 From Hollywood, it's time now for Johnny dollar Good operator one moment. Hello I'm Johnny dollar investigating the wreck of the Yatha Jolly Roger The only survivor reported was a cabin boy, and I understand he just died in your hospital That's exactly what I wanted to know You ought to know doctor I'm on my way down there to Tijuana to see you 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 account submitted by special investigator Johnny dollar location San Diego, California To the Universal Adjustment Bureau Hartford, Connecticut assignment the Jolly Roger fraud $460,000 worth of palatial yacht gone down to Davy Jones's locker Expense account item 940 cents telephone call to the hospital in Tijuana from a phone booth at Coast Guard headquarters here in San Diego Because of the neck Paula's Zanagian seemed to have for knowing everything I did everyone I talked to even on the telephone I was afraid to let my call go through even the Coast Guard switchboard But before leaving for Tijuana I checked with Jan penny and talked briefly again with Lieutenant Smith You mean you think Zanagian had somebody put that cabin boy out of the way before you could talk with him darling The doctor only said that he died under unusual circumstances, but yes, that's exactly what I think What's more important right now is that apparently the lad told the doctor a thing or two before he died So I'm going on down there. Do you want to use my car? Well Zanagian seemed to know I was going to use it before He'll probably expect me to use it now See you better give me a rental car have it delivered to my hotel service entrance under your name, okay Zanagian made no bones about it when I talked to him He's having me tailed and he'll probably try to do the same thing to me that he did to Bert Parker Once he's sure I'm trying to block his four hundred and sixty thousand dollar claim dollar, but me I aim to stay alive Until I can not only prove his claim of fraud But see him sent up a murdering Parker and the lads that went down with a Jolly Roger dollar Why don't you get the police in on this with you if your life's in danger? I want to do it alone. Hey one more thing. Yeah, you're sure that Zanagian needed money I thought from all I've ever heard that that international racket here was loaded according to the papers both Holland and Switzerland Locked up his bank accounts just within the last week or so. That's why he needs a pot full of cash to get over there That's why he sank his ship so he could collect from your insurance company Accident some mechanical failure. Is that what he said? Something to do with the electrical system to use his own words But if the cabin boy was the only survivor of the explosion and he didn't talk to anybody except this doctor Hernandez, I'm going to see right then. How could Zanagian know what made his yacht burn in sync? What's your guess? Expense account item 10 $50 deposit on rental car On the way back to the hotel to pick it up I kept looking for somebody that I could identify as the tails and again that put on me But if he was there I couldn't tag him And as I drove a few short miles from San Diego to T01 I began to wonder if maybe I was just too small fry for Paula's and again Shipping magnet munition maker international spy to Badaway Nonetheless, I still kept an eye out for a familiar face or more to the point for a familiar car that might be following me Midday traffic on the big broad highway was astonishingly sparse a handful of tourist type cars loaded with families on the way across the border for a quick Look see it Mexico a handful of movers who were on their way to see how far and how long their American dollars would keep them in favorably exchange Mexican pesos It's a smart Cadillacs some of them towing outboard runabouts and filled with eager-eyed fishermen and the usual run at trucks big trucks and trailers The boys who made a living behind the wheel the best drivers on the road wherever they were loaded with goods for transport between states or countries or what have you I Drove fast. I drove slowly and I still didn't see any car that might have been following me To make sure I took off on a gravel side road drove a mile or more and waited Nobody followed me. So I finally gave up and went back to the main highway At the border I asked the guards where the Corazon de los Hongales Hospital was drove the car to it parked in back and Asked the first nurse I could find and I should have stopped right there because she was beautiful Asked you where dr. Hernandez hung out Hernandez spoiled a beautiful romance in the budding and led me into his office Thanks, dr. Hernandez, I'm so glad you've come We here at the hospital I must confess was somewhat concerned when the fishermen brought in the poor young cabin boy Who survived the wreck of it? What was the name the jolly Roger? Yeah, that's right. So Nagy and couldn't have picked a better one So jolly Roger is the name of the flag that pirate ships used to fly sculling crossbones. I suppose you know See, I know It was a glorified pirate praying on the whole world I'm a student of history senior modern as well as ancient And his small selfish way, I realized that policy Megan has looted the whole world a Dangerous man if say you were worried when his cabin boy showed up because there was a man who called and wished to visit him insisted on it oh See but of course because of his condition we could not permit it The explosion of the ship had done a great deal of damage to his small body When he was brought in here, I could see that immediate surgery was necessary