 From Hollywood it's time now for Johnny dollar Lieutenant, I think I've got a new lead on the whereabouts of Tom Chase That room he leased under the name of Tom James remember that charred paper we found on the wastebasket We could make out two numbers written on one scrap of paper Neither had I until I happen to look at the harbor news in the newspaper. Yeah You think those numbers could refer to a ship sailing here 23 at 12 o'clock, maybe Lieutenant I'll be there in seven minutes 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 investigators truly Johnny dollar From special investigator Johnny dollar location New Orleans to the Home Office Universal Adjustment Bureau Hartford, Connecticut Assignment the phantom chase matter Expense account continued item 16 a dollar 50 cab from my hotel to police headquarters in the office of detective of tenant LeFab I Got some of my boys working on ship saddlin's Johnny Probably is we're not sure what date we want and whether the 12 means noon to midnight Here 23 is a pretty busy place. There's been several departures in the last few days Freddie Quintana was killed three nights ago about 10 30 at night Could be the departure time was midnight that same night could be and that's a line We're taking but of course that's assuming that Tom Chase Elliott's Tom James was the one who murdered Freddie Quintana Now everything points that way lieutenant look Tom Chase was the junior partner in the New York investment firm of Everson and Chase He embezzled 120,000 bucks jumped his bail and disappeared Bezler's necessarily killer Johnny matter of fact the two types are usually quite different true enough But the big kicker in this deal is why Tom Chase went sour in the first place a Man who changed as completely as he did in one direction might go all the way It's happened before cause his wife Lola and a senior partner George Everson were pretty shocked at the thought Tom It embezzled the money They couldn't understand why a man like he was would do what he did Neither could I until I found out it was a woman who rented a room for him here in New Orleans How did miss chase take that news? I'm pretty hard. She's still here in New Orleans. No, I talked her into returning to New York I just didn't want to see her get hurt anymore. She probably shouldn't have come down here in the first place Well, that's what I told her that there was nothing she could do here But what it boiled down to was she just wanted one more look at her husband You see after he was arrested in New York. He refused to make a statement who wouldn't even talk to her about it Refused to see her at all. So she thought if she could see him again, he might have some kind of explanation Yeah, but as it turned out she was just asking for another kick in the face How can a man explain another woman? That's a good question Personally, I hope I never have to answer one like Lafave When I see what happens sometimes in the marriages I run up against. I'm glad I'm single The trouble is you and I have tangled with the wrong kind of people most of the time you can say that again Freddie Quintana sure fit into that category. That name brings up problems Johnny We're basing our belief that Chase skipped town and that those numbers on the scrap of paper mean a ship sail And we're basing all that on the assumption that Chase killed Quintana, right? You must remember that Quintana was a bad boy There's plenty of people who'd like nothing better than to knock him off. But why at that particular moment? All of ten at the timing adds up to chase After I traced him here to New Orleans Quintana contacted me said he could deliver chase for a price He showed me a sample of Chase's handwriting. He'd swipe from his room. It was genuine. All right Then Quintana winds up dead in an alley before he can deliver chase. How else can it end up? Look Johnny, I've just mentioned impossibilities. You're right. Chase is the proper bill Well, let me get that down All right, I have it thanks They locate the ship. Yeah garbane star left at midnight the night of Quintana's murder from pier 23 Right destination Trinidad by where Havana and Haiti and there is a Tom James on that passenger list You know hunch was a good one. Let's see if I could get a plane out of here this morning I might be able to intercept the ship at Haiti Hey, could you cable the authorities there and request them to hold chase if I don't make it in time? Just a minute Johnny you expecting a call from New York. Oh, yeah, I put one into George Everson chase a senior partner a little while ago Here it is. Good. Thanks. Hello. This is George Everson in New York They told me at your hotel that you were at police headquarters You were wondering why chase and bezel the money from your firm mr. Everson. I still can't understand it. Mr. Dollar it just Well, maybe this will help We found out that his hideout here in New Orleans was arranged for him by a woman And according to the rental agent quite a woman. Yes, I talked her into returning to New York Yeah, just turn one up it looks like he's traveling under the name of Tom James on a ship to Trinidad Right, but if my luck holds he won't get farther than Haiti Expense account item 17 a hundred and thirty four dollars and forty cents transportation from New Orleans to Port-au-Prince Haiti The flight only took a few hours, but to me the plane seemed as slow as a truck But then as we came in over the harbor at Port-au-Prince I could see it was going to be a dead heat The boat was just entering the harbor by the time I got to the dock They were just putting the gang way over nobody'd come ashore yet. I had Chase's statement number from the passenger list Okay Empty real empty What's the trouble here, what's wrong? Oh presser was that you just broke in the door. Yeah, here's my card Insurance investigator, but