 From Hollywood it's time now for Johnny dollar Yeah, I've been waiting for you to call It is jet. I'm at the fire patrol phone a mile below Primrose camp the summit road Can you meet me here? Well, you're a woodsman aren't you? That's what you told me this afternoon. I just met the Bardell's you're a longtime friend of theirs Aren't you something wrong? I think there's something badly wrong in his wife was scared half to death for some reason I haven't seen the daughter and pop and his wife of each told me a different story about her Well, they're obviously under some kind of pressure that so-called nephew seems to be running the show I told you pop ain't got no nephew. He has now Jed Yes, I think it's tied in with a hundred thousand dollar payroll robbery that wreck car we found this afternoon three murders and You'd better meet me up here as soon as you can And every week day 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 From special investigator Johnny dollar location Primrose Camp, Arizona to the home office mid-states industrial insurance company Hartford, Connecticut Assignment the Primrose matter Expense account continued Jed Marsh an old-time prospector was a good friend of the Bardell's Operators of the lonely tourist camp on a dead-end road high up in the Santa Rita mountains And I counted on that friendship to sway him. It did he finally agreed to come I Hung up the range of patrol phone and sat down on a flat pine stump to wait for him And I hoped it wouldn't be too long a wait The night when sang in the high branches overhead and their shadows in the moonlight form strange moving patterns of silver and black It wasn't a good night for a jumpy imagination. I Started to reach for a cigarette and matches He was behind me, and I couldn't see him, but I know the voice it was pop Bartell's mysterious nephew get him up move You're up late. I just keep it. We'll see if you got it I figure you'd be packing a run Self-protection I Understand there are a lot of snakes around here. Maybe you understand too much dollar. I Suppose you followed me from the camp. You're a good supposer now. What's the game? Well, I'm a bird watcher, and I specialize in observing the queen habits of the night flying tip Mauset. Oh, I Want jokes. I'll tell you I want jokes. I I guess I must understood. I'd get up get up. You're not hurt. I Appreciate you tell me I asked you a question dollar. Oh, yeah. Yeah the game You heard that phone conversation. Did you I heard it? And you know who's the guy you talked to a friend of mine an old Prospector named Jed Martin. I heard that Why'd you get in touch with him? Well now he specializes in night-blooming uranium, so I thought we might combine our hobby How much of this does it take to wise you up? Well, I think that one just might have done it Why'd you want him to meet you here? It's only might be useful what? For pointing out the reasoning places of the night flying. All right, take it easy Slap me once more with that rod and I may get mad. You're scaring me to death. There are worse ways to go dollar I'm smart cracks are gonna get you nothing but stitches stitches of what they're supposed to keep you just keep asking Relax relax relax You know, I think I finally got you tagged Now what do you mean tag? You're not pop Bartels nephew, and you don't come from Tulsa. All right so far You're doing the talking. I think you came originally from Chicago in New York, but recently you just come west from Kansas City your cop dollar no, and how come you I've been trying to place you ever since I saw you this afternoon thinking back over police Bulletins I've seen mugshots descriptions Yeah, you're spade killer aren't you go on this is your story used to work with a kizadi mob Then you went out of circulation for three years as a guest of the state And when you got out you apparently hooked up with jibber-knitzen in this gang so you are a cop Well, I'm somebody who found that stolen car you ran off the cliff and tried to hide under a rock slide You found it. You must have been looking for it. I was looking for a hundred thousand dollars that Kansas City payroll The one you boys killed a couple of bank guards to get your hands on remember I'm just listening then of course you killed a state trooper down there at the highway when you crashed a roadblock That's three murders spade and nobody left now to pay for them, but just you and the jipper You know, they got to catch us first. Oh, they will Or kill you trying to the cops don't do no better than you did the Hey dollar Cops know about that car Which cars that spade you know which car the one we buried in the rock slide. There's the ranger from Call them up and ask him Maybe they'll be happy You just keep it up dollar this gun will still be in good shape when your head's got holes in it I think maybe it's already happened. What about it? You told the police about that car you followed me, didn't you? You know, I only made one call Yeah, but you might have called him earlier Wouldn't that be kind of crazy? Then they'd get the hundred grand You mean you so that's the game, huh? You and this palli yours were figuring to knock us over and hijack that payroll for yourself I didn't say that I figured you for a phony the minute you drove into the station this afternoon That's why I had Bardell give you a cabin when you came back and that's why I took a wheel off your car tonight So I could have you or I could keep my good eye on you See what you were up to and I you think you know sure You got a high sweet behold up in here somewhere after we broke through that roadblock in an old galley highway So you come up to snoop around and try to get your hands in that hundred thousand spade You're a real smart boy you found the