 From Hollywood, it's time now for Johnny dollar Yeah, yeah, I'm here, but right now I can think of a lot of places I'd rather be He has a gun and he means business 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 from special investigator Johnny dollar location Barbados British West Indies to the home office universal adjustment bureau Hartford, Connecticut Assignment the Phantom chase matter Expense account continue Item 28 well along about then I figured this item would be around 200 bucks burial expenses for me Tom Chase was desperate tired of running and ready to take me off his trail for keeps But Lola Chase's phone call to me seemed to have a strange effect on him Yeah, that was Lola why'd you drag her into this dollar? I didn't chase she insisted on coming here to Barbados herself Well, I couldn't she stay out of it. I suppose because she's your wife That's all over. Yeah, I figured that when I found out it was a woman who arranged your hideout in New Orleans And that's all over to turn sour real sour There's nothing left for me wait a minute. Look Chase There's only one thing for you to do turn yourself in turn over what's left of the money and you're late for that dollar There's only one thing left wait a minute Killing me is not gonna do any good Chase Somebody else will take over and keep after you until they get you and they will get you sooner or later You can count on it. I know They'll keep coming after me. I Can't run any more dollar. I won't take it anymore from you or anybody. I just won't take it. Oh, I Never thought I'd be glad to get hit on the head But just before I blacked out I remember being very happy that it wasn't the bullet in the back I'd been expecting I don't know how long I was out But when I came to Lola Chase and George Everson were bending over You all right Johnny Oh Yeah, I guess so Brother my head feels like I was on a pogo stick. What happened mr. Dollar Chase was waiting for me here in my hotel room with a gun Why did he come here for a very good reason to take me off his trail for keeps? Oh, yes But when you phone Lola, it seemed a time of a notch to learn that you were here in Barbados He started talking wildly mr. Dollar Lola and I'd still like to try the plan I mentioned to you No, no, no hear me out. We could just be wasting your breath ever since Tom Chase is not about to turn himself in now or ever I Still don't get it though. You get what why he didn't kill me just now And why he didn't kill me before in the waterfront warehouse or on Lagos Island. He had plenty of chances It's almost as if yes Skipping ever since suppose you take Lola back to her hotel. I'm gonna check with police inspector. What's it? Don't you tell me mr. Dollar? I'd say Chase has just about at the breaking point. Yeah That's why we've got to track him down fast before he loses his head completely. Oh, they're continuing I check up hotels and rooming houses. I don't think there's anything else you can do for the moment What's that here? Yes, just a moment for you mr. Dollar. Oh, thanks Hello, it's Lola Johnny. He was just here Chase. Where here at my hotel cottage Please come quickly Johnny. I'll be there in ten minutes. I Made it in eight Lola was still drunk He was talking wild crazy. You see which way he went Yes, I got to the window and time to see him drive off toward the mountain Johnny We've got to find him. He's out of his mind We piled into the car and took off after chase up a twisting steep mountain road Tell me what happened Lola. What do you say? I've never seen him like that before Johnny He's sick the things he said like what that it was all over. There was nothing left for him That he just wanted to see me once more before before what? We can't take these turns any faster I begged him to turn himself in He said he wished he could for my sake But then he couldn't look Lola. Maybe he just took this route to cross the island the way he was talking Johnny I don't think he was trying to get across the island Look up ahead. That's the car. He was driving parked beside the road next to a cliff All right Lola, you'd better stay right here in the car. Yes, I guess I'd rather I Walked to the edge of the cliff and look down His body was crumbled up on the rocks below. I climbed down He was dead all smashed up. It wasn't pretty I Climb back to my car Lola just looked at me with the big question in her eyes All I did was not All she did was slump over on the seat. I Drove her back to her hotel and phoned Inspector Whitsett, and I went back to my hotel Expense account item $29 $3 drinks for me. I Thought about a lot of things About Tom Chase who'd had everything in his favor back in New York, but who'd embezzled a hundred and twenty thousand Had killed a man a new Orleans for trying to turn him in but who hadn't killed me for trying the same thing And who ended up at the bottom of a cliff and Barbados? I Thought about Lola who'd come a long way for nothing except the final heartache And I thought about me who would also come a long way for nothing period The next day I dropped in on Inspector Whitsett at police headquarters Well doll, I've missed you. I uh, I sort of took time out for a while inspector. I don't wonder Yeah, this is Chase. Of course identified the body The inquest was this morning that it's suicide Burials it's afternoon Here in Barbados at first Mrs. Chase wanted to take the body back to New York But mr. Everson felt that that would just be adding another painful experience to those. She'd already been through Yeah Well, I still don't have the money chase embezzled inspector No, and offhand I'd say your chances of finding it were not too good Did you find anything at all and Chase's pockets that might give me a lead? Well, just the usual loose change his wallet cigarettes some matches a comb book matches Yeah, we're waterfront bar. Well, let me see him inspector. It's not much, but