 From Hollywood, it's time now for Johnny Dallin Good your sergeant said he could locate you in a matter of minutes I have talked with a yes And I ended up getting sucked in the jaw No, she didn't hit me it was a guy who was hiding out in a closet Somehow I doubted look Garcia. It was the man. I came down here to question her about I'm sure of it I know Apparently his death was faked. I think he's here hiding out somewhere in Panama City. You think you can find him Then go to it his name is Ed Morgan, but he may be using another one the charge is embezzlement He's been one of my best friends for years Tonight and every weekday night Bob Bailey in the transcribed adventures of the man with the action-pact expense account America's fabulous freelance insurance investigators truly Johnny dollar From special investigator Johnny dollar location Panama To the home office eternity mutual insurance company Hartford, Connecticut Assignment the confidential matter Expense account continued item 14 $12.85 telegram to Hartford Advising them that the case had turned in a completely new direction I've taken the case with the idea of digging up a man's past A man who had been one of my best friends a Finding out why after a life of complete honesty and loyalty to his company. He had suddenly gone wrong and embezzled $80,000 I found out that part of the why was probably a lovely young widow named Nikki Barrett But I found out more the man we thought did who'd supposedly drowned when his car went off a cliff into the Pacific Ocean was still alive So now it was a matter of finding charges Requesting extradition for Panama and of course capturing the fugitive That I left a captain Garcia for the moment I went to bed when I came down to breakfast the next morning. I still hadn't heard back from Garcia But I did get a return engagement from my little playmate of the night before Good morning, Mrs. Berry I came into town early especially to see you why a deep concern as to whether I survived that sock on the jaw No, no concern really. I imagine you have a pretty tough jaw Do you mind if I sit down if you promise not to double up your fist I Can explain that Johnny with all night to think about it. Yeah, but you can how about some breakfast? I don't really they got a special this morning fried fish and papaya Tastes even worse than it sounds. I'll just have some coffee that we already have Sugar cream just black Thank you. All right, you're on spin it off well I'll admit it was silly to claim. I was the one who hit you last night. Of course. It was silly. I know who hit me You don't it was Ed Morgan. He was hiding in the closet in your hotel room. You're wrong Johnny It you don't mind if I call you Johnny, do you I mean you and Ed were such close friends I feel I almost know you you could be wrong Mrs. Barrett I used to think I knew Ed until he met you and Decided to tap the tail for 80 grand All right, call me Johnny if it gives you more confidence in your act. It's not an act Okay, if you didn't hit me and Ed didn't then who was it? Let's Just say it was a friend It wasn't very friendly to me. He misunderstood you coming there He shouldn't have been there himself. He's Well, he's married and not that I knew it though until last night That's not a bad attempt mrs. Barrett at the snow job, but I still don't buy it I'm gonna drink you coffee Johnny Ed was drowned in San Francisco when his car ran off into the ocean. He's dead How can he be dead in San Francisco and still be tearing up cigarettes and Panama? I did that you don't even smoke but the man who was there last night does and I tore the cigarettes in that peculiar way I picked up the habit from Ed. I just did it absent-mindedly. I guess this gets better as it goes along I'm not lying. It's true. No, I mean this fish and papaya I guess you just have to get used to the mixture please Johnny you're not even touching your coffee if I drink it Will you please listen to me? I am listening to you. I just don't believe you look We all make mistakes Last night you made a guess you thought that was Ed, but you were wrong So why be stubborn about it and cause a lot of unnecessary trouble Let's forget it and be friends. Can't afford it sweetie. I haven't got that kind of money Do you think I sell my friendship? It cost Ed $80,000 of the company's money No, how much of that did you get half of it? No, more than half of it. No, I don't know what you're talking about How much does he have left now? Stop it! Stop saying such things Can't you understand once and for all Ed isn't here nor anywhere else. He's dead No, he isn't But I wish to have anywhere What do you mean? Just that He was your friend that's right. He was my friend When I heard about his accident heard he been killed it hit hard It hurt plenty and I guess it hurt even more when I learned he'd been stealing from the company So I took the job of digging into the mess and trying to find some answers I didn't want the job didn't want any part of it, but I took it anyway Somebody had to do it and he had been my friend once And then I find out he's still alive. So you say the means Now I've got to catch him and take him back to stand trial And that's gonna be even tougher than facing his death and the fact he was a crook If Ed were alive you'd take him back Help send him to prison like any other common criminal. That's