to save his life Of one doctor So I operated And as I did so realize that divine providence would permit me to save the life of this poor unfortunate My operation was a success But you told me over the phone that he died We are a poor hospital and Usually we're not able to provide such things But I appointed a special nurse to look after him while I ordered that Man who would not give his name, but who insisted on seeing him be kept away doctor You said however two hours ago the nurse left him only for a brief moment and only to inform me of the remark of Improvement he'd made look doctor when I entered his room. He was dead look doctor I'm I'm sorry if you lost your patient, of course But you told me over the phone that there was something unusual about his death. That's why I came down here He would have lived Yes, I know that someone got into the room with him during the brief moment. He was left alone Got into him and killed him with this What is it? Unnettie needle. I think so He would have been well against in your but he was killed murdered Have you told the police about this see and they are what you called at a loss How do you think I feel I was going to tell them what I knew about the unfortunate boy when your telephone call came Then I decided perhaps I best talk to you first. Well, just what is it you know about him? It is what he knew about the sinking of the ball the Jolly Roger see Thanks to adrenaline and all the stimulants I administered even before we began the anesthetic for the operation Let's say only it didn't stay so long see Here again consciousness long enough to talk with me. He talked a great deal. Well Well, doctor, what did he tell you my notes? I get very careful notes in this drawer What is it doctor? What's the matter? The notes I had they're gone gone here. I Kept them here because I knew they'd help to solve the crime of the singing of the ship Well, what did this boy tell you notes are no notes doctor You must remember something about he told you was he Yes, well what? That he'd seen a strange device taken aboard the ship. He was young and curious as all boys are That only the captain of the vessel had handled it had taken it to the engine room That he had inquired about it and been told to mind his own affairs. What kind of a device was it? Did he tell you? Like a clock. He said a clock on a large box like an alarm clock It was set for 235 to think He hold everything that was the time the Coast Guard patrol plane saw the explosion. I knew that Why go on doctor That senior dollar is all I Don't know about you, but it sounds to me like Zanagi and not one of his men are both planted a time bomb in the engine room of that yacht See no Now wait a minute. Yes If the captain knew about it, he looked after the US Coast Guard reported that the only survivor was this cabin boy Surely the captain wouldn't have let himself get blown up. No, he would not accept for one thing Yeah, and I tell you only what I know from the cabin boy. Yeah, what's that? This trip was a test before the ship in the yacht was to go on a long trip It had many new Devices on it. Uh-huh a large toll mass for what you call the radar. Yeah. Yeah, go on go on the captain when they reach a point of the Coronado Islands ordered a small boat put How do you say over the side? Yeah, that's right go on But in doing so the must the radar must fell down and the captain was struck by Doctor now listen listen carefully Tell no one you've talked to me turn your local police if you like what you learned from the cabin boy reported to your Coast Guard or Whatever you have to do down here in Mexico But don't under any circumstances let anyone know you've talked to me Do not understand senior you wonder where your notes on the cabin boy are well if you asked me he's an egg And I was looking them over right now Nothing is impossible with a guy like him. Now what I'm getting at is this I'm a marked man doctor. He's after me and he'd be after anybody who tries to help me Cannot believe what you'd better if you want to stay in one piece or take no chances I don't think I was followed down here, but I may have been if so your life is in danger same as mine So, please watch your step Until I can pin whatever it takes on Zanagi and to send him off a life. This is fantastic Yeah, sure it is but outside of you and a girl named Jan penny and Dr. May I use that phone of yours for a call across the border? Well, of course here. Thanks Hello Hello operator. I want to call Coast Guard headquarters in San Diego, California Lieutenant John Smith You know something your Mexican operator speakers good English. Hello Yes, thank you You seem a learns in your dollar. Are you sure I just hope you find no cause for alarm before this mess is over But I say it again watch your step the mere fact that you've talked with me that hello Well, where can I reach him? Well, sure. I'll talk to anybody there headquarters Hello, I'm I'm calling lieutenant John. I see What is it mr. Dollar? Lieutenant Smith is dead a hit-and-run accident About an hour after I left him watch your step doctor See You do Now here's our star to tell you about tomorrow's intriguing episode of this week's story tomorrow Some real help from two close friends, you know close enough to kill Join us won't you yours truly Johnny dollar yours truly Johnny dollar starring Bob Bailey is Transcribed in Hollywood it is produced and directed by Jack Johnstone who also wrote tonight's story Be sure to join us tomorrow night same time and station for the next exciting episode of yours truly Johnny dollar Roy Rowan speaking