really mr. Dollar the door worry. Don't worry. I'll take care of it right now I'm more interested in the man who used to be behind the door. What he was going under the name of Tom James Oh, yes, mr. James. Oh, where is he? I'm afraid I wouldn't know now. Look, this is no time for games person I don't know where I came aboard just as the gangway went down. Nobody could have come ashore Do you mean here at Port-au-Prince? Wait a minute Are you trying to say he got off at some other port our first stop of Anna that'll be two days ago That's right, mr. Dollar. Oh, well, that's just great. I bust my neck to meet the boat for nothing Look, so we got off in a manner. You have any idea where he was heading none whatsoever Well, that just about doesn't he did ask me where the Airlines office in Havana. We're lines office. Thanks Expense account item 18 8 dollars and 40 cents long distance call to the Havana Police Department They put me through to a lieutenant Escobar See senior dollar. Hey look lieutenant Escobar. I'm an insurance investigator from the United States United States But the operator said you are in Haiti. Well, yeah, that's right. You see well, let that go for a moment I'm after a fugitive an embezzler named Tom Chase also known as Tom James Yes, I wonder if you check the Airlines at a van and see where he bought a ticket to then call me collect I thought he was going to Trinidad so I came as far as Haiti where I found out here He got off in a van If I do senor it's because I am There was nothing I could do after that except sit in Port-au-Prince and twiddle my thumbs I wasn't at all sure I'd be hearing from lieutenant Escobar again, or if I did whether he'd have a lead for me But two hours later he called back and he did Let's not start that routine again lieutenant James will do see two days ago the senior James Here in Havana where to Beto see the British West Indies. Yeah, I know where it is. Oh brother. He really gets around Now, let me see if I have this thing straight senior You thought he was going to Trinidad so you went to Haiti well, but instead he came to Havana So he went to Barbados you see no senior. I am sorry, but it still does not make sense Don't worry about it. Lieutenant Escobar. It does to me. Just accept my thanks for the lead someday I'll sit down and write you a letter about it Item nineteen a hundred and forty three dollars transportation and incidentals from Haiti to Barbados From the air look like a beautiful spot pastel colored houses with pink roofs clean sandy beaches as gentle waves Yeah, I could see Chase's point in coming here a good place to get away from it all Particularly with a hundred and twenty thousand dollars to keep your company and more Particularly when what you're trying to get away from is a couple of assorted charges like embezzlement and murder But if I thought that finding Tom Chase alias Tom James would be a cinch once I got to Barbados I was sadly mistaken it was a bigger island than I'd realized about a hundred and seventy square miles and Bridgetown was quite a fair-sized city. I Checked in at a hotel and made the rounds of all the others inquiring about Chase, but I got nowhere Item twenty one dollar two drinks while I brooded in the hotel bar over the fact the trail had gotten cold again But by the time I got that through my head, I saw the prettiest side and encountered all day a girl And unless I was very much mistaken. She was heading for my table You're Johnny dollar sure am I'd like to talk to you sit out Cigarette please You're looking for somebody aren't you mr. Dali am I anybody in particular? Yes, let's call him Tom James. Oh, what about him? I know where he is Who are you? Connie Connie who Connie's enough So you're the one huh, what do you mean? Well, I knew Chase wasn't traveling alone Yeah, I'm the one one thing. I don't get Why you're doing this if you're Chase's girlfriend You want out maybe Yeah, I want out so you deliver Chase to me What do you want for it? Money enough to get back to the States That might be arranged Just one thing what is it the last person who tried to turn chase over to me got himself killed back into all-eens You better be real careful now look There's a bar down near the waterfront call the trade wins know what I can find it Be there about ten tonight. Chase will be with me. Okay Two things mr. Dollar. What are they? Don't let on to him how you found him. Okay, what else? Bring the money County left and I sat there basking in the welcome warmth of a trail that had suddenly heated up again At quarter to ten I went down to the waterfront. I spotted the trade wins bar down the street a block or so I waited Pretty soon. I saw Connie go inside. I started for the entrance Then suddenly I realized I was being followed somebody across the street in the shadows I whirled and headed for him fast. It took him by surprise. He ducked down an alley then into a warehouse on a pier I eased up to the door. It was dark inside. I went in Then too late out of the corner of my eye I spotted somebody beside me in the dark something hard hit me over the right Here knock me to my knees Yeah, I'd finally caught up with Chase the hard way Now here's our star to tell you about the next exciting episode of this story next a small fishing boat a deserted island and a Man waiting there for me a man with a gun Join us. Won't you yours truly Johnny dollar? There's truly Johnny dollars starring Bob Bailey is transcribed in Hollywood written by Robert Reif It is produced and directed by Jack John Stones Heard in our cast we're Virginia Greg Michael Ann Barrett Lawrence Dobkin Forrest Lewis Peter Leeds Barney Phillips Tony Barrett and Victor Perron musical supervision by Amorigo Marino Be sure to join us on Monday night for another exciting episode of this story on yours truly Johnny dollar Roy Rowan speaking