing to think of If that girl and her mental frame of mind Could suddenly decide that she was a witness Make a sworn statement And bring all this down on two innocent people Yes, I know But the fact remains that they have absolutely Nothing to say in their own defense I've got to arrest them The widow and Paul Murphy were taken in And I couldn't get out of my mind The strength of the case against them As far as the crown went The strength built on the fact that There was no evidence and were no witnesses To refute Felice's statement I suppose that as far as the insurance angle Went, my job was done But after I left with Inspector Travert I went to the hospital to see the girl again How are you feeling? I feel awfully lonely They rest, Mother and Paul Yeah Then I'm all alone She'll never want me back now No matter what happens But she never wanted me anyway I'm glad I did it If you told the truth You have nothing to worry about What do you mean? I've nothing to worry about I mean if you told the truth You did the right thing But if you didn't You'd done one of the worst things anyone could do Of course I told the truth You believed me, don't you? That doesn't make any difference Inspector did But you do, don't you? You don't think I was lying, do you? I hope not You think I could make it all up You think I could do a thing like that I hope not I couldn't I know what you're thinking I told you how I hated her And how I hated him But I could never say the things I said If they weren't true I could never do a thing like that How did you happen to see the two men Leave the house together You never really explained that I was looking out the window I thought you were in bed Not then You saw them leave Then went to bed You heard the shot Then you got up again And went back to the window Yes, that's right Was your light on when you saw them leave? I know But you turned it on when you heard the shot Yes Then you turned it off and got out of bed And went back to the window Yes And who did you see? I told you, Paul You were sure it was Paul? Yes, I was sure Why were you sure? I saw him Why were you sure it was Paul? Why didn't you think it was your stepfather? I knew it was Paul Because I had a feeling That something was going to happen Don't ask me no more questions Better get used to them The man is going to be asking the same kind of this Gets into the courts Well, I won't bother you anymore, Felice I guess you're tired You don't believe me, do you? I told you It doesn't make any difference As I mentioned, the matter was out of my hands by that time And I was sort of 50-50 on believing the girl I made my plane reservations on my way back To the hotel But when I asked for my key I got instead a message to phone Inspector Traylor When I did, he told me That the 25-caliber Webly from the shop was the murder gun And B, that's in prints on it Had checked to a known criminal who had confessed the shooting He asked me if I wanted to come over It's an incredible turn of events Raise this perfect hob with the girl's statement In any case, we thought to bill from it Yet on the other hand Oh, here I should like to have you meet Mr. Roy Church What are you doing back, copper? You beat it out of me, so now you've got it You dropped quite a bombshell into this, Mr. Church Tell Mr. Dollar in your own words How you came to kill Mr. Murphy Why should I? You've told him, haven't you? No, I doubt it, he would believe me I'd like to hear, Church His ruddy brother said he was going to pay me to do it Paul Murphy? Yes Promised me 500 pounds, he did Paid me 100, and I waited two blinking weeks On that clip for his brother to take his walk And I got worse by the dirty beggar Why, I had to sell the pistol Tell him why, Mr. Church I was supposed to take this here Murphy's wallet To make it look like robbery But he fell over the clip when I shot him And I couldn't reach him That'll be all, Mr. Church Thank you very much Think nothing of it Well, Mr. Dollar Well, this means there isn't a word of truth In that signed statement except that Maybe she heard the shot She didn't see the men leave the house Or Paul back She didn't know anything Yes, a rather spiteful statement But fortunately true in content They did have the man killed I don't know what to do about that girl What could you do? Well, luckily I can leave the whole mess In your hands, Inspector I wish you'd come up and work a nice simple Hardfoot murder with me sometime Do you good? Expense account item two Same as item one, transportation Back to hardfoot Item three, miscellaneous expenses $204.80 Expense account total $734.40 Remarks? I can't help wondering what would have happened If Felice's sworn statement had been entirely false And the widow and Paul entirely innocent I wonder if they would have been hanged anyway Yours truly, Johnny Dollar Yours truly, Johnny Dollar Stars Edmund O'Brien in the title role And is written by Gil Dowd with music by Wilbur Hatch Edmund O'Brien can soon be seen starring In the Paramount Pictures Technicolor production Silver City Featured in tonight's cast Where Eric Snowden, Virginia Gregg Jeanette Nolan, Ben Wright Charles Davis and Dan O'Hurley Yours truly, Johnny Dollar Is transcribed in Hollywood by Jaime Delvalli This is Dan Cumberley inviting you to join us next week At this time when Edmund O'Brien returns As yours truly, Johnny Dollar Lovers of fine music are already familiar With the strong melodious voices of the corollaires On CBS Radio This is to remind our many Sunday Night Corollaires listeners That this excellent choral group will be heard At a new, earlier time On most of these stations starting tomorrow Stay tuned now for the Vaughn Monroe Show Which follows immediately on most of these same stations Remember, those lovable rascals Amos and Andy are here every Sunday On the CBS Radio Network