it's the only thing I've got to go I went down to the waterfront bar named on the match folder and started combing the neighborhood I checked every hotel and roaming house three hours later. I was about ready to give up And then I found it. Yep Chase's last hideout. I Searched his room, but the money wasn't there. I Went back to the desk and check the register again trying to find out if a woman had checked in about the same time chase had no soap But then I pulled out the sample of Chase's writing that Everson had given me in New York And I compared it to chase the signature on the register a Few wild ideas started chasing themselves around in my brain ideas have began to fall into a crazy pattern Adam 30 1260 long-distance phone call to the home office of universal adjustment in Hartford I asked Pat McCracken to run an errand for me three hours later. We call back from New York City with the answer Yep, I'd come all the way to Barbados, but the case got solved in New York I phoned Lola and Everson and asked them to come to the cemetery 15 minutes later We met at the freshly turned grave Mr. Dollar, I must say you're not being considerate of law. I'm sure you realize it coming back to Tom's grave Here's the most painful experience for her. I'm sure you had a good reason Johnny Yeah, yeah, I did I Wanted both of you to know what a jerk I've been in this investigation. Oh, don't say that You've done everything that could be done and I appreciate it. Well, thanks, Lola But you see for almost two weeks now from New York to New Orleans to Barbados here I've been chasing a dead man. I don't understand. I think you understand real well I look here if this is some kind of a joke is in very poor taste. It's no joke I've got a hand it to you both though. You engineered the whole deal with just two people What are you talking about drop the axe Lola the faithful grieving wife? You had me fooled but good look dollar You told me it took a trip alone about the time Tom was arrested Lola. Well, that was true But it wasn't to Martha's vineyard You went down to New Orleans and rented a room under the name of Tom James. You were the other woman I was looking for that's a lie. You don't know what you're saying dollar don't I? Freddie Quintana in New Orleans showed me a letter Chase was supposed to have written It matched the sample of Chase's writing you'd given me in New York, Everson Well, of course it did that proves it proves that the sample you gave me in New York wasn't Chase's writing I just checked by long-distance phone. You what oh, yes Freddie Quintana played his part real well But what he didn't know was he was gonna get paid off with a bullet That was the day you turned up in New Orleans Lola To kill him and shut his mouth dollar let him finish. Oh, there's not much more You hired the second guy to pose as your husband and lead me a merry chase That explains why he didn't kill me and why I was always able to pick up his trail again I was supposed to that's the way you were playing it All the time the real Tom Chase was dead You probably killed him back in New York when he was supposed to have jumped bail and disappeared Are you through dollar almost? except for the money You are the embezzler Everson. It was you who juggled the accounts and After I ran into a dead end down here with a fake Chase's death You and Lola could live happily ever afterward with the dough go on of course the fellow you hired to pose as Chase Didn't realize he was gonna get paid off the same way Quintana was what are you talking about the way you helped him over Cliff Everson to make it look like suicide. How did you know I probably wouldn't have tumbled to it if I hadn't checked his handwriting Of course, you can't prove any of this like to exhume the body ship it back to New York and prove that it isn't the real Tom Chase The body stays where it is dollar. Oh put that gun down Everson. They already know most of the story in New York You're bluffing. Why don't you call the bluff and find out I? Think he's telling the truth George in that case Yes Better take care of him not we Lola not anymore What do you mean? I think we'd better just dissolve the partnership. Don't try anything like that George This was our idea together and you're in it as deep as I am and that's why I'm leaving Lola I wish it had worked out, but as long as it didn't you can't do that. You've got the money Both went for Everson at the same moment the shot spun her around a crumpler. I grabbed the gun from ever I'm afraid it's not serious Lola If his aim had been better, he'd have done you a favor one thing. I still don't get Your husband wouldn't make any statement after his arrest that means to me. He knew what you were up to And he loved you so much. He was willing to take the rap Tell me this Lola Why did you marry the poor guy in the first place? Expense account total $1,723 Lola and Everson were turned over to the authorities and Everson gave up the key to a safe deposit box in New York Where the imbecile money had been all the time? It also showed us the deserted spot on Long Island where he and Lola had hidden the body of the real Tom Chase remarks dear Pat Next time you call me for an assignment like this one. I hope you get a busy signal yours truly Johnny dollar Oh, here's our star to tell you about next week's story next week a body Suddenly rises from the grave to take the spotlight from the Hollywood star join us. Won't you yours truly Johnny dollar Johnny dollar starring Bob Bailey is transcribed in Hollywood written by Robert Reif. It is produced and directed by Jack Johnstone Heard in our cast were Michael Ann Barrett Jack Edwards, Ben Wright, Virginia Greg, Don Diamond, Forrest Lewis and Richard Crenna Musical supervision by a Marigold Marino Be sure to join us on Monday night same time and station for another exciting story of yours truly Johnny dollar Roy Rowan speaking