car and then you tagged me So you figured primrose camp for the hideout out of the Bardell's figuring it spade And you sneak down here tonight and phoned your pal wanted him to come over to the camp and help you Help you what dollar? You don't know what jipper is and you don't know where the money is Now what were you planning to do? I thought we might ask you. Yeah, I'll bet you did only it didn't work No, it didn't work Now there's nothing to do but just sit here and wait for your pal to show to make sure you wait So I waited quietly Being somewhat unconscious. There wasn't much else. I could do I've been trying to stall spade until Jed Marsha arrived hoping to tip Jed off in some way before he walked into the truck But I've been out foxed out maneuvering and finally just plain out For how long I don't know but it was too long to do Jed any good When I came to he was already in the parlor and the spider it pounced What do you mean get my hands up? You heard me didn't you? You're done, right? I heard you but I Mr. Dollar what's going on here with the devil are you anyhow that you like a bullet right over your belt buckle now? You look it here. He said Better do what he says mr. Dollar what happened to you the same thing that's gonna happen to you If you don't get your hands up. What are you worried about spade? He's not even packing a gun Suppose I make sure that I don't go all down lucky. I ain't got no gun. You've shipped the eyed little side When I had one night feel you so gall-dang full of holes. They would You hurt you Now as bad as he'll be when I pay him back for that get over there next to dollar. Come on snap it up Mighty glad there's a moon tonight Want to get that face of yours real clear in my mind so as I'll know it next time I see it So I told you to shut up Better relax should Spade here is pretty jumpy He's one of the last two left now, and he knows it's just a matter of time But I gotta do dollars smash that head of yours clear open I think you'd better go easy on that slugging stuff spade about the next time you swing on one of us The other one's gonna jump you I was wondering if you had the same idea I had mr. Dollar either one of you makes a move. It'll be your last one. You see Jen He's jumpy he and the chipper up a dead-end road. They got no place to go from here and spade knows it Couple more days. They'll figure we got clear away from this part of the country They won't be looking for us around here. That's when we'll leave and we'll get away with it provided Jed And I don't tell him where you are you won't That's one thing. I'm real sure of this here vomit wouldn't be aiming drew us in would you mr. Dollar I wouldn't be surprised if he had something like that in mind Jed Am I right spade what have I got to lose that's a very logical attitude What he means Jed is the fact that the gang has already murdered three people and Since they can only hang spade in the jibber once a couple of more killings won't matter very much matter some to me Seem as I'm to be one of them. Oh, yeah, and to me seeing as I'm the other But that spades problem, of course having two of us on his hands Even with him having the gun. That's pretty touchy business Right spade get on your feet. Oh sure We'll stay as far apart as you'll stand for Jed So you'll have to swing the gun why shut up dollar if he goes for me first jump him fast I got you Seen that happened once in tone up our during the gold strike and I'm shut up the both of you now spades got an even worse problem Jed he's so scared and jumpy He may even miss his first shot then he'll have both of us on him there can I'd be jumpy too If I was standing there where he is what are you talking about next to the edge of the cliff that way Close to all them boulders. What about them? Just snakes. That's all snakes. Oh, you shouldn't have told him Jed. I was hoping he'd blunder on to one Where's any snakes might be anywhere around you there? Along for a sunup when it starts getting chilly they crawl in around the rocks to get warm You city fellas ought to have a nurse to keep hey wait a minute I wouldn't move around much five was you not without flashlight. I haven't got a flash I have right here in my pocket now fight it keep your hands up. I Seen that trick pulled before you throw the light in my eyes to give dollar a chance to jump me My you've got a real suspicious nature spades snakes There's probably no snakes within 10. What's that? I got space where the other way it's right there by your foot Move back. Let me get the flash. I can't see what I'm not that way spades. You're gonna step on it Back on that loose slab on the edge mr. Dollar. Well, I was sure his last step to it That must be a 400 foot drop there. I didn't aim for this to happen I was just trying to upset him so as we could jump him. How'd you make that noise anyway with this? Set of old Timber snake rattles stuck on a pine sliver. You just rub your thumb on it and it starts them going Use it sometimes to a spooker tinderfoot. Are you sure spoke one tonight? Can't say I'm too sorry at that Mr. Dollar. He wasn't aiming no good for us and that's for dang sure three now now Only the chipper himself is left funny about life sometimes mr. Dollar That's bait fellow went around striking out at people like a snake does and he died the same during way all smashed on the rocks Just like a snake guys Now here's our star to tell you about the final episode of this week's story Tomorrow a lovely girl screams in terror as a cornered rat turns and fights back Fights the way a rat fights Join us. Won't you yours truly Johnny dollar or is truly Johnny dollars starring Bob Bailey is transcribed in Hollywood Written by Les Crutchfield. 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