 From Hollywood, it's time now for Bob Bailey as Johnny dollar. This is Western Union, Mr. Dollar message for you Baltimore, Maryland. Okay, go ahead Received your air special regarding investigation of the Chesapeake matter You've proved Frank Bowers of Denver is not John ridden of Baltimore Fingerprints don't lie. Therefore logical to believe John ridden really dead Come on home your expenses are running too high that signed Pat Kelleher Universal Adjustment Bureau But should I mail this to you? No, that's all right. Can I send an answer? Yes, sir Pat Kelleher Universal Adjustment Bureau, Baltimore, Maryland Fingerprints don't lie, but people do all the time for all sorts of reasons It may be finished as far as your concern, but I'm just beginning love Johnny Tonight in every weekday night Bob Bailey in the transcribed adventures of the man with the action-packed expense account America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator yours truly Johnny dollar Expense account submitted by special investigator Johnny dollar to the Universal Adjustment Bureau, Baltimore, Maryland The following is an accounting of expenditures during my investigation of the Chesapeake fraud matter I'd sent out to prove that John ridden had not died back in 1950 in a boat accident on Chesapeake Bay To prove that he was still very much alive in the person of one Frank Bowers currently living here in Denver, Colorado Everything all I could learn of the man's history reports from his neighbors friends even his fingerprints Everything indicated he really was Frank Bowers and yet for some fool reason or other. I wasn't convinced Expense account continued item 10 63 bucks for one overcoat Denver can be a very cold city when the wind comes in from the north and it decides to snow Almost as cold as the damp wind off Chesapeake Bay on a certain day back in 1950 Hi, George. How's it going? Well, I watched Bowers house from six last night till two this morning He read a book last night in the living room He made a phone call and then he went to bed and then I went home and went to bed How many men have you got working two others beside myself? We're keeping an eye on Bowers around the clock. I go on again at six. Okay, good I don't know why Johnny. He isn't your guy. You know it fingerprints proved it We can watch him from now till doomsday and nothing's gonna change that. Oh look, don't you start Georgie? Huh? I got a wire from my home office this morning telling me to close it up and come on home Why don't you close it up and come on home? I like to make go I'm in the private detective business, but I hate to see an old pal doing a lot of work on nothing Why don't you shut up? Sure? We can go on like this forever can't we Johnny ah Goodbye Johnny I Walked around the streets of Denver trying to enjoy the sights, but mostly I wasn't enjoying anything I Was thinking about the whole case from beginning to end my only reason for hanging on and being stubborn about it Was the fact that Frank Bowers had been too anxious to cooperate Too anxious to help me prove so easily that he was not John Ritten and then something else happened. He got anxious once more Yeah, Mr. Donald is Frank Bowers. Oh Hello, you didn't tell me where he was stopping phoned everywhere in town Wanted how you made out made out yeah with my fingerprints. Oh, yeah. Well, they don't match at all Guess not mr. Bowers. Do you took the sample of my prints? That was pretty nice of you to help me out. How can I thank you? Hey, you're on It was the voice of a confident man again an overconfident man The kind who sandbags in a poker game who knows about a boat ride in a horse race and so helped me I knew I was right about him Expense account item 11 $14 booze for Frank Bowers and myself in the ship's tavern The same bar incidentally were a week before a close friend of the deceased John Reardon had run into Bowers and sworn He was John Ritten When Bowers came in he was followed by George Hanley as per my instructions I saw George pick a stool at the far end of the bar Well, I suppose you'll be packing up and leaving the old mile-high city pretty quick now Did I say that Frank? No But I just suppose it you will won't you oh I haven't decided yet What do you think I should do huh? I said, what do you think I should do? You give me Well, maybe I'm just kidding myself But you don't seem like the kind of fellow you should be somehow I don't know now You were too nice about answering questions when I came out to your house the other day Too nice about letting me fingerprint you so I could compare the samples with John Reardon's prints Too nice about calling up and asking how it all came out came out bad. Thank you I'm pretty nice fellow. Yeah, that's what the book says What book I had a private detective friend make one up on you before I even got here friends enemies money and whatnot All very nice and of course You know what your trouble is Dolly you you don't trust anybody. I'm a nice fella and you don't trust me You don't believe what you see I believe the fingerprints don't match if that's what you mean You're the bird. I don't believe Hey, should I get sorry if you want to I'm not gonna you know why Because I'm a nice fellow sure you are but you want to get mad when a man calls you a liar Oh, you didn't call me I meant to you're a liar You know why? I'm not a nice fellow all the time. I Can't like to hit you in the