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It looks like an accident But there's always the chance it might not be then you take the job sure how about the details Come on down to the office as soon as you can and I'll give you what we've got I'll catch the first train out a Makers of Wrigley's spearmint chewing gum bring you John Lund and another adventure of a man with the action-packed expense account America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator yours truly Johnny dolly For refreshing taste plus chewing enjoyment treat yourself to delicious Wrigley's spearmint gum When your mouth and throat feel hot and dry a stick of Wrigley's spearmint gives you quick long-lasting Refreshment the lively full-bodied spearmint flavor cools your mouth and freshened your taste the chewing itself helps keep your throat Pleasantly moist best of all you can chew and enjoy refreshing Wrigley's spearmint gum almost any time and any place Keep a package handy right in your purse or pocket so you can chew a stick whenever you want it or Refreshing taste plus chewing enjoyment treat yourself to delicious Wrigley's spearmint gum Millions enjoy it, and you will too Expense account submitted by special investigator Johnny dollar to home office intercontinental indemnity and bonding corporation New York City The following is an accounting of expenditures during my investigation of the James Forbes matter Expense account item one thirteen dollars and ninety-five cents train fare and incidentals between Hartford and New York City After receiving from you the details regarding the death of James Forbes I registered at the Madison Hotel and went directly to the Fifth Precinct police station and Interviewed with tenant Arthur Park Hill who was handling the case. Well, there really isn't much more to tell mr. Dollar Other than what you know, you're convinced it was an accident I'm convinced he fell over the edge of a hundred and ten foot cliff that it looks like an accident Certainly doesn't mean the case is closed, but so far. There's no motive for murder. There's a wife Yeah, mr. Forbes had quite a bit of money That's an understatement mr. Forbes was loaded and Mrs. Forbes gets everything Including a half million dollar insurance policy look That's the first thing we considered but just because her husband's got money in a great big fat insurance policy Wait a minute. I'm not trying to tell you how to do your job And we've checked the wife checked her good way it looks she liked being married. She was in love with her husband When he went over the cliff she was in the house for servants can swear to it He just fell over the cliff according to everything we can find out He took long walks every night along the cliffs by the ocean last night. It was unusually foggy Certainly possible. He got too close to the edge missed his footing and did a high dive. How about suicide? At least there's no reason we can come up with good health business doing better than it ever has textiles Isn't it? Yeah, biggest in the country. It's absolutely nothing that indicates suicide, especially no suicide note. They usually is uh-huh The Forbes estate is out on the island, isn't it? Yeah, I'm gonna take a run up. Yeah, I thought I might Well, thanks for your help nice meeting you nice meeting you mr. Donner. Let me know if you come across anything Expense account item two seventy five cents Cab fare to a garage where I rented a car and drove out to the island The Forbes mansion stood in the middle of a lot of acreage along the shore at the northeastern tip Yes, I'd like to see mrs. Forbes, please. I'm afraid mrs. Forbes is seeing no one Tell her mr. Dollar is here. I believe mr. Stern from my company called mrs. Forbes and told her I was coming out Mr. Dollar, that's right. If you'll wait a moment sure take your time mrs. Forbes will see you mr. Dollar mrs. Forbes was expecting you but neglected to tell me Mr. Dollar, ma'am Coming mr. Dollar I'm mrs. Forbes. How do you do? Won't you sit down? Thank you Mr. Stern called said you were coming out. He seemed to think it was necessary. Yes routine Unfortunately in a matter like this I understand better to get it over with I suppose sir Just a few questions What time did mr. Forbes leave the house last night right after dinner around nine? I understand he was in the habit of taking walks. Yes Last night was the same as any other night. Yes. He seemed all right. He was fine wonderful spirits Who found him the police? Did you call him? Yes, after he'd been gone longer than usual. I began to worry By 12 o'clock I sent william my butler out in the car to look for him and william returned. I had him call the police They didn't find him until morning You're convinced it was an accident my husband didn't commit suicide mr. Dollar. Did he have any enemies? No No one killed him mr. Dollar If you don't mind I really don't feel too well, of course There's just one more thing. Yes I'd like to take a look at the place the spot. I'll have william show you. Thanks I'm sorry. I can't be of more help mr. Dollar, but there's really nothing to help you with My husband was killed in an accident. He wasn't murdered and he didn't commit suicide My husband was a fine and wonderful man I loved him very much of course I'll call william and have him show you the way down to the cliffs It's been nice meeting you This is a terrible thing when yes, sir How long have you been with the forbes 10 years, sir? There's was a good marriage. No. Oh, yes, sir about another 100 yards, sir Now you can stop here Right over here They found mr. Forbes right down