 From Hollywood. It's time now for Johnny dollar Barney Wilson here. All right, mr. Wilson. I'm braced rubbing in well you were a little overconfident Overconfident let's face it. I made a jerk of myself after I apologize to you I've got a crawl out there and apologize to Mrs. Markey I wouldn't be too hasty about it. I've been putting it off for the last two hours after the way I talked to her I'd rather walk into a cage of lions and face her again But I thought her husband was alive, and I thought she knew it then your boys have to go and pull his body out of the surf Well, that's why I called I had a tag for an out-and-out insurance fraud Mr. Dollar the way it looks right now. I don't know what it is. It was probably murder. What else look if you want to lose Your mind you come on over here to the mark. Why what do you mean mr. Dollar? I've been a detective for 20 years, but I've never hit one before that was as crazy as this 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 investigator goes truly Johnny dollar From special investigator Johnny dollar location Miami Beach to the home office Delta liability Hartford, Connecticut Assignment the Phantom 5 matter it happened to involve a 75,000 insurance policy Item 17 a dollar and 60 cents taxi from my hotel to the county morgue. I Couldn't figure what Wilson meant when the cruiser Phantom 5 burned and sank and william marky's body wasn't found I thought I'd spotted and attempted insurance swindle I'd even warned mrs. Marky not to try to file a claim And then a few hours ago marky's drowned body had been washed up on the beach Wilson should be happy. He'd been proven right But instead he'd sounded more mixed up and uncertain than he'd been before you know You don't pick the pleasantest places in the world a whole conferences. I thought you might want to take a look at him Though I'll be eternally blasted if I know what anybody could tell by looking is lead who's given us all trouble mr. Dollar will you marky number 423? I Never thought I'd see him here. I Told mrs. Marky that the only thing that would convince me he wasn't alive would be to see his body All right, I'm convinced and I'll never try to out guess an ocean current again Everything seemed to add up to wait a minute. I wondered how long be before you noticed Doesn't make sense like I said on the phone. This one is crazy This was pulled out of the surf this morning, right and The cruiser sank five days ago. That's when marky supposedly drowned. You're on the beam. Mr. Dollar This body hasn't been in the ocean for five days. You win the four-day trip to Bermuda in a complete new wardrobe Have you had an autopsy doc Morgan just finished it 20 minutes ago? That's why I called you Doc wouldn't stick around himself. No, I think he went out to get drunk How long does he think marky has been dead not over 18 hours in some time last night? Looks like we were both right Whatever good it is He was alive after the sinking just like you claimed and now he's dead just like I claimed What was the cause of death drowning? Only you haven't heard the real crazy part yet. Why what do you mean? You remember we found one of his shoes washed in a couple of days ago. Yeah The body was wearing two shoes when they pulled it out They always make one slip don't they a couple in this case It's the second one that nearly pushed Doc Morgan off his rocket what second one marky was drowned all right, but not notion Huh, it was fresh water in his lungs not see water was Morgan sure Swore by it men at it That's what threw him. Yeah, I imagine When you get an 18-hour test on a man who was supposed to have been dead for five days and find fresh water when it ought to be salt I Guess the late mr. Markey can't tell us much of anything else So where do we go from here mr. Dotton? Great question You haven't found the car yet, huh the one Markey bought under an assumed name No, but I give the boys an extra pride to bear down on it half the town forces out looking for it now Wonder where he was hiding out for those four days what I want to know is who killed him and how and why the why is fairly easy It's the who and how that carry the question marks that fingerprint ID was certain There's not the slightest doubt of what this is William Markey. Oh, you're looking for an easy way out mr. Dollar. Yeah, I guess I am at that Well, then it looks like our number one is the ledge you've been after all along young Danny Haines What do you say? We go and have a talk with only one thing was wrong with the idea. It didn't work Haines wasn't in and the clerk at his hotel said he hadn't seen him all day The night clerk admitted that he'd slept through most of his shift and wasn't sure of anything We searched Haines room and found nothing So for the moment we left it at that Wilson put a stake out in the hotel and went back to his office. I went to my hotel and waited Johnny dollar bonnie Wilson Yeah, what's up? We finally got a break the boys found that car where parked at the curb out on the east side of town May have been abandoned there It may be where Markey was hiding out. It's in front of an apartment house. Have they checked through it yet No, they haven't touched it. I'm leaving to go out there now I want me to swing by and pick you up if you don't I'll sue you I'll meet you out in front of the hotel We stopped to block away and walked up to the apartment house The car was still parked at the curb and the plane closed man watching it said no one had been near it We went on inside and found the landlady identified