face of something right now. You're needling am I I Think I better call up a girl. I know see what she's doing for dinner. Well, see if she's got a friend No, no, you're too nasty friend. You said title order me a drink. I'll be back He's a little drunk sure he is George. He's also worried any particular reason for getting him that way Johnny Yes, he's using the booth in the lobby scoot out there and see if you can get a line on who he might be calling right A long ten minutes later Frank Powers came back to the bar He was weaving a little when he got on the stool next to me George Hanley followed him back inside and took his place at the end of the bar again She's busy took her a long time to tell you that She's a girl who takes a long time with everything. Oh, what's your name? Yeah, what's your name the girl you just called? Oh Rita Rita But here's to Rita Come on drink up. You might have to eat with me I don't want to drink to Rita and I don't want to have dinner with you. What do you think of that? I thought you were a nice fella remember Hey, you may have something with this bird at that how come George that call he just made long distance to Baltimore I got that much he said he'd never been there didn't know anyone there Keep an eye on us Georgie you betcha pal Hey, hey Frank. Hey, look, what's the matter friend? I just left you. I thought for good Oh, come on. I'll buy you a dinner you buy me nothing dollar Go on back to Baltimore. Why don't you why? Why don't you go back to Baltimore? What's that supposed to mean just what it means? Well And maybe we better talk some more fine my car isn't a lot here. Okay You're after me, aren't you? Well, let's say I met you yesterday to get some facts Let's say I drank with you tonight to find out what kind of a guy you are I've done most of the talking up to date now. It's your turn Well, I Don't know whether I got anything to say to you. I'll make up your mind. Would you? Looks pose I word John ridden. I'm not but suppose I were I can't tell you what a court would do about an insurance fraud No, you just a clumsy ox stumble around for some answers and you haven't got any yet get out of my He's a very handy fella. I didn't want to interfere Johnny stay on up see where he goes what he does Georgie hurry you all right pal Sure, I wasn't all right at all Frank Bowers was not only big but fast and he caught me off guard I went back through the hotel lobby up to my room and lay down on the bed, and I waited for the phone to ring Sooner or later to be George Hanley or Frank Bowers tale reporting some development that had solved the whole case But the phone didn't ring nothing happened. No one phone. No one came by I went to sleep about one o'clock The next morning George Hanley called and asked me how I was feeling after the punching session in the parking lot He reported that Frank Bowers had jumped in his car driven straight home and gone straight to bed Expense account item 12 48 cents postage cost of mailing a sample of Bowers fingerprints to Washington DC At 8 o'clock that night I had another phone Okay, what's up Georgie? I'm still keep my eye on Frank Bowers. He's nervous. All right been staying in the house all day I can see him walking back and forth in the living room. He must have smoked a page of cigarettes every hour Uh-huh. Has he used the phone? Yeah. Yeah, it looks like long-distance stuff again. You know place the call possibly Baltimore again possible I'm thinking I'm thinking Where are you right across the street from his house be right out? The heater in my rented car wasn't working that night. I remember that part very well My feet and hands were numb with the ten below weather when I inflict off the lights and pull up alongside George Hanley stationed across the street from Frank Bowers home. It's some weather. Yeah, how's bower doing? I think he's got a visitor with him now Johnny must have showed up while I was calling you big guy wrapped in an overcoat I've seen them move around the room a couple of times George, what's going to shake him up? I'm tired of all this you think he's weird. I don't know But I want to wind it up one way or the other. Okay. You want to wait for his friend to leave nope No, it's a nutty thing. You're the one who's nutty. You already proved he isn't John Reardon. That's all you want I know I know now. I want to prove I'm getting old and crotchety and don't believe what I see in here Bear with me Georgie. Sure pal. You're crazy, but I love you. Hey, huh? Visitors leaving Make them know an overcoat in the head. I'm much to go on. He's The gun of the man in the overcoat had gone off a couple more times and the nearest bullet came six inches from My gun all I could do was hug the ground for cover and try to stay out of his line of fire The shots deafened me for a moment when my hearing came back. I heard someone very close to me It was Georgie He was dying There'll be another exciting episode in our story of the Chesapeake fraud matter tomorrow tomorrow Proof that an insurance case is one thing Murder of a pal or something else tomorrow the wind up Join us. Won't you yours truly Johnny dollar yours truly Johnny dollar starring Bob Bailey is transcribed in Hollywood Written by John Dawson. It is produced and directed by Jack Johnstone Be sure to join us tomorrow night same time and station for the next exciting episode of yours truly Johnny dollar Roy Rowan speaking