 From Hollywood it's time now for Johnny dollar Johnny. Oh hi, Jim. How are you? Okay, let's have it remember a guy named King Tut. It's just your mummy They dug out of a tomb full of treasure a few years ago. That's right Well, don't tell me you held a policy on him not Jim You'll also remember there was supposed to be a curse on anybody who molested his tomb Yeah, it's supposed to be but of course anybody knows that stuff's a lot of marquee is it? Isn't it a reserve judgment Johnny until you hear about the curse of come a check Tonight and 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 accounts submitted by special investigator Johnny dollar to the inter-allied life insurance company Hartford, Connecticut Following is an account of expenditure is during my investigation of the curse of come a check matter Expense account item one one dollar even taxi to the office of inter-allied life to talk with Jim Sayer The conference was brief and not very enlightening I'd much rather have you seems to turn bull and get the story from him yourself As I said in the beginning. He's a very important client What's more to the point he can tell you about it much better than I can Jim to corner cliche You're being just as clear as mud also by the way. He's specifically asked for you Oh, how come well, it seems you like the way you handle a Parkinson's case a couple years ago. Oh, yeah, Emily Parkinson the widow who died Yeah, yeah, that's the one she was his sister and Well, go down and see him Johnny. I I honestly can't tell you anything more than I already have about the thing James You have told me nothing, but he can and you can pick up a nice fee on it As a favor to me now for that nice fee Jim promised to phone Eric Turnbull and I was on my way and I ran of items two and three four dollars and twenty cents For a quick lunch and train fare to Stanford There I was met by a chauffeur car and driven to Turnbull's house Far out of the town on Birchbrook Road. It was said on one of the biggest most beautifully landscaped pieces of property. I'd ever seen The final home looked as though it had stood there and all its straight lays dignity for a hundred years and Stollard against the changing world would stand for another hundred in Sharp contrast alive clean stood to make a golden Hawk was parked in the sweeping driveway at the front Haskins the chauffeur had explained on the way that he doubled his butler So I wasn't particularly surprised when he opened the door for me Since he received the call about your coming sir, you are to go right in while I take the motor car to the garage unless He glanced at the golden Hawk quickly back of me then having left the word unless hanging in midair climbed back behind the wheel Well, he said go right in Inside the house was a classic From the tile floored reception room with its walls of oak Broad staircase leading to the second floor I could look into the huge living room finished and polished mahogany with a leaded glass window at one side and thick oriental rugs on the floor a Fireplace that seemed to take in a whole wall and find mahogany furniture that glowed with a beautiful patina Beyond that I could see the library golden and walnuts and Sitting in a broad desk was a man his face red with anger Shaking his fists at a very attractive girl of 22 or 3 who stood before him obviously distressed by what was going on Don't call me uncle Eric. I'm not your uncle now and by heaven if I have my way I never will be You're not married to him yet my girl and if I have anything to say about it you Mr. Dollar isn't it? Yes, sir. Mr. Turnbull. That's right. Come in come in And Dorothy mr. Dollar and I wish to be alone The girl stood there for a brief moment looking at the man with an expression of utter futility in her face Then without so much as a glance at me he turned and left by the door that I adjusted it come in mr. Dollar come in please Thank you. I'm sorry about this somewhat embarrassing to you. I'm sure but it's Well, it's something I'll have to tell you about later. Sit down, please. Thanks May I pour you a drink? I must confess I feel I could use one at the moment. No, no, thanks, mr. Turnbull I uh, I think I'll pass I suppose it is a little early but Well, good luck Jim Sayer and then her ally tells me you have an insurance problem actually not yet I'll be perfectly frank with you mr. Dollar. Please do. I'm asking you to help me not as an insurance investigator But as a man I feel I can trust But you don't really know me mr. Turnbull. Oh, I'm contrary. I do very well As a result of your handling in the case of my widowed sister Emily when she died a few years ago As a matter of fact, you and I met very briefly at the time. Oh, yeah, yeah, of course Emily Parkinson The case involved a lot of phony relatives who file claims on her estate Yes, that's right And you're clever trapping of those false claimants and that cheap attempts to gain part of Emily's fortune was I understand that several of them still serve extences. Yeah, I believe so, which is quite what they deserve If there's anything I detest in this world, it's dishonest. Well, I uh, I guess most of us feel that way about it Of course we do if we have any shred of human dignity. Yeah But now, uh, what is your problem? It concerns Donald Emily's son, my nephew I had expected him to arrive here before you but I suppose I go ahead anyway Go ahead Well, when her husband died Emily was left with a considerable estate and their only child Donald The state's worth a million now With not too many years ahead of us. She wasn't well She had lavished everything on the boy the best of private schools travel to europe all the things that be fit one of our social and financial status Before she died she carefully put all of the money into a trust for Donald a rather unique arrangement, which I control Until he reaches the age of 30 What would happen if he didn't survive you would it all pass to you? Yes, yes, but of course I have no particular need of it when I sold turd bull enterprises some years ago I think you can see that i'm pretty well fixed investments, you know Yeah At any rate since his mother died Donald has been living here with me in accordance with her request that I care for him And I've been glad to do it. Well, I love the boy very dearly How old is he by the way at 25 it'll be 26 in october and what's he doing for a living? That's the whole point There's no need for him to work for a living as you put it But in college against my better judgment. He majored in archaeology and egyptology What did