 From Hollywood, it's time now for Johnny dollar Johnny this at Barrett at tri-state life and casualty in New York Oh, hi Ed. How are you a little sick at the moment? Oh, what's the matter? I was planning to go up to the fishing lodge of a friend of mine over the weekend Tommy Hargrave Oh, but now you've had to call it off and brother. I know exactly how you feel Look yet, I'm a fisherman myself and when something interferes with going What was that I just received word that Tommy had a car accident up there car rolled over on him He was killed instantly. Oh I'm sorry Ed. Yeah And company policy being what it is since he carried 70,000 insurance double indemnity Since there was an accident involved Well, I got ordered the usual investigation. Yeah, sure. I see Who's the beneficiary his wife Mary? They uh, they get along all right No, as a matter of fact Look Johnny, don't get any crazy ideas. Just go on up there and help her all you can. Oh, sure. Sure. Where Ed Place is called Shadow Hill near the little town of Bethel, New York. Yeah, I've been Sullivan County The police department is a man named Skinner police if everything's okay. It was Skinner who called me Oh, okay Ed. I'm on my way and if I dig up anything Johnny, I assure you that everything's all right about this. Oh sure Sure Just my suspicious wine showing I guess forget it Bob Bailey in the exciting adventures of a 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 tri-state life and casually insurance company New York, New York Following is an account of expenses incurred during my investigation of the gruesome spectacle matter Expense account item one six twenty fair and incidentals Hartford to New York item two fifty bucks deposit on a rental car. I Swung north crossed the George Washington Bridge then picked up highway 17 through Goshen with its famous racetrack Through the summer resort town of Monticello then pass White Lake a good fishing spot to the little town of Bethel It really isn't much more than a crossroads a couple of filling stations a general store and post office and Emmer's Hotel where I park my bags Shadow Hill however turned out to be a beautiful summer lot sitting high above the edge of a nearby private lake From the highway. I could see the narrow winding road that led from the lodge down to the lake shore I could also see the spot where a car had apparently taken a corner too quickly skidded and rolled over to where it lay on its side Then shortly after pulling off the highway. I could see something else another car just short of where the accident had occurred It was half hidden in a clump of trees that boarded the road and as I slowly pulled up to it A man suddenly jumped out and leveled an old 30 30 rifle at me Stop right there don't come any closer. Oh, well now just a minute mister Yeah, I guess you call me a stranger, but look it may be you as a stranger. I'm looking for Get out of that car with your hands up over your head. Don't try no funny business. Hey, what is this a holdup? Do like I tell you to be quick about it. Okay, whatever you say Hmm I like can't seem to this door doesn't seem to wanna Trying to pull some trick. No, I'm not doing that door. Well, it's stuck. I guess All right up on your feet Just a minute shot around go on go on turn around you just look here You just take it easy old man and remember I have the gun now. I'll lock you up with this. That's what I'll do You'll what? Yes, sir interfering with the law this way the law You that's right. See here's my badge. See oh Okay, then look mr. Skinner. Hey, you look you. Yeah Hey, I do know my name you are mr. Skinner, aren't you? Sure, I am Amos Skinner only it's chief Skinner to you police chief Skinner and if you think you're going to get away with this you Watch the idea. Oh chief. It looks like you're just a man. I came to see Hey, only maybe it better have your gun back here Well, all right. All right now you just put your hands up and Say now just a dog gone minutes. Who are you Johnny dollar Johnny dollar? That's what you said. That's right The Johnny dollar. I'm an insurance investigator Praise be to bits Well, I might have known him someone like you the way you outsmarted me Bang in the car door gets me that way. I'm sorry about that Johnny I'm I'm real proud to meet you and Believe me son. I'm I'm just mighty glad you're here. Oh, why do you say that? Just you look here Johnny over the edge of this road Look, you see it down there that car Is that the car in which mr. Thomas Hargrave was killed? Well, you know about that. That's what I came here to investigate. Well, all right then Now you listen here to me Johnny Well, I'm the one that telephoned down to mr. Hargrave's insurance company down to New York So I understood I did it as a favor to marry that's his wife on account of She was so broke up and all never did like her but she was