ourselves and started questioning her luck seems to still be with us Well, you see most of my guests are permanent as you might say or at least as permanent as renters ever Oh, yes, we understand. In fact, the only unit I've led in the last two months is number 14 That's up one flight with a pull-down bed and you rent that one. Well, let's see now. I think it was About 10 days ago. He paid a month's rent in advance. What was his name? Mr. Jones a very nice quiet middle-aged fella live by himself. Oh, yes It never went out much after he moved in that is he didn't stay here for the first four or five days after he rented it Until the night the fathom five sank when do you see mr. Jones less? Well, it's a funny thing He went out yesterday evening and he didn't come back at all. What kind of a car did he drive? Good heavens? I don't know but you can look for yourself It's parked out there at the curb a friend of his brought it by while ago. What's the friend's name? Why I didn't ask him He's an awful nice young fella He said mr. Jones was going on a trip and sent him to pick up his belongings and he had mr. Jones's key So I decided it was all right. He's up there packing now It's the next door down there better take it easy. It's hard to tell what to expect right He's in there. All right, try the knob easy Clocked and there isn't much choice Open up pains we want to talk to you I said open up Watch it wasn't We know now what to expect I'll cover the door here dollar you go down and tell Dave to cover the outside windows and call in for a Couple squad car right? He's going out that window. There must be a fire escape. Come on. Let's hit the door There he is at the bottom of the fire escape hold it I'm sorry kid He's down. Yeah, that second shot was dead center. I know I tried to hold low on a bit of jumped up on me Well, he said he'd die for her if it came to that it came to that It was after dark when Wilson and I drove out to the Markey Beach house There were no lights on and nobody answered the doorbell. So Wilson forced entrance and we shook the place down We found evidence of a struggle in the study and in the bathroom Water from the bathtub had overflowed behind the tile and was still seeping out along the baseboard We found a dressing gown of Mrs. Markey stuffed in the back of a closet soaking wet Piece by piece Wilson collected his evidence and the picture became more and more clear He phoned in for a fingerprint crew and went on working I left him there and went back into town to my hotel and took the elevator up to my room Waiting for you. They've got extras out. They say the police shot Danny Haynes. I thought maybe you could tell me what it's all about Sure And what you mostly want to know is how much he talked before he died Isn't that it Mrs. Markey? Don't know what you mean then go on out to your house and ask Wilson He's out there with a fingerprint crew and I imagine he can tell you anything you want to know by now I'd I slipped up last night. I thought it was Haynes who came to your door, but it wasn't it was your husband and You told him to come back later Then when I left you called Haynes and had him come over if he said that he lied I even gave you the idea for it myself When I said the only thing that could convince me your husband wasn't alive would be to see his dead body So you talked Haynes into helping you provide the evidence I said I'd have to have my husband's body was found in the ocean They told me that this evening. Yeah, but he didn't die there He was drowned in the bathtub at your house and you and Haynes did it you're out of your mind Danny Haynes was lying and go tell Wilson It's his job now not mine Maybe you'll be able to convince him, but I doubt it and I'm pretty sure you won't be able to convince a jury You think not I'll get the best lawyer money can buy. Yeah, you do that Mrs. Markey, but don't plan on using any of that insurance money for it. Why not because there won't be any That policy was already void when you and Haynes killed your husband last night and attempted fraud cancels a policy the minute it's committed In other words, Mrs. Markey five days ago when your husband sank the fathom five and tried to play dead You've lost out all the way around Mrs. Markey your husband your boyfriend your insurance claim And now you stand a pretty good chance of losing your life A four-time loser That's really a record Expense account item 18 $321.60 hotel and incidentals in Miami and transportation back to Hartford Expense account total six hundred and eighty four dollars and ninety five cents end of account end of report remarks You quoted a line of Shakespeare at the start of this case Ralph Full fathom five thy father lies What you're wrong? It turns out to be the widow who lies and lies and lies Yours truly Johnny dollar Remember there'll be another exciting story of yours truly Johnny dollar beginning next Monday night next week Well, if I'd minded my own business, I wouldn't have heard the girl beg for help and from that point on I needed help Join us won't you yours truly Johnny dollar yours truly Johnny dollar starring Bob Bailey is transcribed in Hollywood Written by Les Crutchfield. It is produced and directed by Jack Johnstone Heard in this week's cast where Mary Jane Croft Barney Phillips Carlton young Eleanor Oddly Sam Edward Shep Menken and John Dana musical supervision by Amarigo Marino Be sure to join us on Monday night same time and station for another exciting story of yours truly Johnny dollar This is Roy Rowan speaking