you want him to study? Business and finance of course Forgive me for being so blunt dollar, but I see no sense whatsoever And he's taking the fortune that his father's been so many years building up and squandering and on a lot of Oh, oh donald come in come in. I received word at the club. You wish to see me. Alcalary. What is it this? Oh, this dollar is my nephew. Donald crovin. How do you do? Even talking about you donald oh As a result of a newspaper item I just read to the effect that you're preparing for another expedition That's right, sir. I'm going to the ancient city of thebes in egypt egypt Since my trip last fall I've done a lot of reading and research in new york and london I'm convinced I've located the ancient tomb of the ferro kamishek Advanced parties already begun excavation. I'll join them there Do you realize the cost of this this thing uncle eric? It promises to be one of the most important archaeological finds of the century. You mean it might be if I let you go if you let me go Uncle eric, perhaps mr. Dollar. Mr. Dollar can hear anything I have to say to you You see dollar. We're finally getting to the point. Uh, yeah, donald. I'll make no bones about it I'm quite fed up with your wasting your time on these stupid pointless expedition That's not the way the museum feels about them, sir. Well, that's the way I feel about it. Wait, sir, please Donald isn't that your collection for yukitan at the museum recently acquired it? Why yes, sir My party and I were able I'm sure we don't care about your party and you you're not only wasting your time But your money the money your father struggled an entire lifetime to get that money was left for me to spend in any way I see fit provided your handling of it meets my approval when you're 30 and the estate passes completely into your hands You can do anything you like with it by the brookle bridge if you want you probably will but until then I am legally in control of it And now finally I have every intention of exercising that control At least to the extent of seeing you don't squander any more of it on these foolhardy expeditions I take it you've made several donald. Yes, sir. And he's opposed me in all of them because sooner or later You've got to learn that as the wealthiest son of a family It's up to you to carry on the tradition that's been set for you to increase the fortune That's part of your family name build even greater financial power not to throw it away Do you call my contributions to science and history a waste of money? Oh Look, my boy. There's nothing selfish about my attitude in this matter I'm thinking only of you with your future the family name that you alone are left to uphold Well, why don't you care about this ass nine idea of going to Egypt? No, sir What do you mean? No, let me finish. There's no point in your saying anymore, uncle I'm going to explore the tomb of kamishek now. Listen here. I've made all the arrangements Subtained the sponsorship of the museum notified the universities that are interested in my work. I say you're not going and I say I am sir You young fool, don't you realize that I'm in a position to cut you off and out of penny If you think I care uncle eric, you're crazy and by heaven I will so help me donald I've tried to avoid this kind of situation But you and your idiotic bullheadedness your other disregard with the responsibility and importance of your family Social status have made it inevitable Now it's common spite of all I've tried to do and by heaven. I'll cut you off without a Wait a minute Donald Where are you going? Egypt In the moment or two before eric turnbull recovered his poison up to speak to me my mind raced This whole situation offered a big flock of wild possibilities Obviously the two were at sword points had been for some time Apparently and I began to wonder about this Turnbull had no need of donald's money Yet he seemed determined to keep him from spending it And I would look to me like a very worthy expedition If donald died turnbull had said the estate would pass to him or and something else I wanted to find out about the girl who's been there when I arrived Why Why oh Why did I want to know or need any answers? What could this whole affair possibly have meant to me? I'm no family counselor. I'm an I guess I spoke that thought out loud I'm an insurance investigator Yes, dollar Which is another reason why I need your help in this affair, but I uh, I just don't see it I'm afraid I must apologize for that little scene a moment ago. Well, there's no need to it was interesting to say the least Well, we didn't touch on the one thing that I wanted you to know about that girl Dorothy Hartness is so-called fiance Thanks to a generous allowance plus fees from the museum and some of the universities Donald's ensured his life for a hundred thousand dollars 50 000 for the museum and a like amount for the girl Through inter-alline. Yes I'll put it to you bluntly She has prodded him to go on these expeditions And I believe she somehow hopes to engineer his death during this komishek project in order to collect on that policy Do I make myself clear? If anything was clear about this situation, I certainly couldn't see it More things had come flying at me from out of left field during the past half hour than I could cope with And I wanted time to organize some kind of thinking So I used a corny old device glanced at my watch said something about being late for an appointment back in harford I apologize promised to talk with them again tomorrow when there'd be more time Haskins drove me back to the station and critically waited until the train pulled in and then left And it was then I noticed a little suit of bigger golden hawk that I'd seen at the house Pulled up beside the platform and the girl dorthy harkness jumped out and ran over to me I had to wait for haskins to leave so he wouldn't see me. I must talk to you Please call me. Here's the number Is this about donald? Yes Because of the danger he's in from mr. Turnbull. No, and you must believe me from the curse of komishek Now here's our star to tell you about tomorrow's episode of this week's story tomorrow A little order starts to come out of the department of utter confusion And a promise of murder Join us won't you yours truly? Johnny dolly yours truly Johnny dolly starring bob bailey is transcribed in hollywood It is produced and directed by jack john stone who also wrote this week's story Be sure to join us tomorrow night same time and station for the next exciting episode of yours truly Johnny dolly Roy rohan speaking