well She was pretty upset very considerate of you chief and I told the insurance company Just what I told everybody else that Tommy Hargrave took this turn in the road too fast Now you see the turn right above here Yeah, that's a sharp one Well, he took this turn too fast and skidded off the side and the car went over and Pinned him underneath it and that was it Killed him. Wow But all right now Johnny, I just come over here from old Doc Walton's It was down to docket. I took Tommy's body yesterday just after it happened And you know why I come back here. Well, I can think of one good reason Yeah from something you just told me yeah for what I can see of the car down there Yeah, well, it was because I suddenly started thinking how could a man who knows this road so well ever make a mistake of Hey, what were you gonna say? Well chief that car was coming down the road down from the lodge Wasn't it? That's right. That means he made a left-hand turn right here Correct the car went off the road fell on its side and lean right where you landed right where you see it Right on top of Tommy Hargrave that car is a sedan That's right and even from here I can see that the windows are all closed except for the one next to the driver's seat correct But now and it's obvious it didn't roll completely over. No, sir You just flipped over on its side and slid down there and yet you say that Tommy Hargrave's body was under it That's right under the right side of the car where we practically had to dig it up Hey, huh? Can you tell me how he could have fallen under that side of the car windows closed? Johnny yeah, Tommy was murdered That's what and the car pushed over on him to make it look like an accident and Johnny you proved it a couple of other things you've got to prove chief. Hey like what who murdered him and why? Act two of yours truly Johnny dollar in a moment Our flag now numbers 50 stars and behind each star there stands yet another flag representing one of the 50 states Rhode Island state flag is white with an anchor first used as a colony symbol in 1647 The motto hope was added in 1664 when the government was organized under a charter from King Charles II a Circle of 13 gold stars were added for the original 13 colonies This is the flag of a unique colony in state which carried out a most noble experiment and freedom the Royal Charter of 1663 reads To hold forth a lively experiment that a most flourishing state may stand and best be maintained with full liberty and religious concernments Rhode Island state flag the flag of the 13th state to enter the Union was adopted on May 19th 1897 And now act two of yours truly Johnny dollar and the gruesome spectacle matter Chief tell me this when and how did you learn of this so-called accident that killed Tommy Hargrave? His wife. Oh, it was like this Johnny. I was sitting down at Bob and Ernie's poor Bob and Ernie Well, they run that mobile gas station down the highway you pass on the way Oh, go on. Well, we were just sitting there talking about the Hamiltonian and all what do you mean the Hamiltonian? Well, you know the big harness race they run down to Goshen every year. Oh, yeah Why it's world famous bigger than the Kentucky dirt. Yes. I know go on We was talking about how much money Barney Marsden has made taking bets on those races and we Chief You mean you have a bookie here in Bethel. Well now Johnny and that you as chief of police condones such goings on Well, oh I'm surprised at you. Oh Well, it's just a little sort of harmless betting is all sure every man's entitled to a little Well, you know how it is sure do now. Let's get back with the stuff. Yeah, sure Well, like I say we were sitting there talking and we seen Mary Hargrave driving by on our way back from New York Or she'd gone to do some shopping that day. She wasn't here when it happened. Well, no, sir She couldn't have been you're sure. Well, like I told you she was in New York Anyhow, she drove on up here So what it happened and drove right back to tell us at the gas station We came up here. They'll Tommy's body out from under took it down to Doc Watkins office and that was it How carefully have you inspected that car down there? Well, that's what I was about to do when you come All right, come on. Let's take a look at it. Why sure If you any way of proving Mary Hargrave was actually in New York No Hey, look here chief. Huh keys are still in the ignition but the ignitions turned off You're right Johnny. You're right This car wasn't rid over the side of the road. He was pushed here. Let's see. We can get this store. Oh, yeah Let's see if some of this What are you doing in that handful of dust? Well, it's not very professional But some of this fine dust ought to bring out any fingerprints on the steering wheel. We'll be No princess that I can see how you're right chief this wheel has been carefully wiped