there, sir Hmm long drop. Yes, sir Well, I guess under the right circumstances. It'd be pretty easy to miss your footing along here. It was very foggy last night Yeah Well, come on. I'll drive you back Mr. Dollar. Hmm mr. Dollar. I don't know quite how to say this. I've nothing ready to go on except well I'm not convinced that mr. Forbes death was an accident Why aren't you it's hard to say Until this morning until some time after they found him. I didn't think it could be anything else When the police questioned me, I didn't even consider another possibility But mr. Forbes has been taking walks at night every night ever since I came to work He's walked in all kinds of weather. He knew those cliffs from one end to the other Well, people take showers in the same shower year after year and still a certain percentage of them slip and break their necks It's not just the walks and the fact that mr. Forbes was so familiar with these cliffs It's a lot of little things that have happened over the past two or three months Nothing really definite Telephone calls. What kind of telephone calls several times. Mrs. Forbes has made calls Several times I happened to overhear part of the conversations They were Affectionate affection. Yes. I thought she was talking to mr. Forbes But several times I discovered through dinner conversations between mr. And mrs. Forbes that she hadn't spoken to him during the day that he'd been out of the city Well, it it's really awfully hard to explain Just how affectionate were these calls quite affectionate Do you think mrs. Forbes has been playing around? I don't know sir But in the last few months when mr. Forbes left she'd informed me She was going to town to visit with friends And she'd very seldom return until the day before mr. Forbes was supposed to be back from his trip While on one of these occasions It mrs. Weatherwax the woman mrs. Forbes was supposed to be visiting came to the house calling on mrs. Forbes Well from her conversation I gathered she hadn't seen mrs. Forbes for some time Did you say anything about it to whom to mr. Forbes certainly not I didn't think that much about it at the time Anything else no sir But I suddenly felt that I must tell someone And sir if mrs. Forbes should find out she'd surely dismiss me and I couldn't blame her I won't say anything. Thank you, sir Well, come on. We'd better start back. I do hope I haven't started something. I'll be sorry for Do me a favor. Well, certainly If mrs. Forbes gets any more of those phone calls See if you can find out who's on the other end of the line I'll try you can reach me at the madison hotel. Yes, sir I drove william back to the house then headed for the city It was close to five o'clock when I got back to my hotel and called lieutenant parkill I told him about my conversation with the butler and he was interested He agreed to do some more checking on mrs. Forbes friends, especially the men Expense account item three seven dollars and fifty cents dinner After which I took a short walk then returned to my hotel to get a good night's sleep I was just turning off the light when the phone rang Johnny dollar Oh, yes, william mrs. Forbes received a phone call about half an hour ago. You find out who he is. No, sir Well, that's not gonna help much. I thought you could discover his identity. How could I do that? mrs. Forbes just left the house I overheard her agreed to meet the party in the city Where in the city? Well, I don't know but I thought you could intercept mrs. Forbes as she comes off the George Washington bridge William you have the soul of the Sherlock. Yes, sir mrs. Forbes is driving the gray Cadillac sedan license number 6a 31593 Friends no matter what kind of work you do It's a real help to chew delicious briggly spearmint gum right while you're working When you're warm or tired for instance the lively full bodied spearmint flavor is really refreshing It helps keep your mouth and throat feeling cool and moist Chewing on that smooth good tasting piece of wriggly spearmint makes the time pass more pleasantly too It seems to make your work go smoother and easier Keep a package or two of wriggly spearmint chewing gum handy all the time Enjoy chewing wriggly spearmint while you're working and at other times That's wriggly spearmint chewing gum healthful refreshing delicious And now with our star John Lund we bring you the second act of yours truly Johnny dollar It took me five minutes to get back into my clothes and make it down to my car 20 minutes after that I was parking at the city side entrance of the Washington bridge Waiting for mrs. Forbes to show up in her gray Cadillac. I waited about a half hour She came off the bridge doing a little better than the speed limit and turned south. I started tailing her I stayed about a block behind and mrs. Forbes led me across town Suddenly at the corner of 41st and 5th She pulled up to the curb and a man stepped up to the car Quickly opened the door and climbed in they drove away and I continued to follow I followed for about another hour while mrs. Forbes just drove around Obviously headed for no place in particular just talking things over with her passenger About 1130 she made a left turn cut back across town and pulled up in front of an address on 108th street Her passenger got out said something threw her a kiss and went into the building After mrs. Forbes had driven out of sight I went down to the building the man had entered and looked through the glass door He was going into an apartment at the end of the hall. I checked the apartment number 1d The name plate on the mailbox outside was roger