what he is isn't he? But he was your friend. Oh skip it. You wouldn't understand. I might if you'd let me try The only thing you're trying to do Mrs. Barrett is to con me into thinking I might possibly be wrong Thinking maybe it was somebody else in your room last night I told you the idea is to throw me off balance just long enough so the two you can make a run for it Nice try only it won't work. So knock it off Ed and I were going to be married Johnny and the shock of his death I said skip it Ed used to talk about you He told me you were this way hard and cold and ruthless and he has no excuse. He knew what to expect I didn't believe it. I didn't think anyone could be a senior. Oh Good morning. I don't believe you've met my Companion I have not been so fortunate senior. This is captain Garcia of the Panama police Mrs. Barrett. Hello. Greatly honored senior might be a good idea to take a careful look at a Garcia You will probably be arresting her in the next day or so as an accomplice to fraud Let us hope such regrettable necessity is not happened. Thank you captain. I'm sure it won't Mr. Dollar has a rather boorish sense of humor. I comprehend Mr. Dollar it is possible. Perhaps that I speak a little with you sure Imagine Mrs. Barrett will be happy to excuse me at this point. That's the la vista senor remember Johnny He was your friend. I Did not wish to mention this matter before the senior. Oh, I think it's better. She's not here here What have you turned up something this is in your I Have tell you not even the little dog can hide from Garcia. So we have looked at this man Ed Morgan. I Gone into the police car with Captain Garcia and we drove out of town and followed the shoreline for about six miles Then we pulled up near a cluster of rickety wars built around the edge of a tiny inlet There were numerous native fishing boats tied against the pilings with no village no shacks or any other sign of a habitation Garcia cut them water and let a cigarette Well, it's a key as Thomas here we are senior here He's hiding out here. Yes, and you're he's live on one of the little fishing boat, which are tied to the wharf The number three one there, which is blue painted. You see yeah, I see it Well place like this will be safer than a hotel You're pretty sure it's him Well, it's Miguel Ronesto who is on the boat say this man come out here one month ago He pay Miguel much money just to live on the boat tie up at shore And he is like you describe senior I think so is him all right I'll go on board and talk to him and I think I'd better go along whatever you wish senior. I wait for you here, okay? Ed Ed Morgan, I know you're here. See you might as well answer Cabin's unlocked come on down for a long time and Yeah, it has Sorry the place is so littered up temporary quarters. You understand sit on Thanks Johnny why did it have to be you? It had to be somebody had sooner or later You should have known that but not you How'd you get out of me? I traced mrs. Barrett down here. I Thought you were dead until last night She wasn't supposed to show here for six months last week here. She was couldn't wait Why did you do it it you wouldn't understand you've always had dames crazy about you without lifting a hand But not me this face always stopped him sure I used to laugh about it, but You just wouldn't understand and this woman was different is that it Nikki fell as hard as I did I didn't know women like her even existed. She's for me all the way. Is she worth the price tag? $80,000 cut it Johnny. It's not that way It's just that Nikki had always lived well, and I had to live that way too in order to be around her I got in further and further and finally I was in too deep to pull out did she know you were stealing from the company Not at first The blame's all mine Johnny not hers You picked your own apples that in call it that and I didn't spend all that money We decided to get out of the country start a new life together. I figured I'd need that much and Nikki agreed to that plan Sure. That's why she's here. She sold out and came on down only she didn't Ed She still has her apartment in San Francisco. You're wrong Johnny. She sold her furniture or clothes The stuff is all there Ed. I saw it. You're lying Johnny. She pulled stakes. She told me Okay, she told you I Guess you know why I'm here. I know why you think you're here Hold it Johnny Don't move Have at this gun on you since you came on board. I know you have But I wonder if you'd really use it don't try to find out and don't tell me I'm in a spot I know that but I'm going on as far as I can and if I have to kill to do it, then I'll kill Maybe I could have stopped him Maybe he wouldn't have fired I don't know and for one reason or another I didn't feel much like finding out I let him go He backed out of the cabin hatch and bolted it on the outside I heard him cross the deck and run along the wharf and I waited for Garcia to call out to challenge him The only sound was a car motor starting up and speeding away Then I heard somebody come running down the wharf Get the door open Garcia Where is he what happened? He take the car senior. He's me to blame. I am not alert before I know it Never mind. Where's the nearest telephone two miles in your two miles? How do we get there with how else and you're we walk? 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