off. So whoever did it Huh, what'd you find? Did Tommy Hargrave wear glasses? Spectacles Tommy no, sir. What come on chief The first thing I want is a look at his body that Doc Walton should say that's right and let's go Well, as a matter of fact It was I who suggested to Amos to chief Skinner I should say that he go back and have another look at that car mr. Dollar Just fine. Dr. Well because a couple of things about this body made me well made me wonder Look here the way the clothes are torn as though we'd had some kind of a struggle Scratches and contusions on his hands, but more important here Here at the base of the skull this mark up where that car is there are no rocks no stones No anything that could make a mark like this and there's another on the face below the eye You know what that looks like to me doctor. Oh, what's that? The mark from the butt of a 38 automatic and I've seen plenty of my bet see Johnny You're right and that would indicate Hargrave was murdered and the car pushed over on him to make it look like Sure, and Johnny and me found a few other things around that car that would indicate the same thing doctor I understand Tommy Hargrave did not wear glasses Oh, not that I know of of course Mary his wife she wears them. Yes, she does can't do without what kind Well, just regular tortoises shell, you know something Something like these maybe Granted one lens of smash and part of the frame is broken, but is this the kind she wore? Yes, mr. Donna I'd say so of course a great many surely you don't think his own why they didn't get along too well Did they well no, but after all when any couple's been married 1011 also She just happens to be the beneficiary of his sizable insurance policy Good heavens, mr. Yeah, I think we'd better pay a little visit to Mrs. Mary Hargrave three of yours truly Johnny dollar in a moment Many times in the history of mankind Nations have pulled their forces to exert a greater strength against a common aggressor This happens not only in the face of a world war But between such giant holocausts as during the boxer uprising in China in 1900 six nations combined their forces to come to the aid of their citizens in the thick of the fight Undaunted by devastating enemy fire Chief Boson John McCloy of the United States Naval contingent Distinguished himself by meritorious conduct above and beyond the call of duty For his valorous action. He was awarded his first medal of honor But a man of action doesn't get the job done because of possible awards It is the spirit of his code of conduct that guides him John McCloy was guided by that code again and again In June 1914 During the Mexican campaign when the government of the United States was put upon once more to aid its persecuted citizens Chief Boson John McCloy was constantly risking his life Our landed troops were in danger of being annihilated on the beach at Vera Cruz when McCloy voluntarily filled three picket launches with riflemen and led them along the seafront to draw the enemy fire Though badly wounded he remained at his post and gallantly directed his part of the campaign For this action Chief Boson John McCloy was awarded a second medal of honor But he hadn't been concerned with medals His only concern was conducting himself as a man should and that is according to the code of the American fighting man And now act three of yours truly Johnny dollar and the gruesome spectacle matter The three of us Dr. Walton police chief Amos Skinner and I drove up to the lodge outside the little town of Bethel New York to see why Mrs. Mary Hargrave had killed her husband made it look like a car accident That is if she did it and what little evidence we had pointed right straight at her The obvious fact the car had been pushed over on him after he was killed The marks showing he'd struggled for his life had been struck with the butt of a pistol The fact he and his wife hadn't got along too well that she was his beneficiary and finally There were the glasses I found in the car Bitchy, I wonder if she found out to her here Johnny and his flew the coupe. Isn't that her car in the yard? Oh, yes, mr. Dollar tears Right then if she is here well, sir, I'll arrest her right on the spot. Not all let me handle this but Johnny. I said, please Yes Dr. Walton and Chief Skinner. That's right. And this here is mr. Johnny dollar Oh, yes, mr. Dollar mr. Barrett at the insurance company phoned you'd be here Won't you come in sure? Thank you I'm sorry to have been so slow and answering the door, but I seem to have mislaid a pair of my glasses Yeah, that Johnny I'm blind as a bat without them. Won't you all sit down? Thank you. Yes, thank you I've been using an old pair of steel rims with an old prescription, but they look so terrible I wonder When did you lose your glasses? Oh, I I must have mislaid them a couple of days ago. Ha Now what do you mean