phillips In a drugstore on the corner Hey, what cab just pulled up in front of the drugstore. No, no 953 east. I can see it through the Hold it. What I'll call you later lieutenant. My man just came out. He's getting into the cab. Goodbye The cab was two blocks away and turning left by the time I was able to follow It led me across town to the waterfront in a small tired saloon named the blue toad I watched while my man paid off his driver and I followed him into the dive The blue toad was one room a few tables in a bar The customers were off the waterfront seamen stevedores and bums with saltwater faces and an occasional tattoo The air smelled like stale beer live bait and bad tobacco I watched my man cut his way through the heavy blue haze and sit down Another man sat at the table a short man with a dark face I found a table near the door gave my order to a waiter with a crusty apron and relaxed to see what was going to happen Hello, huh? Oh, you alone Yeah, but I'm uh, I'm you drink, huh? Sure Well, what'll it be? champagne Huh, doesn't that get a laugh was it supposed to? Well, if I was a nice-looking guy wearing a nice-looking suit and I just walked into this dump and the dame Like me ordered champagne I forget it. I was just trying to start a conversation. You started it I work on a percentage by new scotch, and I'll leave you alone. Relax. I'm not expecting anybody Thanks You got any influence with the waiter? I ordered a drink 10 minutes ago. He's probably out in the alley. It's not well About this time of night. He can't stand the smoke and goes out to stock up on fresh air He'll be right back. What's your name? Jane You should be um Mike a bill Yeah, you look kind of like a mic. Why? I don't know Feeling you get when you look at some people some people look like certain names. It's johnny Johnny doesn't fit. I guess so Who you're watching Johnny? What makes you think I'm watching somebody because you are You've been watching those two guys in the back Okay top uh-uh The good-looking one just passed him me a bundle of money. You know the little dark guy Forget it, huh? Tell me about timmy Tell me about johnny I'm not a cop Nope A cop wouldn't know all about timmy The good-looking one's leaving. I'm interested in timmy and timmy or the money he just got both You're not a stick up man. Johnny not a bit I'd like to help but timmy finds out about things Timmy's a bad boy Hasn't got a friend in the world Not even me Leaving Yeah Oh here Buy some champagne Thanks Bye johnny Outside the air was fresh and clean I got into my car Let a cigarette and waited for the dark little man named timmy to come out In about five minutes. He did he crossed the street and climbed into a car He drove west and I followed About 10 blocks later. I stopped and watched timmy park in an all night garage Then crossed to a hotel called the bay view He went in I found a phone and called a tenant park ill Timmy About five feet nine dark complexion dresses a little too sharp Timmy Collins. Oh, what about him? Bad boy. Yeah, so I've heard assassin but nobody's been able to prove it I didn't even know he was in town. He shouldn't be. Why not? There's an old rap You find anything on roger phillips? Oh, so shall I play boy? Columns about once or twice a week never very flattering. Does he know mrs. Forbes? Oh, he might runs around in that circle He's been in town for about a year now He comes from What's the matter? He's gonna say he comes from cleveland. Yeah, just remember So does timmy collins. Did you check on phillips and cleveland? Now the kickback hasn't come in yet won't get it till tomorrow morning The only thing we've got on him here is what I've already told you What are you gonna do about timmy? Let him alone for a while. Stake out the hotel. See what he's up to What are you gonna do? Go back to my hotel and get some sleep. I'm bushed and I'll talk to you in the morning. Yeah Expense account item four two dollars and sixty five cents breakfast the next morning with lieutenant parkill at a waffle shop across the street from the precinct Roger phillips skipped cleveland knowing a lot of money the cleveland report gives him a clean police record But one thing's pretty interesting Most of the money you owed was for gambling debts owed it to timmy collins Unless we've wanted too far out in the left field. I got a hunch timmy killed forbs Met him on that lonely road with the cliffs and gave him a shove. Yeah, I have the same hunch mrs. Forbes falls for phillips and together they plan to eliminate the husband Phillips makes a deal with timmy Maybe agrees to give him a big interest on the debt when he marries mrs. Forbes and gets his hands into all that money Does phillips have enough money to pay for a job like that? No, he doesn't he probably borrowed it from mrs. Forbes. It was a big stack of bills I'll let you check with mrs. Forbes banks and see if she withdrew a large amount in the last couple of days. All right Oh, want some more coffee No, I think I'll make a call on roger phillips. Maybe I can force this thing out in the open What are you gonna tell him enough to scare him get him into action When people get frightened they get careless. Yeah, but they can get dangerous too You want yourself all like a hawk Oh Roger phillips was still sleeping when I knocked on the door I kept pounding till he opened it and squinted at me through puffy eyes I introduced myself and he showed me into a well furnished small apartment He put on some coffee, lit a cigarette and sat down on the couch Oh, it's a little early for me. Uh, mr. Uh, dollar. Yeah, sit down a coffee won't