by that a miss? You know very well what I mean You you don't seem terribly upset about your husband's death, Mrs. Gregory Why should I mr. Dollar? We haven't been exactly getting along for years All he seemed to care about was his fishing and bedding on the horses day after day Oh, no, I never did care about spending every summer up in this stodgy little town with all its stodgy people and Oh, I didn't mean you dr. Walton. Oh, yes, thank you The first thing I'll do when I collect the insurance is sell this place and go back to the city where my friends are But there's some excitement and It's dollar those Are those my glasses you have there? Are they? But if they look like mine Only what happened to them sure they are hers Johnny. No, no dollar. I know I don't think they are Let me have them, please sure here What's going on here Johnny? We're just wasting time. Oh, no, no, no wait these can't be hers Should have really sure there's a gentleman, please. I've seen your glasses marry many times Very thick at the edges very thin in the center of the lens Well, isn't this pair this lens the one that's still intact bears no resemblance to yours at all No, no, no wait listen, Mrs. Will somebody please tell me what listen will you you say your husband was always playing the horses? Yes, of course he was but do you mind telling me what even while he was up here? Yes, all the time. Mr. Dollar. I don't see what shot driving. I sure don't brother This is probably the wildest touch I've ever had Mrs. Hargrave. Did your husband owe a lot of money on his bedding? Oh a lot I Should say not just the opposite. He's been going around for nearly two weeks boasting about the big killing He made if he ever collected doctor. Let me have those glasses. Oh, look here this little mark inside the temple Oh, that's the mark of the optometrist over in Monticello here. You see the same mark is in mine Okay, I'll just sit tight the three of you. Oh no, mr. Dollar No, you look here and I must don't try arresting anybody while I'm gone It might make you look a little foolish when I get back back from where I'll see you all later well That's really just about all the risk to this case Except of course for the fact the optometrist in Monticello had no difficulty at all in matching the glasses I'd found with the prescription of Yeah, you guessed it They had belonged to the bookie chief Skinner had told me about Barney Marsden Of course Barney wanted to put up a fight when we faced him with the facts But then he couldn't seem to explain the various and sundry bruises he was carrying around Until we reminded him of the fight he'd had with Tommy Hargrave Yeah, he'd killed him and push the car over on top of the reason for it all simple Tommy had won a cool $25,000 from him had threatened to put him out of business if he didn't pay which he couldn't So Barney killed him and tried to fake the accident and you know something I Have a sneaking suspicion chief Amos Skinner isn't going to stand for any bookies operating in Bethel, New York from here on out. Oh And Mary Hargrave found the glasses she'd mislead Expense account total including mileage on the rental car and the trip back to Hartford a hundred forty eight dollars even yours truly Johnny dollar Our star will return in just a moment Our flag now numbers 50 stars and behind each star there stands yet another flag representing one of the 50 states Kansas state flag is dark blue and in the center is the state seal surmounted by a large sunflower the official state flower the seal reflects the history of Kansas the train of Ox wagons going west for most of the great roads passed through Kansas and Indian is depicted chasing a herd of buffalo Recalling the words of the official state song. Oh, give me a home where the buffalo roam for this truly was the home of the Buffalo and Indian the east is represented by a rising sun and the promise of future prosperity is Indicated by the steamboat on the river and the farmer plowing the field above a mountain range are 34 stars For Kansas was the 34th state admitted to the Union Overall is the state motto Adastra pair aspera to the stars through difficulties Kansas state flag the flag of the 34th state to enter the Union was adopted on March 23rd 1927 Now here's our star to tell you about next week story next week. Well, listen, I promise you the most unusual case and some of the most Unexpected people you ever Well, join us. What you yours truly Johnny dollar Yours truly Johnny dollar starring Bob Bailey Originates in Hollywood and is written produced and directed by Jack Johnstone Herd in our cast were Virginia Greg Harry Bartow Junius Matthews and Joe curbs Be sure to join us next week same time and station for another exciting story of yours truly Johnny dollar This is Dan cover Lee speaking the United States Armed Forces Radio and Television Service