take long You're an insurance investigator. That's right. Well, I don't understand him. What do you want to talk to me about mrs. Forbes mrs. Forbes You know where don't you mrs. Forbes? Well, I know one mrs. Forbes a casual. I'm not gonna play with you phillips I'm talking about the mrs. Forbes who picked you up last night and gave you a large amount of money Look, I don't know what this is all about. I think you do I said I didn't I was in my apartment all last night Nobody picked me up and certainly nobody gave me any money You went to a dump called the blue tow and you met a man named get out of here You're in big trouble friend. I know all about cleveland and timmy collins and mrs. Forbes And I think when mrs. Forbes finds out about the deal you made with timmy she'll tell me everything We'll see each other again Oh, uh, your coffee's boiling. Well, I've given him the bait A lot of hunches but from his reaction. I was sure I'd scored I went downstairs crossed the street to the drugstore Waited five minutes to give roger enough time to make his calls Then I slid into the phone booth and made a call of my own Yes, sir, mr. Forbes residents William, this is mr. Dahle. Oh, yes, sir, mr. Dahle I was just going to call you sir. Did mrs. Forbes just receive a call? Yes, sir Just a moment ago. It was from the same man. She's going to meet him meet him. Where by the cliffs Phillips had taken the bait Only two people could implicate him in Forbes murder Mrs. Forbes and timmy and he called mrs. Forbes to meet him by the cliffs I put in another call to lieutenant parkill. That's right, johnny the stakeout has a tap on timmy's phone Phillips just called him said to pick him up as soon as he could Phillips told timmy there was trouble that some guy named dollard found out about the whole setup Shame on him. We want to stop a couple killings We better get right out there a couple of killings. Sure Phillips lets timmy take care of mrs. Forbes, then he takes care of timmy It's the only way you can protect himself. I'll pick you up in five minutes. Oh, by the way, uh, I checked with the bank mrs. Forbes made a withdrawal day before yesterday $10,000 The lieutenant was as good as his word in five minutes. He pulled his squad car up in front of the drug store and I got in Oh, you want to wait for timmy to pick up phillips and then tail him. Oh, we know where they're going better if we get there ahead of time right The drive was fast We swung off the main road on the island and headed up the private one to the Forbes estate at about 230 in the afternoon Halfway to the house. We spotted mrs. Forbes walking along the road by the cliffs We stopped she looked startled as we got out Hello, mrs. Forbes. Good afternoon, mr. Darla. You've met lieutenant Parkill. Yes. Hello, lieutenant I was just taking a walk to meet Roger Phillips I beg your pardon. Oh, we know all about it mrs. Forbes all about what lieutenant your husband's death Who killed him? Why he was killed? I'm afraid I don't understand why husband was Roger Phillips He'll be along any minute the man he paid to kill your husband will be with him. I think he intends to kill you This is the most ridiculous mrs. Forbes Roger Phillips left cleveland knowing a large gambling debt to a hoodlum named timmy collins Last night you picked up mr. Phillips and gave him $10,000 Which he in turn gave to collins and we think he made another deal with timmy After he married you he could pay off his gambling debt with interest Might as well tell us about it mrs. Forbes. He doesn't care about you You and timmy are the only ones that can implicate him and he's on his way here right now to see that you don't I don't believe you. Well, then find out for yourself We'll duck the car behind those trees and give you plenty of protection when he gets here Find out for yourself Park Hill drove the car off the road behind the trees stayed hidden and waited for philips and timmy mrs. Forbes stood quietly looking out to sea her hands at her sides bunched into small fists She stood like that not moving Even as the car came down the road heading right for her She turned and saw the car bearing down on her and picking up speed and then she knew we weren't lying But still she didn't move And the lieutenant and I went to work the car was about 50 yards away when we stepped into the road timmy was driving and saw us the same instant philips did and tried to put on the brakes as we raised our guns What a mess I'm sorry it worked out that way He was gonna kill me He sure was You want to tell us about it? It doesn't make much difference and how does it? No, I'm afraid it doesn't Expense account item five 25 dollars and 88 cents car rental and gas expense account items six and seven 93 dollars and 75 cents hotel bill train fare and incidentals back to Hartford Expense account total 148 dollars and 48 cents yours truly johnny dollar remember friends For refreshing taste plus chewing enjoyment treat yourself to delicious wriggly spearmint chewing gum The taste of fresh spearmint is cooling and delightful And there's lots of it in every stick of wriggly spearmint gum It freshens your mouth helps keep your throat moist and sweetens your breath besides You'll enjoy the good chewing too because wriggly spearmint is so smooth and pleasant to chew on There's nothing else quite like it Next time you're at the store Stop at your friendly merchant's display of chewing gum and get a few packages of good tasting wriggly spearmint gum Always keep some handy for refreshing taste plus chewing enjoyment. 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